Tuesday....Maybe not D-Day for the country

  Well, come Wed. morning ,the dust will have settled and we will know which direction the country will be heading in But, that is out of my hands.I hope it is heading in the right direction,meaning left direction. Hopefully the majority will see through the hate, from the Nazi Tealiban fools, and make the right decision.I know I did my part.
  This brings me to what I think, will happen.I think a fair amount of the Tealiban will get in,not all ,but a few.I also think that with in a short period of time ,the American people will be saying WTF!!I think the public will see how unprepared these folks are to lead .The emperor has no clothes. I have been thinking that maybe it might not be such a bad idea, to have a few of these fools get in.It will show Americans,just  how they badly they misjudged them, and how ill prepared they are to govern.It will only help the country in the long run.Short term ,maybe not so good .Long term ..it might be just what is needed.
  When 2012 approaches it will have a strong bearing on which direction the country is really going.With these fools failing ,the Palin's,Gingrich's, De Mint's,etc will be knocked out of the equation. Then it will be time for us to put our foot on Obama's neck and have him try to do the stuff he said he was going to do the first time around. Gitmo,DADT,more Gay support,out of Afghanistan,environmental issues,etc. I think he has done a great job,all things considered,but there is plenty,plenty of room for improvement.
  I also think it is time to look at some of the social programs that are out there .Third or Fourth generation welfare cases.Finding and keeping employment The lack of respect in the Black neighborhoods.The massive drug epidemic. The housing crisis. The hunger issues,etc,etc,etc. There is a lot of work to be done. We can sit on the sidelines and whine,or we can roll up our sleeves and actually pitch in.
  So, I am not looking at Tuesday as all doom and gloom, as I have been. I am looking at it as a new beginning.Let them get in,fall on their faces, and we can move on ,in the right,or left,direction!

Nazi Tealiban Baggers

  The Tea Bag Party, from here on in, will never be called that by me again.As of yesterday, they are the Nazi Tealiban.They are America's greatest threat to freedom. If you don't agree with them ,they either give you a beat down ,at worst, or shout you down ,spewing their Bible passages. That makes them right,because God is on their side.Sounds just like another terrorist organization.Different God,same message.
  The right wing battle cry is that all Muslims  are terrorists.WRONG!! Some terrorists are Muslims.Some terrorists are Irish ,some terrorists are German,and some terrorists are Americans.It is the American ones I am most concerned about.
  They wave their Bible and tell you it is God's choice. They assault you and tell you God is on their side.They kill and say God says it is OK.
   We all know about Oklahoma.What is not as well known ,or forgotten,  is the bombing and killings at abortion clinics.The poor lady killed at the Atlanta Olympics.The abortion doctor, killed in church,no less. The airplane that was flown into the IRS building.The policemen killed through out the country,by people demanding their rights. The people killed in Tennessee,by the man working on a hit list of liberals.
   The beat down ,the other night,in Kentucky.The disruption at the town hall meetings.The cursing at the Black congressmen. It is perfectly alright to mess with someone else's rights.That never seems to be an issue with them. The bullying issues going on. Where is the outrage over these suicides and hatred, on the right?It doesn't exist.God hates fags! Fred Phelps,another American terrorist.
  This is our country,today.What a mess.Politicians saying out and out lies ,to appeal to the basic voting base.Talk radio,amping up the hate, for ratings,Fox news,doing the same.No one taking one bit of responsibility!NO ONE!
  It all comes down to Tuesday and election day.You can let these folks have their way,and win .Or you can vote them back to the stone age.This country will never be the same if they win.They can dress it up anyway they want ,but it is hate.Plain and simple.The Nazi Tealiban Baggers. They have already shown us .It is their way or the highway. My God is better than your God ,and I will kill you if you don't agree with me.
   We do not have a Muslim problem.We have an American problem.

The Year of the Nut-Job

  What happened this year? How did so many "fringe" candidates get to be a force on the political landscape? Angle,Palidino,O'Donnell,Greene,Miller,Rubio,Whitman,and a host of others. This is scary times,indeed.The fact that these whacks could actually make a difference in our lives, says way too much, about the direction the country is heading. The fact that this is only a few of the people running,says even more.
  I saw a "gentleman" on The Maddow show the other day who should be in the loony bin .Instead he is running for a Congressional seat in Oregon. With Palin,Bachman,DeMint leading the way ,our country is so headed in the wrong direction.They wish to push the religious button on us and make us walk in their shoes. I am happy in my own shoes.
  The way these people are twisting facts to fit their agenda  is also pretty scary.They incite violence,yet step back and disavow it, when it happens.They incite racism ,yet say,that's not what they meant.They have made being a Muslim a dirty word,because it doesn't fit their perception of God!
I have heard it being said that Obama is not the man we voted for. I have to agree with that to a certain extent. I would also have to say  that not voting a straight Democratic ticket would let these fools win .If they win ,we lose!
  Whatever misgivings one may have for Obama,please don't take your eye off the big picture.He seems to be doing the best he can ,under conditions no President has ever had to face.To vote for a 3rd party or  to do a write in is just handing the ball over to "them".This is NOT the time to cut your nose off to spite your face.
  I am not happy with all the Democratic office seekers. I feel the Dem's have let way to many opportunities slide by. But having said that,they are still miles and miles ahead of what the alternative is.
  When you go to vote next month,think and think hard.Do you want someone who wants to extend your rights? Or do you want someone who wants to take them away?Do you want to be ruled  in a free society? Or do you want to be ruled by moral hypocrites?For me the choice is obvious.As plain as the nose on my face.The one I won't cut off !

John Lennon

Today is the birthday of John Lennon.70 years old is what he would have been.Imagine.This man has influenced me more than any other public figure and he has been dead for almost twenty years.
I was ten years old when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan.My music tastes at the time were none.I was into westerns and war movies. Red Sox baseball and Patriots football.Music, really, didn't mean a thing to me.But like the rest of the country ,I sat glued to the TV that night.Who were these guys that made the girls scream like that? What the heck was that type of music? And that hair?What was that all about?
The bus ride to school the next day,was filled with a bunch of kids talking, about what we had just seen. The hair!The way the girls screamed. The way our parents were putting them down.That right there was a big thing. If our parents didn't like them,then, they must be good.
The years went along.The Monkees and Herman's Hermits became the groups I was into.The Beatles were a little too far out for me.The hair became super long.The music was not so simple.And then I heard the White Album.My life changed again.The Monkees got kicked to the curb,and I started to grow my hair.I started to listen to Hendrix,The Doors,Cream,and The Rolling Stones. And I also adopted the lifestyle that went with listening to that stuff
Through out this whole period there was one voice.Even when I didn't think I was listening,there was one voice shouting louder than everyone else.John Lennon.He was saying crazy stuff.Peace.Love.Harmony.I wasn't listening,yet I was.Somehow, he entered my subconscious and indirectly my heart and soul.I became big in the peace movement,Big in the hippie life.Big in the whole subculture of that time.
The Beatles broke up,and life went on.Lennon put out an album for the ages.He showed  me it was all right to be confused.He pointed out the class struggles of the working man.He told me not to believe in anything ,except myself.
I took and ran with these ideals.And I wasn't the only one.
The man shaped a whole generation.Anyone that is pushing 50 or older has Lennon to thank among other's.He was the voice.If you are speaking out against war.If you are speaking out against human rights violations.If you are questioning the government.The list goes on. The reason he influenced me was that for the most part he put his money where his mouth was.He was real.He marched. He questioned.He wrote and sang about it.And most of all, he tried to do something about it.
70,today. Wow!He left us way too early.We all know that.I am not even going to get into that sad part of mine and everyone else's period.The fact remains ,that John Lennon changed my life.And I am glad he did.I am ,who I am today,because I have tried to follow the blueprint he laid out. I haven't even come close to succeeding in so many things that he put forward,but what is really cool ,is that he didn't either.He was a human being.Full of greatness and full of faults.And I am so glad that for a brief period ,I was able to share this earth with him.
Thank you John,and Happy Birthday!

The Fix is in at Fox

Sarah,Huck,and anyone else you care to mention are either contributor's,or have their own shows at Fox News.Granted they haven't announced they are running for president ,in 2012,but they sure are sticking their toes in the water.It appears  that Fair and Balanced Fox is giving them a free platform to do this.I don't watch Fox News ,so I really don't know what goes on there. I do see clips online and watch MSNBC and get the cliff notes .I am aware that it is as about as right wing as MSNBC is left.Having said that,I can't understand how it is legal for Fox to continue to have these folks on and not have an opposition voice. That is something MSNBC does have.Fox claims to be a neutral news organization ,but when they contribute a million dollars to the republican party ,that cancels the neutrality.When they are pushing the right wing  and only the right wing  that cancels the neutrality.This is a two party system here in the USA but if Fox was the only station you watched ,you would not think so . They push the Muslim hate. They push the birth certificate doubt. They push the Iran fear.They don't report news that even looks to be fair for the Democrats. And they yell about how their ratings are the best ,so they must be the best.
An analogy I often use now is that the Red Sox  always sell out .Every game ,sell out. Meanwhile the Tampa Bay never sells out. They had to give away tickets the other night. But Tampa finished the season in first,while the Red Sox were in third .Just because the Red Sox had more fans,doesn't mean they are a better team.
I personally think Fox should be stripped of it's news accreditation's,until they  join a level playing field.They are to Fair and Balanced ,what Dick Cheney is to not having conflict of interest.