Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Tell me a story....

I am having a fabulous day...and it is the best feeling. Don’t you just love it when you wake up and the first thing you feel is just plainly…amazing, which is accompanied by this big smile on your mug? It is truly a wonderful feeling. So.... I just checked on my grades and dammit man! I am so fucking smart! All A's baby! I feel like Irena Cara.... It is "what a feeling day" in a big, big way.

I have to say in all honesty that just about everything in my life is going pretty well. I had a good discussion with my boss yesterday and all is well at the big J.... which is good as I need the $$. School obviously is fabulous and then of course there is always this friend I have. Shocker...All I have to say is thank you...you make me smile. :)

Moving on...


I see that just about everyone in W's cabinet is resigning...how very interesting. Today Tom Ridge gave his resignation...he is the Homeland Security Director. Among the rest of the cast that are exiting stage left were/are Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Commerce Secretary Don Evans, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.Hope the future is brighter with the new replacements.


I must be off...bills are piling up, work is calling and the caffeine junkie in me is having a screaming fit...


Ciao 4 now

Sunday, November 28, 2004

B.Law, West.Civ & Lust

Okay.... I am ready to start me day I think. I just finished my hour-long workout and I am now having a quick cuppa Joe before I jump in the rain closet. I always feel guilty when I have a cuppa Joe after a workout as I should be re-hydrating my poor bod instead of pouring caffeine and sugar into it...ah well...cant be perfect al the time.

After the shower I must do 2 B.Law Assignments.... I have to write briefs on two cases and then I must write approximately 4 pages for me West. Civ. class.... should be a nice 6 to 8 hour day of writing. It should be good for me as it will keep my mind off of this person I shall call "Shocker".

Shocker is pretty good at keeping me distracted when I should be getting something constructive done such as my assignments or cleaning the windows or actually anything that I haven’t been getting too these past few days. It’s all-good though ;)

To be honest I need a few shocking distractions in my life…. from time to time…distractions can be a damn good thing…a damn good thing….

Moving on…

I haven’t had a chance to keep up with the current events in the big WORLD as of late as I have been to busy in my own lil world. I shall try to get updated this week so I can write something a bit more newsworthy here instead of my humdrum University life and my shocking distractions.

I bid a good Sunday to all...

Peace, Love Dove man...

Ciao

Friday, November 26, 2004

Boxing Day in a Turkey way....sorta

Well it’s the day after the big feast and stores/Malls across the USofA are just plum filled with shoppin fools. Malls opened at 1AM this year I am told.... and the shoppers were a tramplin over one another in a human stampedish fashion. I have never understood the huge appeal of shopping the day after.... I spose its all of the so called sales...but if everyone would just wait until the day after X-Mas to do their shopping as I do…. then they wouldn’t have to submit themselves to a zillion other impatient frustrated shoppers trying to gain access to the last copy of Jessie Simpson’s latest Holiday Happiness CD.

Moving on......

My T-Day was as messed up as I accepted it to be...my family were...... as usual... very happy with one another and oh so vibrant with the holiday cheer.......


On a lighter note…….. my Turkey turned out terrific( even though my family had the patience of a shark in a feeding frenzy, it was an hour late) and the rest of da trimmings were fabulous as well.

Afterwards, my brother and I went out with his GF and that’s when the real HAPPY T-day began! Thank You Mr. C....I LOVE YA!!

I have 2 weeks of school left and a ton of work to do and I am looking forward to getting it all accomplished this weekend. I am so in a need of a break from school.........I hope to take a small vacation in Dec. for a few days of rest in relaxation. I may go up north to be with some friends......or a friend....we shall see....

Hope everyone enjoyed the yearly feast.....and are nurturing their much-deserved hangovers today..

Ciao 4 Now

Monday, November 22, 2004

The week of the Bird

Well It has finally arrived.... the week of Thanksgiving. This Thursday we can all sit down and reminisce about the year, eat bird, and think of all the things we have to be thankful for. I for one, have many things to be thankful for.... and on Turkey Day I shall be more than happy to share them with everyone. I just thought I would give everyone a heads up so that everyone can prepare their own list for feast day.

Moving on...

I am actually getting a bunch accomplished as far as school and such...Received an A on my last essay and my 2 tests for B.Law have yet to be graded but I have a feeling I did fabulous!! I have one more exam in that class and 5 assignments to complete by the 10th of Dec. I have no worries about getting this done. My West Civ. class is a different matter...well not really...I took a bunch of history courses during my stay In Portland so this class in all actualality, is just a refresher course. The main diff is I have to write these little essays on certain happenings throughout history, which is okay and then again...can SUCK ASS....

ok then....I must be off to the Jobola... for my daily dose of fun and fatigue.... That’s me job...or for that matter me life…

Hope ya all have a great week and keep your waistlines in check, as the Bird will definitely take care of that for ya!!!


Ciao 4 Now

IRAQ
American Deaths:


Since war began (3/19/03):
Total-1228
In Combat-962

American Wounded
Official -8956
Estimated -15000-17000

The wounded numbers above reflect the official count as released by the U.S. military. However, there are other estimates that 12,000 soldiers have been treated for illness, non-combat injury and combat injury since March of 2002.

War may have killed 10,000 civilians, researchers say

Latest Fatality November 22nd, 2004

http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/


Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Hump day

Its Wednesday....hump day.....why in the hell they call it hump day I will never know......wait a minute....never is a strong word...when one feels that they are uncertain of what something means the easiest thing in the world to do is GOOGLE IT! Now I have always know what it meant...but I wasn't certain of why...So I did a lil research and this is what I found out


Hump Day-Wednesday, the middle of the work week, over the hump ....E.G.
Brian says if you can get through hump day, the rest of the week is easy.
The why part ...why in the world people call it Hump day....well......
I found out that one of the reasons that Wed. is call called hump day is due to the W having a hump in it??? ok....

I like to think its called hump day as everyone can use a good humping in the middle of the week, or all week for that matter....

Moving on...

I am now officially stressed out due to my procrastination regarding school.....I can and will complete all of my assignments in the next 3 weeks, but its going to be a bitch....why I always have to make things harder than they need to be I will never know....

I am happy to hear that Ashcroft has resigned, but not so happy to hear about Powell....and of his replacement....I am quite sure she has qualifications up the wazoo, but no diplomatic experience, not a good thing I am afraid....but time will tell...it always does.



IRAQ
American Deaths:

Since war began (3/19/03):
Total-1163
In Combat-903

American Wounded

Official -8484
Estimated -15000-17000

The wounded numbers above reflect the official count as released by the U.S. military. However, there are other estimates that 12,000 soldiers have been treated for illness, non-combat injury and combat injury since March of 2002.

War may have killed 10,000 civilians, researchers say



Latest Fatality November 16th, 2004
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/

Friday, November 12, 2004

TGIFor TGIS

Finally another week finished!!

Time to pop in a DVD, relax, and crash. I have a ton of homework 2 do this weekend so I will use tonight to relax and unwind. (Friday,11ish or so)

So I never got around to posting last night....I guess I got a lil to relaxed!!! Anyway.....I really haven't got to much accomplished today other than cleaning my house and paying off the bills......had to call a few friends back home and give them the business....it was a must!!

I've decided to take the weekend off from politics...need a rest.....let my brain rest and get re-settled.....need to get a more objective point of view I feel.......

So On that note I will bid a good weekend to everyone and I shall post again ASAP, most likely tomorrow.


American Deaths

Since war began (3/19/03):
Total-1163
In Combat-903




American Wounded

Official 8484
estimated 15000-17000




The wounded numbers above reflect the official count as released by the U.S. military. However, there are other estimates that 12,000 soldiers have been treated for illness, non-combat injury and combat injury since March of 2002.

War may have killed 10,000 civilians, researchers say









Thursday, November 11, 2004

My say on the matter.....

Okay folks I am sitting in my PJ’s wasitn the day away. So far I have accomplished well….nadda.

I have drank 3 cups of coffee, ate some soup (tomato), and ate 3 peanut butter cookies…all while watching Fargo…which is an excellent film, although the depiction of North Dakotans is, I am sure a bit far fetched, but hell it could be right on the money. I seriously hope not. No one geographic region can be made up completely, of stupid people. Can it?

Moving on….

I come into my room to check my email and I received an email from the organization http://www.moveon.org/ asking me to please participate in getting to the bottom of what really happened during this year’s election.

I have pasted it here…for all those who are interested in the happenings of that day…and of hopefully getting an investigation going.


Subject: Tell Congress to Investigate the 2004 Election
Dear friend,
Questions are swirling around whether the election was conducted honestly or not. We need to know -- was it or wasn't it?
If people were wrongly prevented from voting, or if legitimate votes were mis-counted or not counted at all, we need to know so the wrongdoers can be held accountable, and to help prevent this from happening again.
Members of Congress are demanding an investigation to answer this question. Join me in supporting their call, at:
http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/
Thanks.

After reading this I stared doing some surfing…. and I have to say that everyday I read or find something else that is so disturbing to me…. I actually become speechless…. at a total loss for words...as to how to describe my feelings for this Government.


People are still going on and on about the apparent Morals of the USA and its LEADER. I find this to be so ludicrous, I mean if you were to listen to the Republicans , if you protest this war, or the President, or if you believe in fair and basic rights and liberty for everyone, well then you are ANTI-AMERICAN. PERIOD

Well ok….

Here’s your Moral Prez…

http://static.vidvote.com/movies/bushuncensored.mov

If Kerry were to do this, can you just imagine what FOX news would do to him or for that matter what the evangelicals would say?

Rather hypocritical don’t you think?






I could go on and on about how I feel or think with regards to the current administration and its re-elected MANDATED leader… but instead, I was lucky enough to find an article that represents my view(s).




GOD HELP AMERICA, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN (or have they? -ed.)



From the Daily Mirror- UK

THEY say that in life you get what you deserve. Well, today America has deservedly got a lawless cowboy to lead them further into carnage and isolation and the unreserved contempt of most of the rest of the world. This once-great country has pulled up its drawbridge for another four years and stuck a finger up to the billions of us forced to share the same air. And in doing so, it has shown itself to be a fearful, backward-looking and very small nation. This should have been the day when Americans finally answered their critics by raising their eyes from their own sidewalks and looking outward towards the rest of humanity.
And for a few hours early yesterday, when the exit polls predicted a John Kerry victory, it seemed they had. But then the horrible, inevitable truth hit home. They had somehow managed to re-elect the most devious, blinkered and reckless leader ever put before them. The Yellow Rogue of Texas. A self-serving, dim-witted, draft-dodging, gung-ho little rich boy, whose idea of courage is to yell: "I feel good," as he unleashes an awesome fury which slaughters 100,000 innocents for no other reason than greed and vanity.
A dangerous chameleon, his charming exterior provides cover for a power-crazed clique of Doctor Strangeloves whose goal is to increase America's grip on the world's economies and natural resources. And in foolishly backing him, Americans have given the go-ahead for more unilateral pre-emptive strikes, more world instability and most probably another 9/11. Why else do you think bin Laden was so happy to scare them to the polls, then made no attempt to scupper the outcome?
There's only one headline in town today, folks: "It Was Osama Wot Won It." And soon he'll expect pay-back. Well, he can't allow Bush to have his folks whoopin' and a-hollerin' without his own getting a share of the fun, can he?



Heck, guys, I hope you're feeling proud today.


To the tens of millions who voted for John Kerry, my commiserations. To the overwhelming majority of you who didn't, I simply ask: Have you learnt nothing? Do you despise your own image that much? Do you care so little about the world beyond your shores? How could you do this to yourselves? How appalling must one man's record at home and abroad be for you to reject him? Kerry wasn't the best presidential candidate the Democrats have ever fielded (and he did deserve a kicking for that "reporting for doo-dee" moment), but at least he understood the complexity of the world outside America, and domestic disgraces like the 45 million of his fellow citizens without health cover.

He would have done something to make that country fairer and re-connected it with the wider world. Instead America chose a man without morals or vision. An economic incompetent who inherited a $2billion surplus from Clinton, gave it in tax cuts to the rich and turned the US into the world's largest debtor nation. A man who sneers at the rights of other nations. Who has withdrawn from international treaties on the environment and chemical weapons. A man who flattens sovereign states then hands the rebuilding contracts to his own billionaire party backers. A man who promotes trade protectionism and backs an Israeli government, which continually flouts UN resolutions. ho invented a war on terror, and thus as author of it, believed he had the right to set the rules of engagement. America has chosen a menacingly immature buffoon who likened the pursuit of the 9/11 terrorists to a Wild West, Wanted Dead or Alive man-hunt and, during the Afghanistan war, kept a baseball scorecard in his drawer, notching up hits when news came through of enemy deaths.

A RADICAL Christian fanatic who decided the world was made up of the forces of good and evil, w Which translates to telling his troops to do what the hell they want to the bad guys. As he has at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and countless towns across Iraq. You have to feel sorry for the millions of Yanks in the big cities like New York, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco who voted to kick him out. These are the sophisticated side of the electorate who recognize a gibbon when they see one. As for the ones who put him in, across the Bible Belt and the South, us outsiders can only feel pity. Were I a Kerry voter, though, I'd feel deep anger, not only at them returning Bush to power, but for allowing the outside world to lump us all into the same category of moronic Muppets.

The self-righteous, gun-totin', military lovin', sister marryin', abortion-hatin', gay-loathin', foreigner-despisin', non-passport ownin' red-necks, who believe God gave America the biggest dick in the world so it could urinate on the rest of us and make their land "free and strong". You probably won't be surprised to learn of would-be Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn who, on Tuesday, promised to ban abortion and execute any doctors who carried them out. He also told voters that lesbianism is so rampant in the state's schools that girls were being sent to toilets on their own. Not that any principal could be found to back him up. These are the people who hijack the word patriot and liken compassion to child-molesting. And they are unknowingly bin Laden's chief recruiting officers. Al-Qaeda's existence is fuelled by the outpourings of America's Christian right. Bush is its commander-in-chief. And he and bin Laden need each other to survive.

Both need to play Lex Luther to each others' Superman with their own fanatical people. Maybe that's why the mightiest military machine ever assembled has failed to catch the world's most wanted man. Or is the reason simply that America is incompetent? That behind the bluff they are frightened and clueless, which is why they've stayed with the devil they know. VISITORS from another planet watching this election would surely not credit the amateurism. The queues for hours to register a tick; the 17,000 lawyers needed to ensure there was no cheating; the $1.2bn wasted by parties trying to discredit the enemy; the allegations of fraud, intimidation and dirty tricks; the exit polls which were so wildly inaccurate; an Electoral College voting system that makes the Eurovision Song Contest look like a beacon of democracy and efficiency; and the delays and the legal wrangles in announcing the victor.

Yet America would have us believe theirs is the finest democracy in the world. Well, that fine democracy has got the man it deserved. George W Bush. But is America safer today without Kerry in charge? A man who overnight would have given back to the UN some credibility and authority. Who would have worked out the best way to undo the Iraq mess without fear of losing face. Instead, the questions facing America today are - how many more thousands of their sons will die as Iraq descends into a new Vietnam? And how many more Vietnams are on the horizon now they have given Bush the mandate to go after Iran, Syria, North Korea or Cuba...? Today is a sad day for the world, but it's even sadder for the millions of intelligent Americans embarrassed by a gung-ho leader and backed by a banal electorate, half of whom still believe Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11.

Yanks had the chance to show the world a better way this week, instead they made a thuggish cowboy ride off into the sunset bathed in glory. And in doing so it brought Armageddon that little bit closer and re-christened their beloved nation The Home Of The Knave and the Land Of The Freak.

God Help America.






I want to emphasize that I am dead set against this war in Iraq.Against anyone dictating to me what my reproductive rights should and shouldn’t be, against anyone trampling on an individuals right to love and marry the one they love…


I am dead set against the killing of innocent children in the name the USA…




US-led forces reach central Falluja By: Reuters in Falluja, Iraq November 9, 2004 15:32 GMT


US and Iraqi forces have punched to the heart of Falluja, consolidating positions in Iraq’s most rebellious city after a day of fierce combat. While bursts of gunfire could still be heard in some districts, residents said the sound of heavy bombardments and explosions eased off around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday (1:15 p.m. British time) after a night and day of intense fighting between US-led forces and rebels.
An American soldier wounded in Falluja said he had seen two of his colleagues killed.
”A buddy of mine and another soldier were killed and I have seen about 50 other wounded (US) soldiers since the fighting began,” he told Reuters while awaiting medical evacuation. He declined to give his name.

A Reuters reporter saw about five wounded soldiers being flown out by helicopter and a US military ambulance driver also said he had witnessed many casualties.
Among the Iraqis killed was a nine-year-old boy, severely injured by shrapnel in the abdomen when his home was bombarded by US jets overnight. His parents were unable to get him to hospital and he died hours later of blood loss, they said.




US, IRAQI CASUALTIES
The military has given no figures for US casualties since the assault on Falluja began on Monday evening.
There has also been no word on the total number of civilian casualties. Falluja residents said a US air strike hit a clinic in a central district, killing some medical staff and patients.
A Marines tank company commander -- part of a US-led force at least 10,000 strong -- said earlier guerrillas were battling hard in Falluja’s northern Jolan district.
”They are putting up a strong fight and I saw many of them on the street I was on,” Captain Robert Bodisch told Reuters.
Many families fled the city of 300,000 to escape air raids before the offensive. The US military said about 150,000 residents had taken refuge outside Falluja.
Residents said they had no power and used kerosene lamps at night. They kept to ground floors for safety. Telephones were erratic. Even food shops had been closed for six days.
Iraqi troops brought nine handcuffed prisoners to a railway station on the northern edge of the Jolan area where US and Iraqi forces are based. They said two of them were Egyptians and one was Syrian. The rest were Iraqis.
The interim Iraqi government and its US backers say foreign Muslim militants led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are holed up in Falluja along with Iraqi rebels.
The government says two Moroccans were among 38 people detained when Iraqi and US troops seized Falluja’s main hospital in the early hours of Monday.
POLICE STATION RAIDS
Rebels staged bloody attacks on police stations in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, police said. A mortuary official said 45 people died in attacks and clashes in and around the city, although other officials played down that figure.
Zarqawi’s group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
”Al Qaeda lions launched an attack in Baquba, where mujahideen were able to raid three police stations and kill more than 45 policemen,” the Al Qaeda Organisation of Holy War in Iraq said in a statement posted on Islamist Web sites.
Around 50 gunmen attacked a police station in southwest Baghdad, leading to fierce street battles with police that were continuing at sundown on Tuesday. A police source said he feared there were casualties but had no details.
A suspected car bomb outside an Iraqi National Guard base near Kirkuk in the north killed three people and wounded two.
Sami al-Jumaili, a doctor at the main Falluja hospital who escaped arrest when it was taken, said the city was running out of medical supplies and only a few clinics remained open.
”There is not a single surgeon in Falluja. We had one ambulance hit by US fire and a doctor wounded. There are scores of injured civilians in their homes whom we can’t move.
”A 13-year-old child just died in my hands,” he said by telephone from a house where he had gone to help the wounded.
The government sees Falluja and its sister city of Ramadi as rebel havens that must be retaken before January elections.
Allawi urged the gunmen in Falluja to lay down their weapons and let Iraqi forces enter the city peacefully to spare it from further attacks, his spokesman Thaer al-Naqib told reporters at a US base near Falluja.
”The political solution is possible even if military operations are ongoing,” Naqib said.
The authorities have appointed a temporary military governor for Falluja, Major General Abdul Qader Mohan, the commander of the military operations in Falluja, he added.


I know that in war horrible things happen, but in the past we were at war for reasons other than blatant lies and profits.

I feel that the more people are shown/told what really is taking place over there and in this country, the better. Regardless of their political views…..Americans have the right to know what the government doesn’t want you to know…..


That does not make you or me UNAMERICAN…just a well informed AMERICAN!





http://www.sharedvoice.org/unamerican/





I will post something every week on my Blog about the war and the casualties over there, both civilian and military. I will not use the major media as my source…rather overseas media and journalists who are not saying or reporting what the government wants the American people to read or hear.


Now….I have had me say for today….time to play…

Ciao 4 Now




Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Surreal

I just watched the last episode of the Surreal Life on VH1...
I know I said that I really don’t indulge in real TV, but this season or rather house guests were to insane NOT to watch!
I Loved Brigitte Nelson. That woman is LAUGHS!!!


The whole show was rather amusing to watch with the exception of the Old Kid On the Block and American Idol's Ryan...didnt particularly care for those 2.....




ANYWAY.... my fave roomy would have to be Flave.... that guy is to twisted for color TV...:)

Back to my own surreal life....

I have about 15 assignments to do in the next 4 weeks...procrastination has its drawbacks..obviousley..

I best sing off as I have to get back to the grind...OH BOY!!

or rahter..FLAVA FLAVEE!!!!


ciao 4 now!





Tuesday, November 09, 2004

My Monday

O.k. I just got off of work, and it was ok, had a few laughs and ate allot of cookies, not a bad night. :)

I wanted to spew my opinion on the hot issue of the week. …MORALS.
Seems that the majority of people voted not with their hearts or heads but with their Morals…..

So... My question: What "moral" issues are the Republicans/Christians/ANYONE talking about? I honestly scratch my head in bewilderment about this issue. Enlighten me, please! Is it just gay marriage and abortion?

I know abortion is a hot topic and I respect anyone's philosophical repudiation of it. But killing innocent people in a "preemptive" war is more immoral to me than abortion, which just means removing a few undifferentiated cells from a woman's uterus. If you're against abortion, don't have one!

Gay marriage-- what the fuck does that have to do with morality? Gay marriage doesn’t hurt ANYONE , never has and never will.

To me the real moral issues have to deal with the real everyday issues. Not protecting wildlife, destroying the environment, gutting the rainforests, these things are terrible and shameful and immoral to me. Leaving the mentally ill to die hungry on the street is shameful and immoral.

Everyday Citizens who cannot afford Medical Insurance or pay for their prescriptions, that’s a little immoral to me. Keeping the minimum wage so low that people who work 80 hours a week can't afford their rent is immoral.

Morals?

For one thing, how and why did the Moral issue become a political issue?

Is it a political ploy?...to make people feel guilty about how they feel and what they do in their personal lives...

Perhaps?


Now I feel a bit better...

Told ya I would have somethin interesting 2 say...

Well I at least think it was.... interesting


and anyone who knows me knows

ITS ALL ABOUT ME BABY!!!:)

Ciao 4 now


Slight delay...........

It’s been damn near a week since my last post??? hmmmmmmm

Well lets see what has happened since my last post? I took 2 exams in B.Law, received my final grade in my MIS class (b+ mind you :))...ummmmmm Watched the West Wing, which I enjoyed, and also Angels in America. (I have to watch anything with Meryl Streep and Pacino, it’s a must)

Lets see what else??

I called into work yesterday just for the helluva it. Sometimes one needs a day just to lounge and trust me I did lounge the day away yesterday.

So today I will go to work, listen to my new CD (Train's my own private nation, I love Train)...I know, I know, its an old release, I am a bit behind, but in the end I usually catch up... and lemme see I..... will go and get an eggnog Late' from Starbucks.....mmmmm tis da season baby! Tis da season to gain a few pounds :)

So....ok....When I have something more interesting to say.....well I will say it......

Don’t hold your folks breath


Ciao 4 Now


Thursday, November 04, 2004

Why I love the WEB

Well another day...gone, but not a total loss. I actually did get a few things accomplished, but nothing that relates to school. Just cannot seem to get into the groove of things when it comes to my assignments and reading...no ambition, no drive, no VAVOOM.....

Anyway...

I received a few DVD's from Netflix...(which I totally recommend for anyone who loves movies or documentaries or ANYTHING that is on DVD) anyway I received the first season of the West Wing and the 2003 version of Texas chainsaw massacre (A Halloween dealy).Well I pop in the TCS, and I start to get a bit interested in the main character "Leather Face". So plop down in front of me PC and Google TCS. Well... it turns out that this character was based on a true-life serial killer by the name of Ed Gein. Well anyway...anyone who has seen TCS knows that the directors and producers claim that the film is based on actual true events, and well I found out today that is not entirely true. Despite being heavily touted as "inspired by a true story," both Tobe Hooper's original 1974 film and the 2003 Marcus Nispel remake are only lightly based on the real-life murderer Ed Gein, who is suspected to have taken several victims between 1954 and 1957. Perhaps the most recognizable similarity is the film's house, whose gruesome content was similar to that found in Ed Gein's home in 1957. So that is that.... kinda.

I start thinking about the title "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and it gets me to thinking lol ...about George W Bush and his Massacre on the presidency(MOP for short)
I start a surfin about his lies, manipulations and deceit..etc....and well I came across what I think is a great site for anyone interested in reading the "other" news when it comes to W.

Its called Tvnewslies.org...and if one is interested in what they have to say....here ya go.

http://www.tvnewslies.org/index.html

I have to say that I am very grateful to live in the Information Age which has given us the tools that when one wants...one can gain access to so much information with so much ease... just a click of the mouse......and 'voila.. Information Paradise!
Now I know that not all of the sites on the web are credible, but hey we live in a world where credibility and reliability has become obsolete. BUT, with a little perseverance and research one can find useful info.

Like tonight when I found out the lil tid bits about the TCM... that the story isn't ...in all actuality what it is all cracked up to be...



And in the process came across a nifty new site, that also sheds some light on 'ol W ... .

Seems he isn't all he is cracked up to be either...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Love the web...I do ...I do.


Ciao 4 Now


BTW

TCM 2004 was a terrible fim.....1974 was mucho better...far be it from me to be able to say what is and isnt good regarding horror fims, they truly are not my forte', but all the same it was horrible.

I shoulda stuck with the West Wing......cant go wrong with a hollywood White House.

:)



Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Dear John and Joanne

In the past I have said that people need to get along and that I try and have an unbiased view but in light of last nights election I just had to send a personal memo to the 51% of US Citizens who Voted or the so-called majority in this country...

Dear Stupid,

Well you've made your beds and not only will you have to sleep in them but also the 49% of us who had the insight not to vote for another 4 years of hell. So in light of that I wanted you know exactly what you have voted for.


You have voted for not being able to afford healthcare and if you already lost it, a lower chance of getting it back. The elderly and the young will suffer the most...and as a result they will die. Hope that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Killing more innocent people abroad. 100,000 last term wasn't enough. You want to burn more women and children to death in their homes, slaughter innocent people with errant weapons fire and allow thousands more for years to come home and die from complications due to depleted uranium weapons and being cut off from food and medical supplies.


More and more American soldiers will be killed, over 1000 and counting now. Not to mention the thousands of wounded you never read or hear about.


Broadening of income disparity. The rich are going to get richer, a lot richer, which results in the middle class becoming the poor and the poor well...they are pretty much screwed.Increase in crime. When the amount of poor people increases, so does crime. So when your economically sound SUV gets stolen or your house gets robbed, you can think about why and what you may have done differently in order to stop it.


There will be more social, gender and racial bias. Women’s rights a re being thrown right out the window. I can’t even begin to fathom how or why we are going back in time regarding the rights of women in this country. …. it blows my fucking mind.

Minorities will be left behind again and if you happen to be or have homosexual children like Dick Cheney’s daughter, well, you won't be able to get married, adopt children or even have simple things like equal access to health care.

God forbid you're a Muslim or have a different form of faith in this country. God blessed America right? But only America’s god. If you don’t happen to agree with being an evangel gisper or some other form of Christianity ….well tough titties.


Environment. The environmental policies of this admistitration speak for itself.




Terrorism. Well now…since you have basically given Bush the go ahead to do whatever the fuck he wants they will hate us even more and if you think he will protect us look @ 9/11. Bush allowed the largest attack in the United States since Pearl Harbor and you think he can protect you? Are you fucking retarded?


Give yourselves a big pat on the back! WAY TO GO!!

Fucking unbelievable….





Monday, November 01, 2004

Nov.1st

Nov.1st
Well Halloween is now officially over. I had a total of 5 trick or treaters. A unicorn, a turtle, a cat, Scary movie killer dude and someone with a bunch of red paint on his melon...So now I have all this candy.... and I am trying to get back in shape.... oh tis da season!!

I am off to bed...have allot to do this week.... and I am excited as hell about Tuesday!Nail biting time I think....Also...I wanted to post this on my last post but 4got...It’s a newsie about a demonstration out side of a RCD.

It proves my theory about the intensity of anger out there during this election campaign...It will be nice when it is finally over...perhaps people may become a tiny bit decent to one another again.

Ciao 4 now

From Salon. Thought it was relevant...

Oct. 30, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio --

Lisa Dupler, a 33-year-old from Columbus, held up a rainbow-striped John Kerry sign outside the Nationwide Arena on Friday, as Republicans streamed out after being rallied by George W. Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A thickset woman with very short, dark hair, Dupler was silent and barely flinched as people passing her hissed "faggot" into her ear. An old lady looked at her and said, "You people are sick!" A kid who looked to be about 10 or 11 affected a limp wrist and mincing voice and said, "Oh, I'm gay." Rather than restraining him, his squat mother guffawed and then turned to Dupler and sneered, "Why don't you go marry your girlfriend?" Encouraged, her son yelled, "We don't want faggots in the White House!" The throngs of Republicans were pumped after seeing the president and the action hero. But there was an angry edge to their elation.

They shrieked at the dozen or so protesters standing on the concrete plaza outside the auditorium. "Kerry's a terrorist!" yelled a stocky kid in baggy jeans and braces. "Communists for Kerry! Go back to Russia," someone else screamed. Many of them took up the chant "Kerry s*cks"; old women and teenage boys shouting with equal ferocity. With four days to go until the election, you can feel the temperature rising in Ohio. Among Democrats, it's easy to indulge the fantasy that all the rage in this election is directed one way -- at Bush. Thousands of progressives are campaigning here, going door-to-door to get out the vote, and training to watch the polls, holding concerts and rallies and anything else they can think of to beat Bush. Hundreds are from other parts of the country but most are locals. Jess Good, Ohio director of the massive get-out-the-vote group America Coming Together, says that 93 percent of the 12,000 volunteers expected to work on Election Day are from Ohio itself.

Clearly, something exciting and unprecedented is happening. After reviewing Democratic and progressive field operations in Ohio and Florida, L.A. Weekly columnist Harold Meyerson wrote, "I have found something I've never before seen in my 36 or so years as a progressive activist and later as a journalist: an effective, fully functioning American left." Friday's Republican rally, though, was evidence that many on the right are as fervid and galvanized as their opponents. Pollster John Zogby has called this the "apocalypse election" because people on both sides believe the world will end if their candidate loses.He's right -- the Republicans I met at the Ohio rally spoke in language almost identical to that of the most addled Bush-hater, although often several steps further removed from reality. Dave, a 54-year-old electronic technician, said that if Kerry wins, "I'm going to leave the country and go to a Third World nation and start a ranch." His wife, Jenny, laughed and accused him of hyperbole, but he insisted he's been studying Portuguese, the language of Brazil, "so we'll have an escape route." Sitting near him was Greg Swalley, a blond electrical contractor. "I think Kerry is the anti-Christ," he said, only half-joking. "He scares me."

We were sitting outside the Nationwide Arena watching the adoring crowd on a massive elevated monitor. Swalley and the others had tickets and I had press credentials. But by the time we arrived, 40 minutes before the rally was scheduled to start, security had closed off the area and no more people were being let in. So dozens waited outside and watched their heroes on the screen. The monitor showed a huge W. and then the words, "Let's Roll." When Bush, his wife and Schwarzenegger appeared, wild cheering echoed outside the building. Inside, Schwarzenegger tried to strike a sunny, moderate note. "There is optimism in Ohio," he said. "There is optimism all over the country because President Bush is leading the way. He's fighting for all of us. "President Bush knows you can't reason with people that are blinded by hate," Schwarzenegger said. "But let me tell you something: Their hate is no match for our decency, their hate is no match for America's decency, and it is no match for the leadership and the resolve of George W. Bush." Outside, though, I didn't see much American decency among Bush's followers.

The conservative movement has long been fueled by anger and resentment.But here the negativity was at an especially high pitch, perhaps because some were starting to realize they might lose -- and that seemed like the end of the world. Looking at the small knot of protesters, many of whom were chanting, "Four more days," 22-year-old Nick Karnes, wearing a knit ski cap and baggy jeans, yelled, "Shut up!" Then he turned to his friend and said, "We can take 'em." "I'm definitely gonna vote for him," Karnes said of Bush. "Because he's been the president for four years and nothing bad has happened since Sept. 11. He's kept me alive for four years." If Kerry becomes president, he said, "We'll be dead within a year." Karnes told me that most of his friends are voting for Bush, too, but a couple are voting for Kerry. "I'm not speaking to them right now," he said.

When the crowd came pouring out of the arena, the vitriol only increased. One clean-cut man, holding his son by the hand, yelled "coward!" at one of the protesters. I asked him what made him say that, and he said, "Because he's demeaning our troops by saying they are fighting a lost cause." "Jesus! Jesus!" screamed 26-year-old Joe Robles, pointing to his Bush-Cheney sign. "The man stands for God," he said of the president. "We want somebody who stands for Jesus. I always vote my Christian morals." Robles, a student at Ohio State University, told me that Kerry's daughter is a lesbian. I said I thought that was Dick Cheney's daughter, but he shook his head no with confidence.Robles said that Kerry would make it illegal for preachers to say that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. In California, he informed me gravely, such preaching has been deemed a hate crime, and pastors who indulge in it are fined $25,000, which "goes to lesbians." A few of the protesters, meanwhile, were red-faced from yelling at their antagonists about homophobia and budget deficits and a senseless war. Republicans were incensed.

A blond woman dragged her young redheaded son toward the protesters, pointed to them, and said, "These are the Democrats," speaking as if she was revealing an awful reality that he was finally old enough to face. As she walked away with a group of other mothers and children, she was so angry she could barely speak. A friend consoled her by promising her that Bush would win. After all, she pointed out, "Look how many more Bush supporters there were on the street!" That calmed the angry blond woman down a little. But she was still mad. "We," she said, stammering and gesturing contemptuously at the demonstrators, "we are the way it should be!"Let's face it folks there is plenty of blame this time on both sides of the isle. The left has been perfecting this for years, now the right is beginning to follow the same example and you don't like it. I don't blame you. We on the right have endured this stuff for a long time and now you know how we feel..