Elder President Bush

Glad to see that the elder President Bush is out of intensive care and doing much better!

Gun Buybacks - Who Benefits?

They are talking about gun buybacks on the news. When the government does one of these buy backs whether it be local government or larger, where do these guns go? Whose hands do they end up in, and who ends up armed with them? Lots of groups are eager to disarm the peaceful innocent public. What life do these guns live after leaving the hands of the peaceful?

Facebook's $1 Fee

Facebook will be testing a new plan to make money by charging $1 to send a message to non friends.
I will have two plans of action. I will either friend them or I will post a message on my own page asking anyone who knows them to please have them email me off the facebook grid. It's not the price, it's the principal of the thing. I don't like charges added because someone didn't have a good business model in place. Just my two cents...

Walmart baking supplies

Walmart's baking aisle is minus molasses. Why? Because it is next to the maple syrup. I would have thought it belonged with Vanilla and Kayro Syrup, but no...Next to Aunt Jemima.
Continue with your day. And thank me the next time you need Molasses and now know where to find it...at least at Walmart.

Hackers Finally Did Something Right!

Hackers are seldom congratulated, but let me be among the first to congratulate "Anonymous" for hacking the website of the Westboro Baptist Church.

The WBC recently announced that they would picket the funerals of the kindergarteners who were killed in the Newtown massacre stating that God sent the shooter to teach them a lesson. Who a lesson? God does not kill innocent children to get even with people who don't even know them. If you notice, the WBC pickets everyone but the people they are apparently against, or are they simply against everyone?

 By hacking their website and putting out their personal information online anonymous "Outed" the members of the WBC, putting their personal information online. These people should have been stopped long ago. Free speech is one thing, but they are constantly practicing slander and defamation of character. Those two things are both illegal but no one has prosecuted any member of the WBC for constantly practicing both. Hopefully Anonymous will dog this group the way they dog the innocents of the world.

Some Days Just Call For A Mud Mask

Today is one of those days when a mud mask seems like a good idea. Not sure why. The reason is clear as...well...mud.

Westboro Baptist Church

Does it surprise anyone that the Westboro Baptist Church is claiming they will picket the funerals of the kindergarten children killed in the Newtown massacre? The Westboro members are not Christians, they are nothing but low lifes. They are the extremists of the holier than thou. These people should be stripped of the Baptist title and the use of the claim of being a church.

Spending a few minutes reading their "beliefs" makes you think David Koresh (Branch Davidian Cult) was fairly normal by comparison. The Westboro group clearly hates everyone who is not one of them. They are a discrace to the human race.

School Gunman in Connecticut

It's a horrible story unfolding in Newtown Connecticut, and you can read the emerging details everywhere. As it's unfolding those who are for strict government gun control are shouting for more control of our guns. The fact is that if the teachers were allowed to carry guns to school there may have been far less dead today. The crazies will get guns any way they need to. It's the individuals who are restricted that are prevented from intervening in sad situations like the one in Connecticut.

Links to stories about the shootings in Newtown

http://gma.yahoo.com/childrens-terror-newtown-massacre-192100426--abc-news-topstories.html?cache=clear

http://news.yahoo.com/official-gunmans-nj-brother-cooperating-230221516.html

Harry Belefonte and His Advice

Harry Belafonte’s Advice to Obama: Imprison Opposition “Like a Third World Dictator”

The video going around the internet of Harry Belefonte's comments are a disturbing look at how some of Obama's backers feel. Belefonte is a man who has enjoyed the freedoms that America holds for it's citizens. For him to suggest we revert to third world behavoir is anti - American as it goes against everything America as a nation strives for both for itself and others. What has caused Belefonte to become so very vile in his thoughts? As a person of wealth in America (his estimated wealth is approximately $28 Million) why would he suggest we lower ourselves to third world behavior? Is that where we are headed with the mind set of Obama's supporters? As a well spoken man you would have thought he would have something intelligent to say, Instead he throws question on his mindset. Some have said it's his age. That is an excuse unless an illness is involved. As an older man of wealth and status in America he should be greatful for a country where he was free to build his business and his career. As a young child I remember hearing Harry Belefonte's name and seeing him perform. He always seemed like a person to look up to. Now I feel bad that someone who was so well treated by America has turned on it and it's freedoms.

Storage Wars Fake? Yuuup!

According to Dave Hester from Storage Wars those in charge have been faking a lot of the finds in the different storage units. Good for Mr. Hester! As a viewer it has felt fake for some time and I am glad to see him calling out this "Reality" TV as a fake!
A&E TV claims there is no faking on the show, but seriously, are we supposed to believe that? I don't! I'm with Dave Hester on this one! YUUUP!

Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa warns of Civil War in the wake of the Right To Work bill passage in Michigan. Is that a threat? We have to stop the big business of Union bullying for the survival of our nations economic infrastructure. The unions were once a needed entity and their original mission noble, but as OSHA and other regulatory factors took care of workplace problems the Unions goals shifted to that of a power grab both economically and politically. Unions are standing in the way of American prosperity and until they have their power diminished we as a nation will have trouble with economic prosperity.

Not THAT Buffett

I just saw the headline "Buffett Joins Soros in Effort to Raise Taxes on Estates..." My first thought was "What is Jimmy Buffett doing hanging around with George Soros?!?" Sometimes my mind wanders from the political...

Anti Union Vote In Michigan - Good For America

Thank you to the Michigan Legislature for voting in Right To Work. It's a good day for America. Unions have become too powerful and to political to be good for the American worker. Unions no longer look out for the worker's welfare but now look for all the perks they can squeeze out of an employer and are tied too closely to political happenings accross the country.

We have OSHA to keep the work place safe. We have general laws to make wages fair. We do not need unions to bully the American business owner. Unions are no longer relevant, they are bullies and a puppet of the political parties they partner with. The sooner unions are dismantled the sooner more jobs come back to America, and the political field becomes less cloked in back room favors.
Again, Thank you Michigan!

Doomsday Preppers

The other night (in the middle of the night no less) I watched three episodes back to back of "Doomsday Preppers." In one sense I found it interesting, and somewhat helpful. Some of the information would be helpful in just about any emergency situaton. We all should be prepared for disruptions in food transport or electricity, etc. What struck me odd was how obscure some of these senarios were that seemed to monopolize the thoughts of some of the preppers. People actually moved because of a fear of rising water tables...they lived inland. Another person on the east coast is obsessed with a volcano that may erupt in the next 10,000 years...out west. I understand fears...for years I was sure my death would come (at any moment) by Spontaneous Human Combustion, but it seems that they should also be prepping for more general disasters...flooding...terror attacks...electric grid interruption on a national scale. I mean, while I was certain my demise would be SHC I still looked both ways crossing the street.

Dear Barbra Streisand - Don't go Gaga!

I know this basically unknown blogger will be laughed at for saying this, but you can't possibly be serious about casting Lady Gaga in the remake of GYPSY! She may have millions of fans, but she does not have "it." Anyone who has really watched her will notice how she does not have the command a real star does. She is always looking for approval with her eyes. She does not have actual "Star Quality" she has followers who buy into her mediocre talent and meat dresses. Gypsy deserves better and as a director you have done better. Yentl and The Prince Of Tides were great movies. Don't stray from that realm.

Walmart Dressing Room Mirrors

It was a realization that should have made sense long before this, but I finally realized that Walmart must order mirrors for their dressing rooms that enhance the appearance of those using them. It's a no brainer really, but it hit me tonight. As I walked into the dressing room I thought I looked good. Then I realized I did NOT look that good before leaving the house only an hour earlier. Either I had lost about eight pounds in the hour between leaving my house and going into the Walmart dressing room or they were using appearance enhancing mirrors. My metablolism is not that fast...it must be the mirrors.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah

It used to be that if you said Happy Holidays you meant Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and for some Hanukkah. Then we started to worry about offending different groups. Growing up there was never an issue, Christmas and Hanukkah were celebrated side by side and there was never a problem or akwardness. So to end this post, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

Egyptian Protests

From AP:

CAIRO - Tens of thousands of Egyptians massed in Cairo Tuesday for a march to the presidential palace to protest the assumption by the nation's Islamist president of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.

In the coastal city of Alexandria, some 10,000 opponents of President Mohammed Morsi gathered in the center of the country's second largest metropolis. They chanted slogans against the Egyptian leader and his Muslim Brotherhood.
Read the rest of the article

A word to the protestors in EGYPT:
Keep marching and fighting. There are many hoping you prevail.

A word to the spectators in the USA:
Pay attention. This situation is closer than you think.

Walmart And What I Saw There - Part 2

Large woman in a motorized cart, rather unkempt, wearing a t-shirt made to look like a shirt that someone working a concert event would wear...The shirt said "No Booze Beyond This Point, hand it all over to me."
I wanted to go up to the woman and inform her I wasn't buying it and no one else would either, but then I thought if she had just started shopping the cart would have fresh batteries and perhaps she could catch me if I ran from her. Plus, there was an equally large man with her who looked like he could make me sorry for ever bringing up the shirt to the woman in the first place.

Duck Dynasty

Seeing an advertisement for the "Duck Dynasty Christmas Special" made me wonder who watches Duck Dynasty. It's obviously scripted and not well "acted." Are there some people out there that are actually fooled by this show? Sometimes I really miss the days of "Network Television."

Text Messages - A Milestone in Messaging

On December 3, 1992 the first text message was sent and received and consisted of two words: "Merry Christmas." Today most people spend far more time texting on their cell phone than actually talking verbally.
I remember the first time I was offered a text plan with my cell phone package I asked "Why?" It wasn't something I ever thought I would want to use. I had a cell phone to call people and I had email. Was I wrong! I use my smart phone for everything, but most of all for texting. I text a lot, as much for work as socializing. In closing there are two thoughts to leave you with: Don't text while driving, and Merry Christmas.

Walmart And What I Saw There - Part 1

This will be a continuing series...to infinity perhaps.
One of the things that jump out at you are the large number of Walmart shoppers using the motorized shopping carts. The carts are great for those who have trouble getting around because of injury or illness but it's irritating to see the large number of people who are simply too fat and lazy to be bothered with walking. Don't they see that this behavoir of driving around lazily is a prime example of what has caused them to become so obese in the first place?

Who tries harder?

I recently saw a quote that stated "women who want equality with men aren't aiming high enough." I can agree with that, but for the most part, the comparison is apples and oranges.
Two very different types of thinkers. The argument could go on forever. Are women equal? Not always, but that being said it's not always unequal to a woman's disadvantage.

Dirty Girl Mud Run - Not That Helpful To Their Charities

Those thinking some of the $60 - $70 fee they are paying to participate in a Dirty Girl mud run is going to charity are correct. A whopping $1.50 - $1.75 will be going to help those with breast cancer. Well some of that small amount will. THAT is how much is going to the charity. Any overhead the charity has will come out of that amount. The organizers of  the Dirty Girl Mud Runs are not in and of themselves a charity. They are a company who organizes the events. They take in large registration fees from people who are under the assumption they are helping a charity. Unlike the American Cancer Society, Dirty Girl is not primarily into helping breast cancer survivors. For Dirty Girl self profit comes first. This can still add up to some money. For every 1000 who participate in the event the charity grosses $1500 - $2000. But  that is a far cry from the $ 6000 - $7000 it first appears is being made. Check you charity events girls, not all of them really are.

Missing Mexicans Will Turn Up In USA - Opinion

The following news article from the Washington Post States that 25,000 mexican families have gone missing in the last six years. The article suggests they disappeared at the hands of the drug cartel. If that's the case we should be strengthening our borders and making sure we don't allow the US south to become another Mexico.

 Personally 25,000 missing sounds less like drug cartel activity and more like illegal immigrants coming in to the US. It is not as if those crossing the borders illegally are going to leave a note saying where they have gone.

The Twinkie, The Stage Deli, Where Will It End?

The Twinkie, The Stage Deli, Where Will It End?

From The New York Post:
They’ve served their last pastrami sandwich.
The iconic Stage Deli closed its doors for the last time at midnight on Thursday, ending 75 years of serving up overstuffed sandwiches named for celebrities such as Mel Brooks, Derek Jeter and Adam Sandler.
“It was a shock to me when I came in and saw it,” said Dennis Howard, 71, a manager of the Carnegie Deli, a friendly competitor a block south on Seventh Avenue. “They had the best location in the world.”
The deli was shuttered last night, but a handwritten sign on the door said: “Thanks for 75 years.”
Stage Deli owners could not be reached for comment.
The loss of the New York landmark left fans hungry for more.
“I used to go on Saturdays between shows with another colleague, and they let me have a half sandwich. It was my favorite,” said Manuel Levine, 79, of Manhattan.

Fiscal Cliff: A Real Problem Or Part Of The Overall Plan?

To keep people diverted from the real issue it's important to keep them focused anywhere but the main . The Fiscal Cliff is a real problem, but is it the most important?
What happened to our world while Al Gore was playing "the sky is falling" with his global warming? There are underlying issues that stand to make the United States, founded on Christian principals, unrecognizable. Those of us who are generational Americans are losing our grasp on America as it falls into the hands of those who do not embrace it or what it stands for but only want to commandeer it for what they can destroy within it's borders.