Obit: Any book lover who has gotten lost in a big, messy, book store please take note: Glenn Goldman, owner of Book Soup on the Sunset Strip died this past weekend. Though, not a friend of mine - he was but once removed in my circle - and I mourn as well. Thanks Glenn for Book Soup! Losing time in the stacks at Book Soup is a delicious, nutritious pleasure. There are few big independent book stores left - and Goldman made sure Book Soup remained vital. Long may Book Soup Reign!
Newsflash: Obama releases actual Birth Certificate here. Controversy put to rest.
GOOOOOOOOODBYE already: I have very little love for Frank Rich after his open masturbation over Obama all year (via weekly column, thank god)- but this "See Ya!" to W is worth it. - H.T. to Jay.
The Obama honeymoon may be in full bloom here - but in much of the world it is already over. Check out the Noquarter article that links to Powerline. Obama effigies have arrived.
Obama had better assert himself in his own administration soon. Conservatives can handle the hands off executive thing. They love command hierarchies. A "liberal" (I use the word here only because I lack another that defines what Obama is - he a cypher, so far.) surrounded by other liberals and moderates who removes himself the way Obama appears to so far - is creating a power vacuum.
All you hardcore Obama Pods, please note: The most powerful couple in D.C. on January 21st will not be named Barack and Michelle. As they did in the 90s, that couple answers to the names "Hillary and Bill."
First off - Stinky Bill has been removed. Of course, and like clockwork, some are blaming the Clintons. All I can say is: Go Bill and Hillary! If true, knocking out Richardson is yet another public service by the "Clinton foundation".
2008 liar(s) of the year nominees:
Andrew Sullivan Marko Moulitsas Rod Blagojevich Howard Dean William Ayres John Avarosis Ted Stevens Barack Obama Bernard Madoff David Axelrod ACORN
And the winner in a landslide is: Barack Obama
Mr. Obama's list of lies is so long it needs a link.
Person "I'd like to have a beer with" nominees:
Meryl Streep Paul Krugman Hillary Clinton Sarah Palin Tina Fey Al Franken Michael Phelps Sean Penn
The winner is: Hillary Clinton And why the hell not?
Sexiest person of 2008 nominees:
Angelina Jolie Olivia Wilde Boris Kodjoe Kathryn Morris Venus Williams Robbie Draco Rosa Mark Sanchez Nick Youngquest.
The winner is: Angelina Jolie
Not sure why I included this catagory - except I felt like it. Ms. Jolie needs no explanation.
2008 media outlet most capable of distortion and avoidance. The nominees are: MSNBC The New York Times The A.P. The Los Angeles Times NBC Newsweek Time
The winner is: MSNBC.
Do we need a recap? The Fox of the Left. Except Fox actually exhibited a sudden propensity for fairness all year.
Most despicable quote of the year - the nominees are:
Obot T-shirt: Palin is a cunt. Randi Rhodes: She (Clinton) is a fucking whore. Keith Olbermann: Someone who can take Clinton into a room and only he comes out. Rev. Wright: No, no, no, not God bless America, God damn America! Chris Matthews: Hillary is only where she is because her husband had an affair. Barack Obama: You're likable enough, Hillary. Tucker Carlson: When she (Clinton) comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs."
The winner is Obot T-shirt: Palin is a cunt. The award really goes to the zombie kids who proudly wore the shirt - proving beyond any doubt that the Obama Left promoted a reactionary fascism and had an ingrained sexist component. Both those kids need a very public caning.
A note on Harry Reid
Harry Reid is truly an idiot. Before Blag was arrested Reid called him to - apparently - insist that Jackson Jr., Emil Jones, and Danny Davis NOT be appointed. These three men are black. Two are sitting congressmen. Of course, after appointing a different black man that Reid can't abide, Blag leaked the early December conversation.
Seriously - how stupid is Harry Reid? He called and tried to nix 3 black guys. In America. In 2008. Even if he had good reasons (he doesn't), does live in the same nation as the rest of us? Did he not know how this would look? This man would not take on Bush, blinking at every turn - but is calling a Governor and telling him "not those 3 guys?" All of whom happen to be black. So Reid is now on record trying to block FOUR Black candidates for a seat in a Senate with NO black members. By the By - all three men have longer resumes than Obama. Which ain't saying much, I know.
Lordy. Got no love for the GOP here, but I am so happy I left the Democratic Party.
Also - how rough a player is Blag? I am sure the man has the morality of a horny pirate on an deserted island of virgins - but you gotta admire his NUTS.
Guess what is happening now: Walls has vowed to rally activists in an effort to politically defeat Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Secretary of State Jesse White if they don't support Blagojevich's appointment for the seat, Roland Burris.
duh. News of the Reid/Blag chat will inflame things further.
Most under reported scandal of the year. The nominees are:
The inner workings of the DNC to promote Obama over Clinton Obama's repeated dishonesty about his past and present. Obama's 1 million dollar earmark for a hospital while Michelle sat its board. MSNBC's employment of small rodent like mammals to host television shows John Edward's affair. Penny Pritzker and the collapse of Superior bank. The government's complicity in Fannie Mae corruption
The Winner is: The inner workings of the DNC to promote Obama over Clinton. Hard to miss this little elephant in the room - from the wild over reaction of Donna Brazille to the impossible situation the Florida GOP put the Florida Democrats in, thereby removing any possibility that that a massive win might give Clinton momentum. Then there is Michigan. My God the plan was thorough - these people were going to defeat Clinton no matter what. The removal of Michigan - another large state, certain Clinton win, which also held its primary in all important January - was only topped by the supremely arrogant insult of re seating the MI delegates and handing Obama 4 of Clinton's though he had taken his own name off the ballot. The chutzpah was astonishing and vulgar. The amorality was breathtaking. The disappearance of the media appalling. Guess, they were packing to head to Alaska en mass to viciously attack a teenager.
The nominees for hypocrite of the year are:
Barack Obama The National Organization for Women 70% of Black Voters in California Gloria Steinem The Mormon Church Rod Blagojevich
And the winner is:
Barack Obama
The P.R. was hope change hope change hope change, I am new. I am different.
The reality was a politician who had risen through the most corrupt city machine this side of Tijuana, who deceitfully removed all record of his actual past and replaced it with a flimsy, loosely constructed cornucopia of imaginings. After railing against the system Obama chucked principle overboard and opted out of public financing. A galling move, only topped by the FISA flip flop. Let's not forget the race card 52 pick up and the lies about NAFTA and Canada. All this, plus the remarkable string of creepy crawlers Barry and Michelle have cavorted with over the years from Wright to Ayres to Rezko made BHO the hands down winner for Hypocrite of the Year.
For more on the rank corruption of Obama please see this piece in the Black Agenda Report I found through the always thoughtful Cannonfire.
The first 2 winners of the 2008 Rappy awards (which I made up over coffee one morning) can now be announced!!! The committee of 2 (me and my laptop) gathered at a Koreatown bistro called "Denny's" recently and tabulated the votes.
The Nominees for Most Grotesque Cable News Personality:
Nancy Grace Chris Matthews Dick Morris Keith Olbermann Bill O'Reilly
And the winner is Keith Olbermann!!!!
Olbermann wins his first Rappy after a year long display of Hillary inspired mommy issue meltdowns, murder jokes about the former First Lady, and bug eyed buffoonery he likes to call "Special Comments". The manic Olbermann, who is rumoured to be the love child of Phyllis Diller and Donald Trump, enjoyed a year of unconsciously making an ass of himself at every turn while cheer leading for Obama. Congrats Keith! You are the most grotesque news anchor in the woooooooooorrrrrrrrrrllllllllllllld!!!!
Nominees for 2008 Sexist of the year:
Chris Matthews Barack Obama Keith Olbermann Randi Rhodes Andrew Sullivan
With such juicy nominees one almost hates to announce a winner. Each of these people brought sublimated sexism and/or self hatred a special zing this year. However, the winner is: Barack Obama
Barry started the year by playing a song that included the lyrics: 99 problems and the bitch ain't one at his victory party after defeating Clinton in the Iowa. This set the tone for his delicious mix of arrogance, Gangsta/Ho homages, throw the middle finger to Clinton podium stunts, unequal pay for his female staff, and charmless derision to female reporters. All the while he refused to reign in his night of the living dead, women hating cult of idiot children on the Left -lead by Ms. Arianna Huffington - great patron of resentful, disempowered women everywhere, John Avarosis, king - and queen - of barely evolved self hating homosexuals, and that Daily Kos guy who happily played host to a cavalcade of homicidal, sadistic commenters all year.Congrats Barry. Your consistent, duplicitous misogyny all year has been a marvel.
* the empty suit photo signifies the Rapture has occurred - an expression of the heavenly effect winning a coveted Rappy has on people.
Also, it's an empty suit and an empty suit, as we all now know, is the new black.
Cinie explains it all for you - and me here.John Kass, ironically of the same Chicago Tribune Blags is accused of trying to manipulate, points out that the Democrats pretty much brought this current mess upon themselves: Of course, Tuesday's fiasco could have been avoided. Democrats in the state legislature could have stripped Blagojevich of his appointment powers and imposed a special election. Obama also could have demanded it. But as he has done so often in his career, Obama avoided a confrontation and looked the other way.
In fact, the power women are on it tonight. Here Uppity chimes on the possibility that Burris may be met with Senate goons and turned away. No kidding. I didn't make this up. If Roland Burris tries to enter the rarefied airspace of the Senate chambers, he will be stopped by armed guards.
So the Obama era will probably begin with an exceptionally qualified black man being turned away from the Senate while a questionably qualified white women, and Obama sycophant, from a powerful family will be seated. After a year of sexist Hillary bashing from those opposing Burris one can only sit back and snicker with disgust. Once again Obama has the opportunity here to heal wounds - but, being a parasitic coward, he won't. Provided there is nothing unknown and disqualifying about Burris, BHO could signal he approves or, at least, is no longer opposed to his appointment. It's not Burris's fault Blag is almost certainly a crook.
And don't be fooled by the media - Blag's appointment of Burris was perfectly legal. There is no reason for the Senate's belligerence. It is a naked, extra-legal powerplay with the assent of PEBO.
Harry Reid and the Obamanation are opposing Burris for one reason only: They want someone else. Of course, this is an absurd reason and a disastrous precedent.
Sadly for Burris, based on the behaviour of the Obama pods and the Obama media this past year, I suspect Mr. Burris is a few newscycles from being personally trashed.
Photo is of downtown Los Angeles and the snowy San Gabriel mountains.
Quote: I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury. So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer. David Mamet on HBO star Jeremy Piven leaving his Broadway revival of " Speed the Plow.
F.Y.I.: Piven's role on Entourage is based on real life Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, brother of real life incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
Bubble Heads:What throws me about pieces like this: Who saw the housing bubble coming? is that the answer so simple: Anyone with a lick of common sense.
One of the reasons I even give loopy conspiracy theories at least a mental try out is - believe it or not - faith in people. Example: I do not believe Alan Greenspan is this stupid: ...Greenspan continued to deny the possibility of a housing bubble...he said that any comparison between the housing market and a stock market bubble was "rather a large stretch." No it wasn't. At all. It was obvious. So Greenspan either is that stupid, or he was a willing player in the game of inflating the economy recklessly until 2008....
First off - Congrats to the Trojans! The need for a playoff in college football is once again achingly clear. The system now encourages scheduling weak opponents, running up scores, and flattens the season - removing the crescendo of end of season rivalries.
BCS proponents call this "Making every game matter!" Well, every game shouldn't "matter". Real fans know that Ohio State- Michigan matters more than Ohio State - Youngstown....regardless of the year. Winning the conference should matter more than some off game in late august a talented team choked in. The BCS is slowly flattening college football, all for the sake of gaylord hotel papa mama mia pizza motor credit union emerald nut bowl system.
The BCS punishes team improvement.
USC deserves a real shot at the title.
16 teams. 4 weeks in December. Holiday football madness!
My predictions for 2009. I hope fervently I am wrong on numbers 2 and 5.
1. Obama will remain popular through June. Meaning he will stay above 50% in polls. By the Fall he will be wearing thin. Perceptions of him will change from "refreshing" to "arrogant" for the general population as it becomes clear his power to fix the economy is limited.
2. The economy will limp and fade, limp some more and fade further. Official unemployment numbers will go into double digits this year.
3. The war in Afghanistan will be expanded by Obama, causing heads to explode on the Obama Left.
4. Obama blogs will continue cheer leading - but their audiences will drop off as it becomes inescapable to avoid that the most delusional were duped.
5. There will be a terror attack on American soil.
6. The inflation/deflation argument is beyond my pay grade. I have no idea which will present itself with force. But one will. I am leaning toward inflation now.
7. The media's infatuation with Obama will fade sharply over the course of the next 3 months. The snide cabal of columnists at the NYTs will kick things off. His admin. won't be open in any real sense. Just more open than W's - which isn't saying much. Though the media has been mindlessly in love with Obama, he has never returned the sentiment. This is already dawning on the MSM. As BHO's defensiveness and annoyance becomes more evident - they'll turn. Proviso: If the GOP continues to produce a series of fools and clowns as it did in 07 and some of 08 it will buy Obama more media cuddle time.
8. Hillary Clinton will find the world left by W and Rice nearly impossible to deal with. But she'll perform her duties well. The media will do its damnedest to pick her apart.
9. The Gay Rights movement will finally grow up and move into its nonviolent civil disobedience phase.
Obama And That Other Ponzi Scheme. The Hsu trial is set to begin January 12. Pods head won't expode - but they may be torn in half. Clinton AND Obama are set to get some rotten press. How will the Pods defend THEIR LORD and while condeming the Clintons at the same time?
love you all. No posts after this until Friday. Happy New Year!
Face forward! Eyes open! Onward to 2009! Hallelujah Here is the song I've been trying to learn on guitar. It is hard. I took up classical guitar a while ago because I wanted to stretch my brain and I hate crossword puzzles. Also guitar is sexy and we middle aged types must get inventive with seduction....lol, as the kids say...
Gavin Newsom is exploring a run for Governor of Calif. I like Gavin Newsom. Mayor Newsom courageously struck a blow for equal and human rights by allowing gay and lesbian Americans to marry in San Francisco. Barack the Coward refused to be photographed with him. Sometimes Obama makes his sneaky, contemptible, fraudulent career so very easy to loath. (L.R. would not be L.R. without one last backhand to Barry O. in 2008. Prediction: Busting Obama's chops and pointing and laughing at Obama Pods will become a growth industry sometime in the July-September window.)
Bubble discusses the new year. Still funny after 15 years.
Photo below can used to respond to nonsense emails from an ex or in-laws or Code Pink: Does anyone know who made this photo?
Finally listen to Ana Vidovic and have a wonderful night!
On a local note - for me at least - California will form the nucleus of what he calls "The Californian Republic," which always feel just under the surface to me anyway. California, a nation-state, has a specific identity - that most residents ignore. Ignoring this identity is part of the identity. We would be upfront about it like Texans but to be like Texans would not be Californian.
Alas, Igor goes on to say: and will be part of China or under Chinese influence.
Uh,no, Igor. I think not. Like Obama, I am not an actual professor, but Igor clearly has no concept of the Californian-American identity. We might get in bed with Mexico if it were not a worse basket case, but not China. I don't care how many dollars they are holding.
Even the Mexico scenario is suspect. In the 25 years California was a part of Mexico (Yes, it was only 25 years.) Californios didn't much acknowledge or like their overlords in Mexico City. California was a backwater - which is why the Spanish built "missions" up the coast. The nation Cali most mimics is Australia. So the Risk Game scenario lends itself more to a California/Australia alliance. Crazed surfers and outback rednecks fighting off the Commie hordes. Communication will be difficult as Cali surfers and Aussies both speak an incomprehensible English - but we'll figure it out.
I am being silly.
However, the potential for large scale social disruption in this country in the short term is real. We are not prepared for another Great Depression. The societal glue of 1932 is not nearly as strong now. Entitled brats were confined to a few rich families on the Eastern Seaboard then. Now, it's the national disease up to and including the current and next President. And I do not see a unifying American leader on the horizon. As I said last night, I could be wrong. Mr. Obama looks more like Neville Chamberlain than FDR. His soaring rhetoric could morph into "Can't we all just get along?" pleading if the breadlines get long enough.
The answer, to him in particular, is going to be a resounding "No".
Obama still strikes me as "the other". An interloper. This sense I have has nothing to do with race. Colin Powell feels American. As does Jesse Jackson. Whatever one thinks of Jackson he emerged fromhere. His American bonefides are not in question. He exists in the part of the house most of us ignore - but he is still in the house. Regardless, Obama is a concoction, a creation (a confection to many) whose history has largely been blotted out, Soviet style.
Obama has alight here...there...and everywhere. He is a man of the world (or rather, he plays one on TV) coming to power at the precise moment globalization is cratering. The "America as lone superpower" Neo-Con project is snapping back. We are entering an inward looking time.
Diversity is only a strength if all agree to a final answer. If not - it's just a bunch of fraternities partying in a nice mansion - libel to disintegrate into a fracas when the Bud runs out. The great American ideals have been subsumed into a "consumer culture" now apparently on the verge of collapse. I consume, therefore I am does have an answer: Okay, then you're not.
To paraphrase James Howard Kunstler: An endless string of strip malls, Walmarts, and drive thru windows won't be fought for because they are not worth fighting for. Even the most TV addled American knows this. An eruption of regionalism that shoves aside nationalism is a real possibility in this mix, if not quite yet a probability. I can see people circling the wagons to protect actual places say Asheville, North Carolina, much of New England, or the California central and northern coast. In other words: places built with citizens in mind, not consumers, that are worth protecting.
Further, I can see people ditching those places thatrepresent the height of post war American civilization - like Plano, Texas or Peoria, Arizona - "towns" built for cars to easily shuttle consumers whose lone purpose is to ingest something at all times. Soulless Walmart horizons, with nothing in the middle distance except parking spaces.
BUT underneath the thick layer of post moon landing American lard there still lives a "Live Free or Die" attitude. Like the Japanese on December 6th 1941, Mr. Panarin neglects to add this into the equation. It remains to be seen if that impulse will unify the nation or result in a bunch of dudes with shotguns screaming "Get the hell out of New Hampshire"...or Texas... or Biloxi...
Bush's problem was always his lack of curiosity about the details. So far, BHO appears to have the same character defect. It looks as if he is going to get bored quickly. Presidenting is hard after all. It's not as if he has any experience following through on anything except his own self promotion.
Of course, I could be wrong. Certainly the build up for Obama Messiah over the next few weeks is going to be massive. But can't you just see a massive letdown coming?
I overslept and do not have a lot to say this morning. I responded to a post reader Kara linked in the comments last night...a Rick Warren interview. Kara and I pretty much agree on this issue...and I am really foggy right now...and I have an arduous day of college football ahead. So my comments are my morning post- punched up a wee bit as the coffee kicks in:
Thanks for the link, Kara. Just read it . The trouble I have with Warren was not assuaged. His arguments are soothing but foolish. He states he is for equality for everyone but wants to take possession of the word "marriage" using lame historical excuses....for five thousand years all societies have... agreed on quite a lot, actually:
-Until recently slavery was the norm in many...for 5 thousand years -Most societies have been and remain male dominated - for 5 thousand years -War is a part of all societies for the last 5 thousand years.
The same "5 thousand year" argument could be made to re-institute slavery, or create a monarchy here, or legalize child beating....
What's so weird about Warren in this piece is his attempt to CLAIM the word marriage. Which is his way of saying "some loving couples are more valued than others." without saying it. "You Gays are nice, so you can have everything except this". He has no logical reason for denying this one thing to gays - except ill conceived "history". But still this word "marriage" must be wholly owned by heterosexuals- (even though in many - if not most - cases they have made the institution a joke and/or a torture chamber)
That is the rub: Why "marriage" for gays is so contentious for many straights - It cuts at the heart of too many fantasies about family, Father God in the Sky, and perfect romance. Making sure that gays and lesbians do not get a seat at the ADULT table allows conservatives to persist in the "nuclear family is the supreme unit of society" horseshit.
"Mommy. Daddy, kids, car, pets" as the fundamental social construct is a very recent development - say the 1920s-50's or so. Throughout "history" as Warren likes to say - it actually took a clan, or - as Hillary reminded us - it took a village to raise a child.
(What most white conservative Americans can't abide ishearing that the 1950s sucked for a lot of people. Blacks, women with ambition, gays...and so on and so forth.)
Gays should not be expected to sign off on second class status so close minded conservatives can keep their delusions alive.Also, Gays are not some post-war phenomenon that arrived with hippies and fluoridated water. Hard to believe, I know, but homos have been around for...well...at least 5 thousand years just like the wheel, alphabets, and Phyllis Schlafly.
In some ways the "nice" evangelicals are worse than the monsters. At least the monsters are upfront. Rick Warren doesn't want to reach out to Gays in any real sense. He wants to look loving and expansive while maintaining the unequal status quo - rather like El Presidente Obama, come to think of it. An updated version of "I am not a bigot. I have black friends, I swear!"
Being handed warm blankets at the back of the bus by nice evangelicals, and told to sleep well in a kindly voice- will not shut gays up. Separate but equal did not work before and it won't work now.
Many people are angry about the lyrics below sung to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon:
Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C. The L.A. Times, they called him that 'Cause he's not authentic like me. Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper Said he makes guilty whites feel good They'll vote for him, and not for me 'Cause he's not from the hood.
It is okay as far as satire goes. Not great. A little funny. The singer is supposed to be Al Sharpton - though I would not have known this had I not read it first. Speaking very much for myself: As a send ups go it gets a C plus.
I don't see how this little piece of mockery crosses any line. Is it the word "negro"? The word serves two functions without being offensive in my book. 1. It has 2 syllables like "dragon" so it fits. 2. It is used to mock WHITE PEOPLE. Good lord, are we so trapped in the sensitivity fog that we can't see something so obvious.
In fact , until the end of the clip the entire song is mocking white liberals. Therein lies the real issue. The media reaction that makes this "news" (it is not) comes from whites who do not like being called out for what is an obvious truth: they voted for BHO in part because he's black. Wouldn't it be nice if these types would own up to it. As a Left leaner I've done this kind of voting many times. When presented with a slate of judges I know nothing about I vote for the woman. Why? It satisfies me and my gut tells me we need more women on the bench.
Whoop Dee Do.
Should I do due diligence on all candidates? I guess. But there is an election in California every full moon. I participate. I think it is important.
Voting for President is the big leagues, though. If I'd looked into Obama and found him experienced and qualified and reasonably ethical his being bi-racial would have caused me to pull the lever for him with a little extra zing. It's about damn time the all while male President club dissolved. But I found little worthy about the man except his being bi-racial. So I voted for a black woman - who is wildly unsuited for the job - but it was a safe bet she was not going to win. I made a little statement. Plus, I like the Green Party. Though nearly pointless in the U.S., they serve a purpose.
Of all the denial white liberals have indulged in this year, pretending their votes for Obama had nothing to do with him being a safe Black, has now reached a level of absurdity. It is thicker than molasses frozen in tundra. This denial got ugly when Ferarro pointed it out last Spring. That bug eyed ego maniac Olbermann, apparently taking it personally, did not like the implication that he was a smug brat. So he attacked the first female V.P. nominee proving himself to be...a smug brat. With fully engorged privileged white maleness he screamed RACIST!
Like so much of the racial conversation this year - this brouhaha has little to do with blacks. The song is mocking white guilt. With apologies to any black Americans who are offended by this song - let me say once again - while pretending to be open and liberal all whites are doing here is chattering amongst themselves about black people. It is what we do instead of self examination and/or taking responsibility. I presume Black Americans are already quite clear about this character defect with the majority.
Now what I do find stupid, but not surprising, is that a GOP politician included this on a Christmas CD. WTF? The man is a moron. Neither party will ever have a corner on the dumbass market.
Besides, Obama consciously presented himself as a safe black man to whites. It was part of his plan. I, for one, reserve the right to mock the President of the United States and his fan base regardless of their race.
The end of the clip dives into some mockery of Sharpton. So what? Is there anyone more mockable on the American scene? Paris Hilton comes to mind, but few others.
Meanwhile a pastor who said all gays were child molesters and Jews would burn in hell will be giving the blessing at the inauguration. To THAT many of the same white liberals are yelping for gays and lesbians to "get over it."
Among the chattering "liberals" some victims of oppression are more worthy than others this year. Women, Jews, and gays get thine arses to the back of the bus and SHUT UP!
Today's' Photo is of a hawk in my tiny backyard. He/She has just ripped a small family of birds to shreds and is now enjoying a moment to reflect. Los Angeles is weird in many ways. One is that you'll be living in the city, thinking it is a city, then all of the sudden - Wild Life!!! A coyote at the dumpster...a deer or two trotting across Mullolhand Drive...a hawk killing a very sweet bird family in Koreatown...
My favorite quote about marriage: Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nastiness, and fabulous flashes of glory in the conjugal conspiracy. It was the time when they both loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity. Life would still present them with other trials, of course, but that no longer mattered: they were on the other shore. from Love in the Time of Cholera By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Frank Rich, returning from a long vacation in Kool-aid-i-stan, starts to nibble abound his beloved Barry's ankles here:When Obama defends Warren's words by calling them an example of the "wide range of viewpoints' in a "diverse and noisy and opinionated" America, he is being too cute by half. He knows full well that a "viewpoint" defaming any minority group by linking it to sexual crimes like pedophilia is unacceptable. Did Rich, or his sad sack cell mate at the NYTs, Ms. Dowd, ever give fact based reasons for their adulation of Barry? I don't remember these gassy gussies ever questioning Obama. Huh. Whatdoyaknow...liberals who forgot rule one: Question Everything.
Prayer: Dear Lord, what did we do to deserve THIS?
Music: THis is Not RoseMaRy ClooNy! Pop Song I never seem to get sick of #2: Is that a great song or what?
