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Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, News, Uncategorized.
Wake up people. Our country is being sold out from under us. Dubai is seeking to buy a 19.9% stake in the exchange, and it’s Democrats that are wondering about national security issues?
The announcement set off a firestorm of criticism in Washington, prompting President Bush to comment today in a news conference, “We’re going to take a good look at it, as to whether or not it has any national security implications involved in the transaction. I’m comfortable with the process to go forward.”
I’m sure that the president is just fine with all of this. He has been selling off this country a piece at a time for years now. Conservative? Right. If you’re buying that bill of goods you’re an imbecile. The good people of Halliburton have moved their headquarters to Dubai, isn’t that ironic? No actually it’s all just rather convenient.
Bush/Cheney and their corporate partners are pimping this nation. Does that make it base enough for some of the less informed out there?
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, News, Uncategorized.
Is this for real? I can’t believe that anybody other than the United Nations would be giving Ahmadinejad a forum. This is a man that gleefully plots our nation’s destruction! Freedom of speech has its limits, nevermind that the guy isn’t even an American and therefor not entitled to any “free speech” rights in this country. I wonder if he’ll rant against the zionists or declare the holocaust a hoax while nibbling from a deli plate provided by some adoring sad sack that considers his or herself “educated” and “enlightened”.
I sincerely hope the University of Florida will be making their security team available to Columbia! I wonder if the Iranian President has managed to learn a little english… “Don’t taze me bro!”
Posted on September 18th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: News, Uncategorized.
This is just weird. A meteorite crashes near a village in the Andes and people start becoming sick. The next thing we’ll be hearing is that mutants are ravaging the countryside, or the dead are rising from their graves and devouring flesh. *shivers*
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Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.
Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a “strange odor,” local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.
Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Uncategorized.
You have to love that these morons that are dealing with O J Simpson are also taping everything. While the tape at TMZ is interesting (O J yelling about this dealer stealing his stuff), the other tapes that detail the hiding of money for O J in offshore accounts appeals to me more. This guy should be BROKE. The fact that he murdered two people and still lives like a prince is one of the most disgusting aspects of the whole scene.Â
Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Just Dumb, News, Uncategorized.
O J has been arrested for his part in an armed robbery involving his own sports memorabilia. First of all, who the hell is buying this guy’s JUNK? I suppose that’s neither here nor there… but it does make me laugh. At least the golf courses of this country are shy one double murderer, which is not to say that golf courses are no longer full of CROOKS.
Hopefully this guy will do some time for this. It isn’t justice for the murders but it’s justice in the scheme of the universe. What an idiot this guy is. He just never learns!
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Posted on August 2nd, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Uncategorized.
Congressman Pomeroy of North Dakota was caught on video calling President Bush a clown. He was being pressed by rabid pro-impeachment fat chicks at the time and seemed irritated by the way they were pestering him and spewing off statistics. The one broad (wearing the orange tank) was RUDE and OBNOXIOUS. I support impeachment, hell I want Bush prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but their approach needs a lot of work. Give the guy proof that his constituents want impeachment. Don’t tell the guy what people in New York, or LA want. Anyway, back on topic… is what the congressman said about Bush offensive? Is it poor form? I say no. I would go a lot further than clown in describing what this man is. A clown (although I loathe them) is supposed to be humorous… there is NOTHING humorous about what this president has done to this country. The most offensive part of what Pomeroy said is how inaccurate a description it really is.
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Uncategorized.
So I’ve been renovating the old rental property… and what an adventure it has been. First of all let me just say that “do it yourself” isn’t such an awful thing. I have been dreading this whole thing for months now and for what? I am actually having fun doing this stuff! Sweating sucks, being sore for days after painting trim stinks, but nothing beats the feeling of stepping back a few paces, taking in how great everything looks and realizing YOU did it.
This week we had new carpet put in, refurbised all of the old closet hardware with a coat of spraypaint (it actually looks brand new… there is an art to it), put in some new plantings, trimmed the shrubbery, installed dining room lighting and ceiling fans and finished the trim on the outside of the house. The thing is POPPING!Â
Lessons learned to date? First of all, handyman is synonymous with HALF ASSED. We had some idiot replace some exterior wood siding and fix some popcorn ceiling (yeah I hate popcorn too but I’m not scraping all of that off). He did neither job with any degree of skill and the popcorn job that he did actually looks awful. I could have done it myself and had it come out much better and the guy charged me top dollar for the work he did. First mistake… getting a friendly referral. Second mistake… paying upfront. I chalk it up to a lesson learned and one that will carry over for the rest of my life and hopefully the kids’ lives as well… don’t be afraid to TRY. Painting requires some degree of skill. Mud work and drywall takes some bit of ability. Claiming you’re a handyman takes nothing more than saying that’s what you are, “I’m a handyman,” there it’s official. Oh did I mention he was supposed to repair some wiring and didn’t? How about the garage door that he didn’t fix either? By the time I was done I was just happy to be rid of the guy. Best part… this joker wanted to charge me $4200 to paint the outside of the house. I bought a paint sprayer (that I’ll have forever) and the materials to do the job myself and spent under $1000.00! I can only imagine what the paint job would have looked like had this guy done it!Â
Still to be done… the kitchen cabinets and countertops. I’m going to the local megastore to buy prefab oak cabinets that are ready for stain. I’m not too thrilled about cutting my teeth on this kind of a job… I don’t want to ruin the cabinets with a lousy go at the staining process but *shrugs* no guts no glory. I’m fairly artistic so I should be able to get an even coat going… and eventhough I could use the paint sprayer for this job too, I think I’ll do it the old fashioned way.
Shout out to the old man… painting the trim in the patio I realized that you were the last person to do that job back in 1992. Believe it or not, it still looked great and I marveled at how you free handed it all and didn’t botch it. I decided to go the freehand route too, but I had a wet rag to fix “errors”. I can’t believe that paint job lasted 15 years! Where the hell has the time gone.
Until next time readers, yours in paint, sawdust and dirt.
Posted on June 22nd, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, News, Uncategorized.
The big question I have for Rep. King and others within my party is why SAUDI ARABIA is not on the list of nations that sponsor terrorism. What is it about the fact that Saudi Arabia’s government supports terrorist “schools” called madrasahs all over the world, that escapes them? Why are they not scrutinized? Why have we not achieved JUSTICE for the dead of 9/11 by holding those bastards to some level of accountability? Does anybody remember when Rudy Giuliani returned to the Saudis the blood money that they tried to appease us with after 9/11? Do you think maybe HE gets it?
I don’t have an issue with limiting Pelosi’s ability to travel to terrorist nations; I just want to make sure that ALL terror supporting countries are properly recognized. Mr. King would make better use of his time asking the current administration which heads up the State Dept., Homeland Security, and the CIA why it is that they are IGNORING the pink elephant in the room that is Saudi Arabia and why it’s been like this for nearly six years now. Your list is incomplete Congressman King… in the interests of being THOROUGH, you should petition for this list to be expanded.
Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, Just Dumb, My Life, Uncategorized.
Where the hell have I been, is a question that I often get when it comes to this blog. I don’t know, I suppose because a lot of what I write about on here is serious I get a little burned out. What is there to say that I have not said about Iraq? We’re screwed, we have to leave, there is no “winning” there. We’ve sacrificed enough blood and treasure on a lost cause. This isn’t about the United States, this is about a bunch of nuts that have hated one another for thousands of years and the fact that we (like the British before us… and the Romans before them), must come to understand that some things are beyond our control.Â
I have said it before and I will say it again. Whoever succeeds Bush must be bold. Our troops must be withdrawn to Kuwait and stationed at bases that are outside of the cities/towns/ and villages of Iraq and tasked with one thing… defending the oil. If they want a civil war, so be it. If they want to kill one another, I say we let them. Let Iran and Saudi Arabia invest their fortunes and their sons in sorting this all out. The next president will have a “pass” to act boldly and to lay the costs of such boldness (namely allowing mass slaughter to occur in Iraq) at the feet of George W. Bush. Let the Iraqis see how legitimate the overtures of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria have been. Let them finally see that the true allegiance of those “neighbors” is to themselves and to their hatred of the United States. Iraq is little more than a means to an end for those nations, nothing more and nothing less. If Islam is love then let’s see how her two sects deal with one another and how they bring about peace and harmony for their brethren. The false concern of Iran, the Saudis, the Syrians and all the rest is a sickening thing to behold and it is high time that their true agendas be exposed.
So, as you can see I find that there is little more to say on the matter. Diplomacy will not work until such a time as we have removed ourselves from the situation. Then we will see how Arabs (and Persians) deal with middle eastern matters. They keep claiming Iraq is a matter for the region to resolve… so why not give them what they want? We should have remained focused on Pakistan and Afghanistan and this whole “well we’re there” attitude where it concerns Iraq is NONSENSE. Yeah we’re there, so what?! How is it that fool is defined? Is it not the fool that repeats the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the policies of this government as Exhibit A… it is they that have made the United States look the part of the fool. Our might is without equal but with no clear target, who the hell do we direct that power toward?
Immigration? Twelve million plus people here not paying taxes. Do we just allow that to continue? Do we sanction the illegal deeds of immigrants that have come to this country through illicit means? What do we say to those that are actually working towards becoming legitimate citizens through the proper channels and likely spending thousands of dollars for the privilege to be an American? It’s all madness. Who should we punish? I think you start with the businesses that make it worthwhile for these people to come here. If they could not find work, they would not come. No schooling, no healthcare, no services period. If they could not obtain services from our government, they would not come. So perhaps we should start by making it less attractive to come here in the first place. In addition we might consider making Mexico’s government responsible for the plight of its people. Does that not make sense? We’re being invaded and corporate america is LOVING IT.Â
People used to describe the United States as “fair” and “just” there is nothing fair or just about the way that the major issues in this country are being handled. The whole thing top to bottom is a heaping pile of excrement. We throw good money after bad incessantly. We accept this behavior as status quo. Is it? Seems to me that until this country has a serious wake-up call (economic collapse) we are not going to get the big picture.
Forget about the military, forget about the possibility that some scumbag is going to enter this country with a nuke. When you compare “possibilities” like those against the realities of a sagging dollar and a debt that we’re starting to have a hard time finding financing for, you start to see the real threat to this country. We’re losing our place, the dollar is likely going to be replaced by the euro as the prefeered currency throughout the world. Does anybody fail to see how dangerous that is? Do we not see the cancer that is devouring this country from the inside out? Energy through the roof, the diminishing power of the dollar, the breakneck speed at which we are spending ourselves into oblivion, these are the true threats to our national security. And now, we find that even our core, our soul is up for sale. Even being “American” is just being cavalierly tossed off as trivial.
So why haven’t I been blogging in a while? It’s just too damned depressing. One man amongst 300 million lemmings seems like stiff odds to me.
Posted on April 24th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Entertainment, Uncategorized.
Let me premise this review and request that you watch ‘The Lost Room’ with the following disclaimer.  The show is tough to describe and tougher to explain. It is different and as such is worthy of your time. I make a feeble attempt at wrapping this show into a neat little bundle, but it is a near impossibility. Even after six hours of watching you won’t know quite know what to make of it… you’ll just know that it was a great bit of viewing and you’ll wish there was more. At least I did.
‘The Lost Room’ is a three part miniseries that was shown on the Scifi Channel late last year.  Think of ‘Twilight Zone’, meets ’Lost’, meets ‘The Sopranos’, yeah it’s quirky like that. When I had originally seen the show advertised on Scifi, I chose to skip it. My reasons were two fold. One I didn’t get the premise of the show and two I’m not a big fan of Julianna Margulies. So, when the wife brought home the DVD a week or so ago, I balked and said “It was on Scifi and I didn’t watch it, why would I watch it now?” Lucky for me, she watched the first couple of episodes and convinced me that, “I had to watch it!”Â
‘The Lost Room’ is a great ride into the completely absurd. The premise is that there are one hundred objects that were in a motel room and were somehow endowed with all sorts of crazy little abilities. For instance, there is a watch that hardboils eggs. Yep, that’s right, you put an egg next to it and it cooks it in the shell. There is a comb that can stop time for a few seconds. There is a glass eye that can either destroy flesh or mend it.  Then there is the key the object that can grant you access to the motel room from which all of the other objects appeared and from where you can access any point on the globe.  Are you still with me? The how and the why when it relates to these objects and the strange abilities they possess is not so much the main focus of the tale but it is the underlying subtext. You keep asking how and why, but those answers aren’t truly forthcoming.
At it’s base this is the story of a detective who through no fault of his own (he’s investigating a strange homicide) becomes aware of these objects when one of the people involved with the killings exposes him to the key.  In using the key the detective ends up losing his daughter inside the motel room. The focus of the story is his search for his daughter and his encounters with all sorts of people that are searching for, or in possession of the one hundred objects that are endowed with the various odd powers described above. There are crazed cultists, do gooder types and selfish individuals all rabidly looking to obtain these objects, even if it means killing one another.Â
The show is constantly answering questions only to present more. While that has been an irksome curse when it comes to ‘Lost’ in the case of this show, enough is answered and quickly enough that you never become bored by the premise. What are the objects? Are they pieces of God? If and when you are able to obtain all one hundred objects will you be able to commune with God? Will you become God? Is the motel room just a hole in time and space, a weird point of existence that connects a whole series of alternate realities? I don’t know and by the time this miniseries ends you won’t know either. But you will wonder and that to me is a great thing. ‘The Lost Room’ shines because it engages your imagination.Â
The acting is superb and the writing is crisp eventhough you are left to scratch your head. This was supposed to be a candidate for a series, and there is PLENTY here to expand upon. I hope that they do make a series but ratings for the original broadcast didn’t exactly set the world on fire. This is why I am mentioning it here. Scifi Channel is going to reshow all three parts tomorrow April 25th from 7PM to 1AM. Set your DVR, set your VCR (you old bastards), sit yourself in front of the set, I don’t care… but definetly check out ‘The Lost Room’. Maybe I can make up for being a cynic and skipping it the first time around, maybe it has a shot if it brings in strong numbers tomorrow night. Regardless, you won’t be disappointed. ‘The Lost Room’ is quality entertainment and well worth your time. If you’re a ‘Twilight Zone’ or ‘Outer Limts’ fan this is a must see!
