Forgive me..and help me if you can, dear reader...but I find myself in somewhat of a moral dilemma...
Pakistan.
We read that thousands of people have been affected by the floods in that country.
We read of the misery that Pakistanis are suffering through.
We read that the U.S. is about to send millions in aid money, in part, to bolster our sagging image there, but also to help.
Part of me hears about the tragedy and wants to help. I feel sorry for the people who are going through this ordeal. I feel a rush of humanitarianism.
Yet, on the other hand...I am thinking, "you're getting your just desserts." After all it is you who are helping to foment unrest by colluding with the Taliban...the very Taliban who conducted a stone-age ritual stoning bringing about the deaths of two people.
It is you who are helping to confuse the War in Afghanistan and, by so doing, causing the death of American soldiers and the suffering of their families.
Disaster in Pakistan...we rush to help.
Pakistan is the enemy...we hope for losses.
Which way to turn?
I really don't know...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
KGO...!
Looks like KGO in San Francisco, the ABC affiliate (and Spencer's station) will be airing "Behind The Seeds with Spencer Christian" in the very near future. As they say, "stay tuned...!"
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Primary Scream
Today is Primary Day.
And the question is...what is the primary motivation of most, if not all, of our political leaders?
These folks claim to care about the "issues" and the constituents they hope to represent.
But what seems to be increasingly more apparent is that they care only about their own egos, wallets and legacies.
I challenge them as follows:
Since the majority of the people who live in your district probably have an annual yearly income that is much less then yours and their net worth is probably much less then yours why don't you spend a couple of weeks being the husband (or wife) of one of the families in your district? Live as these people do. Get up early, get the kids off to school, go to a boring job, worry about balancing a family budget, comparison shop at the grocery store, redeem coupons and cans, drive the kids around, make dinner or clean up afterwards, read to your kids or play catch, listen to your spouse complain, justifiably, when you're too tired for sex and be up late with vapid TV shows while you fret about how you'll make the mortgage payment and health premium.
You do that and you'll have my vote. Republican, Democrat, Tea Partier. Whoever...
Because then I'll know you know what it's really like. Otherwise you're just another pontificating windbag millionaire full of disdain sitting on the other side of the gate...until, of course, the gate is crashed by the unhappy hordes completely misunderstood and neglected by the ruling political, clueless class.
What was it that Marie Antoinette was reported to have said...?
Gluten this...!
And the question is...what is the primary motivation of most, if not all, of our political leaders?
These folks claim to care about the "issues" and the constituents they hope to represent.
But what seems to be increasingly more apparent is that they care only about their own egos, wallets and legacies.
I challenge them as follows:
Since the majority of the people who live in your district probably have an annual yearly income that is much less then yours and their net worth is probably much less then yours why don't you spend a couple of weeks being the husband (or wife) of one of the families in your district? Live as these people do. Get up early, get the kids off to school, go to a boring job, worry about balancing a family budget, comparison shop at the grocery store, redeem coupons and cans, drive the kids around, make dinner or clean up afterwards, read to your kids or play catch, listen to your spouse complain, justifiably, when you're too tired for sex and be up late with vapid TV shows while you fret about how you'll make the mortgage payment and health premium.
You do that and you'll have my vote. Republican, Democrat, Tea Partier. Whoever...
Because then I'll know you know what it's really like. Otherwise you're just another pontificating windbag millionaire full of disdain sitting on the other side of the gate...until, of course, the gate is crashed by the unhappy hordes completely misunderstood and neglected by the ruling political, clueless class.
What was it that Marie Antoinette was reported to have said...?
Gluten this...!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
What Issue?
Scott McInnis.
Name ring a bell?
No?
Me neither.
I read an article about the allegation that he lifted the writings of a State Supreme Court judge in Colorado and was paid a lot of money for the piece he wrote which included the, allegedly, plagiarized passages. Actually he's admitted doing it so maybe it ain't allegedly...just playin' safe there...know whadda mean?
The only other problem here is that he is running for Governor of Colorado as a Republican (coulda been a Dem...not the issue here.)
He is quoted as saying, "Voters don't really care about this issue."
Ok...
That'a fair.
The voters, in fact, don't seem to care about honor and integrity any more. Maybe they never did. Maybe all we care about is what's good for us...right now.
The hell with whether or not a given legislator or elected official is telling the truth or is operating honestly and ethically.
What do we care? "I've got mine...screw you!"
Scott McInnis...Republican for Governor. Accused of Plagiarism. Good for Colorado!
Good for the Country!
Have a nice day.
Name ring a bell?
No?
Me neither.
I read an article about the allegation that he lifted the writings of a State Supreme Court judge in Colorado and was paid a lot of money for the piece he wrote which included the, allegedly, plagiarized passages. Actually he's admitted doing it so maybe it ain't allegedly...just playin' safe there...know whadda mean?
The only other problem here is that he is running for Governor of Colorado as a Republican (coulda been a Dem...not the issue here.)
He is quoted as saying, "Voters don't really care about this issue."
Ok...
That'a fair.
The voters, in fact, don't seem to care about honor and integrity any more. Maybe they never did. Maybe all we care about is what's good for us...right now.
The hell with whether or not a given legislator or elected official is telling the truth or is operating honestly and ethically.
What do we care? "I've got mine...screw you!"
Scott McInnis...Republican for Governor. Accused of Plagiarism. Good for Colorado!
Good for the Country!
Have a nice day.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Not Exactly Boring, but Close
Ok, I watched the World Cup.
I was torn between rooting for Spain, which is a country I deeply love and The Netherlands, which is a country I deeply love.
In other words, I didn't care who won, as most Americans probably felt.
It wasn't The U.S. or even my truly beloved France...it was two other countries playing in a stadium light years away.
And it didn't help watching people in scarves, coats and hats while I was sitting in airconditioning with heat and humidity just outside the window.
I had trouble relating. Even though I played as a kid (Halfback and then Goalie...sorry "Keeper") the game is just not that interesting.
It's exciting when a shot is made on goal or players collide but aside from that...
But it is certainly wonderful to watch these men play. They are running almost all of the time and their ability to handle the ball is remarkable. And they are gentlemen.
They play with a sense of dignity. There is no trash-talking, no strutting.
It's just the game. Who's the better player...not who's the better person. And who cares if you have three houses and four girlfriends and tatoos and a "grille.?"
Can you play...yes or no? Are you any good?
Period.
Sportsmen playing the world's game.
Boring yes. Uplifting...also yes.
We need more of that.
And less of the other.
Much less.
Aribba...Espana!
Bravo!!
I was torn between rooting for Spain, which is a country I deeply love and The Netherlands, which is a country I deeply love.
In other words, I didn't care who won, as most Americans probably felt.
It wasn't The U.S. or even my truly beloved France...it was two other countries playing in a stadium light years away.
And it didn't help watching people in scarves, coats and hats while I was sitting in airconditioning with heat and humidity just outside the window.
I had trouble relating. Even though I played as a kid (Halfback and then Goalie...sorry "Keeper") the game is just not that interesting.
It's exciting when a shot is made on goal or players collide but aside from that...
But it is certainly wonderful to watch these men play. They are running almost all of the time and their ability to handle the ball is remarkable. And they are gentlemen.
They play with a sense of dignity. There is no trash-talking, no strutting.
It's just the game. Who's the better player...not who's the better person. And who cares if you have three houses and four girlfriends and tatoos and a "grille.?"
Can you play...yes or no? Are you any good?
Period.
Sportsmen playing the world's game.
Boring yes. Uplifting...also yes.
We need more of that.
And less of the other.
Much less.
Aribba...Espana!
Bravo!!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Who...?
LeBron James...
Oh...he's the basketball player.
He makes a gazillion dollars throwing a ball through a net.
He is tall.
He is young.
People are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq (and Darfur and Holyoke)
Goldman is still in business.
BP is "fixing" the oil spill.
Sarah Palin is...
Glenn Beck is also...along with Rush Limbaugh.
Unemployment is very high.
Expectations are very low.
Except for the LeBron James heavyweight decision...the mother of all decisions.
"Should I stay or should I go, now?"
It has been proven that when times are hard, economically, the people go to the movies.
In a multiplex near you:
"The LeBron James Story...or...How to Succeed at Basketball Without Really Trying"
Please pass the Wheaties...or the cat food...whichever is closer. Wouldn't want to put you out...
...or out of sight, out of mind...
You choose.
Oh...he's the basketball player.
He makes a gazillion dollars throwing a ball through a net.
He is tall.
He is young.
People are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq (and Darfur and Holyoke)
Goldman is still in business.
BP is "fixing" the oil spill.
Sarah Palin is...
Glenn Beck is also...along with Rush Limbaugh.
Unemployment is very high.
Expectations are very low.
Except for the LeBron James heavyweight decision...the mother of all decisions.
"Should I stay or should I go, now?"
It has been proven that when times are hard, economically, the people go to the movies.
In a multiplex near you:
"The LeBron James Story...or...How to Succeed at Basketball Without Really Trying"
Please pass the Wheaties...or the cat food...whichever is closer. Wouldn't want to put you out...
...or out of sight, out of mind...
You choose.
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