Thursday, June 26, 2008

where you can find me


http://wikimapia.org/#lat=18.4630016&lon=-77.3217773&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2

The most unique aspect of this resort is its Vacation Nanny concept whereby each family is appointed a member of staff who attends to their needs for the duration of their stay.



Homer: aaaauuuuuuhggghhhhhhhhhhhssss~!

Giant Woodpecker




"The woman holding it in her hands allows you to really see the scale of it."


Off to Jamaica Bitches!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

don't want my MTV


"..Politicians can finally get their MTV. After declining political advertising since its inception in 1981, MTV is reversing course.

The Viacom MTV Networks channel -- once known for round-the-clock music videos and now home to a host of reality shows -- says it will now take political ads, though only from political candidates and party political committees, not from third parties.

As recently as the presidential primaries this year, MTV had refused all political ads, even as it has heavily promoted its "Choose or Lose" get-out-the-vote effort.

MTV's stance was opposite of that of its sibling MTV Networks channels. VH1, Comedy Central and Spike TV were willing to accept political ads, according to an MTV Networks official.

Now all the MTV Networks that aren't aimed at children will accept political ads.

"MTV Networks will accept political advertising that is national in scope, sponsored by a legally qualified candidate, a candidate's official campaign committee, a nationally recognized political party, or the official congressional campaign committee(s) of a nationally recognized party."

Jeannie Kedas, exec VP-communications for MTV's music networks, said the change is effective immediately and reflects the importance of the youth vote.

"Given where we are in the election cycle, and how the youth vote has increasingly engaged and played a crucial role in past presidential elections, we re-evaluated the MTV policy and decided that campaign-approved ads would be a good fit for our audience, and would compliment our 'Choose or Lose' campaign efforts," she said. "It's a good thing when candidates want to reach out to young people and the best way to do that is through MTV."

She declined to say how much advertising MTV expects to obtain from the switch, but suggested that for politicians who want to reach the youth vote, "in the most effective way possible, many of the MTV Networks are the most meaningful way to do just that."

MTV's announcement of the switch follows a report in the New York Times on June 22 that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's campaign wanted to do an MTV buy. It's also probably not a coincidence that Mr. Obama, who is opting out of public funding, will likely have plenty of money to spend on youth-directed ads. A political expert said the most immediate beneficiary of the switch is the Obama campaign.

"I think MTV's decision to accept advertising is an important indication that the youth vote this year will have a real impact on the outcome of the election," said Tad Devine, a Democratic campaign strategist who handled Sen. John Kerry's campaign four years ago. "Now campaigns have the opportunity to reach young voters in a venue where they congregate, and I'm sure Obama's campaign will look seriously at advertising there, given his advantage with young people."


I remember what MTV used to be. Commercial and politic-free...Well, not exactly.

How about 'Relax, dont do it'? This old yarn was a warning about how Poppa Reagan was going to blow us all up with nukes. Yeah, I guess that turned out about right. That's why I scoff at 'global warming'. I've heard that song and dance before.

Then there was that whole 'Rock the vote thingy'....You remember, the one where Madonna draped herself in a USA flag, and Eminem cried 'you MUST vote!'. Only problem, they didn't.

It's as transparent as Saron Sarandon-wrap. And just as honest.

MTV=jumped the shark.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Stupid Don Imus





Okay, so I tried to defend Imus after the last time, because I knew he was using 'comedy'....I bored opped for Imus for 2 years, and I watched him on PMSNBC for a couple years after that: because he got all the good politcal types on and grilled them....

But this last episode is just 'sad'. It's time to go out to pasture old man.

'Dont fence me in'.

This just in: I will be going to Jamaica this weekend! Hooorray!


http://wikimapia.org/#lat=18.4630016&lon=-77.3217773&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2

Monday, June 23, 2008

George Carlin RIP

We're so self-important. So self-important. Everybody's going to save something now. "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails." And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these fucking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven't learned how to care for one another, we're gonna save the fucking planet?

I'm getting tired of that shit. Tired of that shit. I'm tired of fucking Earth Day, I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet. They don't care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!

We're going away. Pack your shit, folks. We're going away. And we won't leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet'll be here and we'll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.

You wanna know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. You wanna know if the planet's all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.

The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, 'cause that's what it does. It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, "Why are we here?" Plastic...asshole.

So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I think that's begun. Don't you think that's already started? I think, to be fair, the planet sees us as a mild threat. Something to be dealt with. And the planet can defend itself in an organized, collective way, the way a beehive or an ant colony can. A collective defense mechanism. The planet will think of something. What would you do if you were the planet? How would you defend yourself against this troublesome, pesky species? Let's see... Viruses. Viruses might be good. They seem vulnerable to viruses. And, uh...viruses are tricky, always mutating and forming new strains whenever a vaccine is developed. Perhaps, this first virus could be one that compromises the immune system of these creatures. Perhaps a human immunodeficiency virus, making them vulnerable to all sorts of other diseases and infections that might come along. And maybe it could be spread sexually, making them a little reluctant to engage in the act of reproduction.

Well, that's a poetic note. And it's a start. And I can dream, can't I? See I don't worry about the little things: bees, trees, whales, snails. I think we're part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand. A higher order. Call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. The Big Electron...whoooa. Whoooa. Whoooa. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is. And so are we. For a little while.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Delta, Northwestern, Minnesota and John MCain

The nation's ninth largest state, Georgia, with its 15 electoral votes, might be up for grabs in the 2008 presidential contest. In recent elections, the state has been a Republican lock.

Consider that metropolitan Atlanta has among its 5 million people a disproportionately large voting population of people under 30 years old. And Georgia has one of the biggest populations of voting-age African Americans in America.

Throw in that former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr ( asshole deluxe) is the Libertarian Party's candidate for president, and suddenly the possibility looms that this traditionally conservative state could be a critical scalp on the belt of one Sen. Barack Obama this fall.

For Obama to pull off a victory against Sen. John McCain, many believe he will need to gain key "battleground states" that have not been the focus of attention for presidential candidates in recent years.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines have announced their intention to merge into one company, to be called Delta and to call Atlanta its headquarters. The idea of losing Northwest as a major corporate citizen is not going over well with the citizens of Minneapolis or Minnesota as a whole.

And to boot, the Republican National Convention is being held in Minneapolis.

The plot thickens: Who will decide if this mega-airline merger is to be or not to be? The Bush Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division, which, fairly or not, will be viewed as reflecting the "Republican" view of the deal.

With major news organizations such as Time magazine now reporting that Georgia is seen as a winnable prize for Obama, one might guess that an approval of the deal might tip Georgia into the McCain camp.

Meanwhile, back in Minnesota, there is some question about how popular the GOP might be, despite bringing its presidential nominating business to town. If Republicans are perceived as having brokered a merger deal that shuts down Northwest headquarters there, the party and its candidates may be persona non grata.

This is typical of what is happening to McCain, who is a stronger candidate than many in media realize. On his own he does fine. But when saddled with decisions by his party or by the Bush White House, he begins to from suffer voter "jet lag."

Meanwhile, Camp Obama is licking its chops over the Delta dilemma, the sinking economy, and the remaining, if unspoken, lack of enthusiasm for McCain among some Republican Party leaders and prominent conservatives.

With Obama having a sizeable cash advantage over McCain, huge voter registration efforts of African-American voters in states such as Georgia and North Carolina are well underway.

Even McCain's move to propose that Florida be allowed to drill offshore for oil should the state so choose is a double-edged sword. It certainly puts forth a practical answer to folks suffering from astronomically high gasoline prices on the table. But there is a reason why former Gov. Jeb Bush always opposed allowing such exploration to take place; it wasn't popular with residents on Florida's coasts.

Whether the tide of public opinion on the issue has changed or not remains to be seen. But with Florida now back in the news on presidential politics, McCain will have to fight all the harder to win states like Minnesota.

The best news for John McCain is that he's John McCain. He is smart and savvy. If he remains independent in this thinking, he can find his way to staying competitive and possibly winning.

But with little time bombs like the Delta-Northwest deal lurking out there, he will have to navigate carefully in the "unfriendly skies" of presidential politics.


Thursday, June 19, 2008

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Bush Lied? Really?


Touring Vietnam in 1965, Michigan Gov. George Romney proclaimed American involvement there "morally right and necessary." Two years later, however, Romney -- then seeking the Republican presidential nomination -- not only recanted his support for the war but claimed that he had been hoodwinked.

"When I came back from Vietnam, I had just had the greatest brainwashing that anybody can get," Romney told a Detroit TV reporter who asked the candidate how he reconciled his shifting views.

Romney (father of Mitt) had visited Vietnam with nine other governors, all of whom denied that they had been duped by their government. With this one remark, his presidential hopes were dashed.

The memory of this gaffe reverberates in the contemporary rhetoric of many Democrats, who, when attacking the Bush administration's case for war against Saddam Hussein, employ essentially the same argument. In 2006, John F. Kerry explained the Senate's 77-23 passage of the Iraq war resolution this way: "We were misled. We were given evidence that was not true." On the campaign trail, Hillary Rodham Clinton dodged blame for her pro-war vote by claiming that "the mistakes were made by this president, who misled this country and this Congress."

Nearly every prominent Democrat in the country has repeated some version of this charge, and the notion that the Bush administration deceived the American people has become the accepted narrative of how we went to war.


Yet in spite of all the accusations of White House "manipulation" -- that it pressured intelligence analysts into connecting Hussein and Al Qaeda and concocted evidence about weapons of mass destruction -- administration critics continually demonstrate an inability to distinguish making claims based on flawed intelligence from knowingly propagating falsehoods.

In 2004, the Senate Intelligence Committee unanimously approved a report acknowledging that it "did not find any evidence that administration officials attempted to coerce, influence or pressure analysts to change their judgments." The following year, the bipartisan Robb-Silberman report similarly found "no indication that the intelligence community distorted the evidence regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction."

Contrast those conclusions with the Senate Intelligence Committee report issued June 5, the production of which excluded Republican staffers and which only two GOP senators endorsed. In a news release announcing the report, committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV got in this familiar shot: "Sadly, the Bush administration led the nation into war under false pretenses."

Yet Rockefeller's highly partisan report does not substantiate its most explosive claims. Rockefeller, for instance, charges that "top administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and Al Qaeda as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11." Yet what did his report actually find? That Iraq-Al Qaeda links were "substantiated by intelligence information." The same goes for claims about Hussein's possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program.

Four years on from the first Senate Intelligence Committee report, war critics, old and newfangled, still don't get that a lie is an act of deliberate, not unwitting, deception. If Democrats wish to contend they were "misled" into war, they should vent their spleen at the CIA.

In 2003, top Senate Democrats -- not just Rockefeller but also Carl Levin, Clinton, Kerry and others -- sounded just as alarmist. Conveniently, this month's report, titled "Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information," includes only statements by the executive branch. Had it scrutinized public statements of Democrats on the Intelligence, Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees -- who have access to the same intelligence information as the president and his chief advisors -- many senators would be unable to distinguish their own words from what they today characterize as warmongering.

This may sound like ancient history, but it matters. After Sept. 11, President Bush did not want to risk allowing Hussein, who had twice invaded neighboring nations, murdered more than 1 million Iraqis and stood in violation of 16 U.N. Security Council resolutions, to remain in possession of what he believed were stocks of chemical and biological warheads and a nuclear weapons program. By glossing over this history, the Democrats' lies-led-to-war narrative provides false comfort in a world of significant dangers.

"I no longer believe that it was necessary for us to get involved in South Vietnam to stop communist aggression in Southeast Asia," Romney elaborated in that infamous 1967 interview. That was an intellectually justifiable view then, just as it is intellectually justifiable for erstwhile Iraq war supporters to say -- given the way it's turned out -- that they don't think the effort has been worth it. But predicating such a reversal on the unsubstantiated allegation that one was lied to is cowardly and dishonest.

A journalist who accompanied Romney on his 1965 foray to Vietnam remarked that if the governor had indeed been brainwashed, it was not because of American propaganda but because he had "brought so light a load to the laundromat." Given the similarity between Romney's explanation and the protestations of Democrats 40 years later, one wonders why the news media aren't saying the same thing today.

James Kirchick is an assistant editor of the New Republic.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

You Go Girl!



Now, Gay Califonians can experience the winder and majesty of 'Mawwaige'. Congrats!

In other news, XM and Siruis can merge. But before that can happen, the Congressional Black Caucus is starting a 'Ruckus'.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602470.html

"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said over the weekend that he would support the merger after XM Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio voluntarily agreed, among a series of other concessions, to lease 4 percent of their radio spectrums, or 12 channels, for programming run by minorities and women.

Members of the black caucus on Capitol Hill have been arguing for the merged company to lease five times that amount of spectrum to companies owned by racial minorities. Short of that, caucus members have warned in letters to the commission and meetings with Martin, they would oppose the merger. "


The Fairness Doctrine makes it to Satellite.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Your Tax dollars at work





Father's day arrives, and that means I gotta spend the whole day with the baby...So we load up the family truckster and take the dog and child to the playground in Brownwood Park, just outside East Atlanta off Moreland.

I have to give credit where credit is due: The Dekalb County Parks are better then Fulton Co, even though they are separted by little more then a mile...They are better maintained, and the structures are sturdy and safe.

But while walking the dog and waiting for him to do his business, some wierd structure catches my eye.... Upon closer inspection, it is a funded 'art exhibit'.

Now don't get me wrong, but if you need a sign to 'splain the 'art' involved: it's either bad art, or not art.

As I was taking pics with my cellphone, a parks maintenance man was passing by. He chuckled and told me that the 'artist'was a muslim, and was pissed that the local 'girls' were using his mirrored platform, multiple poles and lights as a makeshift 'strip club'! The artists complained to the county, but they already paid 17,000$ to 'exhibit' this 'art' for the summer. So, they just cut the power supply to the lights,but the shananigans remained. I suppose if you go by there on a Saturday evening, you can see for yourself. Attempts to have them chased off by the fuzz only works temporarily. They return unabated.

Some of the neighbors that border the park are starting to complain, and there is talk of shutting the park down at sunset...

Nice.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Cat Power




many moons ago, while my buddy Danny Mudcat and I were young struggling musicians, I noticed every edition of 'Creative Loafing' would RAVE about this young female singer, Chan. I went to one of her shows, and it was awful. The band could not play, and she was stoned, drunk and scared. She would forget whole songs and would break into tears, refuse to sing anymore, she trembled and when she did sing it was 'stream of consciousness' screaming. It was not entertaining in the least. It was scary and sad. If I want 'scary and sad', I'll go see a scary or sad movie.

The local media is doing somersaults because she is returning to do another show. Now, it appears she is sober and has honed her craft. You see, besides the Indigo Girls, every band that 'makes it' leaves. Even Chan left. She would quit a band, and move to NYC, Then the rags up there would stroke her. Then she would quit and move to the pacific northwest. Cycle repeats.

So this little disturbed twit has had 2 decades of positive press with very little 'work' involved. But I am curious to see how she fares now. After your whole stage act being predicated on 'crazy', wont she lose credibility if she is calm and sings in key with a functioning band? Or will the 'Loaf now say 'look how far she's come!'

Maybe it will be like Dylan plugging in.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

An interesting article from 1993


http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDC1E3DF936A25754C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print


Ah, yes...The NY Slimes.

Some humorous snippets :

"To the astonishment of climate specialists, an analysis of ice extracted from the full depth of the Greenland ice sheet has shown that except for the 8,000 to 10,000 years since the last glacial epoch, the climate over the past 250,000 years has changed frequently and abruptly.

The findings suggest that the period of stable climate in which human civilization has flourished might be unusual, and that the current climate may get either warmer or colder much more quickly than had been believed -- in spans of decades or even less. ..."



The author of the piece says "We humans have built a remarkable socioeconomic system during perhaps the only time when it could be built, when climate was sufficiently stable to allow us to develop the agricultural infrastructure required to maintain an advanced society. We don't know why we have been so blessed, but even without human intervention, the climate system is capable of stunning variability.

"If the Earth came with an operating manual, the chapter on climate might begin with a caveat that the system has been adjusted at the factory for optimum comfort, so don't touch the dials."


Whatcha think about that?

Monday, June 9, 2008

Caveat Emptor



It's hot down here. I mean, REALLY freakin' hot. The kind of hot that makes Al Gore cry. It's 'Branch Davidian' hot....

So, what does the old lady want to do on Sunday, after an exhausting night previously performing in this blasted, oppressive heat? Take the toddler to 'Six Flags'!

After about 2 hours of that, and even she wanted to leave. It's too tiring pushing a stroller through that concrete playground in this kind of heat.

So, off to Target to find a 'baby pool' for a nice afternoon swim.

This is where it get's tricky. There are a variety of pools, from the 8$ simple blow up pool, to the 199$ 'kit' pool for the true white trash. After weighing the options, we settle on the 29$ 'Alligator Pool', as we are only partially 'white trash'. Kinda like a certain presidential candidate of mixed origins!

So, we get the pool, the hand pump, and set off for an afternoon of watery delight.

Fortunately, many years of porn surfing and instrument playing has resulted in pretty decent forearms. But that was inadequate to the task at hand. I must toil at the pump in the summer heat like a HUMMER.

Finally, it is inflated, and I begin the operation of tying down the 2 'slides' to the pool bottom. Then, I fill the small pool with water, and looking at the 2 'slides', it looks wholly unable to support my 16oz beer,let alone the writhings of my 35 lbs progeny.

The minute Paul reaches the pinnacle of the 'slide', it tips over, spilling him to the pavement below.Ouch. The 'other'slide leads from the pool to the ground. Ouch#2.

I then look at the box, where the 8-9 year old is sliding out of the pool. Then the toddler on the other slide. Upon closer examination, it looks pretty bogus. Clearly the 'riders' were photoshopped.

Being 'solution' oriented, I went with the 'white trash' solution, and used materials at hand and a little common sense. However, if I had been more attentive, I could have figured this out before I left Target. But, I looked at the shiny, exiting box and I 'hoped' it would live up to it's image. But, when I got the damn thing home, I had to 'change' my plans, and go with the old 'tried and true'.

In the end, Paul had fun, Mom was happy, and it was only 29$. But it was a pretty good metaphor for this elections politics, IMHO.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

late in the evening


Another busy night, this time I have the pleasure of sitting in with the Stonehouse Posse at the grand opening of the Pullman Yards......

Locals would know most of the principle players involved here: there is Chris Tinsley ( TINZ ), a former guitar player in 'Follow for Now' which was very popular in the early to mid 90'2. Two other guys:John and Dave who played with 'Hollyfaith' and other well known bands ITP, and Phillip the Plumber, the huge brother with the big voice. It's a big tent and a musical circus!






While I enjoy fronting, it's nice to be able to be a 'sideman' every now and then. Let somebody else do the booking and legwork. Some other guy has to unload the gear at home alone in the dark at 2:30 am..Tonight ,I can walk in with my percussion gear and harps, and when it's over,I can GO! No need to 'settle up' and kiss bartender ass. It's really nice.

The few times I've played overseas on musical tours, that's the best part about it! You get to play and after your done, they usually have a 'hospitality tent' for the artists to hang out in while they get thier transportation ready. No worries about DUI orgetting chewed out for staying out too late. In a word, it's awesome.

Since the arrival of mini me, I haven't been able to do any foreign gigs. American crowds are so predictable, it's not even a challenge anymore. Depending on where you play, the crowd factor is a big one. I posted about the beer festival and the lobster boil last saturday: I could have done any of those gigs in my sleep. Autopilot....

'Couple years ago while playing somewhere outside Milan, we had a gig booked for thier version of the 'Red Cross'. It was a 'blood drive', and while my buddy had to retune his guitar to open tuning, he looked across stage and said 'Fill!' At this point, the annoying,slightly overwweight and flamboyant female sax player started into a very insincere monologue thanking an older group of Italians for thier support. I could see on their faces they could not understand the words coming out of this girls mouth....

When she stopped for air, I quickly piped in with a brief 'Molto Lieto!' ( nice to meetcha ), but the timing was brilliant. The motormouth was just sputtering words, but my well placed greeting brought the house down. They absolutely roared.

I was very proud of myself, having broken the comedy barrier in another language. But fate was to teach me another cruel lesson.

Later in the gig, it was 'Fill Time' again, and this time, I thought I could bring out 'Molto Lieto' again, but it bombed... The promoter laughed, and said 'it only works ONCE here, kid' and I felt humiliated. He meant it in a good way but it was a lesson nonetheless....

The delicate balance in side work is you have to be as entertaining as the frontman, but not any more. It has been a struggle to keep my inner bastard shoved in there sometimes. Day by day, I guess:-)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

This Band of Bloggers....



Every now and then, I catch something in the news that I find interesting, yet I don't have any experience in, and blogging allows me to ask questions of other's that may have.

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4126233n&channel=/sections/60minutes/videoplayer3415.shtml


This is an interesting report on "The Age Of The Millenials....."

They are young adults (born between 1980 and 1995..) and have been coddled by their parents to the point of being ill prepared for a demanding workplace. Morley Safer reports on the generation called "Millenials."

Now, having never worked in a truly 'corporate environment' ( radio was the only stint I did that could be 'considered' that..)I wonder how 'actual' Morley's 'Factual' really is...

I wish William Smythe would watch this piece, and then comment on it. He works in the belly of the beast, and is cranky enough to either verify or refute 60 Minute's report....

http://www.mynameiswilliamsmythe.blogspot.com/



Then there is his buddy, bubba bark .

http://cursingreality.blogspot.com/



Bubba has served in combat, so this is a question he can speak to....Recently, there was some upheaval.. The federal appeals court in California on May 22nd reinstated a lawsuit challenging the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which allows gay men and lesbians to serve in the armed forces so long as their sexual orientation remains private...

So, Bubba, if your reading this: what do you think about 'don't ask, don't tell'? Is it BS? Have you ever served in combat with any homosexuals (or guys you suspected)? Does it even matter? On one hand, I feel like if they want to serve and get shot let 'em...But then I wonder if having gays in forward operating combat units would hurt unit morale? Only a guy like Bubba can answer this....

Today, I am probably going to see the Brave's on a 'businessFan's special'...Because heaven knows if we call it businessMan's special, the dykes will get upset!

Now let's see who actually reads this crap..

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The next VP?




Obama would be nuts.

Monday, June 2, 2008

RIP Bo Diddley.....



One of the very few famous blues artists that kept it going for many years....I got a chance to play harmonica with him on 'Road Runner' in 1999~ they guy was playing in Virginia Highlands, and used local pick up players for his backline!

He got screwed by the white record companies, the black record companies, and the Jewish promoters for decades...He spawned leagues of imitators ( Thourogood?) but there was only ONE


Bo Diddley.


Now, for the 'washboard trick'.

It's a simple philosophy. You are performing in front of a group of people: find the drunkest chick that doesn't look like Madeline Albright and get her to 'rub the washboard'. Her friends will whoop and holler, and every owner of a penis will pay attention. It works especially well if you find 'lightning in a bottle', a truly hot chick. Last saturday was 'cougar country', but oh well. This trick works EVERY TIME.

The owner of the bar was commenting on my ploy last weekend. I buy a 5$ mini washboard, and staple an old cord to it. Add 2 spoons, and play some zydeco to 'show them how it's done'. Then, hand it off to the drunk chicks. Works every time.

It's even better when I'm in New Orleans, and I can sell or give the damn thing away before I get on the train back home. It's either a 'automatic shot buyer', or a damn good souvenir. I get my 5$ out of it, and the good people of Mexico get some chump change. Because we stopped making washboards 7 years ago:-)


Sunday, June 1, 2008

Who's cackling now?





burn! This is why I believe Obama is much more dangerous in a debate VS McCain then Hillary...She's just comes off looking like a bitch. Plain and simple.