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As I've said before, I relax on Sundays and catch up on the news both written and video that I've missed.
And tucked between the endless "news" tales of the "villainous" Octomom and Rush Limbore's emphatic ill-spoken rantings...
was a little jem that was like a visit from an unwelcome ghost of winter's past.
The clip most definitely inspired a SNL Seth Meyers "REALLY!?!" moment for me... but to quote her own phrase "What the hell was she thinking?"
The only person pulling a Harding there is Tonya herself.
Ain't "celebrity" amazing?
Speaking of Seth Meyers this is the SNL Michael Phelps clip: REALLY!?!
I fell behind on this week's news, so I'm spending the evening digging. Putting on my hip boots, work gloves and grabbing the shovel... or maybe the pitch fork- to get through the endless loops of same s**t different day news stories... sifting for truth.
Can't watch another economy based show or my head will explode today. I just can't. My mind is in a full blown recession that hopefully won't turn into a depression anytime in the near future. Will rejuvenate my mood tomorrow night at the Bill Maher/Ann Coulter speaker series at Radio City Music Hall in the city. Probably sold out now. Should be a real pip.
G'night all,
Laura
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Would someone in the republican party please step forward and tell Limbaugh to stop running off at the mouth…
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So now Rush has stuck his foot in his mouth once again.
Sensationalism and self promotion or sheer stupidity I have no idea which (though I have an opinion).
Would someone in the republican party please step forward and tell Rush to stop talking like he’s in charge of the party before he totally destroys any credibility you have with swing voters, moderates and independent voters.
He’s an overblown bigoted gadfly. And you all praise the intolerantbullshit crap that comes out of his mouth each and every day?
In this clip Limbaugh states on health care legislation: "Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy memorial health care bill"
Your spokesperson Rush keeps saying things that if the so called “evil, liberal, socialist, elitists” made equally outrageous statements and then the democratic party praised and called it smart and true you would all be screaming bloody murder.
Instead you defend him and call the other side the morally corrupt group. Amazing.
The more power you give him, the worse he seems so get.
Pick a conservative with a brain next time around.
I don’t represent any party and speak only for myself but I do find you repugnant Rush.
You are a windbag with a microphone.
And he’ll huff and he’ll puff and blow your house down...
February 2009 saw 650,000 more jobs lost. I suppose that’s somehow Obama’s fault. What a mess.
Now it seems Madoff is going to get some sort of a deal? Outrageous.
How is he any different from a crack cocaine or crystal meth dealer?
Bastard should be in jail all ready… a real jail.
And justice for all indeed.
G’night,
Laura
So now Rush has stuck his foot in his mouth once again.
Sensationalism and self promotion or sheer stupidity I have no idea which (though I have an opinion).
Would someone in the republican party please step forward and tell Rush to stop talking like he’s in charge of the party before he totally destroys any credibility you have with swing voters, moderates and independent voters.
He’s an overblown bigoted gadfly. And you all praise the intolerant
In this clip Limbaugh states on health care legislation: "Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy memorial health care bill"
Your spokesperson Rush keeps saying things that if the so called “evil, liberal, socialist, elitists” made equally outrageous statements and then the democratic party praised and called it smart and true you would all be screaming bloody murder.
Instead you defend him and call the other side the morally corrupt group. Amazing.
The more power you give him, the worse he seems so get.
Pick a conservative with a brain next time around.
I don’t represent any party and speak only for myself but I do find you repugnant Rush.
You are a windbag with a microphone.
And he’ll huff and he’ll puff and blow your house down...
February 2009 saw 650,000 more jobs lost. I suppose that’s somehow Obama’s fault. What a mess.
Now it seems Madoff is going to get some sort of a deal? Outrageous.
How is he any different from a crack cocaine or crystal meth dealer?
Bastard should be in jail all ready… a real jail.
And justice for all indeed.
G’night,
Laura
Rush Limbaugh, you have a soap box not a party platform…
Rush Limbaugh…
I know you have the same inalienable rights and civil rights that apply to everyone.
And I’ll be the first to defend people’s right to free speech…
But do you really believe some of the things that you say?
Do you listen to how you contradict yourself depending on who you’re criticizing?
Drug addicts are bad and the book should be thrown at them, well, unless it’s you, in which case it was a mistake a error of judgement. Your drug trial was interesting, and of course you blamed the charges on people out to get you because of who you are. (The vast left wing conspiracy?)
It seems to me that you dislike anyone and everyone that disagrees with you, and will go after them with a vengeance. It also appears by many of the things you have stated about women that you are a bit the misogynist.
You are a talk show host, an entertainer… You are no more the legitimate spokesperson for the “conservative” republican party than Jon Stewart is for the “liberal” democratic party. Most people in both parties are moderates Rush not extremists. You have a soap box not a party platform. It’s about power for you isn’t it? Throwing one’s weight around (and getting very rich off it.)
You talk of conservative family values yet you have been married and divorced three times. So the moral value of marriage is cumulative I’m supposing? The standard of behavior to strive for isn’t being in one marriage over time, it’s being monogamous (one assumes) over multiple marriages?
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It is an interesting side of many people’s personality that when others (especially people we don’t like or identify with) do something we consider bad it’s seen as reflecting an inherent evil character flaw a particular person or group has. This serves to devalue what that person says from that point on and subjects them to ridicule as a “fair game” target.
When this very same “bad behavior” is found in oneself or someone that we like, well, then it’s considered a “mistake, error or lapse in judgement” that you can “repent and recover” from with sympathy. You’re still of course one of the good people not one of “them” even though “they” have done exactly the same thing you yourself did.
When it became apparent that you engaged in “do as I say but not as I do” behavior you lost any credibility with me. Then I was further dismayed (no more like disgusted) by your gross parody of Michael J Fox who has Early Onset Parkinson’s disease… something that you should never have done. Your idea of disagreeing with someone’s beliefs means personally belittling them and ignoring the relevant facts that don’t suit you. Michael J Fox is a good man and deserved better.
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Obviously you never paid attention to the rules of debate… many don’t. It’s not about he who can ridicule the other side the most, it’s not about who squawks the loudest drowning out the opposing view. It’s not about browbeating someone into submission. It’s not about threats, veiled or obvious.
It’s about intelligence and something you don’t like that much- compromise. You know what that is right? Taking two different ideas and taking the best of both to create a satisfactory resolution.
Kinda like, well, um, let’s see now… bipartisanship in politics, yup that’s it.
The rare and elusive commodity that is truly needed at this point in time.
There’s an abundance of hypocrisy to go around, however.
That’s sure as hell not what we need now.
You bring nothing helpful to the table for the republican party and no one seems willing to take you on or upset you. I wonder if anyone will have the guts to challenge you. Freedom of speech isn’t what it appears to be at times… I find it hard to believe that all republicans find you so cute and cuddly.
G'night,
Laura
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I know you have the same inalienable rights and civil rights that apply to everyone.
And I’ll be the first to defend people’s right to free speech…
But do you really believe some of the things that you say?
Do you listen to how you contradict yourself depending on who you’re criticizing?
Drug addicts are bad and the book should be thrown at them, well, unless it’s you, in which case it was a mistake a error of judgement. Your drug trial was interesting, and of course you blamed the charges on people out to get you because of who you are. (The vast left wing conspiracy?)
It seems to me that you dislike anyone and everyone that disagrees with you, and will go after them with a vengeance. It also appears by many of the things you have stated about women that you are a bit the misogynist.
You are a talk show host, an entertainer… You are no more the legitimate spokesperson for the “conservative” republican party than Jon Stewart is for the “liberal” democratic party. Most people in both parties are moderates Rush not extremists. You have a soap box not a party platform. It’s about power for you isn’t it? Throwing one’s weight around (and getting very rich off it.)
You talk of conservative family values yet you have been married and divorced three times. So the moral value of marriage is cumulative I’m supposing? The standard of behavior to strive for isn’t being in one marriage over time, it’s being monogamous (one assumes) over multiple marriages?
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It is an interesting side of many people’s personality that when others (especially people we don’t like or identify with) do something we consider bad it’s seen as reflecting an inherent evil character flaw a particular person or group has. This serves to devalue what that person says from that point on and subjects them to ridicule as a “fair game” target.
When this very same “bad behavior” is found in oneself or someone that we like, well, then it’s considered a “mistake, error or lapse in judgement” that you can “repent and recover” from with sympathy. You’re still of course one of the good people not one of “them” even though “they” have done exactly the same thing you yourself did.
When it became apparent that you engaged in “do as I say but not as I do” behavior you lost any credibility with me. Then I was further dismayed (no more like disgusted) by your gross parody of Michael J Fox who has Early Onset Parkinson’s disease… something that you should never have done. Your idea of disagreeing with someone’s beliefs means personally belittling them and ignoring the relevant facts that don’t suit you. Michael J Fox is a good man and deserved better.
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Obviously you never paid attention to the rules of debate… many don’t. It’s not about he who can ridicule the other side the most, it’s not about who squawks the loudest drowning out the opposing view. It’s not about browbeating someone into submission. It’s not about threats, veiled or obvious.
It’s about intelligence and something you don’t like that much- compromise. You know what that is right? Taking two different ideas and taking the best of both to create a satisfactory resolution.
Kinda like, well, um, let’s see now… bipartisanship in politics, yup that’s it.
The rare and elusive commodity that is truly needed at this point in time.
There’s an abundance of hypocrisy to go around, however.
That’s sure as hell not what we need now.
You bring nothing helpful to the table for the republican party and no one seems willing to take you on or upset you. I wonder if anyone will have the guts to challenge you. Freedom of speech isn’t what it appears to be at times… I find it hard to believe that all republicans find you so cute and cuddly.
G'night,
Laura
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Octomom and our obsession with her (finally gave in)...
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So far I've only mentioned in passing the story of the Octomom.
I've resisted going off into the right or wrongness of her decision to have more than 6 children.
It sounds more like a personal disaster story than a personal interest story to me.
I have to admit to cringing at the photo of Nadya pregnant with that huge belly... I actually shuddered.
Probably like men do when they see another man hit in the crotch and drop to the ground.
It doesn't actually hurt you but you can't seem to avoid that instinctive flinch.
This will be the first and only post solely on Nadya Suleman that I will ever type.
Everyone has an opinion and suggestion for what should happen or not happen. I worry about the 14 children getting enough care and attention.
There are some unanswered questions that I still have that I'm somewhat curious to know the answers to...
(or put another way questions that I would like to know the "real" answers to).
1) Why did Nadya Suleman decide being single to have more children? Yea, she likes kids but...
2) If she's unemployed and living in a tiny house that was cramped for 6 kids where was she planning to put them?
3) How the hell did she afford In Vitro Fertilization? I know a few women that have gone that route and it's quite costly.
4) What were the doctor's motives in implanting 8 fertilized eggs into Ms. Suleman? If I have the facts straight she has had successful In Vitro births before, which means that the doctor didn't need to implant 8 eggs at all. It put her and her babies at risk.
5) Ethically, wasn't the doctor wrong to have done the procedure? Is he liable in some way? First do no harm...
6) Was this deliberately done for publicity, financial gain or some other reason?
7) Wouldn't any legitimate fertility clinic screen their clients to be sure they were using sound judgement, ascertain their situation and refuse any procedures that were sketchy to say the least?
8) Did the public response surprise her and her doctor?
On the other hand-
1) This is the United States not China and it is all right to have as many children as you can "create." But usually they are one at a time... with enough time in between them that one can feed itself cheerios, talk a bit and walk holding a helping hand while the next child requires the more intensive care of a newborn.
2) She's been criticized by many for being irresponsible and the babies might not be sent home with her. Yes, it would seem irresponsible but that's the case in many instances. Many children go home to two parents that are toxic, but have a far nicer house.
3) Can they get her counseling, she will need it, she will need help, we shouldn't punish the children.
4) In this country many believe women should be married when they have children. Many are against abortion and/or contraception. So while having children is celebrated even for single women (for doing the right thing and having the baby) they are criticized for being single. A single woman, by design or divorce with children (other than widows) are almost always criticized sometimes quite harshly.
5) This is an oddity as far as having children goes, I doubt there will be a run for the fertility clinic by women that want the notoriety or responsibility of having 8 babies all at once. Quite the contrary I would imagine. Most folk don't want a total of 14 children. The average number of children in a family is two I think.
6) Even if she had second thoughts now, it's too late and she needs help and so do the children to survive.
Is there no answer in this country other than to say that she is unfit as a mother and that the children should be taken away from her? Criticizing her, threatening her, isn't going to help anyone. I might question her and her doctor's motives but children in the USA should be taken care of.
She will have way more than her 15 minutes of fame, already has, along with her friends, family, newsreporters and any one else that can get a scoop or photo or... talk. Britney Spears on steroids and they both got ole Dr. Phil's attention (not sure if that's a good thing really).
Personally, I have four children and all were wanted, planned for and taken care of the best we could. I'm pretty sure I would not have done well with twins or triplets which can naturally occur (there are twins in my family which always worried me just a wee bit). For me octuplets is honestly a nightmare scenario. I can't imagine it and I honestly don't want to.
The story annoys me but I don't hate Nadya in any way. What a firestorm she finds herself in the middle of.
This story should be put in the place it merits. An oddity, not mainstream, not what most people would imagine or want for themselves. The children should be taken care of adequately somehow. It won't be an easy one to figure out legally.
The hypocrisy of it all is that many families have lost their homes, women and children are among the homeless and everyone's talking about the "Octomom."
It sounds more like a Marvel Spiderman comic villain than a woman with octuplets.
There are more important things out there than Octomom going on and since I'll likely never get honest answers to my questions that's it. I hope it works out for her children, truly I do.
G'night,
Laura
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So far I've only mentioned in passing the story of the Octomom.
I've resisted going off into the right or wrongness of her decision to have more than 6 children.
It sounds more like a personal disaster story than a personal interest story to me.
I have to admit to cringing at the photo of Nadya pregnant with that huge belly... I actually shuddered.
Probably like men do when they see another man hit in the crotch and drop to the ground.
It doesn't actually hurt you but you can't seem to avoid that instinctive flinch.
This will be the first and only post solely on Nadya Suleman that I will ever type.
Everyone has an opinion and suggestion for what should happen or not happen. I worry about the 14 children getting enough care and attention.
There are some unanswered questions that I still have that I'm somewhat curious to know the answers to...
(or put another way questions that I would like to know the "real" answers to).
1) Why did Nadya Suleman decide being single to have more children? Yea, she likes kids but...
2) If she's unemployed and living in a tiny house that was cramped for 6 kids where was she planning to put them?
3) How the hell did she afford In Vitro Fertilization? I know a few women that have gone that route and it's quite costly.
4) What were the doctor's motives in implanting 8 fertilized eggs into Ms. Suleman? If I have the facts straight she has had successful In Vitro births before, which means that the doctor didn't need to implant 8 eggs at all. It put her and her babies at risk.
5) Ethically, wasn't the doctor wrong to have done the procedure? Is he liable in some way? First do no harm...
6) Was this deliberately done for publicity, financial gain or some other reason?
7) Wouldn't any legitimate fertility clinic screen their clients to be sure they were using sound judgement, ascertain their situation and refuse any procedures that were sketchy to say the least?
8) Did the public response surprise her and her doctor?
On the other hand-
1) This is the United States not China and it is all right to have as many children as you can "create." But usually they are one at a time... with enough time in between them that one can feed itself cheerios, talk a bit and walk holding a helping hand while the next child requires the more intensive care of a newborn.
2) She's been criticized by many for being irresponsible and the babies might not be sent home with her. Yes, it would seem irresponsible but that's the case in many instances. Many children go home to two parents that are toxic, but have a far nicer house.
3) Can they get her counseling, she will need it, she will need help, we shouldn't punish the children.
4) In this country many believe women should be married when they have children. Many are against abortion and/or contraception. So while having children is celebrated even for single women (for doing the right thing and having the baby) they are criticized for being single. A single woman, by design or divorce with children (other than widows) are almost always criticized sometimes quite harshly.
5) This is an oddity as far as having children goes, I doubt there will be a run for the fertility clinic by women that want the notoriety or responsibility of having 8 babies all at once. Quite the contrary I would imagine. Most folk don't want a total of 14 children. The average number of children in a family is two I think.
6) Even if she had second thoughts now, it's too late and she needs help and so do the children to survive.
Is there no answer in this country other than to say that she is unfit as a mother and that the children should be taken away from her? Criticizing her, threatening her, isn't going to help anyone. I might question her and her doctor's motives but children in the USA should be taken care of.
She will have way more than her 15 minutes of fame, already has, along with her friends, family, newsreporters and any one else that can get a scoop or photo or... talk. Britney Spears on steroids and they both got ole Dr. Phil's attention (not sure if that's a good thing really).
Personally, I have four children and all were wanted, planned for and taken care of the best we could. I'm pretty sure I would not have done well with twins or triplets which can naturally occur (there are twins in my family which always worried me just a wee bit). For me octuplets is honestly a nightmare scenario. I can't imagine it and I honestly don't want to.
The story annoys me but I don't hate Nadya in any way. What a firestorm she finds herself in the middle of.
This story should be put in the place it merits. An oddity, not mainstream, not what most people would imagine or want for themselves. The children should be taken care of adequately somehow. It won't be an easy one to figure out legally.
The hypocrisy of it all is that many families have lost their homes, women and children are among the homeless and everyone's talking about the "Octomom."
It sounds more like a Marvel Spiderman comic villain than a woman with octuplets.
There are more important things out there than Octomom going on and since I'll likely never get honest answers to my questions that's it. I hope it works out for her children, truly I do.
G'night,
Laura
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
No cussing club, lottery budget bail outs and Bernie Madoff.
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I was watching Connecticut news tonight and saw a story about one of their plans to help raise money for their state budget deficit. Special lotteries with higher payoffs two or three times a month. Hmm. I suppose it could work but is "state gambling" a great way to fund a state budget?
In NY at least the lottery money is supposed to go to education. Now for all the money collected in NY I don't know how it's accounted for (or what the accountability is) but I've watched our schools go down in quality especially over the past 10 years.
Where's all that money anyway? Seems we should have terrific or at least all above average schools given all those lottery tickets sold each and every week (and that's not including the scratch offs).
Madoff was in the news again today. He's still sitting in his Manhattan apt with an ankle bracelet on complaining that he should be allowed to keep his apt and other assets because after all "they're unrelated to his arrest." Uh, let me think for a second- NO! NO! NO! There are hard working, honest people that have lost their pensions, jobs, ins, and are out on the street homeless while this truly sleazy bastard is still ordering out food from NY restaurants?
And I'm pretty sure when he gets convicted he won't go to a real prison he'll go where ole "cupcake" Stewart went or somewhere like it. Certainly not where they would put me that's for sure.
Interesting how we can confiscate the belongings of convicted major drug dealers and they auction them off. But... apparently we don't do this for billion dollar Ponzi scheme perps. Equal justice for all? Nope.
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Now here's a story that really bothers me. It upsets me not because of the story itself, it was the reaction of a certain amount of people to the story that was upsetting.
This fourteen year old boy from CA started a "No Cussing Club." McKay Hatch asked people for a week to clean up their language for a "No cussing week." Fine so far. Not in any way going to hurt anyone and nothing says you have to participate in any way. Well, he started to get some press notice (which again is fine and doesn't hurt anyone).
But then here's where it gets upsetting and weird. He and his family are getting phone messages that are threatening him. One said they would kill him, others threatened him, others called him and cursed obscenely at him or called him names.
Now being that he's fourteen I just don't understand this reaction. Actually I don't even understand the reaction if a no cussing week was proposed by an "adult." It's not an appropriate response no matter how you look at it. There's nothing wrong with a "No cussing club" or a "no cussing week."
I was trying to think of what would upset me enough to leave a death threat to anyone. I couldn't really think of what... There are people I don't like, or even despise. People that I think aren't worth the "powder to blow them to hell" to quote something my dad used to say. But a death threat? To a fourteen year old boy? Where in the world does that come from?
I know I can curse up a blue streak myself so a no cussing week would be admittedly difficult for me. But I try not to be inappropriate in public situations or to deliberately offend anyone.
If you believe life is precious as most people do or at least they state that they do: then stop threatening people.
Death threats are unseemly in "noble" instances (and I'm not sure what that case would be) but over a fourteen year olds desire to clean up people's language with a no cussing week... No way in the world.
Why does this issue even bother anyone that much that they care enough to leave such messages at all?
I truly don't get it.
G'night,
Laura
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I was watching Connecticut news tonight and saw a story about one of their plans to help raise money for their state budget deficit. Special lotteries with higher payoffs two or three times a month. Hmm. I suppose it could work but is "state gambling" a great way to fund a state budget?
In NY at least the lottery money is supposed to go to education. Now for all the money collected in NY I don't know how it's accounted for (or what the accountability is) but I've watched our schools go down in quality especially over the past 10 years.
Where's all that money anyway? Seems we should have terrific or at least all above average schools given all those lottery tickets sold each and every week (and that's not including the scratch offs).
Madoff was in the news again today. He's still sitting in his Manhattan apt with an ankle bracelet on complaining that he should be allowed to keep his apt and other assets because after all "they're unrelated to his arrest." Uh, let me think for a second- NO! NO! NO! There are hard working, honest people that have lost their pensions, jobs, ins, and are out on the street homeless while this truly sleazy bastard is still ordering out food from NY restaurants?
And I'm pretty sure when he gets convicted he won't go to a real prison he'll go where ole "cupcake" Stewart went or somewhere like it. Certainly not where they would put me that's for sure.
Interesting how we can confiscate the belongings of convicted major drug dealers and they auction them off. But... apparently we don't do this for billion dollar Ponzi scheme perps. Equal justice for all? Nope.
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Now here's a story that really bothers me. It upsets me not because of the story itself, it was the reaction of a certain amount of people to the story that was upsetting.
This fourteen year old boy from CA started a "No Cussing Club." McKay Hatch asked people for a week to clean up their language for a "No cussing week." Fine so far. Not in any way going to hurt anyone and nothing says you have to participate in any way. Well, he started to get some press notice (which again is fine and doesn't hurt anyone).
But then here's where it gets upsetting and weird. He and his family are getting phone messages that are threatening him. One said they would kill him, others threatened him, others called him and cursed obscenely at him or called him names.
Now being that he's fourteen I just don't understand this reaction. Actually I don't even understand the reaction if a no cussing week was proposed by an "adult." It's not an appropriate response no matter how you look at it. There's nothing wrong with a "No cussing club" or a "no cussing week."
I was trying to think of what would upset me enough to leave a death threat to anyone. I couldn't really think of what... There are people I don't like, or even despise. People that I think aren't worth the "powder to blow them to hell" to quote something my dad used to say. But a death threat? To a fourteen year old boy? Where in the world does that come from?
I know I can curse up a blue streak myself so a no cussing week would be admittedly difficult for me. But I try not to be inappropriate in public situations or to deliberately offend anyone.
If you believe life is precious as most people do or at least they state that they do: then stop threatening people.
Death threats are unseemly in "noble" instances (and I'm not sure what that case would be) but over a fourteen year olds desire to clean up people's language with a no cussing week... No way in the world.
Why does this issue even bother anyone that much that they care enough to leave such messages at all?
I truly don't get it.
G'night,
Laura
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Wet cell phones don't work well and to quote an old phrase "Where's the beef?"
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Well, it finally happened.
I’ve had a cell phone for around 10 years and always took care of it and they lasted forever it seemed.
Everyone else replaced their phones on whim with fancy phones & I stuck to cheap basic phones without anything I didn’t need.
So after only 3 phones in all that time (and one had to be replaced because some functions wouldn’t even work with upgraded service package… does that count?) it seems that I finally trashed one. I think I've only dropped a phone twice in the past no less into water...
I dropped my phone in a half filled cup of water. So needless to say it isn’t doing that well at the moment.
My son took it apart and dried it but the battery won’t work at all. He put a new “old” battery in it and now it’s charging.
Will see if it works tomorrow. If I’m lucky I won’t need a new phone.
Got my ticket to see Bill Maher and Ann Coulter part of the 2009 Speaker Series at Radio City Music Hall next week.
Should be a lively debate/discussion. Will be good to be in the city again, been a while as money’s short right now.
And get this: I purchased a $10 bus ticket to DC from NYC to visit son Collin. Bolt Bus. Amazing price. Visiting for a few days. Also going to visit a dear friend I grew up with in Virginia. Haven’t seen her in person in over 10 years.
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So Rush Limbaugh is still talking as if he is in charge of the republican party. Seriously?
The party can’t decide whether they love him or want to distance themselves from him because of what he keeps saying.
Creating a bit of a problem for those that disagree with Rush and state it because then Rush goes after them too (like Michael Steele).
Golly Gee with a friend like that who needs enemies?
What’s with the Back in Black outfit Rush was wearing and the open collar? Sunglasses and he’d be Roy Orbison, or was he going for Johnny Cash? Maybe if he added gold chains. I just don’t know. You a bad boy Rush, you be bad. (Meant only in a good way of course…)
If people put as much effort into doing constructive things and finding common ground instead of calling each other names, pointing fingers and wishing each other ill, we would have a far better climate to debate in.
(Just look at the comment sections of any article on politics and you’ll see the vehemence on both sides)
Also we could use a president that called everyone to action. Unified us against the economic mess.
Said something other than “buy stuff” a la Bush.
We need to help each other because by the time the government sorts anything out so many will be out of work, home and health insurance. An economic readjustment indeed.
We should be helping each other and being more proactive about what America needs to not only get through this “recession” but to improve our standing here and throughout the world.
If we don’t have money to help and a large portion of us are simply trying to live within our means and take care of our family-what can we do, what would help and where do we start?
Now there’s a million dollar, er trillion dollar, question.
G'night for now.
Laura
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Well, it finally happened.
I’ve had a cell phone for around 10 years and always took care of it and they lasted forever it seemed.
Everyone else replaced their phones on whim with fancy phones & I stuck to cheap basic phones without anything I didn’t need.
So after only 3 phones in all that time (and one had to be replaced because some functions wouldn’t even work with upgraded service package… does that count?) it seems that I finally trashed one. I think I've only dropped a phone twice in the past no less into water...
I dropped my phone in a half filled cup of water. So needless to say it isn’t doing that well at the moment.
My son took it apart and dried it but the battery won’t work at all. He put a new “old” battery in it and now it’s charging.
Will see if it works tomorrow. If I’m lucky I won’t need a new phone.
Got my ticket to see Bill Maher and Ann Coulter part of the 2009 Speaker Series at Radio City Music Hall next week.
Should be a lively debate/discussion. Will be good to be in the city again, been a while as money’s short right now.
And get this: I purchased a $10 bus ticket to DC from NYC to visit son Collin. Bolt Bus. Amazing price. Visiting for a few days. Also going to visit a dear friend I grew up with in Virginia. Haven’t seen her in person in over 10 years.
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So Rush Limbaugh is still talking as if he is in charge of the republican party. Seriously?
The party can’t decide whether they love him or want to distance themselves from him because of what he keeps saying.
Creating a bit of a problem for those that disagree with Rush and state it because then Rush goes after them too (like Michael Steele).
Golly Gee with a friend like that who needs enemies?
What’s with the Back in Black outfit Rush was wearing and the open collar? Sunglasses and he’d be Roy Orbison, or was he going for Johnny Cash? Maybe if he added gold chains. I just don’t know. You a bad boy Rush, you be bad. (Meant only in a good way of course…)
If people put as much effort into doing constructive things and finding common ground instead of calling each other names, pointing fingers and wishing each other ill, we would have a far better climate to debate in.
(Just look at the comment sections of any article on politics and you’ll see the vehemence on both sides)
Also we could use a president that called everyone to action. Unified us against the economic mess.
Said something other than “buy stuff” a la Bush.
We need to help each other because by the time the government sorts anything out so many will be out of work, home and health insurance. An economic readjustment indeed.
We should be helping each other and being more proactive about what America needs to not only get through this “recession” but to improve our standing here and throughout the world.
If we don’t have money to help and a large portion of us are simply trying to live within our means and take care of our family-what can we do, what would help and where do we start?
Now there’s a million dollar, er trillion dollar, question.
G'night for now.
Laura
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Snow day and endless news loops of Democrats and Republicans bitching...
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Snow, snow everywhere!
No school tomorrow finally a snow day.
It's supposed to snow tomorrow too. Maybe I'll get a nice walk in the snow before it turns into sleet or rain.
The first two segments on 60 minutes were really worth watching.
The first was on Bernie Madoff and Harry Markopolos who was the man that tried to blow the whistle on Madoff to the SEC in 2000 and numerous times thereafter.
Neither the democrats or the republicans are effective. Government should have done something about this scheme and it didn't. Seems regulation and deregulation have the same effect with our piss poor system.
::sigh::
Watch the 60 minute segment on Madoff here it was interesting (and frustrating at the same time).
Snow, snow everywhere!
No school tomorrow finally a snow day.
It's supposed to snow tomorrow too. Maybe I'll get a nice walk in the snow before it turns into sleet or rain.
The first two segments on 60 minutes were really worth watching.
The first was on Bernie Madoff and Harry Markopolos who was the man that tried to blow the whistle on Madoff to the SEC in 2000 and numerous times thereafter.
Neither the democrats or the republicans are effective. Government should have done something about this scheme and it didn't. Seems regulation and deregulation have the same effect with our piss poor system.
::sigh::
Watch the 60 minute segment on Madoff here it was interesting (and frustrating at the same time).
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