I Know It's Not Monday, but Oh Well…I’m Blogging Today

Did You Know?

It took me all day to write up that post because of all the interruptions? Anyway on today's tidbits the first going out to Comcast who is now charging so much a month extra to improve your broadband connection. So, for say 3 dollars extra (I don't know the actual amount) you can have faster Internet access. What a crock of shit that is. People are already paying for their super fast connection, why should they have to pay more to make it faster?

You can at enter to win a bucket of Tee Shirts from cotton people. Not bad considering summer is supposed to be coming. I really think spring is becoming obsolete in our new world order and fall seems to be getting shorter. They say it's time to plant perennials now but I know some of my friends on the Eastern part of the country haven't dug out thoroughly from the last snow.

American Idol?

Everywhere I go and on the news everyone is talking about that fool with hair that still hasn't been voted off the show. I won't even say his name here because I find his over-developed sense of importance annoying. Now his family and friends are riding on his coattails. The today show has had his mother, his minister and probably the person that currently washes his ass for him, since he's now so important and doesn't have time to worry about anything other than his hair. I just wonder how far he'll go and how devastated he'll be when it's over.

Disbar Him Danno

Why should it take so long for the apparently wrongly accused guys involved in the Duke rape scandal to have the charges dropped? Way back in December they dropped the rape charges? How long were those guys supposed to wait and why was it, it took the state attorney general to finally say enough was enough. The prosecutor has the power to drop the case whenever he chose…why did he wait. Well apparently he was hoping everyone would forget about it after his re-election.

What a dick. Again I don't say this often but I hope he's disbarred then lift his immunity and sue his ass for wrongful prosecution.

How Did This Happen?

It's 6:38 PM PDT, and kids are quiet, the house is cleaned, and dinner is started. We're just doing omelets tonight so it's all prep. I keep thinking…Did I forget something? Anything? Dog fed? Yup. This is so unusual and I don't know what to think about. Could I finally be getting organized or is just planetary influences?

Imus You're [Really] Fired

CBS did the deed and fired him. I can't believe every cable news channel is talking endlessly about this, It's even overtaken Ana Nicole baby daddy drama (try saying that 6 times real fast). Every news channel today was speculating will CBS fire him, will they keep him on, will he bend over and take it in the ass? Okay the last one was a bit sarcastic but you get the idea. Half the people are saying he shouldn't be fired because of freedom of speech. Others are saying that he should because he's racist and has dared to spout his racist views. So why this time?

Maybe it's Like the Oscars

When someone that deserves the Oscar after a long career, like Al Pacino for example, are they just winning for the part they played in the currant movie or are they winning more for the sum total of their work? Who couldn't think that Pacino didn't deserve the Oscar for the GodFather 1 or 2? Yet he didn't win for those, nominated, yes but won no, he won for Scent of a Woman, another good movie, but I didn't think it was that spectacular.

Maybe Imus wasn't really fired for this comment but for the sum total of other comments he's made over the years.

Bear With Me Folks; We're Going on a Ride

Remember way back when searching the web before Google? I do recall using 5 or 6 different search engines starting with Yahoo that normally had nothing but porn listed, going then to Alta Vista and so on and so forth. Then there was Google, a one-stop shop for everything searchable. Google has made its way into the American lexicon the same way Kleenex, or Band Aid brand, or Xerox did in their respective venues. To this day I don't ask for a facial tissue, I ask for a Kleenex, it can be said for an adhesive strip, or photocopy. I no longer search the web, I google it.

Technology has changed, and the world is getting information in real time rather than waiting for it to be on the news at 11. Now the next generation is YouTube and who didn't see the Michael Richards debacle on that—oh like a million times? I don't have to watch The View to hear the latest crap, I can just YouTube it and raise my blood pressure that way. Imus' comments also have been blasted recently around the globe, and it's my opinion that because of that American's notoriously short memory is lengthened. I disagree that this is really a first amendment issue, since to me it seems more capitalistic than anything else. Had sponsors kept their ads on his show, nothing would have came of it—just like when he made the comments about those tennis playing sisters. If someone can provide hard evidence that Al Sharp ton forced in anyway Proctor and Gamble to pull their ads I will gladly alter my opinion but I see no evidence as such.

Another Thing That Really Pisses Me Off

I just read that that propagandist nitwit jackass Michael Moore brought a lot of Ground Zero workers to Cuba to illustrate how much better their communist medical system is. The people were thrilled and got wonderful treatment. Yeah, if things were so fucking great there, why the hell are so many so willing to risk their lives to escape to Florida? Furthermore, with the cameras present, how can one be certain that everyone receives the same treatment? I've watched Rachael Ray's show 40 dollars a day and have eaten at some of the places she lavishly recommended, and found the food not so special. I've also seen her get specials that weren't offered to the general public on that show. It's hardly a valid example of how to save money while traveling and dining out. I suspect the medical treatment a few Americans might have received in a Communist country with a heavy agenda might be the same.

Fidel Castro has always gone out of his way to show how wonderful Cuba is, and probably jumped at the chance to entertain Michael Moore. I've got an idea, since Cuba has such great medical and the overweight Moore probably will have health issues at some point in his life, why doesn't he move there and live. I'm sure Fidel will give him a deal and I for one, will be glad to see him go.

Am I Missing Something

Another thing about the whole Michael Moore thing that pisses me off is where are the stories about American's sneaking across the board by the thousands to get into say Canada or Mexico? I don't hear a lot about American citizens sneaking into other countries and overstaying their visas. There are millions of people that come into our country illegally; do American's do this also in other countries? According to our census I would say no, everyone is pretty much accounted for…even the homeless aren't trying to sneak across into Canada. Again if a place like Cuba is such a great place to live, why do people want to leave it so badly they're willing to risk their lives for it? I must be missing something.

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