TheEmpireHasLanded

To Mark Critz

2012-02-11T09:40:00.001-05:00

Mark: I now reside in Mike Kelly's district, but was represented by Altmire. Following the corrupting of the Democratic Party, I could no longer stomach the NBC / Obama-worshipping media and became a PUMA ... my first exposure to Fox News was Neil Cavuto when he interviewed Diane Mantouvalos of HireHeels.com about the Just Say No Deal Coalition.

Altmire goes on Fox because THAT'S WHERE THE VIEWERS ARE!!! His remarks were heard as the sort of congressional self-respect we want from members of an equal branch of government. It should not be characterized as "bashing" Democrats. When I circulated his nominating petitions, I got a lot of crap from 'so called' democrats who peevishly refused to sign and who advocated loudly for measures intended to force our Congressman in line with the Progressive Agenda. Point is, Altmire got re-elected while Obama Care supporters did not. Bashing Republicans doesn't win votes either.

Seek the Third Alternative. Give the People Respect: find out what they want and introduce legislation to give it to them. Force them to swallow what the "Party wants them to have" and lose.

The party has demonstrated contempt for hard-working legitimacy and has failed to understand the numbers who are hovering out of reach by virtue of the view that the Democrats are somehow building a sympathy vote against contrived claims of abuse. People want STRENGTH in their leadership. They are getting, instead, a spin by perceived cheaters crying that their opponents cheat! We must listen to Fox in self-defense. It is a Citizen's duty to get BOTH sides, just as it is the duty of those who keep score to keep BOTH SIDES. The hard-hardheadedness of the Democrats put the Republicans in position to gerrymander the districts. The last two elections, wherein the Democrats were shown the door by the Voters, was the result of the DNC cheating to commandeer their convention. Nothing Obama does is for the Country, nor even for fellow elected Democrats. It's for himself and his own re-election prospects. As he has done in the two previous seasons, he puts his democratic colleagues in an impossible position requiring them to oppose his ill-considered legislation or lose. Democrats are in the minority because of their leadership and a mal-practicing 4th Estate. Read the editorials around the state about the view of Amanda Holt's redistricting plan and get the sense that the editors would cheer on any effort to remove the partisanship from the process. When I talk to Independents, Altmire gets high marks. Unfortunately, the young people who still think politics is a game will feed your campaign this same manipulative propaganda, but to those of us who have withheld our support until we see what we're seeking, we are now "playing" Obama like he plays us. Wait til they can't do anything about it and stiff them. Do the very thing you just promised them you'd never do and laugh all the way to the bank. He had to read every word of the speech in which he justified his actions "as a Christian," because he has zero familiarity with the life. Those of us who do what we say we're going to do and can FACE our supporters aren't playing a game. We are riding out the insanity that has gripped our party.

They knew he was a psychopath and yet .....

2012-02-07T12:41:00.000-05:00

The boys had begun talking about the night their father destroyed their family. "Mommy was in the trunk... And then Mommy got lost." they recalled. Nobody believed his story. Yet they allowed those children to be in his presence.

An innocent, gently well-intended social worker, just doing her job, was induced to deliver the victims to his trap, and she could only call 911 as the children eluded her, rushing out of the car and into the death-lock maneuver of their father.
How do we stand by, paralyzed by shock, and permit the courts - whom we understand to be out of control - to fuck this up?

Susan Cox Powell will emerge in her own good time. Like Holly Notestine, her remains lie in the elements, and another innocent, unsuspecting person just going about their business, will be the eyes to whom she will reveal her fate. As a society, we add the details and continue to work through the incidents to come, in time, to understand men who abuse. The common "thread" awaits our discernment.

Super Bowl Center - Dawson Enters The Hall

2012-02-05T10:55:00.002-05:00

Steeler Center, Dermonte Dawson, perennial Pro Bowler under Bill Cowher, was among those elected yesterday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The NFL does this for their performers and the writers make every effort to indulge. Although not eligible until five years following their retirement, the players all express humility when announced. It's that "hovering" between making it and not expecting to that is a place prospective enshrinees must avoid. For the Fans, it's a distraction permitting them to question how one or another great (Jerome Bettis) doesn't make it on the first year of eligibility, and the ballot-casters who are infused with the protective principles that make waiting for it a badge of integrity.

Playing for the drama, the Game and for the merit of the honor, these writers who have witnessed the greats, are not as inclined to bestow the nod on a player just because he was a Steeler. Fans in Fall River get that, as do those around the world who grudgingly concede a Steeler score but resent that there are so many of them. Spread the Wealth Liberalism has its roots in sentiments experienced when the Hall of Fame Committee makes its picks official.

Winners can't help keeping score. Wanna-be Winners ditto.

Martin with Teacher

Obama supporters, take the Steeler Nation, the Audacity to Fashion a Black & Gold Flag with 3 hyper-cycloids where 50 5-Points should go, 13 Black/Gold Stripes and a Terrible Towel to the tote-board. Two former Steelers, two Pitt Players will be inducted in Canton on August 4. One of them, Jack Butler, is 84 years old! Following his playing days, Butler spent 44 years scouting for the Rooneys and heard his name called - finally - fifty years after having retired. FIFTY!!! What an inspiration this is to those of us who are pluggers. Curtis Martin, elected more promptly, credited his personal ethic in his acknowledgement; "Shows what can happen if you do the right thing."

He doesn't say "What WILL happen, but what CAN happen." Here-in lies the inspiration. For the generation coming up, the generation that loaded uninformed votes into the bank that elected the 2nd incompetent in a row to the presidency, this is crazy. To those of us who step into the shower shaking our heads at them, this is akin to those who questioned the Recording Academy for feting Steely Dan over Briteny Spears. To us, it's the body of work for which we are recognized; like convicting OJ for armed robbery, like the Oscar to Kidman for "The Hours," Susan Lucci for the "Alright, Already!"

Steady, reliably good work is delivered by those who are in it primarily for the purpose of making their folks proud. Folks who recognize and respect, affirm faith in goodness as its own reward. It matters less that you carry off a trophy than that you carry off the quality performance, gave it your best, went "ALL IN" for the effort with no regard to the gravy train that has historically followed the winners.

I guess it will be a rematch between the Pats and the Giants today. I'm again rooting for the Giants, because, deep down, I don't get the New England Blue State / Kennedy-Concessions. I don't get how a soil that absorbed the blood of the Minute Men can diddle near the fulcrum instead of coming down definitively on one side or the other of the see-saw. The New England Voter, from Maine to Rhode Island, talks self-determination but votes for slackers. What's with that?

I wish the New England Voter would get the Butler attitude and just hang in, hang on, hold 'em responsible and discern the truth in their representatives' character. Bernie Sanders? Ted Kennedy? Barney Frank? Snow and Dukakis? How is it Kentucky isn't in New England? You folks don't stand for ANYTHING! It's ok to look the other way when Belichick and Brady use every edge they can concoct. It's ok to register Independent yet Vote Democrat 70% of the time. It's OK, but it's chickenshit!

Martin, while a Pitt graduate and a Pittsburgh native who grew up under the hyper-cycloid stars, made his Mother proud. Made his hometown friends proud and made his Schools proud. One of his Schools is that one that stays on purpose. To avoid trouble and to stay close to his Mom who stuck with him when his dad turned to drugs, Curtis did the right thing each time he was faced with a decision that offered him the choice between taking and giving. From the School of Fidelity to Purpose, Martin takes his diploma to Canton where he'll remind us to take our satisfaction side by side with the Butler story. Though it seems no recognition comes your way, turn your resentment at being snubbed into deeply abiding self respect for doing the right thing, for giving part of your best for others to enjoy and for going All In on those things that make your days right. Jack Butler waited 50 years, but balances the satisfaction that comes with a job done well.

Bully Pulp - Pretentious Preach

2012-02-03T07:46:00.002-05:00

The pressure's on from the Obama camp; a guy who "cancelled" the 2011 National Day of Prayer but observed Ramedan is touting his "Christian" stripe with a slug at those of us who hear Gospel and take a moment to self-examine... the same day a brou-ha-ha erupts over his administration's influence on the distribution of funds for the care of breast cancer patients...

Ask what YOU can do for your Country and the Pretendident will smugly assert that ANYTHING you do for him is the right, moral and religiously relevent thing to do. I've often compared Obats' insipid reasoning and inability to converse intelligently with the "unconvinced," to 70's Hare Crishnas who marauded airports in gangs, hitting up passers-by for cash elicited via a combination of suckiing you in with a floral offering and pinning you to the most narrow interpretation of your basic decency.

"For me as a Christian, ..." (and aside kudos to Orin Hatch for referring to the Occupant of the Oval Office while calling him out for his "walk on water" over-reach using our Christian and deeply held beliefs as a connection to our will to serve.) this wicked step-sister played the Jesus card to intimidate any who question his caste-in-stone-demand for your money.

It's no wonder the bitter clingers are going deeper inward and tightening down with the guns and churches. Where the Catholic Church once applauded the feel good dismissive to those who questioned his birth and credentials they now recoil in dismay at the depths to which the Preacher in the bully pulpit would use-em-and-lose-em on the birth control issues. Manchild recipient of unlimited props and hand-overs continues to hold court in the shallow, shallow surf of the corporal works of mercy while asserting that the coveting of prosperous members' goods is driven by Christian principles.

Back when the Catholics were first losing their members we heard countless of those "losing their religion" blaming it on the end of their patience with priests who hammered them endlessly for money prompting them to look elsewhere for spiritual guidance.

Like being "rapped" for money, even when you bow heads to pray? Let's just say, the "Christian" for a prayer day who is also a Muslim on Ramedan and a secularist when in San Francisco (named after a Saint who had his own personal relationship with God) is playing you. The religious bullying is a gesture too often use by Users who just don't know when to say when.

The Cheshire Grinning Moon

2012-01-28T23:13:00.002-05:00

Lisa has found a place in the heavens from where she can encourage me and point the way. When I ran my early races, it was so comforting to come to the checkpoint guides who reassured me that I was on course and not all alone out in the unknown. Last night, on the drive home from her funeral, I noticed the waxing crescent moon - grinning at me from behind clouds. It morphed and yawned, widened and thinned, always slipping in and out from behind clouds. It was alive with the Smiling-to-me twinkle that gets my attention. It dawned on me that it was Lisa. It didn't "dawn" on me, actually. That would be a Sun thing. It ?Mooned? on me...or rose on me, waxed or gibbous-ed on me...in any case, it was Lisa letting me know she's in the best place imaginable, and already in touch. After days of anguished tears processing the shock, the loss, the grief, the disbelief, we parted ways, her parents and me, to go on with our life. We were together, intensely, for days as we said our goodbyes. Sunday night, she suffered a massive heart attack and was without oxygen to the brain for too long to be saved. An organ donor, she was sustained on life support for another 36 hours while the arrangements were made for the recipients. We sat with her, watching her "breathing" on the respirator, all monitors in the ICU indicating normal activity in her body, but the brain showed no response. Placid and beautiful, she hovered there with us, mostly gone, but standing by for a few final gestures.

Her fourteen year old daughter, Maria, came to hold her, grieve and accept the unimaginable. On her Facebook page the night before, she had posted notice that her Mother was on life support, and asked for prayers. Maria had "unfriended" her grandmother, me, Aunt Mayra and other adults, giving only her peers access to her postings. Her young cousins, Marissa and Vinnie could only report to their mothers what they couldn't imagine was true! Maria! Tell us this is not happening! But between phone calls and frantic messages, we learned too soon; Maria was posting: "Rest in peace, Mommy."

OMG!

Thus we processed and accepted, alternating between sobs and ok-ness, seeing the rhythmic rise and fall of her chest, the nurses busying about with the normal ICU activities, changing the IV, administering anti-biotics, checking vitals and emptying catheters for a body that was flushed with color and life as though with their care, she would revive. Our hearts and eyes saw this ritual, but our minds knew she was already gone. It was a see-saw of emotions; we intermittently chatted as visitors to a patient's bedside, only to be reminded she was not a patient as family members arrived, tearfully collapsing at the sight of her, so beautiful and placid, her long hair cascading across the pillow.

Under the management of the Center for Organ Recovery and Education personnel, Lisa had transitioned to Donor. Knowing her decision to give of herself so thatothers might live on gave her mother and dad comfort, and they respected her wishes. Noble though it was, however, the questions of arrangements couldn't be made until the recovery surgeries had taken place. So we marked in our journal that our beloved little girl was

Lisa Jo Norelli Tosi

September 19, 1971

January 22,23,24, 2012

To reflect that she had suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday night, was sustained on life support through Monday in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Washington County and regulations of the hospital pending re-confirming neurological tests, and yet not declared "deceased" until 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, when those tests confirmed what no miracle could reverse. We allowed ourselves to process by degree, finally and agonizingly.

Didn't we just do this not six weeks ago when we buried our Mom, Helen? The same Friends and Family members came to share their sorrow and respect. Lisa had been at the bedside of her fiance's grandmother, caring for the 93 year old until she passed. A few days later, her own grandmother came home and Lisa moved in with her folks to care for her through her final days. Mom passed on December 4, and at her wake, Lisa hugged the very people who came to mourn her yesterday. How much grief! How could this be? God be with us and comfort us. Family in Faith, together, being there for each other.

She was a young woman with a "take no prisoners" attitude and an astute awareness of a soul in need of her help. When Lisa Jo was around, we knew it. Her voice carried with an unmistakable "Alpha" vibe that conveyed self-esteem and confidence, and at the same time, one that moved readily into laughter. With her eyes and her tone, Lisa could make you wonder "What's got her so riled up?" and yet, moments later, she'd make a wry observation from the other side of the universe and with her eyes and her smile, whatever it was that she had just so passionately asserted, she was dismissing with amusement.

A little bit irreverent, a little bit the Classic Italian Matriarch, Lisa was the quintessential Big Sister who delivered her statements with authority and intensity and then might just as convincingly erupt in deprecating laughter at the situation and find the most innocent fun in it.

This little girl understood feelings and how people responded to attention and interest. From an early age, she developed her relationship skills, burnishing an already intense drive to provide caring and comfort. Adding to her nurses training, and practical understanding of healthcare, Lisa was a dedicated provider and advocate who thrived on helping others. In the hours during which we kept vigil at her bedside, we came to accept, minute by minute, that her life was about what she could do for you. Never caring for material things, Lisa found her bliss in results. She manifested kindness to those who needed a bit of encouragement, a gentle touch, a reassuring promise and steadfast tendency to break into a grin, them bubble with a giggle that grew into a full-blown belly laugh at how just regular folk we all can be.

Today and for many years to come, she lives on in those to whom she bequeathed what was hers alone to give, her greatest gift, herself. Her heart-broken parents, Ernie & Joe, navigated the hours of accepting the loss of their daughter with the realization that Lisa's life, as we knew her, has acquired even greater reach and dimension in those she has helped live on. Her daughter, Maria, will always be able to hear her voice speaking to her from within: no greater champion can you expect to find. Those of us who knew her will, no doubt, miss her loving greetings and affectionate "Good Byes" can take comfort in the happiness of those who awaited her in heaven who are now greeting her with open arms and a wink for our "too smart," sassy, Lisa Jo. In a week when Heaven called home Etta James and Joe Paterno, a lesser-known dynamo made the grade and tapped the bell on her way through the gate. To all her cousins, classmates, friends and colleagues who share our grief and sense of loss, I can only offer this comfort: Lisa has taken her caring to the next level. Thank each of you for affirming what a World Class Spirit she is and what an unfailing gift her life was to all of us.

Through the sadness of the week, the sense of something very nice coming was ever present. Tara will have a little girl in a few months, as we learned the same day Lisa passed. Michelle dropped her custody challenge and brought Nicholas to be with his Family during this difficult time. Fran found her own way to the gatherings with a GPS and determination, and Mary Ellen and Cil came with courage driving them past the difficulties following Mom's funeral. In Joe's newly-finished basement, we toasted Lisa, shed those final tears and prepared for life without her.

It was only on the drive home that I thought about the Cheshire Cat grinning from the tree branch, then the clouds, then through the roof tops at "Alis" (Lisa with the A moved to the beginning) and I look forward to writing with you. I know you would have made a great saleswoman. I'm sorry we couldn't see that in time to intervene. We let Maria catch the plane with Anthony to spend a week in Florida with Aunt Mayra, away from the pressures of her loss. Her tattoo'd, pierced, bejeweled gay friends kept her distracted, but could not obscure Maria's realization of the mountain of floral tributes sent by so many to offer condolences. She had enjoyed quality time with her mother and Nana during three days of recovery from surgery last week after which she withdrew from Ringgold and planned to enroll at Belle Vernon again, moving back home with Nana & Pap. It was coming together. But for now, something nice is making a pattern. To prove it's impending arrival, it smiled to me through the night sky, saying, "Hi." Remember Frankie crying to Nicole and Sammy that they're the Big Girls now. They're not ready to be the Big Girls. Smile on them, Cousin Lisa. Point the way.

Nehilist Manifest

2012-01-21T09:35:00.008-05:00

From today's reading, I wonder, "Whom Should I Thank?" for reconnecting to all the many gains we, Spiritual Kin Study Group, have collectively achieved. In tandem, we endure, nevertheless, a loneliness and period of uncertainty during which we are bound by the principles of our mission to remain open and aware, respectful of those with whom we disagree, and equally respectful of ourselves in the exchange with those who would dismiss us in an expeditious attempt to truncate the process. So obtuse and self-possessed are they in their comfort zone that they are blind to the reactionaries now determined to sabotage their cruel advance. Where they believe themselves to be "powerful" they are Goosed by those honking from behind, to discover that they are, instead, corralled in a blind canyon of their own invention wherein they are neatly, safely and irresistibly contained by those actual powers ensconced, not by the willing, but by the convinced.

The spread, "Three Fates," synthesizes the scan of the Past/Present/Future as deliverance, returning the response to the inquiry, rather than the answer to the question.

The left card represents an important element of the past. Knight of Swords, when reversed: The dark essence of air behaving as fire, such as a tornado: A merciless and skillful warrior, unfettered by emotion or conscience. A nihilist who can refuse not even the most insurmountable of challenges. A person who inspires fear and hate through their domineering nature and the power of their presence. Speaking without tact or tolerance, in a sarcastic manner. May portend the swift initiation or conclusion of conflict, through the calamitous invocation of force.

Definition of NIHILISM

a : a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and uselessb : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral truths

a : a doctrine or belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibilityb capitalized : the program of a 19th century Russian party advocating revolutionary reform and using terrorism and assassination

We are reminded that the past demonstrations of nihilistic behavior have served to associate us with Nikolai Lenin of the Bolshevist Revolution that so weakened and subverted itself as a result of emasculating its people. We understand Power as the energized-by-intangibles which the Nihilists deny.

In the two weeks since the encounter with Jim Burn, State Chair, I have been driven to the depths of the whirlpool of disorientation, and find myself being launched back to airspace where I may live and breathe free of what I must credit the Facade for describing as: "the swift initiation or conclusion of conflict, through the calamitous invocation of force" with aforementioned self-respect. I am reassured that the "mistake" was mine, for failing to convey to my esteemed colleague, my unwillingness to sustain further breach of that vault wherein my Family of fellows preserve their learned, evolved skills. I would be remiss in my service to the registered Democrats of Butler County were I to permit Chairman Burn to approach the circuitry of our procedures with Table d'hôte when the consideration of all views brought to the table are de rigueur.

Practical matters left unattended by those so impatient to take up the Lamp of Leadership, they were neither qualified nor willing to serve, pursuing the position, unaware of the sphere of contributors hovering in waiting to attend to all that. As with Energies of all natures, those culled for securing and stabilizing the All found their bliss. In their mutual company, they applied discipline and nobility to the maintenance and eventual development of the refined structure they now survey. Arcs support a cantilever-aged deployment of natural and sustainable force present in our midst. From the past, we resurrected the fulfillment of those challenges met and mastered discovering that the familiar lent itself to confidant exchange among our proven, tested best.

Creative, Insightful Articulating of Conservative Principals - Vintage Newt

2012-01-17T08:13:00.000-05:00

The quote from Dick Morris takes us a notch closer to the tone Republicans want to hear in this Primary. We monitor the whole thing with a comprehension of their mission and begin to knit together the fabric underfoot upon which we'll step to leave behind the Obama Hope / Hype / Hip, Hip, Hoot. Crystallizing it all, Juan Williams - despite posing AS a monitor - carried the Administration's water with contentious posturing to spin Gingrich's racism. The crowd culling a second dunning of Americans as racist (it worked before, didn't it?) were thus, succinctly sorted into Americans and hyphenated Americans....bring it on.

Yeah, "99 Weeks is an Associate's Degree." The Unemployed are getting an education with or without the Academic Community. The same fire must be invested into purposing the Republican Primary as the exercise to deliver a nominee who will lead this Country back to greatness. Michelle Bachmann is gone because she spun every opportunity to speak into a yarn about herself. Jon Huntsman is gone because he failed to lead the Spirit. Romney's lackluster hovering at 25% is leaving a lot on the table. To borrow a "come full circle" phrase from Jimmy Carter, "Why not your Best?"

What Newt is saying, and the audience is hearing is this: "Work through it." Esprit de Corps evolves from unity of purpose applied to the effort. Talk's cheap, academic and can be no substitute for activity. When a plan is formulated and committed to paper, there takes a fair amount of talk to ferret out the points that will prove pertinent. The way to the Voter's heart is through the stuff he can't stomach. That "stuff" is not the notion of defeating Obama, but in accepting that the current occupant of the Oval Office isn not All American. Sure, you can back off the criticism centered on birth certs and protective secrecy, but the thing the Field must produce is the essence of knowing what works, what makes us work and how to work.

In 2008, we watched the Fourth Estate drag the all-but-tapped-out Obama across the finish line, forced on the Democratic Party by arm-twisting thugs. The 'Dog Who Caught The Bus' was obviously out of his league and no amount of spin could cover for it. Unanimity of purpose lay in the determination of Chris Matthews, Dee Dee Myers and the New York Times to dump the actual work of surviving the Candidate In Chief on Clinton People. That's the sound of wind whistling past our ears as we fall at black-out pace from the top of the heap.

My closer instinct alerted me last night to the Buying Signals on display in Myrtle Beach. Cheering on the concepts of competing legitimately, the crowd elicited from each candidate the notion that we should kill our enemies, not our competition. Compete and Conquer. Cower and call "Racist" and get yer butt kicked. It has taken THREE YEARS for the Axlerod Attitude-Coppers to get the message.

Unfortunately, for them, they are steeped in their own spin and capable of only one thing: blaming the other guys. It could have been worse, sure. But we are capable of seeing daylight beyond the shadow by which your body of "you call that work?" has darkened our door. The full retinue of protective spin plays...the recapitulation cantata of strategies that scored impressively ... are coming through. Work 'em out; don't just "invite 'em" out. Just Ought 'Em! Black Leaders may no longer spit out ugly, angry accusations of racism; that card's been played. What they reveal in launching such ploys is that they are merely "playing" and haven't ever even begun to actually work. We get it. It's not a racist thing, gentle people: it's what soccer moms and kitchen table economists understand. Security. Does the hot guy on the make "Make" you feel secure? No! He "thrills" and excites you, he causes you to obsess about him based on his animal magnetism, but after about six months, you'll be over it and looking for the bills to be paid and the indicators that you're the One and Only to HIM. Absent that, you're admitting that Dad was right. This guy is a fad and will never be the substance, supportive structure with whom you can make babies, rear and provide for them and keep you secure. He talked a convincing rap sayin' things you wanted to hear, but he didn't deliver and he's now playing you for another chance to disappoint you.

Dog Whistle? Are the black leadership players going to again turn this election into a trap into which they'd herd the trusting? Are you inclined to blow another $50 bucks on the street tricks? Or are you inclined to just pop that bill into a credit union account and hold out for the industrious, serious gentleman who's spending his "capital" on stabilizing himself and looking after his family?

"THE BOW - Tebow and Intangibles

2012-01-14T07:32:00.012-05:00

Through careful conservation of their fuel, the engines of creation continue onward.
Mayor Luke Pays UP

Decades of work in the "off-beat" have taught me the very real role played by the Unknown in our daily lives. While a cynic, a quitter, one of religion without faith might dismiss the Tim Tebow phenomenon, we can look back on the "Change" meme, the "Don't Worry" fun of Bush 41, the direct line to god of W, and the energy of the Steeler Nation to respect the influence of emotional rooting for the underdog. Conversely, when the energy of support leaves the competitor, the results can be convoluted. Following each Super Bowl victory, Ben Roethlesberger has done something utterly stupid. His motorcycle incident of 2006, riding a crotch rocket without a helmet, then two sexual assault charges in less than a year following the 2008 Super Bowl victory prompted bonfires of "Steeler Gear" by fans no longer inclined to indulge the caustic behavior of an overpaid jock. In Pittsburgh, the "No Name" barely-out-of-the-Minors Pirates of 2011 were the darlings of the Family Fans because none of the players who streaked in first place right up to the 2:00 a.m. blown call of July 25 at home plate, were anybody but teammates. No Name believers in themselves inspired the "joes" who go to baseball games to be together. Nobody who lives in a real world wanted the party animal to defeat the genuflecting Tebow last Sunday. The Steeler Nation dutifully turned out and tuned into the Denver game, but in their hearts of hearts, grudgingly conceded the "Higher Ground" to the gesture that has even the most cynically immature high school boys taking a knee with a bowed head to the bigger circle drawn 'round the circle. Cartographers indicate 'elevation' by drawing

"circles" that connect points of equal feet above sea level described as contour lines. The key to these amoebic circles is that they neither cross nor intersect. They are, in fact, meaningless to those on other levels and, while they are known to each other by virtue of shared existence, they establish separation as a function of their existence, and are, hence, mutually exclusive. A cloud at 1,600 feet is produced and held there by a set of characteristics forming a stream. In a stream, the choice is removed and awareness, not activity, determines presence. We who call upon Americans to come together in decency and patriotism are unwilling to lend our hearts and minds to the contrivances of media hype. We see, in the Steelers logo, the "Unseen." To the top, a gold hypercycloid, to the right, a red hypercycloid, and to the bottom, a blue hypercycloid - marketing symbol of United States Steel, the building block of twentieth century skyscrapers. To the left, as described by Thomas Carlyle in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship: in his French Revolution (1837), "A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up; increases and multiplies, irrepressible, incalculable....Ideas to be gathered from those ethers of the next higher levels where dream-like impressions without actual substance call us onward, upward. "We're better than this." Where inventors, angels and necessity move us to explore space,to "See a need, fill a need," we are gridded up/down to an opening in the membrane that separates our level from that which calls to us where-in we have always existed but have yet to explore in time and space. This is the mystery and the universality of creation. Where what doesn't exist becomes the basis of everything new, we do it. We leave behind despair, anxiety, demoralization and the Who, What, When, Where and How to lay EYES on it. Recall the first time you saw the actual White House, or the Washington Monument, or the Statue of Liberty, or the Grand Canyon - landmarks of history that you'd seen many times in photos, and now in the flesh. Flying points of reference cause the vision to lurch dizzy-ingly until we are able to bring into focus our emotion, our relationship and our experience. From the moment a teacher or book raised our consciousness about the significance, we have seen the same image time and again. When we see it in the "flesh" we actually drop all those depictions into the little computer in our mind that compares and concludes: 'this is it.'We suspect it but remain to be shown that Tim Tebow depicts such a future. In a moment frozen free of the emotion surrounding his gesture, the viewers are sorted by their own emotions. Some embrace and applaud. Some reject and react. Some aren't "there" yet. Cross/Over attention begins to attract the uninitiated to "market" the idea whose time has come. The momentum of the marketplace erases whatever preceded.

Championships and Elections are thus won.

In the minds of we, the Thinkers,

Tebow has embodied the often attempted (Dobie Gillis) but not-quite-nailed, moment of oneness with the desire of the heart. In his sideline re-enactment, the victorious play-master processes the outcome of the battle just waged, between his known and desired. While the potential exists, the quarterback represents what can be, and drives through doubt, history and the wind beneath his non-existent wings, to land in his next "life." In the moment of completion of the play, Tebow's leap of faith is rewarded by his teammates, fans and the big scoreboard in the sky. Momentarily, the others reaching for the same bouquet are resolved to accept the results. No "marriage" in store for them; No "Next In Line" for Union. Ah! The Game. Secularists need not apply. To any who defile the magic of the moment, hopelessness reigns, sealing their hearts and minds to the sight. Sparkle and Glimmer protect the essence of what happens when the unfolding of events have prompted this action, and prior to taking his next step, the BOWing #15 gets over himself. While everyone is looking at him, he's looking within, calming desire with culmination.

At the line between what is heaven and what is earth, where the light is slightly brighter, faeries play....

Domestic Tranquility: The Election to Dump Obama

2012-01-03T07:13:00.000-05:00

I came to consciousness this morning aware that I was a link in a chain-dream; one in which I was the friend of a woman whose spouse was berating, controlling, aggressively threatening and to heighten the ridiculousness of his demeanor, brushing his teeth.In the waking dream, I was at their home preparing to take a walk with her - our planned exercise. While she was agreeable, "normal" in her behavior and showed nothing different - we made steadfast haste toward the door and away from his negative vibe. Instead of simply heading off in the direction of the park, however, I looked - puzzled - as she turned the outer key and headed for my car. I unlocked the doors and we hopped in as the "dream" concluded. I had been deliberately kept unaware of her plan, yet as she launched into motion, readily recognized that she did, indeed, have one. Her "Escape" from the captor who held her prisoner in her own home entailed turning the tables. She had changed the locks earlier in the day leaving him with keys that would not work tonight. It was a move that bought her time to get to shelter, to notify the police that he was being temporarily restrained and to turn in the keys by which she had turned her life around.For the first morning in months, I was stirred to a level of awareness that made me get up at my - once but not lately - normal 5:00 a.m. It's Iowa Caucus Day. In my waking dream, I was connecting "dots" from the 2008 primary in which testosterone-driven Obats shouted down the Hillary supporters and launched a mixture of vicious and shocking tactics intended to both intimidate and stampede Caucus participants. At the same time I was thinking about the recounted witnessing of Caucus Fraud, I saw the face of Louisa Rodas and her Mother, Betty Jean Kling. I saw the many family members of Police Officers, killed in the line of duty, responding to Domestic Violence calls. I saw the moment I became a participant in the Peace Chain more than thirty years ago. The Iranian Embassy, seized by students holding the Diplomatic Staff hostage, was progressing through 444 days of torment as the Clergy of Iran completed the Coup. I was a mere link in a strong chain of mentally tough Peace Officers determined to restore stability and calm to a world disabled by conflict. The New Diplomacy preserves the Peace in the face of vindictive, reactionary, self-indulgent males obsessed with control issues and yet utterly incapable of taking care of their own business.I begin this day with a nod to the Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, patron and protector. I affirm my faith in the gentle, Christian principles demonstrated by Joseph and Jesus; honoring of Women. The traditions of Family Values include the cherishing of wives, mothers, daughters and sisters. To men who miss the message, we offer this gentle response: a better way is available. In the words of the Angels who roused the shepherds of Bethlehem, "Peace On Earth; Good Will towards Men."The Democratic Primary of 2008 was a textbook demonstration of how NOT to run a campaign. The demeanor of the members of the media and the political class who conducted an assault upon the women of this country with their insufferable insults proved to be the canary in the coal mine alerting Women to the danger in which they found themselves. Women of class and substance, who have children to rear, educate and feed, are neither impressed nor intimidated by class warfare or whiners who blame the Republicans for the woes of the DNC. They are engaged in the active, but peaceable process of restoring and preserving domestic tranquility wherein they may protect their kids and get them to school. In communities where gunfire routinely erupts and often takes the lives of innocent children in the cross-fire, Peace is the victim. Insanity rules. Thinking is non-existent, drugs and disruptive behavior rob the children of their American right to pursue happiness.We are Sisters in the Chain, linked and connected to reverse the threat. The objective of threat is to ward off aggression with thought-provoking reminders of the right of redress. The males who failed Louisa Rodas blame her mother for angering them. For 'talking back' she is held responsible in the face of emotional tyrants whose own threats are intended to be the final say. To BJ, and her son, we say, "Enough!" It is the duty of each of us to control our emotion and respect ourselves. We understand completely, yet remain saddened by the lack of peace produced by the judicial process. Disturbed people without a balance of comprehension of power's double-edged sword and Choice are attempting to call the shots. The Chicago gang - so full of themselves, superlatives and historic significance - is a blowhard bunch of motherless punks whose plans for re-election center around assassination and threat. We hear, attuned. We are reminded by our Mothers: We Have A Choice. In the United States of America, we have Freedom. We take personal responsibility of the road our choices have paved. We accept ourselves and acknowledge our errors of judgment. By these mistakes we evolve when choosing to correct and restore. Our balance, not our mistakes, propel us.

OWS GLOM ONTO SUFFRAGISTS

2011-11-01T15:48:00.004-04:00

I watched "Iron Jawed Angels," and saw how the demonstrators for the Right to Vote were spat upon and abused by their fellow citizens. For Eleanore Clift, of Newsweek, the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations merit favorable equation with those Sisters, who, having supported the Abolitionist Cause, found that the very rights men gave themselves were denied Women. I don't want to get into a hissing exchange with Clift, but her taking Pat Buchannan to task over predicting that the OWS will end very, very badly and Obama's connection to them will, in turn, harm him centered on blame. Clift used a tone with Pat that leads me to surmise that the police and elected officials charged with Public Safety, decency and tranquility in Oakland, California were to "blame" for the tear-gassing and injuries to the participants. I learned this lesson the first time I was robbed in Savannah and had it re-inforced by my colleagues at American Security Insurance in Atlanta: If you go to a place where the trouble-makers are gathering, looking for trouble, and you get into trouble, it's YOUR FAULT for being there. So, Ellie, stick it where the Sun don't shine. It is the OWS demonstrators whose fault it is! They don't have enough sense to leave when advised of impending confrontation. Your first message is out there. Go home. Get a Job. Work, preferably within the system, and be the next "Street." It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the jobless camping out with a chip on their shoulder aren't protesting joblessness: it's the income they want. The sympathetic Obama can relate. It wasn't the JOB of president he so ruthlessly persued: he wanted the POSITION, the perks and the fame...too bad he didn't read enough history to understand that his historic election was the result of eliminating his competition rather than rising to the challenge. One other thing I learned at American Security: people working together, exchanging and advancing their debate is progressive. People standing pat, irrationally defending a "going nowhere" status quo and being everything against which they campaigned may get their way, but they just foster yet another demonstration of displeasure with the results. Like Tanya Harding eliminating her competition via thuggish supporters whacking Nancy Kerrigan, the door opens for the Orphan, Oksana, to skate off with the gold. Gather your skirts, Elles, the

Women's Rights The progressives were successful in reforming the social and political problems in America because many women such as Susan Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, Alice Paul and Carrie Cat fought for women's voting rights. They made their voices loud, strong and heard - in 1920 women won the right to vote. In the middle of the 19th century Americans had separate ideas of both men and women. Men ran for the government and worked while women cared for their families at home. Women were thought as of being delicate, childlike, emotional, and mentally inferior to men. Women did not win the right to vote until 1920 once their role in society had changed. Since men were fighting in the Civil War, women had to take up jobs previously done by men such as running the farm and working in factories. Both the Progressives (led by Theodore Roosevelt) and Socialists (led by Eugene Debs) favored women's suffrage and without their support women might not have the rights they do today.

...But, Elles, it still comes down to relationships. How many of you share my recent discovery: that what I had believed to be a relationship proved, instead, to be a parasite? It's taking all my resources to survive, while the ipod users and tent-dwellers appear to have a magic connection to cash flow and "sympathizers." As a woman "burned," I have zero enthusiasm for this crowd, deciding, instead, to work that "SHE LOST: GET OVER IT!" grudge against every fool that worked the angle which put an incompetent, empty suit in the oval office. That includes you, Clift. As I recall, Pat Buchannon became the darling of the HRC camp for one obvious reason, he didn't have his head up Obama's gold-plated a$$ and could make the obvious connection between Hope and Loose Wall Street Change. Not this time, Media. We know Pat Buchannon, and Ellie, you're No Pat.

2011-10-01T16:55:00.001-04:00

The Narrative, 3rd Leg of Economic Recovery blending the Republican techniques using the private market for job creation at the same time that he stuck the social programs that the Democrats wanted and he balanced the budget ... Clinton represents a hybrid that this 3rd Way, this New Democrat formulation, brought the country when he was elected President, and made us competitive - for the first time - as a Party in 1992. The Narrative of the Clinton Presidency was to change the Democratic Party from a Party of Interest Groups out of the mainstream, who lost the white working class, to a party of the Middle Class. ... And President Obama hasn't struck that narrative, yet. I think he's trying, but the Facts On The Ground are the problem for President Obama. No matter what speeches he makes, as long as the unemployment stays as high as it is, it's really very difficult for him to do anything about it. He's gotta work from facts on the ground first, and narrative second, not the other way around. Lanny Davis

The old Clinton Peeps got together and observed the 20th Anniversary of Bill Clinton's first announcement as a Presidential candidate. Facing off against George H. W. Bush, Billary found H. Ross Perot along for the ride and the discussion about "The Deficit" gained traction. Clinton was a sponge, absorbing all that was possible when Americans were heard, heeded and included in Government. His own idea about addressing the issue of Health Care costs and availability won him the Pennsylvania Primary. Read his speech announcing his candidacy, and without pretending that Barak Obama is anything but a disappointment, this speech could win him election again today:

Announcement Speech
Old State House, Little Rock, Arkansas
October 3, 1991

Thank you all for being here today, for your friendship and support, for giving me the opportunity to serve as your Governor for 11 years, for filling my life full of blessings beyond anything I ever deserved.

I want to thank especially Hillary and Chelsea for taking this big step in our life's journey together. Hillary, for being my wife, my friend, and my partner in our efforts to build a better future for the children and families of Arkansas and America. Chelsea, in ways she is only now coming to understand, has been our constant joy and reminder of what our public efforts are really all about: a better life for all who will work for it, a better future for the next generation.

All of you, in different ways, have brought me here today, to step beyond a life and a job I love, to make a commitment to a larger cause: Preserving the American Dream ... Restoring the hopes of the forgotten middle class... Reclaiming the future for our children.

I refuse to be part of a generation that celebrates the death of Communism abroad with the loss of the American Dream at home.

I refuse to be part of a generation that fails to compete in the global economy and so condemns hard-working Americans to a life of struggle without reward or security.

That is why I stand here today...because I refuse to stand by and let our children become part of the first generation to do worse than their parents. I don't want my child or your child to be part of a country that's coming apart instead of coming together.

Over 25 years ago, I had a professor at Georgetown who taught me that America was the greatest country in history because our people believed in and acted on two simple ideas: first, that the future can be better than the present; and second, that each of us has a personal, moral responsibility to make it so.

That fundamental truth has guided my public career, and brings me here today. It is what we've devoted ourselves to here in Arkansas. I'm proud of what we've done here in Arkansas together. Proud of the work we've done to become a laboratory of democracy and innovation. And proud that we've done it without giving up the things we cherish and honor most about our way of life. Solid, middle-class values of work, Will, family, individual responsibility, and community.

As I’ve traveled across our state, I've found that everything we believe in, everything we've fought for, is threatened by an administration that refuses to take care of our own, has turned its back on the middle class, and is afraid to change while the world is changing.

The historic events In the Soviet Union in recent months teach us an important lesson: National security begins at home. For the Soviet Empire never lost to us on the field of battle. Their system rotted from the inside out, from economic, political and spiritual failure.

To be sure, the collapse of communism requires a new national security policy. I applaud the President's recent initiative in reducing nuclear weapons. It is an important beginning. But make no mistake - the end of the Cold War is not the end of threats to America. The world is still a dangerous and uncertain place. The first and most solemn obligation of the president is to keep America strong and safe from foreign dangers, and promote democracy around the world.

But we cannot build a safe and secure world unless we can first make America strong at home. It is our ability to take care of our own at home that gives us the strength to stand up for what we believe around the world.

As governor for 11 years, working to preserve and create jobs in a global economy, I know our competition for the future is Germany and the rest of Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia. And I know that we are losing America's leadership in the world because we're losing the American dream right here at home.

Middle class people are spending more hours on the job, spending less time with their children, bringing home a smaller paycheck to pay more for health care and housing and education. Our streets are meaner, our families are broken, our health care is the costliest in the world and we get less for it.

The country is headed in the wrong direction fast, slipping behind, losing our way...and all we have out of Washington is status quo paralysis. No vision, no action. Just neglect, selfishness, and division.

For 12 years, Republicans have tried to divide us - race against race - so we get mad at each other and not at them. They want us to look at each other across a racial divide so we don't turn and look to the White House and ask, why are all of our incomes going down, why are all of us losing jobs? Why are we losing our future?

Where I come from we know about race-baiting. They've used it to divide us for years. I know this tactic well and I'm not going to let them get away with it.

For 12 years, the Republicans have talked about choice without really believing in it. George Bush says he wants school choice even if it bankrupts the public schools, and yet he's more than willing to make it a crime for the women of America to exercise their individual right to choose.

For 12 years, the Republicans have been telling us chat America's problems aren't their problem. They washed their hands of responsibility for the economy and education and health care and social policy and turned it over to fifty states and a thousand points of light. Well, here in Arkansas we've done our best to create jobs and educate our people. And each of us has tried to be one of those thousand points of light But I can tell you, where there is no national vision, no national partnership, no national leadership, a thousand points of light leaves a lot of darkness.

We must provide the answers...the solutions. And we will. We're going to turn this country around and get it moving again, and we're going to fight for the hard-working middle-class families of America for a change.

Make no mistake - this election is about change: in our party, in our national leadership, and in our country.

And we're not going to get positive change just by Bush-bashing. We have to do a better job of the old-fashioned work of confronting the real problems of real people and pointing the way to a better future. That is our challenge in 1992.

Today, as we stand on the threshold of a new era, a new millennium, I believe we need a new kind of leadership, leadership committed to change. Leadership not mired in the politics of the past, not limited by old ideologies...Proven leadership that knows how to reinvent government to help solve the real problem of real people.

That is why today I am declaring my candidacy for President of the United States. Together I believe we can provide leadership that will restore the American dream - that will fight for the forgotten middle class - that will provide more opportunity, Insist on more responsibility and create a greater sense of community for this great country.

The change we must make isn't liberal or conservative. It’s both, and it's different. The small towns and main streets of America aren't like the corridors and backrooms of Washington. People out here don't care about the idle rhetoric of "left" and "right" and "liberal" and "conservative" and all the other words that have made our politics a substitute for action. These families are crying out desperately for someone who believes the promise of America is to help them with their struggle to get ahead, to offer them a green light instead of a pink slip.

This must be a campaign of ideas, not slogans. We don't need another President who doesn't know what he wants to do for America. I'm going to tell you in plain language what I intend to do as President. How we can meet the challenges we face - that's the test for all the Democratic candidates in this campaign. Americans know what we're against Let's show them what we're for.

We need a new covenant to rebuild America. It's just common sense. Government's responsibility is to create more opportunity. The people's responsibility is to make the most of it.

In a Clinton Administration, we are going to create opportunity for all. We've got to grow this economy, not shrink it. We need to give people Incentives to make long-term investment in America and reward people who produce goods and services, not those who speculate with other people's money. We've got to invest more money in emerging technologies to help keep high-paying jobs here at home. We've got to convert from a defense to a domestic economy.

We've got to expand world trade, tear down barriers, but demand fair trade policies if we're going to provide good jobs for our people. The American people don't want to run from the world. We must meet the competition and win.

0pportunity for all means world-class skills and world-class education. We need more than photo ops and empty rhetoric - we need standards and accountability and excellence in education. On this issue, I'm proud to say that Arkansas has led the way.

In a Clinton Administration, students and parents and teachers will get a real education President.

Opportunity for all means pre-school for every child who needs it, and an apprenticeship program for kids who don't want to go to college but do want good jobs. It means teaching everybody with a job to read, and passing a domestic GI Bill that would give every young American the chance to borrow the money necessary to go to college and ask them to pay it back either as a small percentage of their income over time, or through national service as teachers or policemen or nurses or child care workers.

In. a Clinton Administration, everyone will be able to get a college loan as long as they're willing to give something back to their country In return.

Opportunity for all means reforming the health care system to control costs, improve quality, expand preventive and long-term care, maintain consumer choice, and cover everybody. And we don't have to bankrupt the taxpayers to do it. We do have to take on the big insurance companies and health care bureaucracies and get some real cost control into the system. I pledge to the American people that in the first year of a Clinton Administration, we will present a plan to Congress and the American people to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans.

Opportunity for all means making our cities and our streets safe from crime and drugs. Across America, citizens are banding together to take their streets and neighborhoods back. In a Clinton Administration, we'll be on their side with new initiatives like community policing, drug treatment for those who need it, and boot camps for first-time offenders.

Opportunity for all means making taxes fair. I'm not out to soak the rich. I wouldn't mind being rich. But I do believe the rich should pay their fair share. For 12 years, the Republicans have raised taxes on the middle class. It's time to give the middle class tax relief.

Finally, opportunity for all means we must protect our environment and develop an energy policy that relies more on conservation and clean natural gas so all our children will inherit a world that is cleaner, safer, and more beautiful.

But hear me now. I honestly believe that if we try to do these things, we will still not solve the problems of today or move into the next century with confidence unless we do what President Kennedy did and ask every American citizen to assume personal responsibility for the future of our country.

The government owes our people more opportunity, but we all have to make the most of it through responsible citizenship.

We should insist that people move off welfare rolls and onto work rolls. We should give people on welfare the skills they need to succeed, but we should demand that everybody who can work and become a productive member of society.

We should insist on the toughest possible child support enforcement. Governments don't raise children, parents do. And when they don't, their children pay forever and so do we.

And we have got to say, as we've tried to do in Arkansas, that students have a responsibility to stay in school. If you drop out for no good reason, you should lose your driver's license. But its important to remember that the most irresponsible people of all in the 1980s were those at the top...not those who were doing worse, not the hard-working middle class, but those who sold out our savings and loans with bad deals and spent billions on wasteful takeovers and mergers - money that could have been spent to create better products and new jobs.

Do you know that in the 1980s, while middle-class income went down, charitable giving by working people went up? And while rich peoples incomes went up, charitable giving by the wealthy went down. Why? Because our leaders had an ethic of get it while you can and to heck with everybody else.

How can you ask people who work or who are poor to behave responsibly, when they know that the heads of our biggest companies raised their own pay in the last decade by four times the percentage their workers' pay went up? Three times as much as their profits went up. When they ran their companies into the ground and their employees were on the street, what did they do? They bailed out with golden parachutes to a cushy life. That's just wrong.

Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Truman and John Kennedy didn't hesitate to use the bully pulpit of the Presidency. They changed America by standing up for what’s right. When Salomon Brothers abused the Treasury markets, the President was silent. When the
rip-off artists looted our S&L's the President Was Silent. In a Clinton Administration, when people sell their companies and their workers and their country down the river, they'll get called on the carpet. We're going to insist that they invest In this country and create jobs for our people.

In the 1980s, Washington failed us too. We spent more money on the present and the past and less on the future. We spent $500 billion to recycle assets in the S&L mess, but we couldn't afford $5 billion for unemployed workers or to give every kid in this country the chance to be in Head Start. We can do better than that, and we will.

A Clinton Administration won't spend our money on programs that don't solve problems and a government that doesn't work. I want to reinvent government to make it more efficient and more effective. I want to give citizens more choices in the services they get, and empower them to make those choices. That's what we've tried to do in Arkansas. We've balanced the budget every year and improved services. We've treated taxpayers like our customers and our bosses, because they are.

I want the American people to know that a Clinton Administration will defend our national interests abroad, put their values into our social policy at home, and spend their tax money with discipline. Well put government back on the side of the hard-working middle-class families of America who think most of the help goes to those at the top of the ladder, some goes to the bottom, and no one speaks for them.

But we need more than new laws, new promises, or new program. We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together. If we have no sense of community the American dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American. Were all in this together, and we will rise or fail together.

A few years ago, Hillary and I visited a classroom in Los Angeles, in an area plagued by drugs and gangs. We talked to a dozen sixth graders, whose number one concern was being shot going to and from school. Their second worry was turning 12 or 13 and being forced to join a gang or be beaten. And finally, they were worried about their own parents' drug abuse.

Newly half a century ago, I was born not far from here in Hope, Arkansas. My mother had been widowed three months before I was born. I was raised for four years by my grandparents, while she went back to nursing school. They didn't have much money. I spent a lot of time with my great-grandparents. By any standard, they were poor. But we didn't blame other people. We took responsibility for ourselves and for each other because we knew we could do better. I was raised to believe In the American dream, in family values, in individual responsibility, and in the obligation of government to help people who were doing the best they could.

Its a long way in America from that loving family which is embodied today in a picture on my wall in the Governor's office of me at the age of six holding my great-grandfather's hand to an America where children on the streets of our cities don't know who their grandparents are and have to worry about their own parents' drug abuse.

I tell you, by making common cause with those children, we give new life to the American dream. And that is our generation's responsibility - to form a new covenant... more opportunity for all, more responsibility from everyone, and a greater sense of common purpose.

I believe with all my heart that together, we can make this happen. We can usher in a new era of progress, prosperity and renewal. We can – we must. This is not just a campaign for the Presidency – it is a campaign for the future, for the forgotten hard-working middle class families of America who deserve a government that fights for them. A campaign to keep America strong at home and around the world. Join with us. I ask for your prayers, your help, your hands, and your hearts. Together we can make America great again, and build a community of hope that will inspire the world.

How did the Democratic Party allow itself to be overtaken by punks, selfish special interests and power-lusting identity politicos?

Solyndra Fancy on Us

2011-09-29T23:25:00.000-04:00

It is regrettable that in the scandal coverage of the Obama Administration's forced "selection" of a Green Energy "Winner" funding, the uniqueness of the Solyndra product line is obscured. From my own college days in the 70's to this very day as I observe the WindMill field along the PA Turnpike heading to Harrisburg for State Committee meetings, I have wondered at the "off-beat" quality of the alternative energy industry.

I went to the Solyndra website, http://www.solyndra.com/technology-products/ and was impressed with the cylindrical design of the solar units. Unlike the panels which have been the typical solar collector, the Solyndra collectors look more like flourescent bulbs you see in work-bench lighting and kitchens of the 50's.

قية - taqiyya

2011-09-11T12:16:00.001-04:00

Who Gave These Wimminz the Vote, Anyway?

2011-09-02T21:27:00.001-04:00

Increasingly more of them have been stood up enough to determine that their bad boyfriend only strings them along and takes the Mrs on Vacation. Figuring out that what they believed to be a relationship is nothing but a parasite isn't the worst part. It was SO loyal of them to beat back their dismay at the rumped 2008 convention when the roll call was called on account of competition. But it really frosted them to find themselves working the campaign headquarters as loyal Democrats while the Progressives were hijacking the flag, the America we all love and grinding them into serfs left to eat it as they were treated boorishly. You put these creeps on top and trusted them to reciprocate. Psyche!

But Gals, take faith...the Chinese want to pay cold, hard cash to get into Baseball!!!! Do you grasp what awesome diplomatic NEWS this is? This is a tectonic shift in all that is AMERICAN!

The money to pay for the deal would come from American investors and “certain state-owned investment institutions of the People’s Republic of China,” the letter said, according to the Times.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Dodgers+comes+from+China+reports/5342900/story.html#ixzz1WqJStqjx

As a Pittsburgh Pirate fan, (the Steelers lost for 40 years, like Moses not asking for directions, while the Honus Wagner card commanded the most cash in the trading realm) we saw the only walk-off series winning homer sail over the Forbes Field ivy to beat the Yankees and make Bill Mazeroski a hero, and Roberto Clemente go "Arriba!" in '71 and again as the Family in '79. We also returned home to The Burgh when the City of Pittsburgh, the Banks, Corporations and the Fans took ownership of the franchise and truly became the Team Managed by Committee. Ah! to be part of the team in a meaningful way, we all felt like world-beaters @the Confluence.

So it is truly a mark of respect and the highest form of flattery that the Chinese have offered back a bit of the cash we paid them to import their job-robbing products to our shores for a shot at the Show. The people who sell tickets for Major League Baseball clubs will affirm that this is the best economic news Americans could hear. The Chinese will come to the United States to enjoy their team and learn, in the process, the joy of legitimate competition. They will gain insight into a gentle pass time that matches pitching duelers with hitting prowess and all manner of agility and fundamentals... like the Japanese, the Chinese will fall hopelessly in love with America and it'll be a reprise of "How the West Was Won." The Japanese President of Success Motivation Institute International once spoke at the company convention in Dallas with the announcement that he bought himself a 10 Gallon Hat and some baby blue alligator cowboy boots which he couldn't wait to wear back home while riding his motorcycle. I can only imagine the Chinese bringing their children to sing the National Anthem, God Bless America and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" while watching themselves on the JumboTron. All things American and all things traditional are enshrined in Doubleday's Game and the Diplomatic Corps from the Foggy Bottom can throw a China Town take-out into a Dodger Blue cooler with a couple of Stoneys and rig up a rally cap.

Really, now, you Latino's, do you think you should offend your Chinese Friends with complaints that somebody "American" should own the Dodgers? Do you not get that THEY WANT TO BE AMERICANS? (Just like younz) This is their bid. Smile. Kim Jong Il wants in, too. And that apology tour the tool town Chic took to the middle east will be a laughable moment when the Asiatic workhorses can finally relate to the tomahawk chop, catching a souvenir foul ball and running the bases after a Sunday game. Awesome! They're gonna be too much fun in Spring Training. And the Carolinas will show them all that is Americana with the Mudcats right up there beside the NASCAR pits, perogie races and minor league spinning.. They'll be hookin' up with the Blue Jays, the Cardinals, the Orioles and the Tribe, the Reds, Rays / Fish, the Sox, Cubs, Braves, Mets, Yanks, A's, Astros, Tigers, Twins, Nats and Bucs, the Snakes, Rockies, Mariners, Padres and Giants...and they'll learn to love the way fans rip the bull pen and as they tune into the language of balls and strikes, they'll bring a whole new dimension to contemporary management - and of course, they'll all be doing this: And after they see this, they'll wish they hadn't done the little girls that way.

A Variation on an Old Theme

2011-08-24T22:38:00.000-04:00

OOOH...AN INNOCENT STAFFER, NOT AUTHORIZED, DID THIS:(

"For the People Jobs Initiative"

2011-08-24T07:57:00.002-04:00

Job Fairs, Town Hall meetings, help putting together a resume, the nuts and bolts of finding a job, ... It's ALL work, folks. Maxine Waters has done the Charlie Rangel and cried to her fellow leaders to "hold us back or unleash the CBC." In my mind, the Congressional Black Congress should not even exist, yet this woman - who like Nancy Pelosi - has enjoyed invincibility getting re-elected in her California Congressional District while she wreaks havoc with the stability, substance and decency of the Economic Opportunity available to her Constituency.

Unlike Pelosi, Maxine represents virtually ONLY people of color, a mere 10% of CA-35 is white while fully 47% are Hispanic and 34% black all of whom "enjoy" an average annual income of about $32,000. Their Congresswoman is fleecing her constituents - not unlike the recently deposed Speaker.

This district, formed in 1970 has, at times, included parts of Orange and San Bernardino. Targeted 7 times in 23 years for redistricting, the shuffle and shift a conflagration of California Wild Fires of political opportunism was finally "Ghetto-locked" into a readily controlled police state known as South L.A. over which the "Office" of socialist, Waters, has exerted political clout since 1993. Re-elected 10 times, Waters has joined the ranks of seniority in Congress that should qualify her loyal Constituents for some sort of "pork" yet we wonder where it goes. I took some classes at the Allegheny County Community College while "serving" on Unemployment back in the 90's - about the time Maxine arrived on Capitol Hill. The branch was on Pittsburgh's North Side (Old Allegheny; Millionaire's row, now a reclaimed slum and "Project" site.) Although a well-designed building complex, there were areas where a student could not walk the halls without being bombarded with flyers, signage and banners urging them to reject drugs, get help and know the dangers of drug use. I gotta tell you; the "culture" of this community was screaming through this "motivational" artwork and it so creeped me out that I switched to the North Hills branch for the next semester. Between that and the 'African' art, I simply could not relate, relax or realize my "potential." "Geez!" I thought. "They are so cocooned in their own cultural slant that they are as though blinded by baloney." At the time, I was doing classes in Word Perfect, Computer Programming (which kicked my butt) Lotus 1-2-3 (both of these programs were ultimately replaced in the mainstream by Word and Excel, respectively.) But as I look at Roger Williams, Texan, Candidate for Congress and Republican, I begin to understand. Like the White Tail deer population in the country, the voters who support such leadership are oblivious to the bustle of traffic on the freeway heading to the suburbs: they have carved out a community within a community that permits them to congeal into a collective of passive, indifferent, self-centereds who simplify their lives by gaming the system for the wherewithal to trade government scrip for privacy in their otherwise 'to-be-avoided' neighborhood. At night, gunfire and shootings plague this part of the city, known as the Manchester District, and the residents there, while lovely and diligent, are infiltrated with low-life who live, virtually off those whom - I believe - attend Community College and buy their drugs. Unlike in the Oakland area, home of Pitt University and Medical Center, the North Side is Heinz Field, PNC Park, Rivers Casino and the main branch of the Post Office, UPS, Port Authority Mass Transit, the Carnegie Science Center and Allegheny General and Divine Providence Hospitals - substantive employers and resources surrounded by blight. On weekends, there is no more 'traditional' neighborhood; the Mexican War Streets teeming with Peace Corps alums who have done beautiful restorations of the grand town-homes, Southern-style barbecue chefs operating hole-in-the-wall establishments preserving techniques unique to contemporary business models, Bed & Breakfasts in old churches and monasteries. Cart vendors offer Italian Ice, popcorn and refreshments but, unlike the Hill District, there is little night life beyond the river banks.

Thus my perception of Maxine Waters' district is difficult. I would have to actually go there and see it for myself. Waters has, over her ten terms, acquired some political weight, having served on committees and garnered notoriety as a derided socialist. Her work in Congress is Afro-Centric as she is focused on issues of particular importance to African -Americans while her district is virtually HALF Latino. Given the ethics charges brought against her, exposing her husband's banking connections (hey, Max, didn't you initially endorse Hillary then switch to the Wall Street Whipping Boy when the deal cutting with the Banking Industry got serious?), today's Fox & Friends interview with Alveda King, the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. is particularly poignant. Commenting on Waters' words "As far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell." King observed that Maxine is simply not doing her job. King observes that if Maxine would tell the truth about all the issues impacting every community, not limited to the African American community, "We'd be a littler happier with what she's doing." What's up with these politicians who have their heads so spun into a dither over race that they are incapable of just looking around themselves and seeing with awareness?

China, Secrets & American JOB

2011-08-15T09:26:00.002-04:00

Years ago, I took my administrative skills to an employment opportunity with a professional man engaged in the sale of carbon products and alloys to the metals industry. He represented Coke, of the bituminous kind, the sort that makes Clairton, Pennsylvania the location of choice for the air quality monitors of Allegheny County. The year before I was born, in the Monongahela River Valley, 1948, citizens fell dead on the sidewalks, overcome by toxins in the air described as the "Donora Fog." United States Steel had a plant in Donora where the Zinc Works spewed flouride into the "inversion" later blamed for the 20 deaths attributed to the incident. Our family doctor, Bill Rongaus, who normally saw patients in his 6th & Thompson office for endless hours, led the ambulances on foot as a Health Department Board Member, into their homes and neighborhoods well into the middle of the night, and personally assessed the impact on his clientele. "Thousands would have perished had the fog lasted another day," he observed. I started school in 1955 and for the next eight years, walked the few blocks to one funeral home or another to pray the rosary in the presence of caskets holding the family members of my classmates. My own father, a 33 year carpenter at the Zink Works, died in his early 50's after returning to work from his six-week vacation having earned his age + service "sabbatical" from the grind. A year shy of retirement, dad had a "heart condition" for the final eight years of his life, having suffered a "heart attack" while completing a side job renovating a dry cleaning establishment - one of your serious chemical zones, I guess.

At "Alloys & Carbon," Frank Praznik organized the delivery of various sizes of coke produced in West Virginia to the mills along the river in Monaca. In the course of getting online with the new-fangled internets, Frank expanded to suppliers beyond our local producers. He arranged a boatload of what was called "Buckwheat" coke to be brought in from China at about the time he had given me a book to read about the history of Coke as it was part of the American Industrial Revolution. The original tree huggers of Great Britain turned to coke as a salvation for the too-rapid exhaustion of the the forests for the fuel to smelt iron for the steel industry. Many of the secretaries performing the administrative tasks to receive the imported coke shipment were the children of folks whose lives were tormented and prematurely ceased to breath in the unacceptable working and living conditions fostered by these coke ovens known as "bee hives." To Frank, their objections were ridiculous, inasmuch as only Clairton and the Neville Island plants continued to produce these products. Because of the Clean Air Act of 1955, US Coke Works could no longer use the bee hive production method and had developed a system of "scrubbers" installed in the exhaust stacks in all US Steel Mills to manage the air quality. Homes were moved from coal burning furnaces to natural gas and propane further up river in Pittsburgh, but the people of Southwest Pennsylvania were now well aware of the quality of life issues that drove the Union movements in Homestead, PA in the last decades of the nineteenth century. To them, the people engaged in the production of coke via known toxic-producing processes were subjected to working and living conditions that were unacceptable and objections were received FROM THE SECRETARIAL STAFF about the importation of the coke. For Frank's money, the wimminz were well-intentioned, but he viewed the efforts of the Chinese was a first tier entry into the industrial process. This was in 1997, mind you, barely fifteen years ago, but to the "men" of the metals industry who could buy, transport and deliver this product from the Far East, it was still cheaper than they could get it in the United States. Detached and profit-driven, Frank would have readily fired those meddlesom gals had they been in his employ. But I came to recognize the complaints of the Immigration Control supporters who are constantly told the undocumented workers taking our jobs stateside are willing to do jobs Americans won't do.

remnants of the helicopter destroyed

Read the piece about the investigations into the Donora Fog and understand that it isn't the jobs Americans reject, but, rather the working conditions imposed upon them by employers indifferent to the realities of dangers and threats to residents and employees their processes pose. Instead of responsibly and routinely initiating upgrades and improvements to their plants as they become available, they simply remove the skilled, higher paid labor to admit poorly trained, ignorant people desperate for jobs at the lower end. These folks, just thankful for a job, are often further victimized by shake-down artists who demand a portion of their paychecks for the "protection" of any claim they had to a job of any sort. Like the Chinese, these employers shrug off the technology available to provide the mutually respectful, highly motivating job opportunities for working people and their families. Priorities being what they are, the issue with JOBS driving this economy into the ground has a parallel issue in the technology reported today to have been sold to the Chinese by the Pakistanis holding the remnants of the helicopter destroyed when the Navy Seals entered the Abbottabad Compound of Osama Bin Ladin. While the Chinese engineers pour over the wreakage to conduct what is - essentially - an autopsy of US "Intelligence," their citizens foment in a rise to challenge the qualities of life issues that drove Eastern Europeans to hang Henry Clay Frick in effigy at the site of the Homestead Strike in 1892. While his own employer, Andrew Carnegie, was travelling to Scottland, the Mount Pleasant German was "doing the best he could" with his limited skills, to control the workers. His boss was reputed to be "pro labor," and no doubt had the wisdom, social insight and appreciation for his employees to have been likely to have done a much more effective job of dealing with their uprising. In his stead, because he had to travel to connect with his colleagues in the growing steel industry overseas, his "deputized" partner was the entity whose fortunes, like his own, were tied to the resolution of differences between the two sides. One would think that Frick had both the incentive and the insight to reach a sensible agreement with his producers. Instead of negotiating from a position of strength fostered by good will toward his employees, Frick operated from a mis-guided notion that intimidation and subordination would somehow enhance the profit prospects of his business. He paid "detectives" from New York Pinkerton Agency to come in and level the strikers with violence and destruction. Up to that point, only the symbolic representation of Frick himself was impacted. The overbearing actions taken in retaliation, however, communicated his ignorance in no uncertain terms.

Which brings me to my daily "Howler" to Barak Obama, a no-holds-barred assessment of his skill set limits now providing the Chinese with yet another 'distraction' from the needs to develop their economy by diverting resources to "Intelligence" work to defend what they are acquiring. Of course, China is both our banker and our biggest customer / supplier. Their "production" methods get a wink and a nod from our own human rights lefties as the rakes continue to glut the accounts of the Kennedeys who sell their cheap goods in Minnesota. At the Mall of America, tourists are walked along a corridor of corruption that links directly to profits and privilege with utter contempt for those whose jobs prevent them from being able to afford anything more than the exercise they get licking the windows. If Michele Bachmann were Hillary Clinton, the left would be assaulting her for serving on the board of any of the hundreds of businesses who import Chinese product to stock the establishments in the mall. Instead, she's appealing to the folks who are in the decided minority in MN, for reason and mutually respectful behavior. I have alluded in the past to the communication I often receive from my deceased ancestors, and have no doubt that the Chinese know of what I speak.

Along with the input from members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Crochet Club Amores, Brizzi's and Carbonnes to whom my grandmothers were related, I hear, from time to time, from departed spirits of underworld figures who thought they were smart but come to find out that they were but victims of their own callous indifference to their families' best interests. As I have mentioned in previous posts here and at UppityWoman08, the MOB has electronics. The Wise Guys who met their "eviction" from the underworld - from which there IS only one exit, stick around to kibbutz from the other side and look over my shoulder at my cards... They comment on how I play them, and sometimes, WHEN I FLAT OUT ASK FOR IT, they IM me with some sensible advice. Always, always, always, these bytes of input from my "guys" reinforce the admission that their demise was the result of their own choice, something they, themselves did, to bring about their death. Where they end up, they have alternatives, but not really choices. They share with me that the better my decisions, the better my resultant choices. What we don't always get is the taqiyya thing going on in our faces, obscuring pertinent factors that will ultimately misguide us. So they invite me to enter the bird's eye, see how the land lies and adjust my course in coordination with their best wishes for me. I get that, because I know that where they are is beyond material gain. The only 'motivation' they have now is fun. They have it "there" for certain. They play at things one can do remotely and are - just as we bloggers, gamers and similar computer, phone, gps geeks, constantly testing new combinations of standards and traditions that, aided by technological advancements of the NASA funding, are exceptional fun. The first time I put on quality headphones tapped into a radio/tape player while in the middle of a parking lot in Buckhead, on my roller skates, I "got it." 22 pinheads (rather minutes) past the hour, says Bill Hemmer on the morning Fox News, just as I typed that, and it reinforced the access they have to electronics. I learned they can combine any / many things to convey their message to me and that reference to Pin Heads was an O'Reilley colloquialism telling me that the Long Island contingent of cucumber farmers was in touch. OK, Guys, we'll play. But for now, I've gotta get to the office and put the payroll together. See yunz there.

تقية - taqiyya and how the slow-on-the-uptake processers are slacking

2011-08-14T14:00:00.003-04:00

True intelligence is rooted in responsive promptness. The more the Governors of the Border States take a "push-back" from the Administration for attempting to protect themselves, and the more the White House hosts Ramadan dinners, and the more the politically correct react to any threat to the 'erection' of the community center/middle finger celebration of victory mosque in the shadow of the Ground Zero real-estate, the more convinced I am that we are all getting a taqiyya teachin'to. Stories of jihaddists "celling' in the States and Honor killings of Women for doing nothing more than assimilating into American society (While their own mothers are incapable of intervening) the more convinced I am that the whole story of Obama jumping into the Presidential race to prevent the "inevitable" election of Hillary Clinton was an In-Your-Face takeover of a civilized country with a front man trained in the Islamic practice of Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. This spinning needle is no more a Muslim than he is a human being. He's a thread connecting a proven ineffective system like Communism, with a proven loser of a religion that on the one hand, demands martyrdom, murder and blood as proof of loyalty while promising carnal knowledge of virgins to the fools who buy in, and delivering utterly to those facile in the art of stabbing you in the back while looking you in the EYES. The right wing, religious nut jobs are different. They contend that their profession of faith and the name of Jesus is their duty. A Christian who feigns distance from his Savior is a Judas, a traitor, a less-than-zero who should just hang himself in hopeless despair. A Martyr is not greeted by 21 submissive virgins at the Pearly Gates, but is, instead, with the lord Jesus, helping those still on earth to find the way. In the teachings of Christ, Christians find comfort, redemption, the greatest of these, LOVE. It isn't Faith and Hope we ask for in our final moments. It's love. It's our mothers. It's our family who cared for and about us. It's our heritage and our roots. For all his denial, Barack Obama was the son of a White Woman, a tireless slave to the idea of empowering Women and people in general. She advocated hard work, convincing the "haves" to support the WORK of the Haven't Yet . But Frank, and the Kenyan relatives, and the Axlerods and, yes, the Ayers, Hollywood HOPESTERS and the We mean to keep what we HAVES are just holding up one end of the See/Saw. He sets on the fulcrum, having NO Fun, just bored with the business of governing, out of ideas and ~~watching~~ idolizing sports figures who share his self-imposed prison of appearances. Little does he suspect that - like bullshitters - you cannot taqiyya a taqiyyar. The EYE CONTACT IS as certain as the EAR CONNECTED BY THE CHORDE of a stricken tuning fork. They all get up at the call, and look around, never surprised by whom they discover sharing their plane.

Since the Sales People were elbowed out by the big box commodity pushers, the buyer has taken the spot at the top of the rolls, and everybody's purchasing, getting the best price, while not necessarily getting any consulting, follow-up, customer service or warranty coverage. It's a bottom line life for the taqiyyan. Only the sensors are also blinking. In "heaven" for everybody, where we are all created, as we believe, equal, men, women, christians, muslims, africans, europeans, gays, lesbians, equal. We all have a certain number of dna markers, and a strict guide to choices. If we have this, we cannot - by virtue of one choice eliminating the option, have that. If we have a taqiyya gene, we can't have a sense gene. That's the choice. In combination with the OTHER choices, we can balance the taqiyya with a genuine understanding of when not to choose it. When we CHOOSE to present as not what we are, we must accept that we have elected to survive rather than aspire, drive or evolve. Choosing true to ourselves relates us to everybody who trusts us and is never let down. We never doubt the one who is always there for us, and we always go - first - to the one who has delivered for us before. A trustee who lets us down and asks for anothr chance, is forgiven out of love, and given another chance. A 2nd, 3rd, 4th ... chance disappointer is lost love, hope dashed, faith failed. We soon fall out of love with a cheater, a liar and a back-stabber. But if they are "Ours" we make excuses for them, try to hide them from the knowing eyes of EVERYBODY and hope they have a good story to tell their friends (that taqiyya thing, again) because you CAN fool all of the people some of the time, if they really, reallly want to be fooled.

I had this sense that my life was in danger because I speak my mind, write what I am thinking and express my observations about the President. I know that the Secret Service monitors "chatter" to protect the President from any danger and I know I must express my feelings without any allusions to violence or anger. It's a professionally developed stability that harnesses my emotion and bridles my mouth. When I can no longer contain my emotion, I go to my cards and my notebook and let my hand write what I cannot bring myself to admit. And I sort it out. I slow it down. I let the inner voice form the thinking and I "dance" with God, the divinity within. I seek the highest, kindest, most collaborative part of myself and endeavor, utterly, to make the best of the combination of elements with which I began the day. leading people to work together

But last night, while the Pirates were holding the "Got Their Number" Brew crew to a single run in the eighth in Milwaukee, I kept getting this sense of THREAT from the same guy who reminded the Green Bay Packers that he's the only one who can ground planes into and out of Wisconsin. He threatens his daughters' potential suitors with drones and he threatens Jan Brewer with the full power of the Federal Courts. He threatens Seniors and Soldiers that he "can't guarantee" their paychecks, he threatens the world economy that he can't guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States.

Well, to this prick, I can only communicate one instinctive survivor's sentiment: threat gets response. I, too, have assembled my secret service. I, too, have "played the game" of serving as the "package" and I, too, have given my life for my country as I live and breathe a patriot. You had better have substance behind that suggestion that you would bring to bear the weight of the presidency against me, an American Citizen, to purge your handed-to-you getting out of your way tactics of intimidation. If we meet on that road, I will be treated as an equal for no more reason than that I am there, on the path, coming face to face with you. I am prepared for any gesture of arrogance your demeanor suggests and I am in no way of the impression that my life is any more valuable than any other's, including yours. I have Friends. I have been a Friend. My Friends and I will allow you to pass, to continue along your chosen path, and we will track where you come from... that's the direction WE were going, peaceably. The Secret Service protects the Life of the President, and those who would be President. The Service preserves the full faith and honor of the People. The Secret Service does not protect the Presidency, but rather, the life of the processing provider of Presidential Services. We are chained flowers 'round the Lion's mane, we are threads of a single note of a call to greatness, a call to uplift our blessed and beloved. We are sharers of the goodness, the peace, the life and liberty protected by Justice. And we are forgiving. We know your heart, but we judge not. You Choose. If you elect to continue on your path, you cannot, by virtue of having so chosen, reverse your course and join us in tracking your steps by which we have come to meet. If it is your choice to live the life you are leading, you are leading your life away from us, and we press on to a world where you don't exist. If you prefer to be rid of us, let's let it be so, and
So
It
Is.

Funny to Tears

2011-08-14T09:22:00.000-04:00

Jon has a whole series of these "text to vid" gems. This was, to say the least, primo, Get to 3:38 and be cracked up.

MoJoes Off on Michelle Bachmann - Iowa

2011-08-12T08:12:00.000-04:00

Sitting here watching Scarborough cat call the sobriety of the Iowa status and alluding to last night's Republican Debate I get a strange distraction from what I really want to say yet am struck by the way the host "Joes Down" the "stupidity" of Iowa and the tradition of elevating an otherwise certifiably "crazy" candidate...folks; I'm here to tell ya: Joe's quite the guano himself.
The "Race Bait" crowd had a ride casting white women while "inspiring" men of all conditions,through the 2008 Primaries where the only transparency about was the bought and paid for media. The former Congressman from Pensacola typically calls somebody "stupid" on any given morning while Mika burnishes her "Mama Wants To Concentrate On Her Driving" image without threatening to stop the car. Today Joe expressed what I have always found annoying about otherwise professional men. They show up at work not quite sobered up from the previous evening's enhanced exchange and forget that this is the work for which they are being paid. It's "Watering Hole" socializing: run yer mouth, say some incredibly "witty" or caustic things, then laugh it off, do NOTHING about it and, after all, this is just socializing. Issue here: the boozed up buddies can't seperate the night's knock-off from the beginning of a new day's well rested (or sleep-tortured worriers) freshly showered and cleaned up with a "begin this new day with love in my heart" intent.

I wasn't at that bar last night, guys. I wasn't the woman in the mirror who became the evening's Joke or momentary competition for attention. This Country is feeling a lot like Atlanta of the 80's when I wasn't at that gay gathering, or at that cruize bar, or at any of the other places where an unemployed, cash-strapped single mom was trying to raise a daughter. I was with "friends" all suffering similar fate. We were getting a handle on MTV, working toward's Budweiser's "Know When To Say When" campaign and reclaiming our professional integrity after finding ourselves fired despite having dealt respectfully with their every whining, petty objection.

Two things drove me back home to a place I swore I'd never return: Infidelity and Substance Abuse. I'm watching the "guys" tear down Bachmann with their gangster gay shit alluding to all the "good times" back at Java Joe's in DeMoines with people who pass themselves off as objective. They rip into her for her lack of experience in an executive position, (Excuse me, she and her husband have a BUSINESS dealing with Insurance Companies, Government programs and Taxes) and ridicule her Tea Party Leadership as a failed game of chicken. Oh, yes, and her legislation opposing the Government denying "Choice" of lightbulbs. It's those little things, symbolic and trite, I guess, but those are the symbols that unite Americans, "drive" them to the polls like cattle to the marketplace, and boil down the resentment, built since the last election, towards the pig-in-the-poke without the lipstick, that they put on us the last time. I'm observing Joe holding court with a healthy mix of political celebrities and have come to understand what seperates the "winners" from the losers in this game. Alcohol. Extravagance. Bravado and Booze-Ballooned Brashness that strikes a chorde, but after getting us all pumped up with righteous indignation, THEY Joe Down from the buzz and forget what they were so riled up about and - heh, heh, good ol' boys that they are, fagitaboutit.

Like wasting your time like that? Like the pig guys who don't really mean any of the things they so passionately pronounce? Like being "subordinated" to Leadership By Positioning who are but "Gate Keepers" and Bouncers in the Club of Life. Well, thank you, 'Gentlemen,' I hopp'd off this track and decided long ago to let it run without me, because I came to recognize that it was a track, not a road, a ferry back and forth, not a journey. It's about the companionship, the loyalty, the Friendship, right? And as long as you can muster the gumption to force out the person who earned that payday you're about to cop, you have the one true friend in the bottle, the snort, the joint you're passing. I got the lesson in politics when Donna Zuelke expressed the hope that Lynne, the girlfriend who turned her son onto dope, wouldn't be skating with us, while a couple of prospective dope buyers were really hoping she would. It's a strange world where mothers who sedated their children as an alternative to dealing with them are disturbed that they grew up to choose sedation over dealing with Mom's hopes and dreams for them.

If you were the unwitting "mom" at home with the kids, unaware of the world beyond your household, easily spun and sold a tale of working late to cover for infidelity, you have an "ear" for what's really being delivered here. If you were an awestricken fool who bought the Obama Bull, you're just as likely to go for the Tea Party they're developing - without leadership - in a Spider and Starfish Pattern. It's a Swingin' Pendulum. It confirms what I concluded when I walked out on my family to take a shot at the big apple: when people are bickering and squabbling, the business doesn't go down. Just as certainly, when they're knocking off early for the day or the week to gang together at Happy Hour, some creepy things they can't put out of their minds are bound to happen.

On the Home Front, the sober, early risers have a recognition factor that levels us out and evens our temperament. A world apart from these folks, we don't pretend to get it. We sort it out. Discovering yourself to be the victim of a liar is a shock that drives you from what you believed to be your life. It represents Death as Transition to the next life, the one that was calling you through the suppression of suspicion and doubt. It's not a guarantee, either, but it's insistent.

Comprehending Organized Crime

2011-08-11T09:43:00.000-04:00

I always thought that my Mom was crazy because she lived with the challenge of covering for my brothers while she was EYES WIDE OPEN allowing her daughters to be cheated. It's difficult to "blame" anyone for going along to get along: as we learned in school, girls cooperate and follow the rules to keep the peace. Teachers will acknowledge that the easiest way to resolve an issue and get back to the business at hand is to overwhelm the girls with threats and "alpha" vocals which immediately cow them and push them back into submission.

Over the years of honoring my purpose for being in school, I went with the flow and, although I was frequently enough, disciplined for my lapses in performance, I too often was witness to the cowardice of the teachers who "looked the other way" and permitted my male classmates to make their own rules. I learned that it is the way to "operate" in any situation where you are competing - whether that be for grades, attention, Top Cat status, ... whatever.

I observed my brothers, my classmates, the boys on the neighborhood, all pushing the envelope, nibbling at the edges, finding the opportunity to "score" on the competition. In romantic situations, of course, that "score" became the legend de rigueur by which the ego-driven male, now out-of-control by civil standards, were extending competitive reach among would-be buddies for a pecking order of simple PECK. Thus, the Whitehouse found it all but demanded by their "In House" Roolz to release this photo on their blog in defiance, disrespect, obnoxious guy self-indulgence to fling it in the faces of anybody who still notices, that they are the dawgs. Feeding the Beast of characteristic ugliness is a tough demand.

I noticed that Mark Halperin was back on MoJo yesterday, having served his probation for calling the Dick on the Gamer-In-Chief. Quietly, acting like nobody notices, Organized Crime goes about doing what it's doing in your face, in the open, surrounding itself with "confidance" that nobody will object all the while "pushing back" where nobody pushed. The murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964 forced American "City" people to consider this.

At about 3:25 a.m., Catherine, bleeding badly, stumbled to the rear of her apartment building and attempted to enter through a back entrance. The door was locked. She slid along the wall until she reached a hallway leading to the 2nd floor of 82-62 Austin Street but she fell to the vestibule floor. In the meantime, the man had returned again. "I came back because I knew I'd not finished what I set out to do," he told cops later. He walked along the row of doors and calmly searched for the woman. He checked the first door and didn't find her. He followed the trail of blood to the doorway where Catherine lay bleeding on the tiled floor. And there, while the defenseless victim lay semiconscious, incoherent from pain and loss of blood, he cut off her bra and underwear and sexually assaulted her. He then took $49 in cash from her wallet. "Why would I throw money away?" he asked the court at his trial. As Catherine moaned at his feet, probably unable to comprehend what had happened to her, the man viciously stabbed her again and killed her.

The man, who had selected his victim purely at random, ran to his car still parked where he left it. The entire event lasted at least 32 minutes. He said later that murder "was an idea that came into my mind, just as an idea might come into your mind, but I couldn't put mine aside." He jumped into his white sedan and fled the scene. A few blocks away, he came to a red light. He glanced over at the car idling next to him and saw that a man was asleep behind the wheel. The killer got out of his car and awakened the sleeping driver. He told the man he should go home. Then the killer, full of himself, $49 richer and not at all ashamed of what he had done, got back into his own car and drove off into the night.
Catherine was his third murder.

Things about the recounting of this episode in American Evolution strike me with regard to this photo appearing IN THE FACE of the Families grieving, observing tradition, paying the ultimate price for their Patriotism. Love of Country be sacrificed; just another morsel in the mouth of the Icon, the never-to-be-human, GAMED again.

A Cyclone of disorder surrounds Barak Obama, his overbearing demand for attention and gratification of his hate for anything not bowing to him fueled by those weak and attaining-attention-by-aligning-with-him who are swept up in the advancing wind tunnel.

Rudy Giulianni, who had been ridiculed as the exploiter of his leadership creds from 9-11, should be the Vice President or cabinet member in charge of purging this country of this mobster goon squad wreaking havoc with the world economy. I remember a Saturday Night Live skit in which Alex Karras http://www.scharplingandwurster.com/?p=287 and Jim Belushi did the White Guy Rap taunting the hoodlums with the Comedy Scores With The Ladies, You Schmucks wisdom that still rings true. It is a sad, sick country, to say the least, that is commandeered by a dimwit of zeroic credentials who bamboozled, bullied and ultimately disrespected his way into the White House with neither skills nor a record of having overcome and mastered adversity. The press poses prettily in competition with him while blogsters shake out on which side of the cyclone that divided, levelled us but can never diminish us. And this blog, along with countless others, continues to retrace the steps that led us here to find, ultimately, a classroom full of mates engaged, not in the ordering of cats, but in the free, economically nourishing exchange in good faith, good business and good citizenship. I want Oprah's crush to just go hole up in Chicago where nobody trusts nobody and just revel in what is. But I want the rest of the Country to resume, restore and recover from this trasher and just be glad when it's run its course, done its damage and reminded us all what really matters.

On His Watch: Debt Ceiling Breaks Instead Of The Glass

2011-08-05T23:08:00.003-04:00

We've called the Obots stupid and crude, and now S & P confers the tassle. He's not only the "prettiest" President and the coolest, he's now the FIRST to cost the full faith and confidance of the United States. First in Wars (3 Simultaneous)
First In Peace (Wins a fu#*ing Nobel Peace) Prize just for being pretty
and First in the Hearts of his Country Men.

It's those Women who TOLD YOU SO!!!

Slow on the uptake, on a too-long learning curve at his On the Job, Affirmative Action training, finally, some responsible judges take up a seat on the Bench. Tea Parties at the White House, a Hillary tradition?

We lowered our long-term rating on the U.S. because we believe that the
prolonged controversy over raising the statutory debt ceiling and the related
fiscal policy debate indicate that further near-term progress containing the
growth in public spending, especially on entitlements, or on reaching an
agreement on raising revenues is less likely than we previously assumed and
will remain a contentious and fitful process. We also believe that the fiscal
consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration agreed to this week
falls short of the amount that we believe is necessary to stabilize the
general government debt burden by the middle of the decade.

It sounds like your dad taking the X Box off the kids because they couldn't play without constant bickering, fighting and refusing to take turns. Out the Window, just like he threatened. Done.

Those Women, ... Bachmann, for example, calls for the firing of Geithner.... even though it was the Obama policy that "planned" for this historic dunning. Palin not surprised that the Tea Party is "blamed" for the Blind leading the Blind ending up fighting for the edge of the cliff.

Checking My "Racism," My "Bitterness" And My "Sore Loser;" Getting My MOODY On

2011-08-03T10:11:00.006-04:00

The discussion of debt has - "somehow" - panned 'round to the "negative" outlook tacked onto the AAA rating Moody's extended the United States following the debt ceiling vote yesterday. Three years ago, we all awoke to the stunning announcement Lehman Brothers was filing for bankruptcy.

In my day-to-day reality, the failure of trust by Merrill Lynch advisers instantly reduced, by half, the nest-egg held by a close friend whose concerns up to that moment, had been how she would best balance her spending against her life expectancy to not outlive her money. Here was, her "finance" guy, cautioning her that she was spending too fast and urging restraint upon her.

At the time of the Lehman Brothers failure, Timothy Geithner was at the helm of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and seemingly oblivious to the swirling duplicity of the Maddoff, AIG, Fannie/Freddie AAA Ratings and scandals. Nevertheless, Geithner survived the Turbo-Tax bamboozle AND the campaign promise that LOBBYISTS would not rule his White House to be confirmed as Barak Obama's exception to his campaign promise. Despite his "Day ONE" pivot, his obotic sycophants delighted in the "courage" it took for Obama to "admit" he'd made his rules too tough on even himself. Gee, maybe had these brats contained their irrational exuberance over electing a ding-bat, they might have covered their funded-by-other-peoples'-money behind with a little resistance.

INBRED is the word that has come to characterize both the financial community and the media in my mind. Holding onto what they have rather than identifying with what we all can be, the Moody's / Standard & Poore / Fitch disappointment is part of the same picture Mad Money Guru, Jim Cramer fleshed out on the Daily Show. Scandal Lies in the Truth that these high-flying money-managers "play" us like spinsters sitting on life savings. They have taken conservative, hard-working Americans on a poorly-orchestrated HIKE intended to recreate our perspective on investing while in fact, misguiding and manipulating us with this disgraceful presumption of EXCEPTIONALISM. So great is the Greatest Generation that their children's children are incapable of respectful observance of the rights of others.

So the Americans who discerned the rules that make for substance and reliability, played and worked together in a legitimate process known as American Government. Our vision was one of bringing together the greatest minds, the proven performers, the dedicated, evolved community leaders into a Government of the People, By the very best the People can be For the People who make this Country great, was readily bastardized by the son of a Kenyan Economic STUDENT who caste his seed to the wind and enjoyed a Harvard induction that provided a Legacy for a child who bore his name. Immigration Documents disclosed by the Arizona Independent in April shed light on the circumstances surrounding the documentation of Obama's birth. It also points to the insight shared by Americans who have married foreign nationals only to discover that their most "lovable" aspect was their American Citizenship by which their beloved secures a Visa and green card; a variation on the Spinster wooed by a gigolo intent on cashing in her savings theme.

Smile, Ladies:) This ain't a new story. It's the classic tale of a Girl done wrong by a glamorous, unavailable cad whose reputation needed "rehabilitating" by her banker mama who knew all the "ins and outs" of the finance game. Suppose you are at your desk in the escrow department of the Bank of Hawaii and your daughter notifies you that your son-in-law has dumped her and is off to Harvard to fulfill his "Dreams."

Your grandson is growing up in the home of his mother's second husband while she WORKS WITH WOMEN helping them obtain micro finance. His mother dedicated her efforts to empowering women of the poorest levels with the funds needed to launch cottage industry. My "racism" - CHECKED AT THE TITLE - is being tugged at here as I suppress my general dislike of men who live off women on welfare while treating them as ho's and caring more about driving flashy cars, preserving their seductibility and sex-appeal and keeping the mothers of their children as a meal ticket, not an equal partner in the rearing of productive, happy children.

Given his background, Barak Obama could well have become the greatest President in the history of his country, had he mastered the material and understood the Economy. He understands GETTING. For himself... He whines to get his way and finds legions of brethren in those children of the greatest generation who shake down their hard-working parents in the identical same way. How is it he never grasped the "DREAMS FROM HIS MOTHER?" How did he miss the hard-working women in his family who were bringing it day after day and firmly but gently communicating by their very lives, the way to the bank? How could he fail to recognize the most important element of stability: depositors and participants interacting in a trustworthy, self-policed security exchange? I have one word for the president, who again, yesterday, promised to focus on JOBS: accounting. Learn to know what you're looking at when you read "the books." Stop spinning the commie psycho baloney and conduct yourself as a professional gentleman with the credentials and the associates who can - legitimately - follow their surnames with C.P.A.

Treat women with respect for their insight, their expertise and their achievements...not the ins and outs of schmoozing your horney female boss for her connections and a promotion. Get into the ins and outs of incentivizing the creation of jobs, do double duty by understanding that even not-so-shovel-ready infrastructure projects will actually do what the stimulus is meant to do: build and restore the foundation upon which we build our businesses. Everywhere I go this summer, and it is Pennsylvania, after all, roads are closed due to bridge repairs and municipal sewage projects.

When Moody's can look at all the valuable real estate the Obama Administration has squired onto the Government rolls, at all the State of the Art Buildings that house commerce and education, at all the incredible beauty of improvements to our scene, it no longer looks like debt but a long-term liability BALANCED AND SECURED by an asset. What part of ending the wars and the destruction of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya does he not relate to bringing the military home to build OUR bridges, guard OUR borders, impress OUR citizens with the military might that moves mountains and Masters the Universe with a Space Program that is jobs for the Americans with the Right Stuff?

INCENTIVES to create jobs will franchise his efforts worldwide. Removing the threats to Nationalize and cop the profits of those job-creators will change the narrative of the Right. It's not what the RICH don't pay, it's what they don't invest, don't spend, don't buy. COME ON, BARAK!!! Change your tune and get off your Chinese Water Torture of the drip, drip, drip mantra of fair share and grow up. The World Economy, as your Father and Step-Father and Frank convinced you, AIN'T FAIR!!! Your challenge, should you CHOOSE to accept it, is a JOB. It is not a position as an AGENT of the Government; it is to LOOK AT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND PROCESS IT. Get it. Do something WE CAN'T DO. We ALL can whine, but have been taught to suppress that inclination, shoulder up and GET ON THE JOB. We've been screaming this at you for so long we're convinced you are not only oblivious but dense as dung. It's because the message is coming from

Typical White Women who are inherently racist because roving gangs of young black males with no jobs and a lascivious look cause them to ask to be escorted to and from work,
Uneducated, blue collar, farmers and craftsmen who could only afford to educate their ungrateful children more inclined to buy your snake-oil out of ennui than substance and
Republicans whom you describe as "rich" but who are merely folks who have made the same mistakes you are making but LEARNED from their school of hard knocks instead of blaming the Man.
Independents, Dems and just plain Americans who understand budgets, balance and conservative investing in their communities who, in turn, flourish and remain peaceable while growing INDIVIDUAL AND COMMON WEALTH.

You cannot possibly hear yourself, carping about the corporate jet class all the while corporatist Jeffrey Immelt, who paid no corporate tax for propping you up with the corporate funds at his disposal, FOR WHICH HE IS RESPONSIBLE TO HIS STOCK HOLDERS, is your Jobs Czar!

The Rich about whom you complain ARE NOT LISTENING TO YOU nor do you concern them, they shrug you off as blithely as you shrugged off Eighteen Million Democrats who felt you weren't bringing enough SUBSTANCE to your resume and your iconic HOPE was a promise, not a plan. Well, we HOPE you can handle the next dinging on the horizon, Barak. Like last night's Pirate Pitching, a bunch of sincere, but young guys with great talent but little experience against legitimate Major League Hitters gave up 5 homers to the Cubs before I changed channels. I "eat" the bitter daily, and salve the sore of "losing" fair and square to members of my own party who in all fairness, squarely stabbed me in the back and put you in office. I've watched Major Leaguers "eat" the bad pitch they can't take back. I've also watched lying guys VIBRATE and GLARE at challengers who simply ask questions consistent with what they expect to see but do not. And I've watched those challengers lose their jobs, suffer harassment and fall into depression. I've also seen those dispatched by corrupt politicians get even. I've seen them pull themselves together, eat that "bitter" pill, force down that "Poor Me" impulse and channel all emotion into one overarching goal. Getting a decent job and recovering their true self-respect and dignity. Again and Again. They survive depression, schemers, exploitative lovers and finally, their own bad judgement, and just get serious about their mission to the exclusion of any other phony drain on their resources, and just do it. Can YOU?

Here's a tip: It took a lot of easy money to elect you. All it really should have taken to re-elect you was a job well-done. Even the original "Dick" Nixon had the respect for the voters to recognize that he needed to be seen as the PERFORMING PROVIDER of Presidential service, not the Campaigner in Chief. His fundraisers weren't for him, he didn't need the warchest, he had the chest full of medals of accomplished results to impress the voters. His supporters were asked to contribute to the election of a majority in congress to ease the implementation of his plans, solid "plans," for example, of ending the Vietnam Wa. ...joke. Just like your hope thing... we who had our HOPES dashed by a cad know this story all too well and don't have time for you. You let us down once. You're not family so you're history. The Mob connections are only one aspect of the coalition that put you in power, but the POWER has a vote, too. One thing I've discerned about true power: it flows to those it can't damage because they understand power is to be channelled: they don't attempt to seize it. Your HORN keeps moving around between your eyes and your mouth. Is it a ringer or a dinger?

"Calling Out" Specific Women To Get Game

2011-07-28T09:19:00.003-04:00

Christine O'Donnell and Sharon Angel got the "John McCain" tongue-lashing from the Senate "Well" and it's game on as I see it. Barbara Boxer, who was lucky to hold her seat, as was Harry Reed, and there's no telling what that pair had to do to defeat their challengers, has nothing but contempt for the Tea Party and on this matter, she and McCain agree.

Do they passionately believe their complaints? Absolutely. And, as Olivia DuKakis said in Moonstruck, "That's too bad." Sure, the Senate will drag the Tea Party through the mud with their "Hobbitt" references and salt in the wounds of defeated Tea Party candidates, but it would be wise for them to be recalling that Ted Kennedy's seat went to a Tea Party Triumph in Scott Brown who votes Democrat but caucuses Republican. Brown has six years to please the voters. Congressmen and Women have two.

It has become a fight between the Senate Leadership and the Tea Party, and I'm predicting the Tea Triumph will ought. Those up with Obama for re-election in 2012 are facing the door. The hooligans of Boston Harbor have a party in progress and anybody who's anybody is Angling for an invite. It's their funeral. The voters of Delaware elected Joe Biden often enough without questioning his qualifications, that he passed himself off as a Foreign Policy expert with the chops to induce Obama to select him as Vice President. Knowing what we know about Obama's insecurities and ego, it says much about the Delaware Voter and the jobs that drive their ballot preferences. Bank of America rules, I guess. The very entity that makes these people rabid, the irresponsible management of treasure, is what the Tea Party is surgically removing from the table. No longer is the "kick the can down the road" option available to the budget busters seeking ONE MORE FIX to get to the next re-election. I have to hand it to the girls: they really pissed the guys off.

and, I gotta ask: Who the hell writes Chuck Schummer's statements for the Democratic Caucus's press conferences? Clearly the Senator doesn't feel, understand or recognize what he's reading. He never reads them with the calibre of sentiment they were written to convey. Which tells me that he's a lot like Dave Mariotti, former County Chair of the Butler Democrats... and I felt the same disgust with Mariotti's insipid reading of candidates' comments in their behalf at dinners as I feel when Schummer positively butchers the well-written but mark-missing pieces he's handed as a read on the daily senate wrap. Are they taking care of the People's Business? Certainly not. The statements are written cover. All well and good. But in providing Schummer with the platform and the "script," the Caucus is getting as poor a performance from its spokesperson as the constituents he represents.

TEA Party v. Harry Reed

2011-07-27T08:17:00.005-04:00

A "reading" from the Minchiate Tarot, relationship spread, Knight of Swords, Significator:
TEA - A tornado: A fearless and skillful warrior, unfettered by emotion or material concerns. One able to boldly take on challenges that others consider terrifying or insurmountable. A person who inspires fear and awe through the purity of their purpose and the intensity of their intellect. Speaking frankly, in an outspoken manner, and with great influence. May portend the swift initiation or conclusion of a conflict, through the decisive invocation of force. Reed - Weakness in character leading to tyranny and abuse of worldly power. Loss of confidence and ambition, coupled with the cold execution of the unthinkable. The inability to carry out plans or command respect. Being unreasonable and prone to fits of rage. A deceiver or demagogue. Pelosi - Crushing defeat brought about by idle intellectualism divorced from reality. Sadness and desolation in the aftermath of a catastrophic and total collapse. A decisive conclusion brought about through the swift and merciless application of overwhelming force. Religious Right - Using your beliefs as an excuse for your ignorance or persecution of others. Committing dishonorable acts in the name of duty, loyalty, or faith. Vainly seeking the false romance of martyrdom. Abdicating your responsibilities in the material world to a higher power. Obama - Closing your heart to the simple pleasures of life. Escaping realities by living in the past. Refusal to grow up and embrace the joys of adulthood. Contempt for acts of gentle kindness. May indicate immaturity or sexual insecurities. May indicate the departure of an old friend.

The White House has tried desperately to play the "grownup" throughout the ideological battles of the past several years. But trying to be the grownup and actually being the grownup are two different things. By its diffidence on ideological issues and its failure to negotiate effectively, the White House has failed to generate the support for the positions that brought many to the president's side originally. If the administration is outfoxed in the negotiating room over and over and over again, it won't matter how correct its economic policies are; it will eventually lose the American public. ...Eliot Spitzer / Slate

Hillary - Personal glory and public accolade. Being treated as a celebrity by those you meet. The opening of doors and a flood of opportunities. An abundance of power and influence. Bill "Big Dawg" Lightning: A great and daring leader who inspires others to rise to challenges alongside him. An artist who can take hold of an idea and make it a reality through bold action. One who is forceful, charismatic, and honest, leading by example, but unafraid to invest authority in others. A dashing and magnetic personality, carrying authority naturally, and striking at the world with swiftness and grace. Virtue: Personal fortitude and strength of character. Accumulated power set in motion towards a distant goal. The initiation of an enduring partnership based on absolute trust. Honor maintained in a time of desperate struggle. Taking full responsibility for a decision, and bearing the solitude of leadership. A tornado of TEA has spun upside the mindlessly bold and ruthless GAMERS to introduce the timeless, universal and indisputable momentum of wind beneath the wings of the angelic.

Wrap'd In Flags & Gospel - Seperating The Waters From The Land

2011-07-24T14:41:00.000-04:00

My Freedom to practice my religion as I "see" fit is a notion bequeathed to me by those who founded this Nation. I trace my heritage - in part - to the American Founding Documents which were derived from human energies mixed with what they described during the process, as awareness of a Divine Entity in Whom they trusted and shared Soverignty. EYES reveal to us That which IS. We discern with focus and application of our concentration. In Genesis, during the Creation, God separated light from dark, salt from fresh water, water from land. If Light is knowledge with understanding, and separation is discernment, then the ability to seperate the Truth from the Spin, is the responsible processing of data gleaned from reality. Over the past four years, I have observed a dogmatic stubbornness in my colleagues and associates to such an extreme that conversations and inter-acting with them were unproductive, and so insipid were their statements that my exchanges with them had to be curtailed. Those presently masquerading as my County Committee are, in fact, such entities, wrapping themselves in the mantle of the Obama D.N.C. performing as little more than Trolls exploiting the misinformation being disseminated by the media.It was neither easy nor pleasant to "separate myself from the masses," forsaking, as I found, friendships and kinships, such as sustain my human existence. At this time, I am unable to even enjoy a relationship with my Mother, who is driven insane with religiosity to such an extreme that her inappropriate presumption of Judgement of me occludes her ability to discern my existence as her child. During times in my life when pain so imposed itself on me, I have sought solace and reassurance in prayer and as the result, have come to understand how bullies resort to preaching, censure and appropriation of Divine Infallibility to force their superiority on me. I balance the reaction to hate my family members for such abuse of trust, but in the moments during my life when I was strongest and most secure in what I was bringing to the conversation, they were most overbearing in their attempts to threaten me with the wrath of the "Almighty," as though the invocation of the Divine Over-Seer were something that should impell me to subordinate my insight and acquired understanding to their dogmatized pronunciation. The Free Will of a human being is both a responsibility and a distinction which elevates our species a degree over those animals and lesser creatures over which the Creator infused us with dominion.

Quartzsite, Arizona Police State Imposing - WTF?

2011-07-24T01:34:00.002-04:00

A public meeting, chaired by the Mayor, was disrupted by the Police Chief and several officers who stripped the microphone from a citizen speaking of the corruption of the department and ordered 9 officers who opposed the action to remain in their homes on administrative leave. The City Council has a Racket running and were complicit against the Mayor, who was conducting the meeting, and had zero understanding of the Constitution's protection.

Not so much ignorance as arrogance "runs these streets" and the awareness of the upright citizens of New York and New Jersey should be held as affirmation that Mobsters will be shown the end of the road. To those of us who understand Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Lawful Assembly, Citizen Review and the !!! involvement by the taxpayers in the monitoring and review of their city council actions.

"Left At The Altar" ... Can't Get My Phone Calls Returned...

2011-07-22T21:11:00.001-04:00

She DUMPED you, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

The One has had his tantrum, his bully pulpit and his media parasites to challenge the "No Drama" meme, but truth be told, HE'S NOT GETTING HIS WAY, DAMNIT!

And his 50th birthday is less than two weeks away...OFF With Their Heads!

Does he think the Republican House Majority just got into politics? If it hadn't been for there only being 1/3 of the Senate up for re-election in 2010, he'd be trying to sled uphill in July without a skid-greaser.

Too bad he won all his elections by eliminating his competition, Tanya Harding style, instead of getting his pretty head involved in an actual contest. We saw how he withered in the face of a Clinton surge and he never, EVER demonstrated either closing skill or ability to think his way through a crisis. His academic background severely limits his hand-to-hand prospects as the Boehner team smells blood in the water and circles for the collapse of the Obama House of Cards. Killer instinct oozes from the pores of Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan has his ducks lined up with lethal precision.

Obsama has his needs.

Just like a guy cornered into marriage, the "groom" isn't "left at the altar," merely kept waiting by his all-too-canny Bride, steady, restrained, and gentle. Spitting nickles and threatening to bolt, he contemplates the humiliation of being put in his rightful place by a - gasp! old white guy. In the end, the gentlemen of the Republican majority mastered procedure and managed to discover the tricks of playing the Washington press corps before Mr. Inspiration ever got to town. Somebody remind him he's only got to get through the "ceremony" and he'll be whisked off on yet another VACATION (called a honeymoon, hon,) with a satin pillowcase full of cash. Can somebody take him to a strip club and load him with tequila?

Geez!!! Didn't Gramma "Toot" ever take his credit card away? Isn't there a Chicago School of Economics? Maybe if he'd ever WORKED his Senate Committee assignments, he'd have some favors to call in.

SPACED OUT

2011-07-21T08:25:00.000-04:00

Up early with the Fox Friends to see Atlantis touch down for the last time, I was reminded that July 21, 2011 bookmarked the night, July 20, 1969 when we watched Armstrong take "One Giant Leap For Mankind." Pregnant with my son, now 42 years old, I watched on black and white t.v. with little doubt that the world awaiting him was a new one. Ten years later, I found that I relied on my daughter to reset the digital clock on the VCR or advance my wrist watch for daylight savings time. In my early 30's, I was made to feel pretty antiquated and unprepared for the "New World" of technology into which they were born. Kids who "touched down" since we landed on the moon were of another species, no longer limited by a world....they were citizens of the Universe and objective observers of those who continue to fight over the past while a Future beckons.

No grandparent who is asked to watch a wide-eyed child play a video game can ignore the stream of consciousness that has captured our now-elementary school-ers and doubt for a second that the poser who pulled the plug on our Space Program is anything but a bookmark himself, a black face on the "Presidents" ruler to represent the end of the era in this Country that witnessed segregation and racial discrimination. To the children of the NASA transition team, nothing adults consider limitations rates so much as consideration.

Games that permit the kids to "computer model" communities, teach them ways to build and manage wealth. Games that challenge their imagination to find alternatives for opening doors, climbing levels and scaling walls remind adults that what began as ping-pong, shoot-em-ups and PAC-man gorging has evolved into incredible options for exploration and consideration. Few kids have time for deeply-seated hate notions. They regard girls as true challengers to their own mental agility development and with a nod to the tradition of learning to do better, the Class of 2018, Children of the New Millennium, will have their Eyes On The Prize and step blithely to a Universe in which the Euro, the IED, the Teleprompter Of The United States are "retro" symbols of a mis-guided, frenzied cacophony of the last ones to occupy the seats of "power" before "power" became a tool of the system, not a coveted jewel of the ambitious.

The Google Babies - Who needs Grown-Ups?

2011-07-19T08:41:00.001-04:00

My brother's grandson, 7 years on this Earth, may ask "How do I spell ...?" but beyond that, "grown-ups" in his life have "measured" Trustworthiness, and the real way of getting answers to a child's questions is the search engine.'

We took the laptop on vacation with the idea of viewing videos during the drive, and between the hand-held game and the scene selections to watch Jim Carey antics for the thousandth time, I observed the manipulation of the screen with a delicate but authoritative "touchpad" technique.

Nick knows quick, certain paths to revealation as he skillfully navigated through screens that represented "worlds" in his game and movie. But the moment he asked an assist on spelling as he loaded up Google, my take-away evolved.

Aside from his go-to technique of locating a kid's game channel, the child could "snip" the adult assist for the "close enough" spelling of words like "cloud" and other things that trigger imagination, and with a tip and a touch, the array of answers to his questions manifest with links to lead him as deeply as he wishes into the results of his inquiry.

No longer to be gently prepared, shielded or fairy-told the Adult-wants-to-shield-you-from-harsh-reality version of the facts, the youngest children can, if the computer is at hand, elect to bypass, or at least incorporate a secondary source, for answers to their "Where did that come from?" questions.

Limited only by their reading skills, kids can discern when well-intentioned PaPa didn't 'quite' deliver on that last question and take it to the Oracle for verification.

Where to begin?

A computer class I had at Continuing Education Community College spent a session relating the phenomenon of "PACKED ARRAYS" and although it was in the 90's that I first looked at it, the recollection of the teacher's sketch suddenly "flashed back" to me as I allowed my "long drive relaxation mode" to consider how a life can be randomized by the links the search results present.

Choice, more than ever, now presents a considerable Vista of options defined as: "One-Step-Leads-To-Another." and the littlest citizens can be our cushion of resistance between a generation raised on Television and the Up-And-Comers with the sattelite and cable Windows into realm to be chosen, mastered and levelled up.

All THUMBS? The texters, twitterers and helicopter kids are connected above and beyond what we once thought possible. But as we saw with the election of Barak Obama, the superficial savvy babies in technology and communication, remain, just the same, unskilled in the physical realm where stuff takes time, teaches patience and extracts a price for revealation. If one can do it in the electronosphere - rest assured - it can be done with reality-based hard copy. And when the imagination returns to "Earth," the desire for an environment that supports and protects evolution, stability and a secure place to store your "stuff" inevitably demands the solutions never addressed by the untested academicians they put in this White House.

Just as there are places to stash, there are places to hide worlds never intended for the mainstream. The gritty, sinister basements of humanity lurk - also - in the Googlies. How will kids know when they uncover one, as they navigate the SearchResults?

Getting Above It; Gaining Perspective

2011-07-15T09:55:00.001-04:00

The Push has come to Shove in the alley where Barak Obama very much lives. This ignoramus, described by Bernie Goldberg on last night's O'Reilley as as the "Mayor of Chicago" not the president, as behaving as though 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue were City Hall has none of the credentials to be where he is, and neither do his staffers. In the Big Leagues, suggests the author of "A Slobbering Love Affair," knowing, responsible professionals have acquired expertise in their development, qualifying them for service at the White House. We who aspire to legitimacy as leaders have come to understand that there are far better ways to achieve our objectives than threats, confrontations, ostracism of our opponents and unrelenting pressure.

It brings to mind a turning point moment I experienced when observing a colleague in a confrontation with his dog. Phoebe, the white Shepherd, with all her dignity, her love for her master and her awareness of HER ground, was holding in the face of a bully. The tension between them was visible, but more obvious was the stupefying stubbornness of Mike Hayden, obsessed with getting his way and oblivious to the opportunity his selfishness squandered. I watched as Phoebe conducted herself as a gentlewoman in the face of a human male demonstrating incapacity. A professed "dog lover," Hayden was blind to his inability to "play" off Phoebe's strength and courage. His driven determination to impose his will on his equally determined "best Friend" left the pair locked in hopeless stalemate that rapidly progressed to destructive mishap. At stake for Phoebe was her status as "the dog." For Mike, supposedly the human to whom God had given dominion over the animal, it was neither the thought process nor even the process. I understood in that moment, that the Might Makes Right authoritarian was ignorant of methods gentle people employ everywhere, every day to accomplish Win/Win. He routinely degenerated into violent behavior as the result, disqualifying him from a place in my heart. He could be trusted, I recognized, to shove me when he had the opportunity to and would expect, moreover go to great lengths to insure, that I would give him yet another chance to cheat me.

Covey's question: "Why would you go for a deal where they win and you lose?" is the essence of P.U.M.A. and the Just Say, "No Deal!" coalition. Mutually respectful negotiating, mutually beneficial exchanges and demonstrations of good will and easy confidence towards each other is the functional demeanor most Americans, most viable working professionals, have learned is the way to progress.

The Mobster-Big Dawg Wanna Be, deploys brain-locked, trolling, vile trench men confidant of one, basic thing: when Push Comes To Shove, We Observe No Bounds. The "We Shove" Administration employs a combination of insider code and chicken blood Voodoo to represent themselves as innocent while they "Play" the observers, via the complicit mainstream, equally abusive media... It's calculated, but no less the suicide choice of bullies who don't know a better way, and who have no working understanding of the better world in which those of us who are scandalized by such obstinacy, choose to live.

We all become increasingly more socialized as we enter new circles, and we find the Angels, the Exchange Tables that invest us with the Best Practices insight acquired via the day-after-day of getting the critical JOB done and the product out the door and into the systems of those with whom we exchange goods and services.

Organized Crime is not Good Business, It is not even the purview of legitimacy in Administration. In fact, it should be the responsibility of the Administration to recognize and transcend the Mob Mentality. Yet, in order to maintain their half-legitimate, half-larcenous occupancy of the Oval Office, the line must be kept close enough to straddle when the services of the Fourth Estate is required to hood their lying eyes. The Mob has fostered its equal opposition, and that is where Obama finds himself.

In retrospect, we see that the citizens characterized as crazy mobs such as the Tea Parties and Town Hall participants, were, in fact the true Higher Powers in this conflict. The presentation by the President of Mobster tactics, such as his "brush off" of Hillary Clinton before a backdrop of supporters and back-up of staging artists, and the unconscionable threats to a demonstrably fearless Eric Cantor clearly flag the realism that Obama has entered uncharted territory and hasn't the tools to navigate effectively. He fed off Hillary Clinton throughout the 2008 Primaries as the Voting Public responded, intent on keeping the See/Saw equally balanced while the quest for the nomination "played" out. The distinction I make between Obama and the Republicans is this: They've been there, done that and WON while Obama & Company have pushed and shoved themselves into this confrontation for Change with no earthly idea of exactly what it was they were "taking over."

In the Democratic Party, we have some truly gentle Women, Ladies who have lived the Talk and Walk of the Angels at the Exchange. Colleagues who have comforted and supported one another through all the encounters with corporate politics that have pushed them back, down and under. Our contribution has been dismissed by a racist combine of Oprah, Donna, Whoopie and the Black Caucus. To suggest that these people were anything but cheaters, thugs and muggers is to ignore their own racist abuse of trust. I remained in the Democratic Party after the gender equity provisions were enacted. Women moved beyond the traditional roles of secretaries and auxiliaries into areas where their services were in demand. Men who elected to become Weather Men rather than employ the scientifically evolved, proven methods of the Androgene, revealed to us an entire universe of System Gamers playing under the radar to displace and disgrace competitive females with - not legitimate underground resistance, but with overtly criminal underworld intrigue.

Trojan Horse got nuthin' on those who occupy positions of movement, exchange and cross/over between legitimate and criminal. A line that the legitimate know and observe can be readily blurred by the testosterone-driven pressure imposed when less-than-competitive men are unable to embrace a challenge with which they are confronted. Faith is a Factor. Sure, guys, hope for the best, but when Push Comes To Shove, the Bill Ayers types blew up their girlfriends playing at bomb-building and blew up the Democratic Convention of 1968 http://www.google.com/search?q=democratic+convention+of+1968&hl=en&rlz=1T4TSND_en___US410&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BDggTo3OGPGy0AG9h6DdAw&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=553 playing at social change while Martin Luther King was leading a Non-Violent Revolution among the legitimate. The Faces and the Fortunes that profited from the shoving left all of us devastated as they skated into cult status, freedom from American Justice and a squalid, sperm-spewing persuit of attention-craving sluts denied their own eye to eye exchange with their Fathers. Dreams is Obama's Odyssey through history, but one he neither shares with Americans nor would choose for himself. And yet we allowed this sordid gang of savages to wreak havoc with our contained chaos. What these "actors" have proven repeatedly, is that there are survivors among us who continue to glean intelligence from each encounter with them.

Like the Weather, these confronting forces must be managed by ranging, exchanging Angels of the Better Way. While they prod, press and test each other, intent upon uncovering weakness, we step to the Better Place, the Alternative Universe where Win/Win Calls the Tune, and there we enjoy our lives, ignoring, but not ignorant of, these less distinguished "Accidents In Progress."

In his book, Goldberg discusses the "Blinded By Love" infidelity of the main stream media. He ridicules and rightly questions the integrity of any press pass bearer so uninitiated to the profession as to be chemically affected by animal magnetism without a reasoned, seasoned objective view of their own LACK of objectivity. It is clear to a reasoning woman that the "Inspiring" speeches delivered by the marauding campaign of destruction was a "natural occurrence" of a declining civilization that had managed to replace all its top-performing leaders with half/legitimate, half/underworld secret-keepers poised to deliver the "shove" at the opportune moment. Oprah did it. James Clyburne did it. Bob Casey did it. Even Tina Brown did it. So Women, in the tradition of Princess Diana, learn by being disappointed, to find their friends.

I dedicate my June-to-September development to working with this gentle, mutually respectful energy. The Blessed Mother reaches through the affront on my dignity as a woman and a professional bound by my ethics and produced by my own willingness to try, err and correct course. In moments of doubt, I am learning to control my emotions and accept that the Study Group, the Team, the larger community of which I am a part, has a great, workable plan that already performs predictably on numerous platforms. A quiet touch calls my attention from the chest-thumping, saber-rattling barbarians posing as leaders to the delightful antics of yellow finches calling to me along with the cardinals and chickadees. They carry a message, a song, a tune, to which all the universe might dance if that is the choice.

When you lose your arms for reaching, Victory, sprout wings,
Anonymous

I know the decision to dump this crowd had been made and it is resolved to replace them immediately. The confusion arises from the parallel run of both systems in transitional exchange. There will be "push" to be sure, but there is nothing against which to "push back." The "Push Preparing To Shove" is battling an illusion devised of a screen of pressure-induced blindness. In the amputee wards of Walter Reed Hospital, the take-away moves and the scan-ahead techniques are honed in retrospect. For those of us who have "lost" our legs, we foster no frustration with what could have been. We have no argument with the Judge. We see only the security of our comrades, our sisters and brothers in the march to contained crazy, the mutually accepting, forgiving, "there but for the grace of God" understanding of how we arrived at this moment in which we respectfully get as good as we give. My conscience is clear. I have given my best. I have fallen, to be certain, but have never despaired as the hand of my Mother has been there when I have reached. I hear her Voice of Reason, her vibe that fosters a change in the molecular movement in my bones to tune out the din of the advancing Putch, and just leave those marbles of mine which they covet, to them. My Mother calls me - not to a "game" - but to a zone, where I have been before. In the zone, I am managed, steered and supported to perform at my best. My obstacles are converted into partners, my would-be assassins recognize in our EYE TO EYE that their survival is tied to mine. In the zone, the words that communicate have neither context nor intonation. The BEST come together, not by choice nor partisan, power consideration, but by VIBE. A tuning fork responds, the tone is re-enforced, and the pettiness, error-proneness, even the self-interest is displaced by the order of it. We SEE. And as we do, the quandary of whom to choose or which way to go is resolved. We shake off the illusion of mystery and act in compliance with all we have always understood to be timeless, universal and consistent.

We grieve with the parents of Leiby Kletzky and recognize the vibe of his murderer, to whom the innocent child was exposed. We could not help but connect his fate to that of the Amish girls in their Lancaster County School room, methodically killed by a half/believing, half/deceiving manipulator of trust. In the Garden, we marvel that certain weeds take on the appearance of the legitimate plants beside which they spring. How is it that weeds whose growing "habit" mimics those of a lily, or a holly-hock, or a foxglove can just materialize in the ground we give to those plants we have chosen, purchased and "husbanded?" As good gardeners, we know them to be weeds, unproductive and likely to inhibit and ultimately strangle our chosen specimens by consuming communal resources disproportionately. So we pull weeds. We stay on it and survey our garden day by day, both to enjoy the fruits of our labors, and to remove threats to the stability and integrity of that which we are growing. When we must move a good but intrusive variety, we do so with the understanding of its nature, it's INVASIVE nature whereby it virtually takes over any fertile space and eliminates or overgrows everything good that was there. Enough is Enough, Had Enough, ... Enough Already, are all phrases that rival, "Time to eat your peas." and yet I know many, many peas-rejecting kids who were denied quality play time by intransigent parents who gave them no alternative but to remain at the table after the family had left, to stare at affronting texture and taste until the revulsion towards the vegetable was indistinguishable from the unreasoned demand of an inflexible parent. I like fresh or fresh-frozen baby peas. I don't blame anyone who has been forced to down mushy, pasty, past-their-prime green beads of insult to the taste buds, for now equating Obama's Goon Squad-endorsed negotiating style with a vivid negative childhood memory. He's locked into yet another demographic, finally able to line up the elements in order, according to their weight, and recognize the Weed in the Rose Garden.

Politics 101 And Too Late To Fix The Fence

2011-07-13T08:28:00.003-04:00

I sent a note to the Boockvar Campaign in response to the pathetic plea for gas money to continue to be "On The Job." In essence, my seat on the State Democratic Committee in Pennsylvania is one to which I was elected by the Democrats of Butler County. Not the PROGRESSIVES of Butler County; the DEMOCRATS. The Progressives, I learned after five futile years of having the rug yanked out from under me by hacks who shrug off their own cruelty toward their colleagues as "politics" yet show up at meetings to express their rage, clenched fists, tears and all, when nobody whom they've screwed, stiffed, back-stabbed or flat out bashed shows up to support their latest cause. The two signed affidavits on file with the Butler County District Attorney's Office, the Court Room Conviction and the admission on the Front Page of the Butler Eagle notwithstanding, these political mis-leaders purport themselves to be scandalized by the demonstration of integrity from their colleagues who have abandoned them. "THIS IS POLITICS!!!" they want us to believe. We are the PROGRESSIVES FOR CHANGE!!!" Unless you buy in, we can't take down the establishment and fulfill all our organic, hippie prophesy! We MUST get our way, no matter whom we destroy or undermine in persuit of that agenda. And to those whose loyalty we question, whose contributions we minimize, whose competence we subordinate to hackery, we say: {shrug} "Politics."

They pretend they don't rely heavily on the "Progressive" contentious die-hards of Mercer, Beaver and Lawrence County to swell their numbers...(they all go to each other's spaghetti dinners and rely on the $100 ad buys from the Labor Unions to publish their ads.) What they AREN'T getting is the Voter. The ones Donna Brazile didn't need have found themselves another gig.

That Train metaphor for the Country the polled observe to be "on the wrong track," left the station WITHOUT US! Hey, political "realists" of the Obatty Cult: here's the alternative to your patented "Push Back:" We who are denied our earned status as Leaders by the upstart Aggressives can't follow your lead so our THIRD alternative IS THE PICK: We have no choice but to Get Out Of The Way.

Y'all go 'head, charge it up. We'll sit out yer 2nd Term run up the hill...you didn't need us to get "selected;" you certainly don't want us complicating your "Re-Selection." Bush IV; League of Their Own.

No, We Don't Need The Ladies Crying 'Cause The Story's Sad."
Bad as the O Way Be, It's Better Than The Way We Had.

What's left of the Princess Fantasy went into the Black Heart's Protection Program with Casey Anthony and her "La Bella Vita" tattoo.

Designated Hitting

2011-07-07T08:25:00.002-04:00

“Tweet Hall” artificially foists pretense of the “We’re so slick” crowd onto the National Scene while the birds of Britain discover equally slick publicity perps have been hacking into voice message accounts to ~~snoop~~ scoop gossip for the tabs. NewsCorp Owner, Rupert Murdoch, “learns” what veterans of computer tech interaction have always known; Technoids are creeps…self-centered, arrogant, untouched by Human Ethics. Frankly, they are conditioned by electronics to expect their theories to apply to People…Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! …You go, gangJ

PEOPLE, such as yourselves, aren’t computers. Computers stand ready to attend to the programmer’s command. Programmers operate by deceiving the computer. Operators control accesses but maximize performance with carefully-scheduled uploads tested to the teeth prior to actually being folded into the system. Kids: here’s yer problem, and the reason the “Savvy” ain’t road-worthy.

U-G-L-Y! You ain’t got no alibi…You’re UGLY!

You’re impossible children. You’re impossibly self-indulgent. ..and, you’re only here as an experiment to demonstrate how much time you’re capable of wasting while the dues-paid Interactives are EXPECTED to be impressed – not by your skill, insight, relevance or ability to hold your little Processing Unit accountable, but by your novelty. Stay with it, Edisons, you have some lab work to do.

Big Dawg “strokes” the keeds with reassuring points that suggest he’s at least working outside the box with a goal in mind. He’s considering the possible downside of his recommendations while putting together a sell-able step in an alternate direction. Clinton, the Lab/Cheetah mix is both the beeg dawg and the Cat. Within his Operating System perform mutually respectful strengths, viability with structure. Controlled Access, in Clinton’s SYSTEM, has nothing to do with ideology. In Balanced Big League Class, the Could-a-been a Commissioner knows “Play Ball!” He even let Chelsea name the White House Cat, Sox! Let not it be lost on Chicagoans that it was the AL White Sox who arrived at the World Series, but not, NEVER in the past centuries, the Cubs. In the American League, the DESIGNATED HITTER steps to the plate bringing proven batting skills where the Pitcher likely has few.

Gingrich and Limbaugh bore heavily into any ground the Cliinton White House might have won. By their unrelenting critical pressure, the Republican leadership honed a highly skilled, Rise-To-The-Challenge-of-Powers-in-Trammell Chief Executive. In his experience as an Executive, Bill Clinton acquired the expertise to navigate the many interests entitled to respect and consideration in his government. Thus, in his words to the White House Press Corp as he served as DH for the Christmas Partying Obama, he admitted that he enjoyed governing.

Again, when the Country's needs are at stake, and not the political priorities of an up-for-referendum sitting Chief Executive, the working / performing intellectual, Bill Clinton is very much in the fray, thinking through the realities and taking on the labor-intensive issue with confidance and concern. It is not for his political skin, into which he has inserted a sub-species based on color rather than character, but for the Economy, Stupid! "This is not about whether you're a fiscal conservative or not, this is about what works. [Republicans'] theory won't work,"

The Country's needs are at stake. The most important message to the Kids was: "Pay Your Bills!" The next message, to Obama and the Democrats AND the Republicans should be: "Don't Make Committments You Can't Fulfill!" And, finally, he directs the Keeds to pay careful attention to the tricks being played with Polling Place ID legislation. OK, Bill. Keep the Kids twisted into activists, but remember, these easily inflluenced young voters shoved your qualified wife aside and inserted a creep notable for his skin color in place of a productive provider of service to her Country. Your follow-through is of critical importance, Bill. I expect to see you on this JOB until a resolution is achieved, and I HOPE to get two HOPERS, one FROM Hope and One who Called Himself HOPE restore Faith in earnest. Because, with Faith, the perception of the Economy is what will drive the Economy out of the ditch. Oh, and just for the record: Get a fucking Tow truck...Driving is over-rated, You learn, techies, that an updated system often disables the drivers of everything that produces.

The Disney Effect - A Jury Goes Fairy Tale

2011-07-06T09:50:00.001-04:00

The Verdict left an impassioned audience both shocked and wondering if they heard the same evidence that the Jury worked with to acquit Casey Anthony of murder or even aggravated child abuse in Orlando yesterday.

Myself, having served for three weeks on a sequestered jury in Bedford County, Pennsylvania (scene of "It's A Wonderful Life,") I viewed the Court Coverage aware that the Jury heard, saw and experienced none of what we observed as consumers of news and opinion. They were not repeatedly reminded by the talking heads like Nancy Grace and Female Attorneys on Foxy News, that Casey Anthony embarked on a celebration of single young womanhood in the days following the "disappearance" of her child. The pathos of a young woman, oppressed by a severe Italian Father and protected by a wise but responsible Mother impelled the panel of her peers to find her "Not Guilty" of anything more than cause by which the Prosecution made them hear closing arguments on July 4th instead of celebrating Independence with their families.

http://anakerie.blogspot.com/2008/08/george-anthony-speaks-and-lies.html This interview from 2008 reveals the hostility of the Public toward this entire family even in the early days of the search for what folks already suspected was a dead child.

Two Worlds collided in this case and the Verdict ROCKED the decency in humanity who demanded that the Jury do the right thing and hold this young woman responsible for SOMETHING!!!

It's DisneyWorld, a SMALL world, after all. A world where stupid romantics WANT to believe in the child in each of us and are entirely too child-like and trusting to comprehend the existence of psychopathic entities living among them. Christ, these starry-eyed "citizens" have devised a KINGDOM of Fantasy and Foolishness inhabited by CHILDREN at heart who want bedtime stories where we all live happily ever after and most of whom believed the progressive crap enough to elect Alan (Die Quickly!) Grayson to represent them in Congress! It was not until the sane business interests of Orlando and FL-8 got organized and motivated by the spectre of a common enemy, the loony, commie far left, that the Country's leading Vacation Destination got it's wedgie out of its rear and became stable enough again to conduct themselves as people instead of cartoons.

I can only marvel that the Public is outraged at the verdict, having demanded this murderous mum be brought to Justice. Her Dad, however, Retired Police Homicide Investigator, proved to be the sticking point that made the one commenting juror - an alternate who did not deliberate with the twelve who delivered the acquittal - determine that Papa Geo was aware but not revealing what he most certainly should have sensed, by virtue of his professional seasoning.

Like her Parents, the Orlando Jury weighed the OOPtions and walked back their sense of civic duty to the higher call of a distraught grandparent recognizing that, if HIS child were to be treated the same as HE treated the crime-committing children of his case work, he would lose both his grand daughter and his daughter. Too Much Grief. Suicide Notes that communicate much more to a sequestered jury than to even the camera, acquitted Casey Anthony. Her "la Bella Vita" tattoo says what the shocked public cannot. It was the dying sentence of Vito Corleone, Puzo's Godfather, whose legacy was a psychopathic son, Michael, who conducted MOB Business while disposing - one by one - of his biological Family. In his tomato garden, amid the staked vines and vegetables, the head of the Syndicate Crime Family peered into the setting sun and whispered, "Life is Beautiful." with his last breath. Reverence for Life balanced contempt for Greed-driven criminals, and in the Peoples' Justice, exonerated those who "eliminate" unworthies who disrupt and disturb the Peace.

Now the true work is underway. The Anthonys appear to have been targets of a Mob Agenda and their beloved grandchild was found by a METER READER in a trash bag, surrounded with the evidence of a kidnapping, not a mother's act of cruelty. Somehow, the glamorized Mob Image Casey foolishly acquired, interfered utterly with her Life and that of her own Family. Many are called, but few are chosen. I suspect that Caylee was chosen to communicate a message of such cryptic malevolence that Brother, Lee sobbed uncontrollably as he attempted to present his Small World, After All persona while his UNDERWORLD self was working out the mystery of whatever it was he did, or his dad did to bring about this stunning communique.

The Casey Anthony Trial was a riveting media extravaganza because Americans are Sleuths, Solvers of Mysteries, Scales of Justice. The American Way is Truth, Justice. The Media, Internet, Blogosphere and YouTube are outlets for impassioned, if not trained, FRESH EYES on otherwise dry material...yet in a thirst for Justice and a Hunger for the Truth Will Ought in the end, Americans will solve this crime.

I will save for another posting, the response to Bill O'Reilley's Florida Connection, Bernie Goldberg, who is so focused on the race issue that he has missed the victimization of yet another beautiful white child who was snatched from her otherwise not perfect family for perverse purposes. Had the Factor regular looked at a more balanced evaluation, he might have noticed that white females are being treated as mere catalysts for everybody else's justification for all that's wrong with society. We'll get there. For now, however, we must consider that the same MOB Muscle that put the veneered foot of one of its own into the glass slipper of Cinderella, used the symbol of American Princess-hood as a backdrop for a meaner than dirt message to little girls.

Halperin: On the Obvious

2011-07-04T09:33:00.001-04:00

It's "inappropriate" comments like yours that will cost you the access you and your "Game Change" Partner parleys into books. Sorry. No seat on the ReElect campaign plane for you! Which leads me to deduce: It's News People who have this country so out of balance.

Instead of being driven by the highest Journalistic principles, they're ratings-oriented. Like comedians whose drill is to make a buck off whomever is 'funny,' the NewsMen are the Women Haters of the same world that gave us Oprah, Katie, Maria Shriver and Sarah Palin.

At least we're not having to endure the Alpha Male whooping you get from the primitives issuing their beat down intent on subordinating the challenger. So they get Blegojovich and the EYES are set upon the ever-expanding Republican Majority.

Hey, White House!! This is Civilization:) What GAME you THINK you're playing with your glaring and race-baiting has been surrounded by the Indians who elevate Racial Interactions to a true progression. The "Savages" can address the entire power struggle with one phrase: "He was a Dick yesterday."

As Halperin and Heilemann sanitized the image of their Alpha Posturing Chessman, they readily sacrificed their Queen to do what men do: stiff the Women with an arrogant choice that demonstrates why THEY aren't entrusted with the survival instinct gene. Ah, Well! While the Joyride plays on and the NBC parasites take their 'marching orders' from the JOB Imman, the genuinely competitive black folks are already onjto their legitimate opportunity- which they SHARE with all comers capable of really getting it onj.

In the world of the Renaissance, working in relative obscurity, the HIDE of the Clintons and the balance of the World, nee the Universe which HAS skin in the game are discreetly carrying the diplomatic exchange free of the feathered cowards holed up in the nest. Expertise and Relationships trump goon politics any day, Obats. The EYE to EYE exchanged for these two and a half years by the known and intimately appreciated HRC left the perks-copping hounds to their dalliances. Veneer, Tina Brown prompts me...his black skin is MEER VENEER. The "bro" thing, the lah-dee-dah millionaire basketball and football playing, jewelry wearing princes of the celebrity kingdom somehow trust that the presidency is something they can cop to prove their "IT" ness.

Having sold his book, and now the rights to the movie, Halperin, once the Time, Inc. leadership trustee, has become too big for HIS breeches and - well - like Sarah Palin, must channel his Journalist Roots with succinctly colloquial nails in the coffin of the posturing Perp presenting himself as leadership material of the calibre intended to supplant the Clintons.

Those of us who understand goal achievement can recognize where the Obama Presidency is going. The Pelosi-Dean coalition did the Lucy 'Psyche!' grab of the football to the Hillary Camp's Charlie Brown-like trusting Team Player traditional procession. The "DICK" Bots did what Mobsters Do: They pulled off a coupe as though the government of the United States of America is somehow vulnerable to the guile of street thugs. The obsession to have the NERO Speech surrounded by Romanesque elegance on the 45th anniversary of "I Had A Dream" eclipsed the very real need the world has to observe for themselves, the procession of what the Powers-That-Be among the Peoples of the World know to be American Order. The very people who look to the States as the "Shining" City on the Hill know the Rules, too. They know they'll NEVER put their money, their trust, their faith and effort into a contest which can be JOBBED by a crew like Halperin, Couric, Immell and others of the Media Kingdom oblivious to their obligations to just report.

As the Veneer on the Occupant of the Oval Office is polished and buffed, the Flea Markets are alive with the People's Values where the traffic in Skin Games is pretty brusque. Trash Working Class Whites if you must, you hyper Power-Consuming Progressives. Careful you don't stick your finger in the socket while you've got both your thumbs and your head-up-to-your-eyes-and-ears in your Veneered's ass. Like the joke about the Dentist preparing to pull the tooth of a needle-rejecting, gas-refusing patient in pain, "here's a Viagara to provide you with something to hold onto while we "treat" you. !people and twiterers ride the wave of getting away with adolescence while they trick the parents with electronic mystique. Day comes when the Parent's CHECK BOOKS, not unlike Grandma (Toot) Madelyn's Check Book, is the one refuge for the damage-iinducing, adolescent "didn't know any better" learning experience. We watch the Wave crashing against the shore of our consciousness, and await the orderly procession of succeeding waves, likewise, crashing in order, in rhythm, in synchrony with all we know of Nature and Progress.

Celebration of the Veneered One's Inauguration heated in earnest with the trading for the newly vacated Senate Seats. Both the One in New York and the One in Illinois were now on the market and the Primitives had a deal to cut. Carolyne Kennedy in New York was Payday for Ted's endorsement. Jarrett in Chicago was the kicker for the Mob's "delivery" at the Rules & Bylaws Committee political maneuvers. Oh, that prattle about the NEW Politician who would be transparent and who would openly conduct the business of the people for the purpose of demonstrating legitimacy, of course, couldn't happen in this Mobster scenario. Instead, the raid on the Governor of Illinois's early morning bedroom - conducted by the incompetent Patrick Fitzgerald - was about to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt - that the Veneered Camp had cut corners so inartfully as to leave a trail of vengeful bodies all the way to jail. Can you truly doubt that the still cocooned "Precious" doesn't caress his ring and tell himself he's special throughout the day?

Shuffle, Shift, Shivers, Shimmy. I have the same problem with David Patraeus, a MILITARY General ascending to the C.I.A. Director SHIP as I had with George Herbert Walker Bush, a CIA Director becoming a heartbeat away from the Presidency. You just don't mix a lawless, make up the rules as you get away with the ones you just broke Outfit like the CIA with something LEGITIMATE meaning rules-observing, abiding, respecting branches of Government. Ditz-Drones like McCaskill, Reed and Schumer cast ill-informed, mis-guided votes of Go-Along to Get-Along partisanship to suck up to the President they put on us with all the stink it carries.

Fair Trade, however, dictates that the Patraeus maneuver preserves the necessary balance wrought when Clinton Chief of Staff became Secretary of Defense. Once a post held by the Bush / Cheyney trustee, the Department of Defense now ascends to the proper Eye Level in an otherwise Clinton People Administration. William Daley, Clinton's Secretary of Commerce, no doubt conducted the orderly transition with the utmost diplomatic skill and sensitivity.

It's OVER, folks. FINALLY!!! It's the ECONOMY, Stupid! The World looks to the United States to conduct the Economy and distribute PRODUCT not NEWS!!! Halperin. Brown. We enjoy reading your thoughts, as though we practice OCCLUMENCY in defense of our own privacy while Legilmens like yourselves exploit our trust with droppings you've convinced us we seek.

The Coup Redistributed. The Voodoo met the Magic. The Kids of the Kids Gotchu! That GAME you played with forces beyond your control is being won in the Psyches of the Innocent, of the Fair Players, of the Best of Americans. Let your Phone Gnomes Mob-Rob the Retail Outlets and Flash Mob the Squares of Dictator-Driven Countries where Economies defy attempts to subordinate the Human Instinct to thrive. Humiliate the Women who address the issues with PRIMITIVE gestures intended to subordinate their instincts in a final grasp for the POWER. And, along with the undeveloped mobs of the Sharia-Ordered louts who contribute to your billion dollar re-election campaign at $5.00 levels, the recovering junkies - and even the died-in-the-wool junkies who buy this Presidency are hapless, willing fools. Frat Boy speech writers let you pander to the foolish, preen for the femmes and strut your stuff on the campaign trail, but in the trenches, the War on Women is over. The assault on the Free Choice of Women to lead in their own Governance and make their life-leading decisions themselves has been met, equalized and re-distributed on the Level. We SEE US.

The Hammer Wanna Be Can't Separate the Rocks From The Nails

2011-06-01T09:35:00.001-04:00

Supposedly, the songwriter was fired from his teaching/coaching job in Tennessee.... when I look at the hammer in the hand of the "worker" I think of two things:

1 - The symbol of Communism

2 - The take-off - distributed supposedly without the knowledge or consent (wink, wink) of the ~~OAF~~ OFA campaign of the Apple Ad showing the decathlon runner entering the theatre and flinging the "Hammer" at the screen upon which was being shown a speech by Hillary Clinton.

This makes me want to see a Primary Battle in 2012 that takes out ALL the hackers who rode in on this creep's coattails...at least the ones who aren't already gone thanks to the sweep of 2010:)

Eye To Eye Leading

2011-05-26T00:58:00.000-04:00

Read the body language, the "Academician's Pose" really bearing down to hear the nuance, the grit of the speaker's words. Note the Eyes. One of the strongest, most seasoned leaders on Earth, who has "been around" for longer than his counterpart can understand, was accused of talking down to the President. The "teachable moment" here, was most certainly in order. Can the "Teach" get this down straight in time for his next exam?

Doing "Prism" Time and Rising To The Day After The End Of The World

2011-05-20T14:34:00.001-04:00

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
Author, Poet and Philosopher, Henry David Thoreau

Misery as a life form has taught me that the idea of death has always been part of my living experience. As with groceries, parts of me are "perishible" and parts are staple. All of it changes constantly. To die to what no longer aligns with that which I have tested, understood to be accurate and - most importantly - used productively, is the maturation process. I embrace the end of a life I have been living simultaneously with those other not-quite-axised mutable aspects of my evolving Spirit. Just as any refinement process removes what has expired, I readily drop those errors of consciousness impeding and weighing me down.

I choose to die to the fear, loss, suffering and humiliation - all part of my gathering will to live, work and love in a community free of the illusions associated with death. In the Light, I understand that things are not always as they seem, but - with sense and integrity, courage and love, we can see things as they are rather than as those who would deceive us would have us believe. Or, like Bobby Kennedy urges, see things as they could be and acting from the "Why Not?" process of decision making. Some actions guided by what we "see" are courageous and of the stuff solid leadership requires.. Some actions - by the standards of those of us who "know better" - are suicide.

At the moment when all we believe is proven to be false, how do we respond? Lives are built upon Systems of Beliefs. What we believe often brings about our reality. Are we not mere Processors of all elements flushed into our plane of existence where we have equal access to the rain that falls on every head, on the tide that raises all boats? If we believe that we are married, do we not center our life therein? When we learn that we were married, "he" were not, our "life" as we believed it to be ends. Maria Shriver and her children arrived there recently, bringing with them the rest of the celebrity-following universe. Her status as heir to a vast fortune built on the Kennedy Legacy was shared with his status as a World Class Body Builder-turned Movie Star Icon-turned Political Executive. Like Barak Obama, Arnold Schwarzenneger knew no limits, encountered no resistance he couldn't navigate. He built himself into the Terminator - a concept synonymous with a Force sent from the Future (to us, who are not yet there.) Because he has been sent from "the Future," he is carried along without regard to physical laws WE observe here in the axis of Time and Space. The Terminator is ALIVE IN THE FUTURE. He was sent from that life actuality to remove from existence, the Mother of another entity in HIS reality who threatens whatever he is there. It cannot work.

Sarah Connor delivered John, conceived with another entity from the future, who found her by matching her appearance up to a photograph taken during her pregnancy. Now, this is a complicated scenario that removes a lot of stuff that we think is caste in stone and permits us to live our lives - even after we die - in the truer-to-the- Axis "Best" we can be.

Today's partisans ressurrect the anger they felt toward Jimmy Carter for his inability to Bring Out Our Best. In his book, "Why Not The Best?" Jimmy Carter captured the Wanna Bes of the Democratic Party, just as George McGovern did. Bill Clinton, likewise, asked Americans to dream about Tomorrow and to see themselves at their best. The response to Obama was the same. Naieve but articulating the words we wanted to hear, these candidates were forced on their "know better" fellow citizens who knew their ignorance of reality by their unbridled optimism.

George H W Bush was no neophyte: he had been the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and seeded Al Qaida with his Iranian deals. Carter left office, more the victim of the Iranian Embassy seige than the economy. But when Bush called for a Kinder, Gentler Nation those words melted hearts. Carter exploded in one speech with the memorably sensible statement regarding Nuclear Armament that we were spending all our resources, all our best efforts preparing for a war NOBODY can win! Nails in the coffin of deception and illusion like this are what each successive President brings to the Oval. In his call for a new perspective on the "Judgement" of an accomplished woman, Obama articulated what many wanted to hear. His job is done. His services - like those of Carter, Kennedy, Bush 41 and Ford, are no longer required. We went a little out there, to a future where we could indulge a little in a fantasy of how great we can be, and now it's time to get back down to earth, to pay the bills and take a commercial break.

We learned much through this exercise in observing misogyny and racism, and pretty well re-defined, in our individual consciences, whether or not we were either racist or misogynyst. Which politicians measure up in the comparison? Do you still love John Edwards? Arnold? Elliott Spitzer? What about Rob Blegojovich, who somehow got thrown out of the Game of Gaming the Game by the Gamers' Game Prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald? Didn't he truly blow both the Rove and the Illinois Senate Seat investigations?

The "Magic Ticket"

2011-05-19T07:50:00.000-04:00

At an elementary school in Carrick, PA, a K-9 Officer, at eye level with the children, "sniffs" indicators of a community's worst fears. It is urgent that the families of the students recognize and respect the threat to their existence. Their Lives, as they have known them, are ended. It is a new day, they begin anew, to dispose of that which is "perishable" and clean out the refrigerator of their sense of security to learn to police themselves. The Shepherd processes information without the temptation to retreat into denial or shock.

The Dog relies on sense, trained to associate what is delivered to his nose with the signals he is alerted to flag. To the City Schools of Pittsburgh and the families of Carrick, this dog says: "Trust Your Instincts." Remain calm, but reason through this clear and present danger. Unlike the overblown drama of TSA pat-downs of 7 year olds, SEE what you are looking at and respond intelligently. The indicators, however subtle, are there for you to discern.

Moore's Buyer's Remorse

2011-05-18T15:31:00.001-04:00

We didn't profile multi-millionaires (in fact, they now have their own fast-track line to easily get through security, an oddity considering every murderer on 9/11 flew in first class). We didn't run headlines that said "Multi-Millionaire Behind the Mass Murder of 3,000" (although every word in that headline is true). You can say his wealth had nothing to do with 9/11, but the truth is, there is no way he could have kept Al Qaeda in business without having the millions he had. Michael Moore

TWO THINGS: The frat boy who writes Obama's speeches, the one photographed groping the cardboard cut-out of Hillary Clinton, the one who went from sleeping on the floor in a frat house to a White House job impressing the males of our culture with stupefying speeches that never turn into performance personifies the "celebration" of opportunities for his Mob Boss President to bathe in the limelight while announcing his coup - to shove the Wedding/Celebration of Love and the Devastated Alabama tornado victims off the air.

Bin Laden was the pathetic recluse, imprisoned for "his own safety" no different from us, at the disposal of the Pakistani Government who were savoring the collector' s private satisfaction, secure in the knowledge denied to the rest of the world, that they had the creep contained. If UBL had any legitimate strategic rather than political value, Pakistan would have TRADED on their holding. Instead, they quietly went about their double-dealing aware that the Abbatobad Zoo housed what the world believed to be a Food Chain Top Dawg.  Ben Laden was, in fact, a Eunich who relied on porn and likewise imprisoned family members to go through the motions of living while he took breath by the grace of Pakistan and nothing more.

In a world where we cannot control everything, we who respect ourselves and value peace, control what we can. Ben Laden was a certifiably crazed, wall-climbing prisoner in what looked for all the world like a prison compound, right down to the barbed wires - not unlike our own Grand Slammers. His "connection" to the internet was a low tech flash drive - again, over which he had no control. He was surrounded by poverty, ignorance and inbred mentality. Full of himself, thinking like a twelve-year-old menace and consumed with preening for his next planned "message" to the terrorized, he was an aging degenerate mobster who came eye to eye with another mobster's messenger.

American Business made the Ben Laden Family billionairs and when their black sheep son nearly cost them everything, the BUSINESS INTERESTS quickly siezed the reigns. At the same time Obama was lobbing taunts at Donald Trump - yet another Mobster who operates by the warped Golden Rule: "He Who Has The Gold Makes The Rules," this operation was unfolding.

In my experience, the frat boys were merely re-enacting the glamorized movie "The Godfather" depicting the elimination of his enemies by Michael Corleone's goons while he stood at a Baptismal Font pledging to serve as the Spiritual Defender of an infant family member. The ability to carry off such a COOL appearance is nothing admirable. It should tell you what a complete fraud he is. It should clarify for you that the modus operandi of the MOB is to conduct its criminal activity in broad, wide open daylight, enveloped within the cyclonic mesmer of the illusion created by a speech.

When Trump met with the executives of Obama's "Godfather," NBC, they made him the Offer he couldn't refuse. While he may very well "love his Country," as he most certainly loved Ivanna, Marla and his gilded cage, what he doesn't love are "surprises." He didn't expect to be the target of such over-the-top ridicule from a collective of Fourth Estate TV colleagues who gave him a taste of what the Clintons experienced in 2008. At some point, it's all overkill. In my Tarot reading this morning, I was reminded that a King is a King. No matter where you go on Earth, if you are a King, you wear the crown and the buck stops wth you. The Universe doesn't measure you by the grandeur of your castle, but by the general prosperity of the Kingdom you subjugate. Frat Boys and Mobsters are categorized in the Animal Kingdom. Whether you're King of Emotions, Fire, Money or Forces, no King may rise higher than any other King, and that's the Law of the Jungle. The only way a King may achieve greatness is by turning his focus on the well being of his People. I would remind the present Occupant of the Oval Office, as he embarks on his "re-election tour," of those great moments in Presidential speeches Letterman ran regularly to ridicule Bush. "The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear, Itself." "Ask Not, What Your Country Can Do For You. Ask what YOU can do for your Country." For all the soaring rhetoric that made the men love you madly, you have yet to deliver any quotable moments that will make it to the "Late Night" Top 10.

Trump forced Birth Cert 2.0 onto the WEB. What we have yet to see are the stamps on that - what was it, a British Passport? An Indonesian Passport? that allowed the young but adult Obama to travel to Paaaa Kee Staaaan during the years when he and his mother had their dfifferences.

Victims Of DV Relate - Oppressor Stopped

2011-05-07T07:46:00.000-04:00

Big surprise that the cowards of the Sharia / Quasi-Muslim / Radicalized males of the cult of threats of violence and terror have taken to the streets of London to call for continued abuse of Americans in their daily lives. Any visitor to the TMU site who read through the comments of the family of a man who died at his own hand after attacking the mother of his daughters has observed, in a nutshell, how the typical abuser fails to process information. A family culture of aggressive din fosters disruptive air around the household that prevents mindful understanding.

In the military raid that "removed our Bin Laden Problem," American Forces eliminated the "wiggle room" enjoyed by incorrigibles who rely on bluster and threats to keep their victims in line. The initial response, outrage, is the UNPROCESSABLE DISCOVERY of an equally strong threat awaiting the abuser. Males who impose terror on their domestic partners with threats of violence parallel gestures to control the United States via the abuse of the American Psyche.

A threat is an admission of impotence. A person who flees from a life of responsible co-existence with fellow sovereigns by taunting, humiliation, describing sickening outcomes, is a person expressing a death wish. No American who has been reared in the culture of the descendents of the signers of the Declaration of Independence can "balance" the respect for the life of a fellow human being with realization of a threat to his own life and security by such a "fellow."

The conduct of the radical muslim community has triggered the survival instincts of our fellow citizens. The media and exploitive politicians attempt to co-opt the effect of the threatening abusers by contributing to the irrational din calculated to disorient, suppress and distract people from uniting to act in their own best interest. It takes centered, focused people to navigate the atmosphere of oppression and to stay "on purpose" and live their lives. It is important for a threatened people to confront threats to their survival with a "No Nonsense" choice to eliminate the threat.

The shocked men of the radicalized Muslim cult are expressing what we know to be impotence and fear of the American Community unleashing the power of the dignity of a People. Driven, not by hatred or violence, but by the determination to preserve the quality of life and our freedom, we share a unity with the 'underworld' of humanity no longer willing to indulge the abuse. The killing of Osama Bin Laden was a statement. It was not the "Death" of Osama Bin Laden; he was killed by American Men of integrity, respect for authority and strength. His reign of terror was repudiated, his psycopathic mind - the incubator of increasingly horrific threats - was snuffed in an instant. From reports of the mission, he was "confused" and incapable of responding to the threat on his own life. Although esconced in a compound built to protect his vile existence, his "protection" evaporated in the presence of prepared, informed, trained armed men equipped to come face to face with the monster who has been the unwelcomed crasher of this Country's most important moments for ten years. In the presence of those whom he valued, where he was "at home" living his life, he was confronted with the disruptive, threatening violence he so routinely imposed on us.

Any Wanna Be who aspires to replace him as America's Number One Enemy can expect this Force of trained "seales" to outpace him with inventive schemes. No longer paralyzed with fear and dread, Americans have determined that a "life" under the thumb of a violent, cruel murderer is no life worth living and any "danger" presented by such a threatening entity is only in his mind, as the victim of that threat has already died to the life so oppressed. Retaliatory attacks advocated by the "muslim brotherhood" are, likewise, expressions of impotent rage at being beaten at their own game. The notion of American Military Coverts operating within their own borders has galvanized the mobs in the Sharia-abiding world.

Really? It offends them to discover that determined men on a mission are living - undetected - in their midst, planning attacks on their cherished institutions? Can you tell us - for the cameras - how does that feel? Can you imagine, in your testosterone churning defiance, what it will feel like when that reality becomes what you face each day with a complicit media blaring unrelenting reminders to you of angry, crazy gun nuts plotting and planning your demise?

Asians Animate the News

2011-05-04T17:38:00.001-04:00

Osama Bin Ladin Dead

2011-05-01T22:55:00.001-04:00

Osama Bin Ladin Dead - the nut jobs feel the earth move. Obama and his "important things." he already knew.

suddenly, everything's funny

Correspondents' Dinner Jokes

2011-05-01T15:53:00.001-04:00

Seth's best joke of the night: "I'm contractually obligated to attend the MSNBC After Party...everybody knows how the MSNBC After Party works: Obama makes the Kool Aid and everyone there drinks it." And the camera panned to Obama who was noticeably chilled..."NPR's having a party...I'm told it will be a little subdued... how wild can it get if held in accordance with Sharia Law?" and in response to the groanz...that's what I was TOLD to say...

Correspondents are associated in this endeavor, supposedly to hold each other to a culture of high standards and strength. It is an institution focused on the culture of integrity and honor among the leaders of thought in this country. The evening gowns and tuxedos were a bit much.   I believe that the same high-paid White House and Press Corps Job holders who have pushed and shoved their accomplished elders aside in their haste to be in charge of themselves would find it tough to take if ... say ... a BLOGGER such as Wonkette, RiverDaughter or Uppity were to eclipse them and become the online source most quoted by Network Anchors.

During my training with AFLAC, I saw among Insurance Agents what I should see at the White House Podium or on the News. Each Monday Morning District meeting was peppered with reminders to agents whose sales might be slacking, that the only thing they needed to do was make certain that they won sales contests legitimately. Down the road, after they've taken the cruise or cashed the bonus check, or taken the top prize in a field of close competition, those policies they claimed they sold to actual clients had better be paying the premiums, still in force and renewing. Too many young "professionals" think short term and expect to "WIN" by Gaming the competition... They concoct "Policies" with their own funds, "close" deals with buyers who aren't completely aware of how they're being manipulated and post "business" that isn't going to survive on the books past the first quarter.

When their numbers fold, their competition takes action. The "Agent" loses the license, the right to represent the Company and the commissions are reversed. Those who "lost" the sales contest to the cheater see to it that this judgement is carried out. This is business....Good Business. You would NEVER GET AWAY with a Sales Manager attacking a colleague who complained about the rep's cheating. The colleagues of the Rep would never tolerate such a classless assault on the integrity of the competitors. Such a gratuitously insulting reaction to an objection would never have been given a pass by the parties to the competition. They would have been politely observed, then TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH OVER DRINKS UNTIL the group concluded that they had to call the management on the red flag. The Group would have expressed their suspicions and in a business like manner, would have addressed it responsibly. They wouldn't have asked their children if they thought the cheater should be named Salesman of the Year. They would never in a zillion years have expected their children to understand the survival instincts this creep aroused in them. They would have sensed and acted upon the insight earned over the course of their careers. They would have curtly but emphatically dropped the agent from their support system and monitored further activity with a skeptical eye. They would know what to look at and recognized what they saw.

They would understand and accept that their kids would only be looking at the money on the table. The Professionals would be VERY aware of the moneys not yet earned, the income potential created by good relationships, ethical choices and solid reputations.   I don't know where you come from, Associated Correspondents, but in MY business, the subject of unrelenting questions and gossip is a high (and therefore UNACCEPTABLE) risk I simply would not take. It's not because I'm racist, not because I'm a sore loser, and certainly not because I'm out of the Game too slow and out-slicked by hot shots on an ego trip twisting every responsible objection into an insulting accusation. t is because my years have educated me in the ways of the stable, successful people of good business.

So, as a "Betting Woman" looking at the field for 2012, my money would absolutely NOT be on Barak H Obama. My money will be on the System-savvy bloggers and social networking Elders to take it to him on his own terms, at his own level, with his own "tricks" and Game OVER. So to Plouff & Company: Get a Game, folks. That first lap 'round the track was "practice."

That game with the Birth Certificate wasn't fooling anybody, and nobody who has lost a job because they lied on their resume or failed a drug test and had to explain it to their dependents aren't feeling amused by the Correspondents' calling Trump's candidacy a joke. As I recall, the Bambi references pissed off the Obama Supporters enough to vow; "I'll Show THEM!" and take it to Hillary's Campaign. In 2012, you should expect the Anti-Obama campaigns to let the word R-A-C-I-S-T work their mo-jo like "Niagara Falls!"

As for the kids, they're going to hear; "Get a Job." and it will be the cruelest irony of all, because, thanks to their disrespect, there are no jobs to be gettin'...so that whole "Win The Future" thing will suddenly have a hands-on meaning to them...they'll find themselves in Tuscaloosa, Alabama volunteering to help the clean-up crews with the sorting, re-cycling, nail-driving clean-up work shoulder-to-shoulder with folks who reallly need their Government involvement.   Instead of raising a billion dollars to squander on a cult-of-personality reelection campaign, they'll recognize the money is better spent on their suffering fellow Americans. Those Women who were sucked in by the Democrat's Unity Pressure will have the experience of a season chafing under the Obat's cold-blooded management drive to sour them on turning out for the "relapse." I'm betting those "Super Voters, Super Donors and Super Volunteers" who followed Hillary's lead and went Democrat in November 2008 have long since lost the stomach for the Game as Obama Calls It and if they didn't vote Republican in the last two elections, they probably just forgot to vote.

2011-04-27T14:05:00.000-04:00

http://logisticsmonster.com/us-constitution/federalist-papers/
Are you still driving your SUV down to the grocery store every day to get a pack of cigarettes? Do your kids expect you to fund their !phones, !pads, !want-it-alls while their teachers strike - righteously - for the automatic raise they should get because they kept their jobs for the past full year?

Like the grasshopper who fiddled and played while the Ants worked all summer to store away a Winter's worth of provisions, the Union and Retiree folk are getting in there to demand support from the rest of us who have long since lost benefits, savings if not our jobs, so they may hold onto theirs. It's the greedy Republicans... it's the Greedy Oil Companies, Oil Speculators, ...Collapse the Capitalist System!!! yadda, yadda, yadda...

Me? I am - at long last, resigned to the things I'll never have because the "Buy In" is unavailable to me even if I were willing. I haven't been out to dinner in ages, in fact, I'm thankful there's any food in my house the way prices for everything are leap-frogging each other. But the Butler County Democrats will hold their Spring Dinner to introduce the Candidates and - since the cost is a mere $15 bucks, how can anybody be too cheap to do that? A fifteen dollar dinner on a Thursday night, not sure who'll be there, and since I'm only doing it for the opportunity to hear again, with my own ears, how the Democrats got their asses kicked up to their teeth on November 2, 2010 because they didn't get their message out, I'm `THERE!

I want to hear as many candidates as possible ask me to get out there and work for nothing to get them elected so they can do the bidding of the big donors who want to go down on Obama and oppress me for my "racism" as though my take on the Economy is nothing they need to worry about. I want to shake the hand and look in the eye of any Power-That-Wants-To-Be and see the pupil go completely Iris-sized as they convince me that the coalition that elected Obama still has the votes to get THEM elected to shore up his agenda.

Yes, and I want to continue this reign of Trolls and incompetents who elbowed themselves past the capable electors now losing faith, dreams and the ground underfoot to the HOPE who should have billed himself as the HOOP or the HOLE, or the COPE with it; Where Else Are They Going To Go? Plouffe FFools.

So the Secret Service has added an Armored Bus to the fleet of Armored Vehicles in which the CIC is carted 'round ... so the gas-guzzling non-hybrid vehicles taxpayers are told they should abandon are out of his way when he blows through your state on the Campaign Trail. 2 things: He's pro gun control but goes nowhere without an army and a bullet-proof, IED-Proof limo and now tour bus securing his butt and the Secret Service, unlike the Air Traffic Controllers, are wound up tight enough to just sense when a Non-SS gun or bomb is in the area. Got It.

ick. I hate this guy.

Scurrying to the Comfort of the Class Room

2011-04-21T08:52:00.000-04:00

His Facebook "lecture" has taken on the look of his campaign stops: backed up by unquestioning admirers applauding his every phrase. The Lecturing Administration never notes the poor results the pupils get on their quizzi. Mid Terms? Uhh...Professor: I do conclude that you and your "Faculty" booted those more certainly than did Sarah Palin of the Katie Couric question "What Papers and Magazines do you Read?"

No longer expecting an intelligent review from the Party: the DNC IS Obama & Company. Shows you, though, doesn't it, that Women who supported Hillary Clinton had totally lost their sense of humor. Each pundit reference to HRC as the "Wife" or Mother or cranky, demanding Female Authority Figure was meant to be a white flag of surrender to the "Inevitable" President.

We can now laugh at ourselves for the failure of the Wimminz to just find the boys mildly amusing, send them back to their football games, their garages and their action movies while we took over the Country's reigns.

Majority United can still get it together. This is funny. Not tragic, but actually eye-opening reason to smile understandingly and take this burden of leadership off the shoulders of our Kids' Elementary School Principal. The JOB at hand demands hearty stock: the level of commitment to "love" that takes us through the nine months of gestation, delivery and post-partum recovery.

They weren't demeaning us: they were actually floating a "We Trust You to Kick Our Ass When We Need It" stroke of conditional surrender. We are supposed to be intuitive, sense rather than see it outright. If that were the criteria, any man could figure it out. We were operating from a leadership "style" that conducts a campaign via the young, hormone-driven political professionals who bring high energy and ambition to their political jobs.

It is not amusing to recognize that the Obama / Plouffe strategy is to appeal to the young, to mislead the inexperienced and to energize the Face Book Nation to twist their parents' arms again to get them to endorse, fund and elect him. He is pitting the Kids against the Folks with much the same technique a Professsor would use in a College Classroom: your "grade" is mine to accord you contingent upon the deference you accord me over the duration of the semester. So there you have it: Obama surrounds himself with "Students" who failed to read their History and are now permitted to register in the School of Hard Knocks. Unlike Jack Kennedy who owned a Classics infused mind, or like Bill Clinton who possessed the intellect of a dominating gamesman, honed in the Governors' Mansion over two terms interrupted by a commuppance, the President / Guest Lecturer has been forced - by Egalitarian Fairness of the Fourth Estate, to rotate out those seats in the Press Box to non-adoring, scrutinizing, assignment performing/submitting scholars building carreers rather than sucking up for the "A."

A good grade in the Obama / Plouffe Classroom viewed from the wider, long-term angle of the Graduate School of Reality and Life In The Big City isn't enough to get it done. Sure - Dad's going to give them the money to register, but when those grades - protected from the bill payers by the Registrar's Office Student Privacy rules drop them out, it's not, now or ever, DAD'S responsibility. Except in the sense that the failed college kid is now Mom & Dad's for the forseeable future.

When Professor Obama appeals to his classes for unqualified loyalty, to "get in the faces" of any who question his analysis and to demand the Affirmative Action President be nurtured and encouraged by the Know Betters in the supporting roles around him, he is saying to the WOMEN of this Country that the only thing that matters in this entire experience is his PRETTY FACE!!! He now wants to be the FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT, having supplanted the first Black President. He now wants this game he's acquired to become the game of the 2012 Campaign. Don't worry about Leading: just look pretty. We can take care of everything. We don't want you to break a nail. We will lavish you with gifts, squire you to the finest restaurants and provide you with the wardrobe, transportation and entertainment that shows the world you're special. You are Daddy's Little Girl and anybody who challenges that will answer to Daddy....which makes you want to ask the President / Princess: "Who's Your Daddy?"

We ask, not out of disrespect: it matters only until we assess whether we can take him or not, thus determining our next move. I saw that working the door at the Clark Bar with Barry Bonds after a Pirate Game in the early Nineties. Bonds, Bonilla and the rest of the team were in the private party room celebrating a team mate's birthday the day I was "Guest Bouncer" at the post-game celebration. My mentors, Jeff & Marty, had prepped me to know what to look for as fans came in. My manager, the Boss who had given the O.K. knew us from the Steel Gym and was gratified that hiring bouncers who weren't big, heavy handed bruizers of the dubious wit, but rather, obviously trained, strong men who did the work of lifting and nutrition training, remaining sober and alert at the Gate.

When I took up my perch at the entrance to the Clark Bar that Fourth of July weekend, I expected Jeff to face me and we would carry off the post-afternoon game duties without a challenge...until Bonds emerged from the party room wearing his "Gold's Gym" shirt and gold chains, bracelets and diamond earrings. It was "my day!" and here was Barry Bonds, MLB Star, millionaire and legacy, crowding my debut! I had won my opportunity via the hard grind of opening the gym at 6:00 a.m every weekday, then going off to my regular job after which I returned to the gym for my own work-out. Ah! The "life" of sacrifice and intent. So here was BARRY BONDS "guesting" on my other stool, blowing the minds of the fans entering the post-game celebration. WTF? wasn't in the lexicon back then, but that's what they were thinking; trust me. Bonds, who was a shit to Pittsburgh Fans and who arrogantly ignored the promotion efforts made by the Pittsburgh Baseball Club and Manager Jim Leyland, who brushed off auto-graph seekers and who NEVER delivered in the playoffs, now talking about how much money he'd command on the open market when he became a free agent and that the 'Burgh was the LAST team he'd "perform" for.

Surprised but not really; I saw this for what it was ... the standard bullshit I got from the guys I worked with at the Pirates' ticket office. This wasn't about the money, not about the respect, not even about the Game or the Girls who wanted to get into the game. This was a flat-out crude guy, as low class as Darryl Strawberry or Dock Ellis, thinking that everybody lived by the code of the 'hood, and preferred to see a guy - ANY guy, occupying the seat wherever one existed. Offering his seat to a Lady was the ultimate proof that the guy had her under his thumb, that she would never notice his limitations as long as he first withheld it from her forcibly, then made a gallant show of "offering" it to her. Unbeknownst to her, the gesture was a show, for his buddies, cooked up in the back room for their solicitous amusement in the Eddie Haskell tradition. They KNOW I can and do kick their ass. They know that they owe their stardom to my indulgence of their "boy" behavior and they HOPE that game will never end.

So, relax, guys. I know the game. I give you the choice: spend all your time monitoring MY moves and horning, crowding, forcing yourselves into the space I've earned, or get something YOU can't have...which brings us to my next post...

To Be Continued...

To The Presidential Advisors: LEADERSHIP CRED

2011-04-08T08:19:00.003-04:00

When the drones observe "the Boss" breezing through his employees' work zone, what they actually witness is the Agent of the Support System into which their efforts and energies, accrued expertise and will are condensed. Enroute to the top job in the company, this Chief Executive would have surrounded himself with a solid structure of competent performers who think like him, in a "Company-First" synchrony.

Another "Barry" clueless out in Left Field with the jock attitude, awaits the verdict from a Jury deliberating the issue of his fidelity to the Truth. Son of Baseball Great Bobby Bonds, Godson of Willie Mayes, this Barry was incapable of understanding what it was the FANS expected from his greatness. While Bonds demanded attention and big money in a quid-pro-quo ploy to deliver to the Pirates only as much as he perceived Tribute had purchased, he routinely alienated ticket buyers, autograph seekers and event patrons with a "No Show" snottiness that didn't play at all in Pittsburgh. Without Bobby Bonnilla next door in Center, Bonds could not have begun to deduce what his job was out there in the "Corner" of Three Rivers. Sure, he had the "trick" blythe catch of dropping fly balls into an upturned, confidant glove - and almost always caught the third out thusly with the showy clipped step to start running to the dugout ending the inning. But Bonds never really grasped the relationship between the "players" in the seats with the "Stars" on the Field. Although the Pirates got to the Playoffs of Major League Baseball three years in a row in the early Nineties, The 30-30 club "Individual" record setter never delivered when the Team was in position to advance to the World Series. Bonds' failure to prevent Syd Bream's "The Slide" scoring the Braves' winning run is burned into the retina of all Pirate Fans who find his current "juicing" saga not surprising. For all his talent, Bonds never had the "Heart" of a leader and couldn't equate his own self-interest with that of his Team or his Town.

Speak to the Democrats who lost in November about the President's "leadership" and you might get a stunning review of the "Context" in which they played ball with Barry through the chain-gang subordination that appeared, from here, to be a Pelosi/Reed Puppet Show. The DCCC Tough Guy, Emmanuel, promptly became the CCCC Tough Guy - Chicago Congressional Campaign Committee - the moment "individual opportunity" opened a door for Barry's Chief of Staff. "Barry" from the Block is "NOW PLAYING" in the block-head game that will finally shut down the Government. As the New England Patriots observed of the gunslinger, Ben Roethlesberger in failing to lead the Steelers to the AFC Championship in 2005, "He played like what he is: A ROOKIE."

Metaphorically, we discern, Alas!, that the "One" is working on his individual stats - far more interested in the numbers he'll take into the negotiations with the Electorate as he seeks re-election, and the Progressives-led D.N.C. is subordinating its job of taking a TEAM into office with OFA redux. To quote a famous candidate from 2008: "You can put lipstick on a Pig, but it's still a PIG."

Ironic Rhodes' Island Icon

While the clay-footed Collasus continues to drive the Chariot of the Sun across the sky, the "horses" who pull the cart belong to Hillary and Bill. In a System of Checks and Balances, there is no room at the Top. There is nothing more than squirms and pressure, and in such a tightly confined wedge, the synergy, not the elements, is what makes for security. It would appear that the Exxpress Elevator to the Oval Office is for Freight, not Executive Delivery. In an ironic twist on the whole "Brother" in Chief extravaganza, the truly productive Workers of the World recognize the value of the Team Player who, in truth, both leads and contributes. Barry from the Blockade wedged out the "Team" from the fleeting Laurel Crown, but the Leadership he substitutes for legitimate neither galvanizes nor unites the key players. He has no Game, no Plan, no GOTO and absolutely no credibility for the Big One. He's been around sports enough to understand the "What have you done for me?" lately or otherwise fan attitude. http://www.unmuseum.org/colrhode.htm

Git No! Headlines Billion $ Re-Election "Distraction"

2011-04-05T08:31:00.001-04:00

Accomplished Academic learning a painful lesson in the Reality vs. their little bubble. Careers were riding on the development of evidence brought to a NYC Media Extravaganza, and SNAP! The Executive Branch has had its TRIP CANCELLED.

The Chicago Mob gets a lesson in Checks And Balance.

Congress, for once, reclaims ground upon which the Constitution places them, communicating in the most convincing consideration, that the decision to try the 9-11 Prisoner in Civilian Court is not yours to call. Lots of things go into the progress this Country has made in its dual mission of Pursuit of Happiness and Liberty & Justice for All. Imbalanced Power derails that progress.

His defiant "Bully Pulpit" Surrogazzi got the Manhattan Yawn from the folks who have long since put the Brethren of these thugs on notice, The Big Apple has always worn the pants where gangsters go, and this crowd can do nothing more than go back to Chicago and be the big frogs in a little pond with Oprah. It's not about the Show, Bro. It's very much about the Pro.

The Bill of Rights is for American Citizens; the Rights We The People exercised on this issue - through our Congressional Representation -

Ninth Amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

On this One, the People simply said "NO!

Neither the Media nor the foolish children who opened the door for this unqualified wanna-be are in charge in New York City. Statements made on a platform backed up by college kids for the Love Struck 24/7 news cycle have been met by the Taxpayers who are the Targets of the Obama Administration's covetous Copping Creep. Designs on Rich Peoples' Money are part of the democrats' scheme to villify the Tea Party and represent themselves as Victims of Crazies. Has the White House taken a gander at the overreaction of Muslim Brotherhood and their penchant for inflamation?

Hey, Bo's: You lit this wick and sent it 'round.
You ignored the Voice of Reason and drowned
It out with the Siren Song of Racism.

Is it any surprise that the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Big House siezed and exercised legitimacy? The destruction of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Field Of Honor in Shanksville, wrought misery in the Clean-Up. For the Witnesses world-wide, the horror of suicide pilots invading the cockpits of a Civilian Fleet, first slitting throats of Flight Attendants then violating the workzone of Gentle People at Formal Business and International Exchange, the Mind in which this Villain hatched such a scheme is Parasitic and would feast on the emotions and resistance of the Families.

9-11 was a Racist act of Extremists diseased and untreated. For the Greed-Driven bastards who cronied George W Bush into office, the attack was a demonstration by the sort of low-life their incompetence magnetized. Obama is the correlated, cronied reaction. Here in the Middle, the Midst of those who learned to reject Peace at any Price during the Four Hundred and Forty Four days during which our diplomats were held at our embassy in Tehran, no amount of civility impacts the Muslim Brotherhood. We see in Wisconsin what a Brotherhood of Union Workers does to the House of Democracy. We see wherever on Earth, that only "Brothers" have a Voice, that the responsible work of the People is subordinate to the demand for attention with destruction and disorder.

Having subdued "The People" with atrocities that shock them into momentary inaction, the Cult of Personality proceeds to lavish the resources of the People on themselves, their ego trip and obnoxious worship of cash flow, braggadoccio and arrogance. But, Alas! the Human Spirit nourished by the God In Whom We Trust, recovers. Our Strength is in our Union with God, the Trust we honor and the Faith we profess in exchange. Thus attacked in the name of Allah, Divine Understanding of their religious principles vs. ours, Jimmy Carter learned that it's a "No Win" situation from which the President would have been wise to keep his distance. Instead, he waded into the trial in progress then, for years, indulged in posturing and pretense. As with the Operating Equipment of the Country's businesses, the tinkerer in chief has been taught to respect the mechanism of our System....I can only shake my head at the Kos-led taunts about Hillary's Judgement being inferior to that of the O.

Hello! They're Discussing the Missing Blue Sock And Lefty Thinks They're Alone.

2011-04-02T10:22:00.002-04:00

The dialogue is straightforward, the body language is unmistakeable. Twin on left is pressuring twin on right to agree that Daddy, who is better at kicking butt, will want an explanation for what happened to his other blue sock..."You need a PAIR!" he explains to the one missing his other sock. "I don't want to look like a moron and have to explain why my Mother dresses me funny, my Daddy couldn't dress himself decently without her either! Do you want to be like Daddy and not look well put-together?" Twin on Right - unlike bro - is aware of Mommy in recording mode and first rejects the notion, then transcends the obvious appeal to fear. While twin on left gets ever more passionate about insisting he locate the other sock, followed by a demonstration of what Dad can do to whomever gets out of line...twin on right is amused at what Mommy won't have to do to make the little punk wish he had never learned to say "DaDa." With a breathless "MaMa." he tries to warn the fool, turning away as if to say: "I cannot have this conversation with you: she's standing right there, Asshole." As the little conniver turns with a bravado exceeded only by his insensitivity to his brother's bare-footed predicament, he gets the 1/2 "Oh, Crap! How much did she hear?" look mixed with the 1/2 "That's my story and I'm sticking with it." look before returning to the discussion, now covering his tracks with a "I'll help you find your sock." promise..."Whew!" thinks Baby on Right. MaMa knows where my sock is and will put the camera down to replace it on my foot."

In Behalf of American Innovators: "Obama: You're Fired!

2011-04-01T07:29:00.001-04:00

And take Chuck Schummer with you.

Over the years, I have enjoyed episodes of "The Apprentice" and its Celebrity Edition with a mix of sneering at Trump for his extravagance and appreciation for the creative nature of his challenges.  The Business Format is the underlying theme of each project by which the serious competitors hit the pavement of New York City with a Team of Buy-Ins loaded for Big League Commerce.

The bigger, quintessentially American flavor of Trump's media tour to test the waters for his Presidential bid is the articulation of what every hard-working American understands. For a sixteen week Television season, the "game" is the same as Survivor: each week, somebody is eliminated for whatever reason the Donald decides. Yes, he's a little capricious and a lot motivational. Like Jack Kennedy's view of his heroic Naval Career: "They sank my boat:)"

Trump's history is one of three marriages, several bankruptcies, a sexist holding in the "Miss Universe" Pageant and the respect of the Hollywood Liberals who don't question his policies - that's what they hire Agents to do for themselves! In a word: Trump's Tacky. To all of red-blooded America, nevertheless, he's not pretending to be smart: he pays Attorneys millions to be smart in his interest. He's the Success Story George W. Bush WISHES he could be. He doesn't just blow the Tax Payers' money: he sets a challenge, chooses the most qualified people he can find for the project, gives them a budget and evaluates their input, results, relative value vis-a-vis the larger corporate culture and provides the "performers" with immediate feedback and recognition.

Whether he is elected President or not is absolutely immaterial to me. If the Women of the Left were truly schooled in the art of backing the winner, they would prevail on the Obama Administration to appoint Trump Ambassador to China and everybody get serious about who we really are in this Game. For a tough guy from the Chicago Mob, Obama has very little in the "Collections" Department going. "China OWES us!"  claims Trump. You cannot go too far in this Country and not find a massive heart of agreement with Trump's contention. If Obama were to be taken seriously around the world, he'd stop picking on professional women and the little guy and get Eye To Eye with the world beyond his Ivory Tower.

But he hasn't "got IT" and the dictators of the world know him to be a "wanna be dick-tater" who amuses them with his Mob-Apprentice naïveté.  Citizen of the World is not an ignoble moral standard: it ranks right in there with bringing-a-gun-to-a-knife-fight Common Sense over Courage. When a worthy competitor gets in a room with the business men of China, Korea, South America or anywhere else the Stock Market is influential, it will be a meeting of minds, not a photo OP for a novice whose idea of Swimming With The Sharks is in a protective cage. No such water wings for the Donald: he's got his Game going, his books on the Art of the Deal and other Entrepreneurial How-To's, his scars, his littered-with-the-remains of theorists path to Success and his own gilded airplane, helicopter, beautiful wife, and adult children living out his legacy.

...when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public...
The sentence offered by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in providing an example of how to use naïveté in a sentence.

Just as with Bill Clinton: when Trump travels, the World's Welcome Mat will be out EVERYWHERE ON EARTH for two reasons: They know they'll make out in any deal they cut with the Big Guy and they are thrilled for the opportunity to match wits with a True Challenger. The Lions Play With Lions concept is no more clearly communicated than this. "Donald Trump!" invite the deal-cutters of the universe, "Come On Down!!!" ... and as a commissioned sales woman who has worked with the Editors and Publishers of the daily newspapers of the United States, I can assure you there are sharks in these waters licking their chops at the "news" this celebrity can generate.

Frankly; from my experience, I would suggest that a Republican Primary which includes Donald Trump, and all the accomplished business people he will showcase, fundraising will be elevated to a new level of Patriotic Responsibility that brings in - not only cranky black celebrities spinning race bait at every turn, but an incredibly interesting collective of mentally healthy Community Organizers who operate through the local business community to make every citizen a participant in their success. Trump is a proven force for motivating and entertaining. His campaign promises to incorporate all the techniques and ideas his Television series has tested and tweaked over the seasons he's been on the air as well as the behind-the-scenes discussions he's had with real Executives and Successful Business Owners, buyers and sellers. His "show" will have even the jaded Europeans riveted.

When the Cloward-Priven "Collapsists" try to take out the Capitalists, it will be a fair game - indeed - to have an armed opponent stepping up to defend our way of life. I have no doubt that the "Brother" in the White House will be stripped of any and all influence when a true Brother of the "Color of Success" takes his ball to the court.

Weiner Calls Out Boehner - Embrace It!

2011-03-31T07:43:00.000-04:00

At the Presidential Introduction of Energy Secretary, Steven Chew, who - by O's admission - actually deserved his Nobel Prize followed by (what Willie Geist called a Beavis & Butthead laugh) an extended heh, heh, heh....much like our own Betty Jean does at particularly skewering "jokes," I couldn't ignore the demonstration of Essential Obama. To Ms. Mag, I would offer an update: "THIS IS WHAT A GENTLEMAN'S "C" LOOKS LIKE." In that self-amused Window, I saw the Maynard G. Krebbs of the business of the world: "WORK!" is simply not on his agenda, and to go into one's garage on weekends to "tinker" with ways to extract natural gas is - by the President's expression, one would infer - laughable.... beyond his capacity to relate... just the kind of kookie thing that wins one - legitimately - a Nobel Prize. In the College Crowd adoration mode we like to call Campaign, the Candidate resumes his "put down" Mean Girls schtick that wins him insecure minions readily wound up and manipulated like emotional missiles. Privledged Preppie who, no matter how elevated his own status remained in comparison to the rest of us, could always find rationale to whine about how he suffered humiliation at the hands of his other bitchy teen-age classmates. No; Barrie wasn't a victim of racism by White America. He was the typical adolescent cry baby "picked on" by the kids in his school who's families were richer than Madelyn Lee Dunham and weren't Hawaiian. How he extrapolate that "Every Kid" gawky growing up experiene into a Crusade of "I'm Half Black: I'm Collecting What's Due Me, You're standing on the spot I want: get out of my way!" may be crystallized in that demeanor he adopts when he takes the stage to "level with his peeps."

This is a comedian. He takes his "room" with him and ridicules anybody who, by comparison, comes off looking even slightly serious about getting answers, results, "the Job Done." Getting the JOB is the Goal, Dumbed-Down Affirmative Action Hookies. Getting it DONE is above my pay grade.

So, the Geist-Meister moves onto the next most amazing clip-of-the-week at the Congressional Correspondants' Dinner, Anthony Weiner addresses his name. "Vote for Weiner; He'll Be Frank." And Vote For Weiner; He's On A Roll." and "Really, like, who Is Boehner fooling? ... What am I,... like, ...Anthony WAY-ner?" Embrace It, Brother! Are they admitting they're all just a bunch of dicks?

Is this the inevitable result of their "Beat The Girl" attitude that led them to hate working with Women? I GET it! Women, as Betty Jean self-imposed sabbatical to accept suggests, are notoriously difficult to work with. I've always felt it was due to their house-bound, narrow worldly, children-consumed duties that we are so crammed into a canyon with little flexibility and too many rules. But at the end of the day, WE KNOW we can do this job better than the hacker in chief, and We are the Ones We've Been Waiting For! I know the attitude. From any comedian's point of view, actions that appear stupid are quite differently viewed when you're facing down bloody noses, household finances and a spouse M.I.A. during March Madness.

"Qaddafi Must Go" ... Reprise of the "Hillary Must Go" Shove

2011-03-29T08:57:00.002-04:00

My disgust for this hacker and his "guard" is out front, here. The entire push to "organize the international community" behind the NATO action is the result of yet another rash, rhetorical and inflammatory statement made by the incredibly inappropriate academic Fool who believes himself to still be seated in the United States Senate where he can shoot off his mouth with meaningless opinions, then vote "Present" when push actually comes to shove. Utterly irresponsible and never held truly accountable, the Politician is unable to lead from his own conviction and is willing to try whatever the media demands in order, not to lead the Nation, but to preserve his status.

Behind the madness of a team of disorderly Press and dishonorable colleagues, the pushing and shoving engaged in by the anti-Clinton coalition began immediately after Obama emerged from the Iowa Caucus with the Land Owning White Guys' collusion. "Hillary Must Go!" was the cry of the Trolls joined even on the floor of the Senate by Ried, MSNBC and the Black Caucus.  At the May 31, 2008 Rules & By Laws Committee meeting, Michigan represented its willingness to nullify its own delegation in order to challenge Iowa, whose winner has gone on to win every Democratic nomination for the past thirty years, for the right to demand first dibs on choosing the President. In a Statement asserting the urban point of view, reformation of a system whereby property owners exercise undue power absent the preferences of ethnics was professed to be the purpose which drove the challenge. Yet the CHOICE for which Michigan voted, the ethnics considered, wasn't the CHOICE the reformers expected, necessitating the move to unseat the State's duly elected delegation.

As I write this, the identification of some voters as African Americans screams to me something that, until this moment, I hadn't correlated. I guess it's consistent with the "Citizen of the World" pretense behind which Obama conceals his disrespect for Patriots, that they are not simply "Americans," but a separate but 'equal' African American segment of the American community who reserve the right to pick and choose whether they are Americans or Africans on a given issue case by case. This same "Social Sciences" approach is offered by the President and his Strategists in the Middle East where we will make a Case by Case determination of which Country we will support in revolt against self-serving leadership.

The gesture by the Democrats to imply that people of color will be so influenced by skin color in electing leadership that they are commandeered into the position to do so by moving a state where a large number of them are registered to the early primaries in order to secure the benefit of their presumed support for black candidates.

In both Michigan and Florida, the segmented-out voters disappointed the "racist" gamers by choosing the female candidate, debunking their carefully concocted myth. Both sides must take away a lesson from this outcome:  The dividing of the PIE is a challenging process.

From Divinity Within, a moment: Creation is the Product of Division.  Mathematics measures a circle by PI.  Expanding the Circle entails the factor 3.14 applied to radii, circumference, diameter... "To Infinity and Beyond!"  Our differences are the nature of our greatness in that with the exchange of views, we come to expand our understanding of all we can be, do and achieve.

Conflict that results from the indulgence of competing interests is the path down which the Obama Leadership has taken us and the choice rejected by those of us who seek a greater emphasis on Professionalism in Government. For Women in Political Leadership, this preference for professional leadership is the Equlizer. Not for Chivalry, but for Humanity do we reject the Drivers in favor of the Balancers. A constant such as PI is antidote for American Society, to the tarnished Fools' Gold Rule equating money with power and political advantage. Expanding is the means by which to distribute the true wealth of this Nation. To Patriots, it is the first principal of our Declaration that "All Men Are Created Equal."

Rational, worldly-wise Citizens are now free to move onto something worth doing. The novelty that was Obama has become circular and moribund. In programming terms, this dawg won't hunt. What remains of the United States of America has been commandeered by the DNC as a counter-balance to what was done to it under W.

Life has taught me that by the time we can count the money on the table, the Spirit has left it. Blessing and Offering it to God infuses Wealth with PI. Faith in the Almighty as a partner in Creation, likewise, sequesters the growing prospect in protective ambiguity and concealment that is neither noticeable to nor obtainable by those not posessed of Spirit.

In this we may take Faith, be moved to Hope and through Love be preserved in the face of any threat. To those of us who acknowledge God and live by religious convictions, secular humanism is the "not ready for commitment" intellectualization of someone like Barak Obama. Himself lacking in Christian insight, Obama is what he is: the product of an upbringing in a country of Muslims who are no less driven by misunderstanding than Right Wing, Christian Conservatives in this country. While the unethical continue to skirmish and fight over Oil Wealth, Wall Street "paper" and Currency Values, the "Creators" are far more respectful of "LIFE" than either extreme.

A result of Creation is often "Waste." Until a formula is proven, anything and everything must be considered and attempted. Thus, the "Everything, including the kitchen sink" throw in was the method by which - know it or not - The pretentious Obama is taken out. Some of the "waste" remained obscured, unnoticed and undisturbed when the fight began. What has been developing "under the table" has a parallel in that which is unseen, not yet grasped hovering in the air above our heads. A naturally expanding alterntive invites us to step to security, solvency and stability. Most miss the moment and fail to notice the subtle shift underfoot, but "Leadership" has been imposed on those of us whose service has been consigned. When the Call comes, we sense the expanding energy of Spiritual indwelling and respond with a calm acceptance of our duty. My Eyes open to the process, which is nothing more than processing all that comes at me, attend that which I am about to be shown. It is not by my choice that ensuing actions are determined, but by my willingness to offer my choice to the Divine Opter.

Let
It

Be.

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Jimmy Carter: Time To Put On Your 444 Day Sheep's Skin

2011-03-28T08:06:00.001-04:00

Can anything be done to alleviate this problem by closer consultation with the dissident groups and by easing off on some of the strict police policies?"
The Shah paused for a few moments before he replied somewhat sadly, "No, there is nothing I can do. I must enforce the Iranian laws, which are designed to combat Communism. This is a very real and dangerous problem for Iran, and, indeed, for the other countries in my area and in the Western world. It may be that when this serious menace is removed, the laws can be changed, but that will not be soon. In any case, the complaints and recent disturbances originate among the very troublemakers against whom the laws have been designed to protect our country. They are really just a tiny minority, and have no support among the vast majority of Iranian people."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949593,00.html#ixzz1HtLAJdv4

I'd be interested, today, to learn from the Peanut Farmer's mouth, what's actually going down in the North African Perimeter and the level of insight to which his own experience, which drove Democrats from the White House in 1980, has delivered him.

For any who imagine I might have become a 'Reagan Democrat' off the experience of the 2008 Democratic Primary, please know that my gut tells me Reagan/North/Haig/Weinberger cut the deal with Osama Bin Laden's Contractor Family to arm the Contras and bring down the Iranian Shah. In my gut, I have no doubt that in his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Herbert Walker Bush enabled the entire scandal - fully knowing that the unsophisticated Carter Administration was reliant on them for "intelligence," and that the move from RNC to CIA under equally unsophisticated, Gerald Ford, was the equivalent of the fox in the henhouse for Reagan Backers.

White Guys lording over Land is the way of the West and Ronald Reagan was the Bonanza Rancher of technicolor and mapping. Jimmy Carter escorted the Human Rights and Dignity Issue into the essential staples of Democratic Politics and on his watch, the idea of treating all Hands as On Deck for Prosperity was his uniquely Southern Standard. His faith and common sense stability was the skill he brought to the White House, much to the distaste of the Eastern Liberal Establishment. The victory of the Upstart Southern Poor was immediately squashed by three "Land Holding" Forces: The Texan Oil Block (W), Hollywood and the Nor'Easter Coastal Compounders: Kennedys in Hyannisport and Bushes in Kennebunkport.

Common Sense, for Folks, is the essence of Common Expreience, and let's face it: Our experience - It's You and Me whom I mean by "Our," has NOTHING in common with these folk. For us, social order is preserved by ethics and voluntary convention. While We, The People are here asserting out Divinely Endowed Rights to Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness, the Land Grantees are determined to preserve their "lordships" over properties accorded them by the very King against whom they are now wealthy enough to Revolt.

So, Jimmy: what's shakin'?

O' Reilley "Beside" Himself Over G E Paying ZERO Taxes!

2011-03-26T12:43:00.000-04:00

Yet we can expect the Whoopies and Joys of the 'daytime' world to dismiss him as unbearable, walk off after having THEIR say and continue to perpetuate the myth that it's racist for White people to take sides, but any threat to Black Supremacy - just because - is an unendurable indignity.

Their All-But-The-Cannonization Saint Barack has led the downtrodden out of blindness and they're all now "living the dream" ...THROUGH HIM!

That's a lot like pretending that ALL WOMEN so savored Pelosi's election as the first Female Speaker of the House that we paid it forward by delaying electing a Woman President to prove that women truly CAN work together to make the world a better place.

O'Reilley let it be known that he has his Accountant, "Swifty," just PAY IT. And he LOVES just paying it - his taxes run in the millions, he claims, and he relishes just paying it because for three straight years, Bill Clinton had him audited in an effort to send him to a Federal Penitentiary.

Now, I ask you: Where is that "Tax The Rich" Promise Obama made? It's right in the toilet with the stuff about putting on his Rockports and walking the picket lines in support of the Unions who supported HIM! Geez! Immelt is certainly cashing in on his backing of Obama. Wait until the President gets it shoved back in his face when the NRC goes thumbs down (as did the Chinese) on General Electric's Nuclear Reactor design in favor of the substantive Westinghouse provers.

Zero the Fool continues on his Journey, having just passed the encounter with the Death Card - Again - to get slickly by the reviewers of the Fourth Estate, hidden under the robe of the Angels of Healing: Temperence. (Low Bridge: Everybody Down. Low Bridge, ' cause we're coming to a town) Like the Polichinelles (Buffoons) beneath Mother Gigione's huge skirt in the Nutcracker, these enfantes enter by our grace and indulgence, not their own earned skill. This, I suppose, is the fund-raiser performance. We cannot take it seriously, Bill-O. We're a "struggling" Arts Society, not a serious Country about the business of Business. As I recall, General Electric relied upon ruse to beat Tesla to the Patent Office with that very lightbulb they now banish in favor of a pig's tail.

OK, What's With Those KTM Orange Shoes, Sasha?

2011-03-25T05:56:00.003-04:00

Ominous Overture on the O's return from South American tour - the Press noted the "lock-out" at the White House entrance, but the little girl attending daddy on the arrival wore these "messaging" booties with the incredible "LOOK @ ME!" footware. Keep in mind: this is a pre-adolescent girl in the White House. Unlike the Bush daughters, these gals have demonstrated "attitude" towards the Dadd-IT-Dude on several occasions. Something tells me these foot flags are the Agent of Change in the O Range. "Home; James:" a few hours ahead of schedule, under overcast sky, a study in gray. Except we know the Obama girls are capable of some sass in reviewing the only male in the family (except for Bo) and how come the dog doesn't show up to welcome his mistresses home?
Expect this one to blow in on a dirt bike next.

Hoorah, Victoria Jackson

2011-03-23T01:31:00.000-04:00

Truly, the integrity to articulate disapproval with the Gay Glee Kiss was in order. So who cares if the slackers get all ugly at you for calling them out? They ARE obnoxious, the typical stupid children who are "sexting" and without comprehension of the level of exposure to which they've subjected themselves. Jackson could have cooled it some with the bible prop, but it's not the bible that "says" it's wrong or otherwise, it's common sense to keep the material on a show about and for high schoolers age appropriate. In Hollywood, the child actors are junkies by the time they're fifteen, and that makes unfortunate young people like LiLo, Brittany and Sheen iconicallly pathetic.
They're kids. Let them work out their sexuality in their immediate circle. Stop foisting same-sex wierdness on the "every kid" who's just looking for acceptance and belonging. This gay glorification is unfair to young people who are already confronted with more disruptions to health and well-being than a young person is equipped to navigate.

Victoria: Thanks for being there for those kids. I guess "Homophobe" is the 2011 Racist.

The Cosmos Goes "American Graffiti;" Closes In to Moon Us

2011-03-19T16:31:00.004-04:00

Waxing to fullness,
tracking its paces,
appearing to 3D right into our air space,
The Wolf Man rappin' in the back...

"http://www.youtube.com/embed/XUkRBiZCy6M"

and the pretty faces of the Press Corp can only do what they do: fantasize, glamorize and speculate with no understanding of the incomprehensible knowledge of Mankind, we've been here. This is not the Unknown except to the media.

Back in "the day" when I skated in Piedmong Park, great showmen, Alvin Fleming & the Cosmos, would trundle down the path to the boathouse flats with their massive wheel borne amplifier powered by a half dozen car batteries. They were awesome break-dance roller skaters with incredible crowd pleasing skills, crankin' music and true personal power. Not just amusing, they were professional, gentle and performed at a level that set an example for onlookers of quality and character. Tactful yet assertive, they were compelling in style, challenged those who approached disrespectful and were totally dance. Because I have witnessed and eventually worked in their circle, I know what to expect of men who aspire to leadership greatness. Fondly, I recall my earliest months in Atlanta, seeking a church and meeting others in my community of professionals. The Waxing Moon was a vegetarian restaurant operated by the same practicing Witches who ran the Wicca Church. They had tax exempt status and although I was aware of their community, never ventured any closer than to dine there once. On Sunday evenings, after the park, we'd go to the DAR building on Piedmont & 14th for the New Age services. Faith healers held hands out as though receiving pulsations or radio waves to their palms. They "offered" to help me, but I guess I don't truly believe. Until something happens that makes me respect ... it ... just may be somehow, possible.

The Cosmos weren't regulars anywhere, but were likely to show up anywhere, on their skates. When you noticed them, they were attracting attention - for the right reasons: they were worth watching and spontaneous. They were about respect, about skills, about positive behavior and very, very little talking. For that, they had the songs...Atomic Dog, Run DMC, the messages clear, witty and an unending developing routine.

We had no camera phones, no Internet, no You Tube then. But Atlanta had a school of Photography and many camera owners who brought their lenses to the party. And they took pictures. Endlessly, I can only imagine, if that scene were to unfold today, surrounded as we always were, by hundreds of people watching skating, that I'd go home on Sunday evening and as I sat on my ottoman, removing my skates, I'd see a different ending. Instead of looking up and seeing myself and my friends on the six o'clock news, I'd be getting emails from friends linking me to You Tube up links. It's a new day. We are all able to watch each other.

I went to Google Earth and located Japan, then Libya, and noticed the numerous web cams dotting the map. Every fifteen minutes the picture changes, and so, I can imagine that live cameras could soon afford us real-time views of anywhere someone with a camera wants to post. Thus, the Moon entering its perigee, at it's closest point to Earth in its orbit, waxing gibbous into its fullest smiley face comin' at us with the Man-In-The-Moon Grin for our Eve of Spring Equinox Saturday Night Live. Reactors wheezing in Japan, French Fighter Jets enforcing the No Fly Zone over Libya with the US launching cruise missiles toward the Mad Dog Howling in Tripoli and we can only figure, there are some Star Wars yet to Enter this Play on the Horizon. Whoa, what a night! What is it they call that military operation? Odyssey Dawn.

Obama: Immature, UnProven, Rash - Hillary Finally To Bolt

2011-03-18T08:28:00.003-04:00

The Candidate whose minions and 4th Estate Cheering section donned striped shirts when it served their agenda, suppressed Hillary Clinton's campaign with assertions that Obama opposed our involvement in the Iraq War. They ignored the fact that he hadn't even been in the Senate at the time of the vote. They ignored the fact that Clinton's vote was to untie the President's hands in the event that military action became appropriate, and the fact that at the time, Obama was not even engaged in any effort to stand up in opposition to the Bush Administration's invasion.

Three weeks into the Libya matter, having run his mouth that "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution" Muamar Gadaffi must leave office, the Occupant of the Oval Office has painted himself into the proverbial corner. Operating from his fantasy-induced supposition that his charisma, alone, would suffice in negotiating with world leaders, the Candidate does as HRC opined he might...naievely wade into undertow without a depth of relationships that will have his back and that of his Country.

Responsibility without Authority can only frustrate the Secretary of State who shows a clear mind to make an early exit from "State" because Administration Yipper Dawg cannot "decide whether today is Tuesday or Wednesday," Gentlemen: Where are the Black Guys on this? Can we somehow relate getting our butts covered in the wave of People's Uprisings on the North African perimeter to popping a leather ball through the hoop at such a feverish level as to become known as "March Madness?" Can we put this in terms "The Brothers" can understand: terms those of us who don't have agents and posses and million-dollar signing bonuses kind of "get?" Does the Baby Sitter have enough Ritalin to get the ADD Prince to take the time to do his JOB?

Forgive me if I take a racist, intellectually regular approach to the leadership thing, but I'm done being courteous to an entire collective of racist, "Brothers of the Big Brother" Basketball Bouncing, Teleprompter Reading Orator on a power trip. Little do they suspect that their Propped Up Posturing "Made Man" has nothing for them during this crisis? Because it has not "shut down the NCAA tournament, do they understant there IS a crisis? He puts Joe Biden in charge of the game plan, then the VP leaves the country. James Clyburne goes on TV to characterize the President's leadership style as compassionate to explain away his indecision. The hateful, ruthless "Whip" who behaved as though Candidate / Senator Clinton was a typical White Woman, deserving of the beating he so delighted in delivering by playing the race card with abandon as though assault by black guys were something "typical" white women deserved, represents Obama's failure to lead as "COMPASSIONATE?" Those young people he induced to rise up are being taught the lesson the Constitutional Law Professor should have first learned himself! Responsibility for your Choices.

With the same satisfaction that I viewed the results of the November 2, 2010 Election, I will be observing the Come-Uppance these assholes have earned for themselves. The promise of a historic presidency built on a bullshit artist backed by bullies can fulfill itself as we who know WORK would have/ could have predicted. We of the PUMA Pursuasion could have filled in those freaking brackets for the pompous academic. Yeah, tell the kids they don't get any homework: their "lesson" for this semester is to cheer on the tall, skinny guys who give their school a good name. And they will be satiated when they get their reward for all this effort: an "A" in denial, posturing irresponsibly, convincing the "kids" whose coveting parents endorsed Mr. Pay To Play in exchange for an appointment to a "Family Owned" Senate Seat.

While Hillary began her campaign with a listening tour, The One gave speeches to "rallies" of frenzied, adoring fans culminating in the Toga Party in Denver for which he only charged $5 bucks. Sounding more like a "Dawg People" backyard beer party than a political campaign, the ~~punks~~ kids demonstrated their superior qualifications for the Presidency with the adroit exploitation of Social Media and online fundraising. Seems to me a cheap, no-commitment contribution of the amount that would purchase one a Footlong Hoagie hardly substantiates the sort of support on the part of hoardes of individuals who can just as readily move onto other equally cheap thrills when the "Game Changer" high wears off. Broad but Shallow reach constitutes "Flash In The Pan" Fadness to the OWNERS of businesses like TV, Radio Stations, Newspapers and Magazines aka: The Fourth Estate. These Businesses operate on budgets, just like the Government. When income streams dry up for these businesses, their competent management finds another product, develops the next new thing, falls back on tried and true bread and butter basics to bolster their bottom lines.

No matter how much the Immell / General Electric / MS-NBC driven hype asserts otherwise, the propped up presidency is not capable of sustaining BUSINESS, of creating JOBS, of RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT of Markets here and abroad and now we see, of sitting down and having productive TALKS without conditions with their Dictator/ brothers around the World. Hillary Clinton is snubbed by those Chauvanists in the Middle East who want their "Brother" to come and sit down with them. They aren't satisfied with the "Give" they get from the President who thinks he can send a Woman to meet with them when their EGO, just like HIS, demands face time with their GUY!

I know this game. I've done this tour. She gets there and believes she represents the United States, but is dismissed with the same rudeness she gets from the ignoramus who cut the stupid deal to name her SOS in exchange for suspending her campaign. These dictatorial, tribal exploiters of their Peoples' Resources are trippin' and jonesin' for more from the One, not the serious business of managing World Peace for the Beautiful People, but for back slapping, glad-handing and getting off on taking down the Big Dawg.

You tell me, Bracket Bookies: how much of an "investment" do you expect the Network and Cable Advertising Moguls will make in a guy who cannot protect their electronic empires? When the Clintons decide to pick up their marbles and "retire" from elected office to actually go to Africa and build clean water projects, schools and hospitals with an Accounting Accountability Partnership that scrupulously monitors the cash flow, will OFA be able to hold onto their idealistic numbers with the "People of Color Cash In First" approach to Organizing? This Lap 'Round the Political Track is a race against "Race" and the winners will be all of us who were unexpectedly scalded by the disgusting opportunistic crap dished out in the rush to displace the Country's First Woman President with a Guy on an Ego Trip less interested in his Civil Rights Record than his Power Grab. Turns out they should have put child-proof plugs into those "power outlets" the Qbama For America tried to access. They simply weren't ready for Prime Time.

Evan Bayh Joins Fox News Contributors

2011-03-17T10:21:00.002-04:00

Senators who have also served as Governors discuss the "leadership" emitting from the White House. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Bayh of Indiana can take positions evolved from both levels of political office. On the Curvy Couch, Bayh gives the President a measure of leeway to deal responsibly with the debt ceiling and the budget. While allowing that Obama is holding out, "Waiting for the critical moment" before stepping in to lead like the Goose Honking from Behind, and begged off criticsm of the OOO with assertions that all be worked out at budget-passing time. Manchin, on the other hand, asks questions about how this is any way to govern?

Manchin is in the mix at the moment, not retired from it, so he has skin in the blame game. He left the WV Governors' Mansion for the Senate to impact the process, having rejected the Progressive Agenda, deployed Blow-Away Gun imagery in his campaign to succeed where so many democrats did not in order to be the Voice of Honor the Press cannot.

Bayh, now a Fox Contributor, debuts today with a PR savvy offering of 'no negative' to enter the Mix on the Other Side as a melting pot of good government. Unlike many, MANY other democrats who submitted to the craven cash call of the Obama Campaign, Indiana's former Governor remained faithful to Hillary Clinton as both a Super Delegate and as a Friend. His accomplishments as a governor who succeeded in navigating Indiana to higher ground with Unions and Public Employee pension issues without fanfare asset his substance to viewers of Fox. He elected to leave the Senate and didn't seek re-election because, like Bart Stupak, had found the ground beneath his feet un-sustainable. Pressures from the Left had become so offensively personal that in order to preserve traditional Democratic Faith, Bayh, LIKE SARAH PALIN, chose an unconventional but self-respecting alternative.

Seeing him on Fox News this morning, I feel reason is returning to the Democratic Party. While half-assed Liberals claim credit for the 40 hour work week, (NO, that was the DEMOCRATS.) Womens' Rights (No, that was WOMEN getting up on their hind legs and earning it for themselves in the FACE OF OBNOXIOUS REJECTION WITHOUT CONSIDERATION FROM MEN.) and Clean Air, they fail to recognize that the Moderates, Democrats, Independents, Republicans, Constitutionalists, Greens and Libertarians, were able to restrain their personal attacks on those with whom they disagreed for long enough to find common ground and advance in the best interests of ALL by choosing their battles and giving a little everywhere they could.

The Left and those who would have you believe that they are victims of godless Capitalists are nothing more than Psychos terrified of competition. It is inconceivable to them that a mind open to new ideas or views from another perspective is the stuff of which successful lives are made. Instead of endlessly applauding themselves with superlatives about their historic gravitas, they would do well to adopt a measure of - if not humility - then certainly a reasonable recognition of all the support they received (and which they notoriously don't reciprocate.)

Baye performed functionally (that is to say: WORKED) as Governor of Indiana and left the state better off than when he found it. He did so with the coordinated, RESPECTFUL inclusion of all factions who came to the table and accorded each a portion of his success. The Obama Administration can't get itself out of the Frat House, off the College Rah! Rah! stage and conducts communication with the Voters as though none of us live beyond the boundaries of the crime-addled inner city.

That "New, Hipper, more Urban" Democrat described by Donna Brazile was nothing more than a white ball in the Fraternity Induction Vote giving the Affirmative Action Candidate a chance. What we of the middle still don't buy is the notion that the thin resume presented by their Guy was something we were not permitted to question. What Left Wing Wealthy Family hands the recently graduated son the Presidency of their Revenue Stream Company without at least putting the kid through the motions of learning the family business? The Administration's Honeymoon with Congress is over, the Maid of Honor has been restored to Minority Leader and the time has come for the Bride of the Boogie Men to retire the Veil of Illusion and learn to cook and keep house.

If that isn't the sort of "Marriage" the Left sought from bedding Mr. Cool, then maybe they should just get him a job and keep him out of trouble, cause he sure ain't making a serious go of the Union. He leaves all the work to Mom & Dad and heads for the gym or a jaunt with zero connection to any sort of professional discipline and comprehension of his duty.

I'll be watching for the real meat of what I expect Evan Bayh has to say, along with the Hope that when her term is up, Hillary Clinton will also join the Fox Network and become a Cultural Warrior or maybe even a regular on Red Eye:)

The Heroic 50 --- Seeing Stars

2011-03-16T23:49:00.000-04:00

The moment you realize you're falling on your roller skates, the Universe slows down.

As you fall through a motion all knowing, a connection to the tail bone shows the Milky Way of Stars. For a couple of weeks, the pain is debilitation.

If you are the other side of the Cosmos of having your thumb in the dyke of the on-rushing sea, you are seeking to flood the reactor now breathing dragon fire, and carried in your work by the almost certain prospect of the end of your life as we know it on Earth.

50 Nuclear Plant workers have returned to the task of protecting an entire nation, entire world from the threat of what the Media calls a meltdown. It would seem that they are carried on the wings of Angels, the prayers of all sober, sane folk and and the updraft of lost souls...they leap, in faith, across the chasm of a frontier unimaginable.

In Irony, the refugees endure arduous cold, seeking shelter from wind and snow of Japan's winter, yet the withering heat surrounding the power plant melts all that is, lest these Titanic 50 prevail.

Oh, Mary, Conceived without sin,

Pray for us, who have recourse to Thee.

In these times of man pitted against man, I look to my spiritual mother - she who has come to my Sister, Catherine, with assurance that all who seek her protection will find as much therein. The Middle East roils and rocks, yet the Far East sustains Mother Nature's urgent demonstration of unrest. Aching hearts drive the recovery of the victins of the One/Two pummelling of the Island.

(The Beacon atop Pittsburgh's Grant Building, blinking P-i-t-t-s-b-u-r-g-h in Morse Code for 82 years changed color today, from red to green. Saint Patrick and Huntington Bank and Tommy Knockers.)

It's Official: He's Just A Guy

2011-03-16T07:08:00.003-04:00

Trust Fund Baby, Mr. Cool has "risen" to the occasion ... Comes through with the statement the World looks to from the United States for reassurance ... his News Outlet of Choice: ESPN.   March Madness, an affliction that robs America's Ecoonomy of productivity at so many levels finds it's Uncontested Champion in the Occupant of the Oval Office. The exclusive culture of pituitary freaks, Basketball and it's Farm League, America's Universities, are on their annual Attention Deficit Disorder Orgy of gambling, sweat and chest thumping. Cheerleaders: (I'm referencing the Women of the Left) keep those pom-poms breathless with shimmer: the boyz have taken the floor.

Those of us in the Moderate Middle are finding the MEN and are just as typically happy to know the immature co-dependents who thrive on thrills are safely distracted from the serious matters to which WE respond.  Wise Grown-Ups print out the bracket.pdf for their undisciplined jeuveniles and the GUY Geeks as a "distraction" for the PITA pubescents otherwise of no applicable value in dealing with the challenges of the moment.

I never had a doubt that the local "Progressive" Democrat faction was anything but selfish brats trolling for somebody's lunch money,  The demand for Change in my own micro experience, proved to be nothing more than the tactic of choice for Bill Ayers types with their Cloward/Piven training aping the 60's radical mind-set. Have at 'em, Women of the Left. These Peter Pannes are the universally intent on childish crap who promise to exhaust you throughout your relationship with a "me first" attitude that will abandon you the moment your relationship arrives at "Degree 360 .. you know, the DNA step toward evolution. For the problem child that demands change, this crowd hasn't evolved in 50 years. The only thing about "Revolutionaries" that has evolved is their penchant for taking other's earnings and pissing it away on technology that has no viable worth on the ground while those bombs they fondly build are coming back at them with a vengeance.

Japan: our hearts go out to you, our faith in your substance assures us that your nuclear technology will work through this challenge as performance rather than disinterest in the face of the latest game. Your majestic composure and appropriately placed values are an example to us all.  No surprise here; anything that would move the focus of attention off Obama-In-Campaign-Mode is a "distraction," and Fukushima Plant workers said to have fled the site, kindly be advised that the President of the United States already has a Plate Too Full to make room for you.

Mr Cool digs deep to remain aloof, drawing upon a lifetime of mentorship by men whose examples illustrated tactics and techniques teach him to leave it to the girls. Raised, as he contends, by a Single Mom, (strained relationship) he learned through examples of abandonment and dismissive contempt, to land on his feet by sacrificing honor to remain "above it."  There's always Grandma, Open Checkbook Queen, so no sweat. Gateway to Golf Course, Games and Good Times.

Don't be so petty: being the Commander In Chief is a tough job. The OOO needs his rest and recreation. He's sexy and young, after all. He's got all this piss and vinegar, steam more expansive than the hydrogen released two days ago at the Fukushima Containment, and you just cannot expect him to feel anything for the Japanese. He'll go on TV and make some boiler-plate statement about sending aid, and he'll even dispatch HRC to Paris to deal with the Hope & Change Franchisees who bought into his Google-Driven Demonstrations for their piece of the Middle East Pie. With a mere two years to go until he faces re-election, you'll learn what the Womem of Afghanistan and the rest of the world have been advised: Other Priorities Take Precedence. We aren't going to be catering to special interests. There is nothing more "Special," after all, than the O.

PS: Westinghouse-Competently Built Nuclear Plants will boost the GE designs and that's the only bracket I'm filling out. You Can Be Sure ... Circle Bar W ...will keep a lid on it. Saint Anthony: help us find the way. GE Engineers are revealing the story of the Immel Management team. GE Plants are WAY more about how Profits are siphoned off than about how the performance strategy is implemented. And you want to re-invent the Nuclear Power Industry on the ethics exemplified by GE? Not to be a party pooper, here. There's a story unwinding and it feels like an asp in a basket fixin' to evolve into a rattler, Cowgirl.

Pennsylvania's Republican Governor follows New Jersey's and Wisconsin's Republican Governor

2011-03-13T14:48:00.003-04:00

The resident "Progressive" Spammer recently lobbed this letter to Governor Corbett from a Teacher whose "right to collective bargaining" is a target of the Republicans in Harrisburg,

March 10, 2011 Dear Governor Corbett, I am writing as a grandmother who is very concerned about the proposed cuts to educational funding. Education is the last place we should be skimping. I am worried that you are considering legislation to ban collective bargaining by teachers. And worse, there is talk that you propose legislation to allow school districts to remove teachers for any economic reason. This move would be dreadful for our children for these reasons: - Nepotism would run rampant. School boards could hire their relatives and cronies and replace excellent, mature teachers with inexperienced, untested rookies at will. - Experience would be undervalued. Budget cuts would force higher paid, master teachers out of jobs just when they are most effective. What a tragedy this would be. Younger teachers would lose the mentorship and wisdom of teachers in their 50’s and 60’s. - Fewer capable young people will be attracted to education. One of the ‘pulls’ for those called to education is job and pension security. Educators give up early, high income for security. It frees them to be creative as teachers without having to worry about whether they will be employed or replaced each year. That is too much stress for a profession that is extremely stressful under the best of conditions. - Collective bargaining has ensured that teachers receive a decent pay. It has taken years for teachers to be given a fair wage that is commensurate with their education and ability. We don’t get to bargain about gas prices, food, or dental costs. Of course the public wants teachers on the cheap. But that doesn’t make it right. Unions always take into consideration local costs when bargaining. They typically come up with a formula that boards and union members can accept. - Teachers contribute heavily to their retirement and health insurance. I don’t think the public realizes that from day one, each paycheck has a hefty deduction toward a pension and health insurance. - The public has scapegoated teachers as a visible force that is to blame for the deficit in state and national budgets. Where is the outrage toward millionaires in the health care, banking industry and Wall Street? Politicians have been adept at pitting those in the middle class against each other, and it saddens me greatly. - Budget cuts have a negative impact on students. Larger classes reduce the quality of human connections in teaching, which is the single most important factor in creating a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning. - It would be a better country if we were all willing to give our fair share, have pensions and be able to trust that each is willing to sacrifice some. Let’s just not lay everything on the laps of teachers and other public sector employees. It just isn’t right. Thank you for listening. I pray you will do the right thing, and not try to strip hardworking teachers of their rights. We need to find ways to support excellence in teaching, and that is done by paying teachers well, helping them achieve pensions and health care benefits that give them a sense of security, and providing districts with professional development that encourages best practices. Discouraging teachers is the wrong path. Respectfully, Gail Holmstrom

Dear Ms. Holmstrom: Your letter to Governor Corbett making the case for teaching professionals is read differently by the two sides. Most of my formative years were spent in Catholic schools. To provide their children with this opportunity, my parents followed their strength, courage and common sense. They went to the numerous entities involved to discuss their wishes and found the path that worked for them. Driven by their openness to resolution, they formed partnerships with the Pastor, and Council of our Church, the nuns who ran the school and other families who also wanted this type of education for their children. Catholic Schools continue to devise creative and reality-based stratagem to thrive in the face of a siege level opposition to their existence. The key, however, to their ability to remain faithful to their Mission, of providing families who entrusted their children to them with a quality education that prepared them for life’s challenges. Professional Sales trains one to step out of your comfort zone. Do something new, a little bit challenging, in unfamiliar territory. So I opened my mind to Bill O’Reilley’s “Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity.” The title came from his homage to a teaching professional, a woman, a nun who observed in him what she had ften discerned in the classroom. Without losing her dignity, his teacher put him on notice that she had responded to his behavior and made the decision about the manner in which she would deal with him that school year.

“Bold Fresh” illustrates the divide in the United States between those of us educated in Parochial, Private or Home Schools and those produced by Organized Labor. S-2 Draft deferment in the 60’s, not the vocational call, drove men into teaching. At College, I was scandalized by the behavior of frat boys bound for the classroom to escape Viet Nam. Not an Education major myself, I viewed the change in the profession and felt that the efforts of Al Fondi to organize teachers was driven, not by a respect for educators, but the influx of men into the field. At the same time, males were entering the nursing profession in large numbers bringing about a similar shift in the economic realities faced by hospitals.

A comment made by one of my history professors alerted me to another factor impacting Education. In the years following our exit from Southeast Asia, the Administration of elementary schools, the higher paying positions, had come to be dominated by men. The overwhelming take-over of the Office of Principal at the elementary level, to Professor Smith, was what should have been alarming to the Educational Community. In the business world, where my own degree in Poli Sci led me, I worked within the structure of the difference between a Profit motive and Profession. I learned that there truly is a distinction that must be taught:

Government is not Business.

Medicine is not Business.

Education is not Business.

These areas of Professional Endeavor are all Institutions, Social Structures created as the backbone of Civilization. All of us participate in these institutions and our Society has benefited as the result of the brightest and the best choosing a career in these areas by virtue of what has always been regarded as a higher calling.

Professionals are guided by principles of their respective fields and conduct themselves with comportment and integrity that distinguishes them from everyone else. Nursing graduates were “capped” to set them apart from everyone else and called “Angels” because of the care they provided. Traditionally, the platitudes about Teachers cited in your letter were accorded those who eschewed higher earnings to find gratification and meaning in their life’s’ work. During summer months, my teachers in Rostraver Township worked on their family farms, or in Construction or Summer Jobs to supplement their teaching income. They helped each other build and maintain homes, employed high school kids in seasonal businesses, offered summer school for themselves and their charges. Their behavior showed their commitment to the Community of which they were a part.

When Teachers Unions went out on strike to disrupt the normal order of things, when Nurses refused to attend to Patient needs, when Law Enforcement Professionals and Fire Fighters, Postal and Transit Workers and Telephone Operators threatened our “natural order” with behavior that conveyed a seriousness about their demands for higher pay, the rest of us experienced a seismic shift in our regard for them. Services upon which our own jobs were predicated were denied. All the points you make in your letter about the nobility of Educators were “suspended” by these so-called Professionals who communicated to their students’ families that they were prepared to remain off the job until it hurt.

These were not the steel workers, coal miners and blue collar laborers whose contracts with Business Owners were up for renewal in April when the need for their products would permit their employers to resist their actions for months before their withheld services would be felt as loss of profits. These were people employed as part of the System that ordered our daily lives. The “Golden Rule” had been tarnished, proven to be a Fool’s Gold. Those once revered for their professionalism were regarded as “shake-down artists,” bullying us and destroying communities with escalating demands for increases followed up and reinforced by strikes. To the Every Man, it seemed that Teachers were uniquely equipped to evolve negotiation using those purported “superior” skills at the bargaining table, in developing income stream programs that would permit them to earn as our children learn. The Thirteen Original Colonies of the United States of America were founded as Commonwealths. They banded together for the purpose of Defending their Country from the invading French, Indians and scandalously, the King of the Country they left in search of an alternative: control over their own Religious, Economic and Personal lives. They declared their Independence from that King’s oppressive taxes. They chose Revolutionary War over submission to burdensome taxation without Representation. Your neighbors have elected Representation. Your neighbors, through their Voting, have stood up to those of you who straddle Academia and Reality. Are you selfless Contributors to the Common Wealth or Sophist Beneficiaries of Representation that employs tactics you wouldn’t tolerate in your own classrooms? The Voters, the Tax Payers, the “Independents” reject Unprofessional Behavior. They expect Educators to apply their superior knowledge to this issue and find a better way. The results of Professional Interdisciplinary Work should be mutually beneficial. The Union's Win/Lose model failed the Taxpayer forced into submission by those protected in their Union jobs. Unions represented a new class demanding what was perceived by the rest of us as more than their fair share. What we lost above all, was the naïveté that teachers adhered to a performance standard upon which we could build the Future. Results simply aren’t there. If you were a business looking at the results of your advertising, which you would track along with your Accounts and Inventory, you’d see test results and seek prospecting alternatives. The Free Market – not platitudes – drives those choices. People move out of School Districts that subordinate. Businesses as well, abandon punitive tax-based communities. A population that has been taught by their Teachers to resort to disruption and bare-knuckles bullying to achieve ends are thus, unlikely to be moved by those same Teachers’ appeals for respect for their professional contributions. The cold-blooded politicians who stripped Public Employee Unions of their Collective Bargaining rights in Wisconsin are the products of Public Employee Strikes disrupting the households of those who went to the polls on November 2, 2010 and elected them. They learned from their Teachers what works, what is valued, what counts. They’re not Republicans, deserving of abuse; they are opportunists who became “positioned” to make this move against Organized Labor by virtue of the failure of the Progressive Agenda to achieve results. The Hope via Change promised by an incompetent Academic was “selected” through a combination of breach of Faith by the 4th Estate and the misrepresentation of Pay-To-Play tactics as accomplished Political Skill. Those of us sidelined by the Progressives and denied Voice by the “gaming” of the Electoral Process view Unions as glorified Organized Crime and are neither moved by your appeal nor inclined to support anything but continued heat to the feet of the Academic In Chief who preaches Accountability but defaults to the Bully Pulpit when his inept Advisors from Academia are incapable of achieving worthwhile, universally agreed-upon goals through a respectful exchange of ideas. Why can’t the Academic Community practice what they teach? Why can’t they SHOW us instead of telling us? Just as your Excuse Mill running the White House cost HUNDREDS of Democrats in Congress, the Senate and State Legislatures their jobs, Blaming Bush has evolved into Blaming Obama. Accountability begins with those who still have their jobs, who still make the rules. This is the Teacher’s Time To Shine, to transcend the cowardly Victim mentality and be the superior leadership for which we have paid dearly. We looked at the Clintons who studied and perfected diplomatic skills but were brusquely shoved aside in favor of a pig in a poke forced upon us by the Progressive Leadership of the Democratic Party. We watch in horror as our sisters throw us over for Paycheck Protection. We don’t WANT these creeps educating our children! We are outraged that vicious remarks about a self-made success like Sarah Palin is crudely diminished as inferior because she had to pay her own way through college. We are insulted beyond our ability to take in breath by the quintessential Trust Fund Baby, the grandson of a Banker, who has the unqualified support of Teachers’ Union Representatives at the expense of our life savings, our homes, our businesses and our jobs. We endure his endless vacationing while we work two and three low-paying jobs and we just don’t feel you deserve our support. You bought that pig in a poke and it is now the result of your choice that your security is a chip your President will cash in a callous political maneuver to save his own job. Joe Sestak, whom the University Women of Mercer County supported, deprived the Commonwealth of a Senior Senator and now your own Seniority is about to be zeroed out by the same callous progressive punks who are after YOUR job. In the real world, workers who believed themselves to be valued by their employers learned what you now face. Through painful losses of our jobs, businesses and homes, the rest of us have switched to the new “global economy” and are putting our earned status to work in the interest of our own survival. I’m sorry that times are now changing for you but trust that in the future, instead of calling PUMAS, Tea Party Activists and Town Hall Attendees crazy, unworthy of a hearing, dismissed as disgruntled and marginal, you’ll respect and regard your neighbors with a more appropriate civility. Had the Adults behaved as Adults instead of inducing their children to commandeer the elective process, you would not have experienced the backlash that wrenched the power from the partisan Democrats and restored it to the People. You possess the resources, the Professional connectedness and the reliable leadership skills that will bring you and your colleagues through this seismic, tectonic shift in the socio-economic landscape. This is truly a time of great opportunity which you can only discover when you quit complaining about what has actually gone down and re-evaluate the choices that have brought about this situation.

Power finds Processors.

It is a grievous mistake to attempt to possess or wield power. Governor Walker and Governor Corbett will pay the price, likewise, for resorting to gaming the system to oppress their own people. On a world-wide scale, we are seeing The People demand their fair share. It is no longer a contest of will, but a time for all Men and Women of Good Will to come together and write off their losses to make something of whatever remains. Try to understand that the Voters, the Taxpayers, The People are insisting on a

BALANCE OF POWERS.

Common Wealth - not Communism...

Social Health - not Socialism…

Results - not Rhetoric…

The People have seen the destruction of the Economy that once provided them with a life worth living and have accepted that Everything Has Changed. Wasn’t CHANGE what the 2008 Campaign was about? I felt then and assert now that the advocates of Change weren’t experienced enough to understand that Change in one place inevitably brings Change to everything else. Political Professionals know to patiently and methodically lead us through Changes with ethical, responsible choices, not Hope. I guess the results of this Change, brought about by your uninformed choices weren’t exactly what you’d HOPED for.

That’s just Life In The Big City, Baby. What you got is what you demanded. You accused your opponent of bigotry, racism, insanity, corruption and any other unflattering association in a rush to get yours first. Now you need to take personal responsibility for your rash choice. You celebrated at Obama’s Inauguration and totally got off on taking down the Clintons. Now you should be satisfied with what your choice got you while the rest of the Country scrambles for a piece of what your Academic Approach was incapable of understanding. As your “Post Racial” President discovers that his promise to close Gitmo was a hollow pronouncement of somebody who had no idea what he was talking about, as your “No Lobbyist will run my White House” appoints one lobbyist after another, as your “Health Care Shove” begets incomprehensible Push Back to the thugs who lived by the “Push Back,” you’re experiencing what the rest of us suffered in 2008. We know it hurts. We can’t do it for you, but look at us and take faith that you’ll get through it just as we did. Respect yourself. As a PUMA, I cringed every time one of yours shouted me down with statements such as: “YOU LOST!!! Get OVER it!!!” You left me with no choice but to just eat it, and get over it. I did, and found no more need, wish, desire to have anything more to do with anything that was aligned with “Progressive.” In the words of the Culture Club and Jesus, I say to Donna Brazile, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean and the corrupt Democratic Rules & By Laws Committee: I know you’ll miss me when I’m gone. You disposed of me to clear a path for yourself to a level for which you were neither qualified nor prepared to master. You blew me off and refused to hear any word of criticism of “Your Guy” just like Fox News and the Religious Right did when we criticized Bush. You were just the other, UGLY side of political ineptitude. You should have stuck to the books and the classroom, protecting the Children from rash, reckless Change when you had no earthly idea of what you were setting in motion. You sent them on a doomed Crusade to force an Agenda on their Accountable Elders that we know doesn’t work. We’re not crazy; we’re educated in the School of Hard Knocks and were trying to reach those of you who were irrationally, impossibly out of control under the influence of an Empty Suit who wasn’t Organizing a Community, he was harvesting your votes. You threw over an accomplished Woman of Senior Status who was ready on Day One to lead with proven, established, accepted skills. You substituted a blank slate and gambled away your Country. You bought the proverbial pig in a poke and abused those of us who weren’t buying him OR your fatuous rhetoric. Let the buyer beware. Not only could the Progressives and Your Guy not get it done, even with filibuster-proof majorities in both houses, they didn’t give a damn about the Democrats whom they sent to defeat in their “Save Obama’s Presidency” forcible imposition of a 2000-Plus Page Health Care Bill the People didn’t want. You traded your own job for his. If you re-elect the jerk, you will have proven that you don’t belong in the classroom with tenure and a pension to provide for you in your retirement. You will belong in the streets with the rest of us, scrambling to earn a living by your wits, fearing the “Death Panels” who will rule on your worthiness for “One Size Fits All Health Care.” You’ll hope those punk, more “hip” urban professionals don’t dispose of you the way they no longer needed White, Older Women of the Democratic Party to win elections. Those Women are “dead” to you and yanking their grandkids out of the Schools where your half-baked principles have done more harm than good. Your “Change” cannibalized a healthy party to win ONE election and those kids under whom you lit a fire with your unproven, untested, unqualified Celebrity went back to the typical apathy of kids, but they changed YOUR world in their wake. They have complete confidence that you’ll provide for them and sacrifice your future for theirs. We promised to say “We Told You So!” every time crap like this bit you in the behind, so here we are, and WE TOLD YOU this would happen. Don’t expect us to listen to YOU when you proved what we already KNEW about all that you DON’T know. The sooner you all admit that you screwed up and get back in line, the more of your hard-earned everything you’ll salvage. It’s time you bit the bullet and do what is necessary to bring about Party Unity since your Party has taken a major hit and your Union is on the ropes. Negotiation, not Demonstration is in order. Get your MOB under control with professional behavior and show us you’re Class. Your President did no work in the Chicago Legislature, voted “Present” rather than lead. Your President ignored the sage advice so readily dispensed to Senator Clinton about keeping her head down and working hard, learning policy and listening to Constituents. Your President chose to exploit Chicago instead of stepping out of his comfort zone as did Hillary Clinton, herself born and raised in suburban Chicago. She went first to Arkansas, “land of opportunity,” then to New York and earned the respect of the world’s toughest electorate. Along the way, she endured enough bullshit from men to choke a horse. I look at a woman like you who doesn’t recognize that teaching is a Woman’s field and Women are the Majority in this Country. Women don’t need to resort to the tactics traditionally used by men who have failed us so spectacularly. Instead of giving Women the chance they earned, you gave them the Change you deserved. Ann R Augustine, Butler County Democratic State Committee

Don Juan Educates the Daughters

2011-03-10T07:00:00.000-05:00

Talkers finally get around to our point.

Accountability - The Rhetoric Of The Inconsequential Chooser

2011-03-09T09:03:00.001-05:00

This weekend, I will walk with my Congressman in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh. The last time I made this "trek" was in the company of candidate, Hillary Clinton, Catherine Baker Knoll and the Secret Service. I learned about "talent management" and in my Scanner, addended my existing skills in "crowd control." Ever watch the little girls in the marching units of Americana lore, bedazzled, spangled and pink, cradling the batons they are learning to twirl? Adult coaches and chaperones contain and account for the little ones (some barely three years old) by encircling them with lengrhs of rope, worked, not unlike marionette strings, to encourage the progress of the talent towards the reviewing stand, their safety abetted.

The crowds cheering Hillary that March morning assured us that Americans would make the responsible choice in the interest of those little girls, and from a spirited campaign, a historic candidacy would result. And

Was ...

that Pittsburghers' preferences were trumped by their "children" to whom the "Hope" was sold wholesale, with zero connection to reason. We get news almost daily, about how the advisors around Obama churn madly to deny us our choice. We ask for Women in leadership, and they let us have Nancy Pelosi, so resolutely willful that the democratic caucus is incapable of replacing her, despite the flat-BANG! turn over from majorities in the House, Senate and White House to a defeat in the State Houses so devastating as to reveal that virtually the entire country has turned on the Democrats. Throughout two years of Obama's administration, the Axlerod logic has flipped the bird to the citizens and played games with political tactics disconnected from the issues, challenges and realities facing Americans. The honor of being the first Woman to serve as Speaker of the House is almost secondary - judging from Pelosi's prosecution of the 111th - to weilding the "ropes" circling the freshman class swept into the Majority in 2008. From a seat in my Congressman's office to watch the inauguration of Pelosi, I observed her bringing the children and grandchildren, her own and those of members, to the Speaker's Stand in celebration of the Change a Woman Speaker would hallmark. The first 100 Days grandiose proclaimations righting the ship, "draining the swamp" to rid the country of the corrupt Republican Culture.

Her "Parade Style," begun with a promising step, degenerated utterly with her irresponsible CHOICE to cultivate a "counter-culture" of restricted debate, hand-cuffing those Republicans who survived re-election and commandeering the votes of Democrats with quid-pro-quo trade-outs to embellish her control over the Democratic Caucus. I guess we expected more of a matenal concern for the country than a cynical power play to consolidate her grip on the reigns that kept the Democrats marching by the Reviewing Stand to the Bold Progressive's Beat. Nancy's district enjoys phenomenal property values. San Francisco style liberalism made it a magnet for those whose off-beat lifestyles met with rejection in middle America. 434 other Congressional Districts were suddenly nullified by a Progressive Replacement "Golden Rule" equating money with power to the exclusion of any other Force. Foolish. Naughty, Naughty, Nancy. Your Co-Equal Power Wielders expected something much different. Women who represent the Majority had something else in mind by way of leadership from you,

Imagine our shock that you and another "Sister" Oprah Winfrey, suddenly became incommunicado having hooked up with "the One" who changed your brains, not your life. All that aside, nonetheless, we understand, girlfriend. The guy who plays us gets away with it as long as the romance is good, the jewelry gifts arrive regularly and we can brag that passion is sustained. What we don't get is the Big Sister Act, cutting us out of the Will, manipulating the Family dynamic with something more like Cinderella's Step Mother Maneuvers.

Princess Dream

We at the Majority United make the call on our Sisters, Daughters, etc... but we failed to factor in that Omen: The Step Sister heritage. Along with those Twirl lessons, we learned Fairy Tale Tradition. For every Princess in Waiting, there's at least one jealous female, associated by marriage of convenience, to make the story compelling. Heroines come and go, but Erica Kane reigned for decades as the grain of sand that irritated oysters enough to salve irritation into pearls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Kane

The Oval Office Occupant back burners the Country's challenges, to campaign for re-election, and choosing by handicapping votes. We would do well to lift our chins, look around and see it all. That "Girl Power" tune Pelosi played at the bedside of Gabrielle Giffords worked like a Proverbial Charm: a Snake Charmer's melody calling the survival instinct out of the basket. We aspire to real authority, not power. Our instincts permit us to forgive, but to unravel the mystery of Women and Power. Where's the Deal here? When your head hits the pillow tonight, be "programmed" to revisit the history of Women. Review the Spell-Casters, the spies, the Wesleyans, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Church and the "Firsts."

Step Sister Longevity

When our Sovereign Will as Electors became crystallized as either Pro Choice or Pro Life, divided, we were "conquored" by cynical politicians' concealed true agenda behind the smoke bomb pretense that our Choices are our own. Once they have manipulated our Step Sisters, we're in for a struggle from which we have no option to demurr. That rope encircling our marching troop is tightening 'round us, courtesy of the Secret Service. We sense the Forces maneuvering us to the Right to permit the S.U.V. to drive a little closer to the Candidate. While we carry signs proclaiming our support of Hillary, the guys sporting blue tooths tuned into their exclusive channel are employing all the resources of the United States Citizens in their own interest, to advance, armed to the teeth. That Ford Ranger isn't on hand to provide an escape in the event of an attack, but more to carry the AK-47 and other hardware that shakes out Advantage: Protected.

Rain or shine, I'll greet my Congressman eye to eye, wearin' the Green and embracing my own Irish heritage. But this time, I'll walk the parade route with a knowledge and a wisdom I didn't have four years ago. I carry the inner Wii Me, programmed to travel to other games, and projecting the ability to process information as I receive it. While I honor the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, I have come to understand that not all men are equal to me. Endowed by my Creator with the right to life, liberty and the persuit of happiness, I am also responsible for my choices. It is this responsibility, social, financial, professional, that drives me to Lead my life, to choose a path that leads me onward and upward. The "Game" hasn't changed for those of us who are accountable to our own standards, and the instant I make eye contact with my Representative, my Vote will be caste.

What's Left Of The Democrats Might Just As Well Call It A Day

2011-03-06T12:24:00.001-05:00

Here in Pennsylvania, where the Census data returns a requirement to remove One Congressional District and reapportion the Commonwealth's districts, the Republicans plan to meet in Harrisburg to have a sober look at how they might call these shots. Why they'd want to get rid of Altmire - who often as not votes with them on fiscal issues - I cannot say. But Altmire ALWAYS votes the progressive agenda of Nancy Pelosi in the Party Caucus.

I have discerned a connectedness between Altmire and Bob Casey and I don't like it. For Casey, who was elected by tons of traditional democrats who bit the bullet and endorsed him in 2006, it might be time to make it clear that his gestures to take over the Democratic Party and continue his family fued with the Clintons and Ed Rendell is destroying the party. Absolving himself of responsibility for his disgusting backing of Obama when the Democrats of Pennsylvania expressed a clear preference for Clinton - as something his kids convinced him to do pissed me off more than I can say. For Jason Altmire to take Obama's money and vote for him over Clinton who had a 40% primary edge in his district was a total stiffing for which I withheld my support and my vote in 2008. Obama lost Altmire's district to the Palin/McCain ticket and because of the residual resentment fostered by the Women of Pennsylvania, the Party's most reliable voters, I predict that the Democrats will continue to lose elections as long as they let the "progressive" punks of the party do their talking.

Jim Burn, new State Chairman, is on board with the Guy Trip all the way and is foolishly following the lead of the males of the State Committee who are backing ANY candidate who can be propped up long enough to take out sitting Democrats of the more established tradition. As the result, incompetence characterizes the Democrats in the Commonwealth who go into the reapportionment work as clueless as the empty suit they put in the Oval Office with yammering that passed as campaign by virtue of the abdication of duty on the part of the 4th Estate.

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=npsy5jbab&v=001QGVxMVttOOZSISqjecd_EVhEtFgYSKJ9O0GJRHNKSZ5obF-GV7ZLTsQmUiIeOH2ax--hXkd30MnINjrng1di5te9rivQuasOn0qLikqXiXH7y565NpJ6Bo2J8nnYQvon

After looking over all the possible combinations - and this is my personal view: I have neither discussed nor proposed this elsewhere, I encourage the Women of Pennsylvania to urge Allyson Y Schwartz to challenge Bob Casey for the Senate Nomination. Any Republican Women out there with designs on the other Senate Seat in Pennsylvania, Have At It. I had hoped that Kathy Dahlkemper would consider a run, but Schwartz has the donors and the time in the Committee processes to give Casey a run. Her experience in national politics also extends his.

Rep. Allyson Y Schwartz (D) PA 13

It is my opinion that a Woman of Schwartz's substance would be an acceptable candidate to enough factions to "Take Down Casey" and to do to the "bold (rash) progressives" what they have advocated for several years be done to establishment Democrats who aren't rubberstamping the Progressive Agenda of Pelosi / Reed / Obama. If Joe Sestak makes another run and gets on the Ballot, a three-way race in the primary guarantees Schwartz a nomination.

Thus she averts a showdown with Fattah in the Philly Suburbs and puts Casey on the hot seat he's been begging for with his middle finger in the air to the traditional Democrats of Pennsylvania.

Women of Egypt: Cradle Those Artifax...The Incoming Boss Only Counts Males

2011-03-06T11:22:00.000-05:00

Women of Civilization: Be you aware that last night, addressing only the males of Egypt, a resourceless MOB commandeered themselves into a blind canyon with no escape, to force the change of government. Now you are ruled by a Military Operation. How many of the "males" addressed by the momentary Vice President who collapsed instantly upon taking the reigns have or ever will serve in that Army?

Most of an estimated 6,000 statues in the Kabul Museum are believed to have been destroyed, although the Taliban refused to allow anyone inside the war-battered building.
The Taliban have been unmoved by international appeals. Some Islamic countries have called the order to destroy the historical relics embarrassing to Islam.
"Our Ulema (clerics) have given an edict. It cannot be taken back. There is no place for statues in an Islamic country," Jamal said.

A Burkha to Shroud a Lady Who Offends the F-ing Muslim Extremists

2011-03-04T21:15:00.001-05:00

The creeps who just cancelled their demonstration at the White House are "offended" that the French gift of a Woman representing defiance of Islam is to be demolshed as Sharia Law is imposed on Americans. Until the "idol" is destroyed, they plan to outfit her in a burkha. It's time Lady Liberty turns to face Mecca and holds up a hand to vote "NO!" HELL, No!

Inside Job Cheats Oprah Of Cheese Eating Moment

2011-03-01T10:42:00.004-05:00

Inside Job transcended the infantile proclivities of Chicago Voters who elected Raum as Mayor and deprived the Chosen One's King Maker of her gloating gravy train ride.

Instead of indulging Queen of Talk to knight Binksey for his property-defacing "art" as she most certainly expected she'd be doing, The Academy Majority saw the true business value of this Charles Ferguson inspired work and rejected without comment, the continuing effort of the Chicago Mob to sweep this scandal under the rug. No Doubt. Hollywood's Rich people know how they achieved their status, and are only a small part of the greater Membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Community of Professionals. To a Sound Man, the suggestion that a costume designer can step into his booth and produce award-winning tracks without bottom-up training is at least as insulting as the notion that a politician with Obama's resume could out-perform the Partnership of Bill & Hillary Clinton or, for that matter, Todd & Sarah Palin. Substance, not Fatuous Rush, is the stuff the Accomplished are made of.

How could a reasoning American expect from the Candidate in the 2008 Primary, who raked in more Wall Street Contributions than his next three contenders combined, anything less than complicity from Barak Obama?

Born the Grandson of a Banker, Madelyn Lee Dunham's bottomless checkbook was the beginning of a life of self-indulgence for the "Privacy Freak" who leads minions who "Want it ALL and who Want It Right NOW! Work for it? Scoff at those drones while milking every contemptful assertion of a "Broken" System and play your way into the Office while you haven't any handle on the Job. Inside? I think the deployment of the "insider" cultural music and rap of the Obama Nation was the Exclusive tactic of the corrupt noveau-riche who allowed him to do their bidding. A Fool leading the Children's Crusade has not yet discerned that the "guts" of the system he disrespects has been wisely removed to a performing platform in an alternative universe he has neither the skills nor the character to uncover. He is "satisfied" with the kind of "power" Oprah can deliver. The Academy has communicated to Oprah that her work is done here. In THIS economy; solid work, not seat-of-the-pants graffiti, is what the hungry seek. Thanks for coming, though, and demonstrating - as you ALWAYS do - that money can't buy taste. And isn't that what wealth and the Academy are all about?

I plan to acquire a copy of Inside Job and start showing it at house parties, in the tradition of An Inconvenient Truth, GasLand, and WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/

Baby Joseph: Coming Home. Canadian Doctors: Death Panel Using the Courts?

2011-02-24T08:49:00.001-05:00

While we feel a geat deal of empathy for the parents, we held that their view was not in any way realistic, Joseph's parents were blinded by their obvious love for their child.
Justice Helen Rady
Ontario Consent & Capacity Board

Fox News brings focus on an issue where the Canadian Health Care System has given up on a citizen. 'Blinded" by love for their child? To Judge Rady, I can only say: "NO!!!" Jesus Christ, NO!"

This Family is in no way BLINDED. They SEE. As a Bureaucrat, hemmed in by your status and custom, it is you who are blinded, who is denied by obstacles to your sensibility, to honor this family.

In the United States, where Medical Choices are not bound by Socialized Medicine's bottom line directive, Baby Joseph is welcome, has previously been "treated" for his seemingly hopeless condition, and has - by his father's testimony - benefited therefrom. Yet the Province of Ontario has placed the infant under round-the-clock surveillance preventing the family from taking him home "to die" or to be transported to a Michigan hospital where his pro-active care can be resumed.

I am stricken by the similarity to this case that our own Betty Jean went through to save the life of her daughter, Louisa. Aside from the "Death Panel" documentary being thus borne out by the Canadian Health Care Apparatus, it is clear to right-thinking people that the Judicial System should not be in the business of advocating or expediting any patient's demise. No family, unwilling to consent to such a choice, should face this as a business matter. As long as they have life, patients holding on have reason, and must, therefore be connected to their loved ones IN THIS WORLD.

To any of you 'single payer' providers and government-controlled health care advocates, I can only ask this: How is it that the Family is "blinded" by their love for their child, but the System grinding to such a black & white, faithless decision isn't utterly without standing in the matter in the first place?

Word to the Wise: Nothing is more certain than the likelihood that Joseph will survive, more-over, thrive in the United States where the medical teams who undertake his care are driven neither by threat of arrest nor by cynical expediency. To this family, every moment of this baby's life is a gift from God. To anybody who might find themselves in Baby Joseph's position: Step Back and Rethink this while you posess the capacity to think for yourselves.