tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55025012011-10-27T23:13:21.208-07:00POVs, political rants and stream of consciousness meanderings.mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-55362752636749655222011-10-27T23:13:00.000-07:002011-10-27T23:13:21.243-07:00

Wow! I just watched the best World Series game I've ever seen! That includes the Oakland A's win with Reggie Jackson's three homeruns, and all the previous series games since 1966. The Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals battled into extra innings, with Texas up three games to two at the start of the sixth game of the World Series. And for 8-and-one-half innings it looked like Texas would

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I feel I'm watching the dissolution of a nation in the fight between Democrats and Republicans over the debt ceiling. I get this deja vu sense of Nero fiddling as Rome burns, and it's certainly a possibility that we'll all feel the sting from this debacle. Who are these idiots we've elected, anyway? And what are they thinking?

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-8334632149494032462011-06-29T17:22:00.000-07:002011-06-29T17:22:52.387-07:00

Among the several "conservative," right-wing talk show hosts that stink up the airwaves is a loud-mouthed lout named Marc Levine (Mark? whatever!) This guy is an insult-slinging, name-calling basher who targets the president, the Democrats in Congress and all "liberals," whom he labels socialists, communists, left-wing wingnuts, etc. Levine is not heavy in the language department, so he resorts

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-85723688611363207212011-01-18T20:02:00.000-08:002011-01-18T20:13:13.607-08:00

"A new life. The core." A line from the film "Eden Log," which I began to watch as I sit here typing. The trailer for the film mesmerized me, so I guessed the complete story would be worth a watch. Magic happens once in a while, usually without prompting, effort or knowledge-aforethought. Magic happens constantly in our lives, mostly without our noticing or recognizing the fact, even when it's

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-88450779928678537972010-09-01T23:30:00.000-07:002010-09-01T23:30:33.265-07:00

Jeez, fall has crept in. It's the first time since I've lived on the South Plains that the August weather hasn't been hot, hot and hotter, then hot again. With a few thunderstorms thrown in. Cool, blue-sky days have moved into the region and it's a welcome, if strange, experience. But enough of that mundane blather. America's wicked, wild and weird political season is in full throat and roaring

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My teeth are on edge and I'm feeling paranoid about  the universe plotting my downfall! But I wanted to note that Christopher Nolan is the Jimi Hendrix of filmmakers (if you don't get the reference, don't even think about it, OK). He's on a roll, to say the least, and his scripts are so inventive, imaginative, slightly out-of-whack and slippery, as well as colorful and, often, funny. But that's

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This nation's body politic is ill. Very ill! I cannot understand how the electorate allows itself, time and time again, to be fooled by blowhards, zealots with a lust for power, liars and just-plain-cheats. Seems to me that radio personalities are given lofty positions as all-seeing, all-knowing arbiters of truth and politics. Of course, the majority of the "big guns" in radio talk-show formats

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I'm so sick of the polarization in American politics. I'm sick of both the Republican and Democratic parties, whose practitioners are making a mockery of the most beautiful political system in the world. And every voter and citizen blessed to live in this nation ought to be decrying their foolishness and folly. Politics, the political system, is meant to be used, in my opinion, to further the

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-57407928968129169772009-11-01T23:14:00.000-08:002009-11-02T00:48:29.640-08:00

"Say hello to my little friend."What a crazy world this is! I've been sucking O2 for 58 years beneath these azure skies, listening to the electrical whirling of the wind flowing over the slopes of the Rockies to the West, and onto the plateau upon which I sit, here on the South Plains, and I've seen some really weird stuff in my time.(Oh god, I'm sounding like a character out of a Dickens novel [

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Please, would all you officious political pundits who're striving mightily to derail any substantive debate about America's healthcare system just draw a few clear, unequivocal lines in the proverbial sand? Why not honestly state that the GOP's Conservatives want to deconstruct Social Security and use the funds to bolster the military; that they want to do away with Medicare and Medicaid along

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The GOP's tired old ad-hominum attack strategy is still effective, though, thankfully, far less so than it was 20 years ago, or even eight years ago.Notice how the conservative or right-wing talk show hosts constantly sneer at President Obama as "the anointed one," and how they state that, once opposing viewpoints are presented to Obama, "he just can't take it." The Republican Party is using the

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-51402056840061917112009-08-06T23:53:00.001-07:002009-08-06T23:54:36.154-07:00

Just a quick post because I'm hazy, lazy and downright beat from driving to Fort Worth and back in one day ... whew!Anyway, just saw Peter Jackson's preview of "The Lovely Bones" and it looks creepy and beautiful. Also checked out a trailer for a flick titled "Grace," which looks truly horrifying.Have a great weekend one and all.

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-52963075989432766372009-06-13T16:56:00.001-07:002009-06-13T18:21:07.847-07:00

Well, it's a sad and bleak fact that the economic condition of America the beautiful is, to say the least, sick. Oh, the spin doctors are grabbing hold of any "good" news to blazon across the headline spaces, "Economy is on the mend," or "Jobless rate slows," etc.But people represent the statistics and people are suffering terribly because of lost income, lost homes and wrecked marriages (

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-9070416399749032682008-11-22T17:52:00.000-08:002008-11-22T19:28:38.470-08:00

Watching the Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma game and I think Brent Musberger must be going blind. The old goat couldn't call an accurate play when Batch or another Tech receiver clearly caught the football in bounds and had it knocked out of his grasp AFTER hitting the ground by the defensive player. It was a ridiculous call by the referees but an even more ridiculous call by Musberger because he got to

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-15258924459151976252008-11-08T10:54:00.000-08:002008-11-08T11:44:20.578-08:00

Well, here we are in the waning days of the Bush presidency and the extent and breadth of the damage his Republican team has wrought on this nation is only now becoming clear to the vast majority of people. We the people ... what sadness that phrase evokes in my mind. We the people elected this man TWICE to lead us down a road of unfettered greed, rule by brute force, knee-jerk decision-making

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-60407462812842774522008-08-31T11:16:00.001-07:002008-08-31T11:37:22.401-07:00

God must be pissed off at the GOP!Well, Hurricane Gustav is raging in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to harm thousands of people and demolish wide swaths of land across Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. And if the right wing evangelicals stay true to form, then they must embrace the underlying, clear meaning of Gustav's appearance just ahead of the GOP's national convention. It means,

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-69807172896168517612007-10-20T19:54:00.000-07:002007-10-20T20:02:06.982-07:00

I am so sick of this adminstration's lies and subterfuge. How the president and vice president stand being themselves boggles my mind! I don't understand how these two men can cause so much needless suffering and bloodshed and act as though they're righteous, God-blessed sages of the New World Order.It was Poppa Bush who popularized the phrase New World Order, though no one in his administration

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-62825930470625005782007-04-28T15:06:00.000-07:002007-04-28T15:08:29.883-07:00

So i'm listening to the film "Nightwatch," a little Russian horror fiim that's very funny!I'm going to a wedding pre-game party tonight, although I'm not sure who's the guest of honor. Invited through a girlfriend.Anyway, just wanted to check in and see if Blogger was still operating, and it is, hooray!I'm out.

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1162673576449403982006-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:002006-11-04T12:52:56.463-08:00

Midterm electons in three days and the water is roiling and muddy. Typical American election, of course.I find it fascinating to note that Republicans -- particularly high profile conservatives -- are calling for the party faithful to stay home and not vote, or to vote for Democrats.It's not an unprecedented event in our political history, but it's deeply telling how passionate some notable

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1160334898234245592006-10-08T11:53:00.000-07:002006-10-08T12:23:10.266-07:00

This bit of news is worthy of note. Remember you saw this on this day and date because, I'm convinced, the Bush administration will ignore the situation in Afghanistan and allow the country to fall back under Taliban rule. Why? Because Dubya is fighting the war on terror with blind eyes and a muzzle on his brain's voice.To wit: 8 Oct. 2006: Gen. David Richards, a British officer who commands

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1159143060410358142006-09-24T16:31:00.000-07:002006-09-24T17:11:00.486-07:00

Men can be complete monsters. Murderers who think nothing of slaughtering human beings in the most gruesome fashion, cover themselves in blood and gore; taste the horror of another man's dying and laugh full out and giddy. And half an hour later, after a quick shower, hold a tiny baby in their hands and coo like a fool in love.Men are such strange, assinine creatures, aren't we?Men like Rumsfeld

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1158292799948775592006-09-14T20:51:00.000-07:002006-09-14T20:59:59.960-07:00

Words have power. Bush has power. Bush's words have powerIf the president wants to convey to the Islamic people that America is not a bigoted, religious zealot against Islam and its tenets then Mr. Bush ought to consider that his use of the phrase "islamo-fascist" may be an ill-thought-out idea. It sends the message to Muslims worldwide that America is trying to destroy Islam and that's an

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How do you like him now?All you who voted for George W. Bush, tell me honestly, how do you like him now? The incompetent disaster post-Katrina that is allowing one of America's true jewels, New Orleans, rot on the vine, is laid exactly at his feet.So how do you like him now?Iraq, the fiasco that was predictably and is now a complete human crime and military nightmare, is laid exactly at his

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Quit the empty-headed babbling and speak plainlyThe war in Iraq: Please explain to me how we're furthering the freedom of Americans by killing Iraqis today? This fight for Iraqi liberty, it translates to my freedom how? Are we going to make Iraq the 51st state? Are we adopting Iraq? How can people simply say "We're fighting in Iraq to protect America" and find widespread acceptance, without so

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1147662375208103962006-05-14T20:03:00.000-07:002006-05-14T20:06:15.216-07:00

A tiny tear welled up in my eyes tonight toward the end of the last episode of "The West Wing." It was a fitting tribute to the work of the writers and actors that brought me enjoyment and moments of deep reflection on civil matters from time to time.I had hoped that NBC or the actors or writers, whomever it is that made the show's demise inevitable, would have a change of heart and return for

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1147060192549147792006-05-07T20:31:00.000-07:002006-05-07T20:49:52.623-07:00

Damned DivX!I signed up for the DivX Crawler back in 2004. Never used the thing and now I can't get logged on to the Web site, and the support tab is a joke. Each time I try to sign in I get an error message, but no option to retrieve my password (which, apparently, has changed because I used the original password issued to me when I paid the fee in '04. Ah hell, what's the use. I'm growing more

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1146889011426929702006-05-05T21:05:00.000-07:002006-05-05T21:16:52.110-07:00

IneptitudeIt's mind-numbing to think that the U.S. is led by a group of inept, nitwits, but there it is. And with their cheerleaders chanting the mantra of "Hooray for us" 24/7 it's no wonder that most of the American voters have been hypnotized for five years, wandering through life in a daze. Thoughtlessness, sloppiness, wrong-thinking and bad decision-making are all rewarded by the

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1145989477579123672006-04-25T11:11:00.000-07:002006-04-25T11:24:37.676-07:00

Supply and demand = unfettered profits for oil magnatesThe free market principle of supply and demand allows sellers to set the price for their products based on the willingness of the consumer to pay. But what of the willingness principle? When the product sold is one necessary to the society's survival doesn't some greater responsiblity accrue to the seller? Doesn't a moral principle come into

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1144343885503620532006-04-06T09:50:00.000-07:002006-04-06T10:18:40.366-07:00

As the facts leak out, it becomes more apparent that the Bush administration has played the American public like a fiddle, and that we've all been lied to, duped and used like cheap hookers for the gratification of a small cadre of Ivy League elitistsThis today on the wire from AP:WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1143092760246851032006-03-22T21:35:00.000-08:002006-04-06T10:20:59.560-07:00

Well, it snowed tonight in LubbockYea, it's March 22 and we got our first snowfall of the season here in the Panhandle. It wasn't much to speak of but it was nice while it lasted. My mind has been so populated by unease and frustration the past week or so I found myself heaving a heavy sigh while standing outside watching the tiny flakes float downward to earth.Damned insurance company is fouling

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1139278123254090272006-02-06T17:16:00.001-08:002006-02-06T18:08:45.973-08:00

Yikes!President Bush has a real knack for making dark, deadly actions seem like down-home, rootsy, grandpa-on-the-porch-rocking-chair spinning homespun yarns. When the president says "I view this (action in Iraq) as war," he makes it sound like he's talking to a 3 year old with his singsong, life's-lots-of-fun vocalizations. And when he says "the hardest part of this job is knowing that it was my

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1139278118523537822006-02-06T17:16:00.000-08:002006-02-06T18:08:41.090-08:00

Yikes!President Bush has a real knack for making dark, deadly actions seem like down-home, rootsy, grandpa-on-the-porch-rocking-chair spinning homespun yarns. When the president says "I view this (action in Iraq) as war," he makes it sound like he's talking to a 3 year old with his singsong, life's-lots-of-fun vocalizations. And when he says "the hardest part of this job is knowing that it was my

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1136166403865840642006-01-01T17:20:00.000-08:002006-01-01T17:54:06.700-08:00

Happy New Year to one and all. Hope that this first day of 2006 found you in the arms of the one you love, in the mood for happiness, in a creative state of mind, making a spiritual breakthrough, an intellectual advance, a scientific discovery, etcetera, et al.I was listening to Glenn Beck, a conservative talk show guy whose style is less confrontational than Rush or his contemporaries, but whose

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1134870892485548032005-12-17T17:37:00.000-08:002005-12-17T17:54:52.496-08:00

I have a proposal. I suggest that George W. Bush be recruited as president of Iraq. He seems to care more about the voters in that country than he does those in the U.S. So let's just send Bush over to Iraq, place him at the head of the government and bid him farewell. He provides the Iraqis with billions of dollars, a military to protect THEIR RIGHTS, and a national business model a'la

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1134625306889585752005-12-14T21:36:00.000-08:002005-12-14T21:41:46.900-08:00

Well, the hijacking of America continues.Isn't it strange that the Bush administration is falling all over itself to lavish cash on Iraq and its citizens, but grows selfish when it comes to restoring New Orleans, an American city, to its former condition?Oh I know that many GOP faithful will say 'Hell, why should we rebuild New Orleans at all when the people there don't bother to take care of

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1133552534521463162005-12-02T11:39:00.000-08:002005-12-02T11:42:14.530-08:00

There's something weird about the Christmas season. The way people begin behaving is out of sync with the way they act the rest of the year, and that's weird! It's as if people really do think that Santa Claus is watching, so they start acting the way they think Santa might want them to. Oh, it's fine, I guess. If fewer acts of violence occur because someone wants a present or if less abuse of

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1131738454038932522005-11-11T11:42:00.000-08:002005-11-11T11:47:34.046-08:00

Just to get it on the record, the baloney that the right-wing pundits and cheerleaders have spread about the Valarie Plame case, to wit: "Who cares about this nonsense? Everyone in Washington knew Plame was a CIA agent because her husband, touted her CIA status at cocktail parties all across the Hill."Well, according to neighbors of Plame, friends of Plame and Attorney General Fitzgerald, "before

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1131687676744382282005-11-10T21:32:00.000-08:002005-11-10T21:41:16.756-08:00

And they say our political system has integritySomeone please explain to me how a man - George W. Bush - begins his political career in 1994 with a win in the Texas gubernatorial race, then goes on to run, and win, the nation's presidential race?Something's fishy here, to say the least. But then again, I suppose it's happened before. Wasn't Ronald Reagan's only office as governor of California

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1129511647479872022005-10-16T17:48:00.000-07:002005-10-16T18:15:06.700-07:00

Note to self -- no matter how bad things get, it's not the end of the world, unless it is.Bills, debts, debtors, money, money, money, money. That's the issue that's consuming my life these days. My college loan (a tidy $36,000 or so) takes a big bite out of my monthly income; combined with the auto payment, the rent, the $560 per month to my consolidated credit debts, I'm left with little, if

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1128226944769536772005-10-01T21:05:00.000-07:002005-10-01T21:22:25.353-07:00

Joss Whedon is the gentile SpielbergSeriously! Whedon can tell story like no one in the business today. His "Serenity" film is a wonderful trip through alternate realities, fully realized and cohesively unveiled.Whedon wields a mighty pen, so to speak. His storytelling is enthralling, believable, humorous and dark. I love the fact that the characters drive the story, not the special effects or

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1127970257549251482005-09-28T21:20:00.000-07:002005-09-28T22:06:25.616-07:00

Well, the new television season began last week and I've checked out a few of the new programs.Of the three science fiction "thrillers" that started this season, I pick "Surface" and "Theshold" as the best."Invasion" is too slow and plodding; too laid back and low-tech, and poorly structured. In short, no thrills. "Surface, however, has pizzaz and spook-factor, and "Threshold" definitely has

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1125803173411493152005-09-03T19:17:00.000-07:002005-09-03T20:06:13.450-07:00

What a load of crap the media industry is spewing forth into the minds of an already-muddle-brained public vis a vis oil prices, Hurricane Katrina, racism in New Orleans (and nationwide), and el presidente's misguided leadership.It's almost laughable, if the world's situation weren't so damned critical at the moment.The Bushmeister and his crew, as usual, are sending forth their minions to

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1121315954998906722005-07-13T21:28:00.000-07:002005-07-13T21:46:45.650-07:00

Wow! The battle between good and evil is taking place in South Park. Really!Since when did Republicans appoint themselves the arbiters of cultural purity? And who made the GOP the ONLY party of rational, clear-minded, sure-footed, all-knowing, wisdom-dispensing, spirit-lifting, omniscient demi-gods?I am truly baffled by the hordes of retarded doofuses who call in to the several right-wing talk

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1119837148621467122005-06-26T18:27:00.000-07:002005-06-26T19:11:36.316-07:00

AIDS: Was it created by science?A book written by an investigative journalist, titled "The River," posits the theory that Dr. Hilary Kaprowski and a small team of scientists working on polio vaccine in the Congo in 1956-1959 enabled the AIDS virus to jump into the human populace by using chimpanzee livers and kidneys as substrata for medium to grow the polio virus in. Is it plausible? Absolutely!

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1117586647999934662005-05-31T17:37:00.000-07:002005-05-31T17:44:08.006-07:00

Distant thunder from a brooding, dark sky.Well, it appears that we're in for another thunderstorm in the next few hours. The sky is nearly black and the trembling windows reverberating from electrical explosions some miles away is a dead giveaway.On another note, I think that "The Simpsons" is one of the most insightful social commentaries on television today!Sad isn't it. Our American society

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I've been thinking about scissors.Ever wonder why it is that scissors only cut from one side? That is to say, if you try to cut a piece of paper, for example, holding scissors in your left hand, forget it. You'll end up with a ragged, mutilated edge.Why is that, I wonder? I'm sure there's a Website that goes into the subject in depth but I'm too lazy today to bother. My guess is that the edge on

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1116908982167142792005-05-23T21:13:00.000-07:002005-05-23T21:29:42.173-07:00

Well, the "castor oil" has been applied and the Senate has avoided a disastrous move to dissolve the filibuster. With the old hounds of the Congress working together, both GOP and Democrat senators manaaged to thwart efforts on the radical right to slam tradition in the nose and set a precedent that still may destabilize the U.S. government.I find it hard to believe that people like Rush Limbaugh

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1109046332268295072005-02-21T19:50:00.000-08:002005-02-21T20:25:32.270-08:00

Ain't life funny!I've just been through the worst (well, maybe not the worst) three weeks of my life. Certainly the past 21 days rank right up there with some of the crummiest days I've had the displeasure to experience.But what the hell, life is a thorny pit of rose bushes, aromatic but capable of drawing blood.And so it goes.I'm finally winding down after nearly having a nervous breakdown - the

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1106018657981933692005-01-17T18:33:00.000-08:002005-01-17T19:24:17.980-08:00

A viewpoint on Social SecurityFor those of us who've accepted the notion that the Social Security system is in crisis and that the baby-boomers will deplete it utterly, I offer you a different point of view.Social Security, like all government programs, is funded by tax dollars generated by the American economy, right? And the American economy, we're told by the Bushmeister's minions, is

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Minority Report is not a myth!The film "Minority Report" is a beautiful piece of science fiction that captures a possible future that looks more and more possible, given the current climate in America today. We have the Homeland Security Act, which weakens the Bill of Rights considerably, markedly, and with the fear and paranoia the administration is cultivating, indeed, that the GOP will

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Creativity is a river that flows through the human spirit — through you and me and them — and should be allowed to flow unfettered by censorship, fear or religious ideology!I'm sick of the phony spiritualists and evangelicals who claim domain over God through their special brand of faith. These people are blinded by their own ideological mindsets. People, I guess, must have to believe in some

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The war in Iraq is a sack of s@#!Yea, the Iraqi celebratory brigade marches onward into the sunset as more military personnel (that's people, in case you were wondering) get maimed and killed, and for what? To catapult G.W. into the history books? What kind of lunacy are we, as a nation, willing to accept from our government? Apparently any kind at all. Including the useless slaughter of

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Thought and its role in my lifeThought. What is it? How does one explain the "voice" that processes impressions, sensations and perceptions and derives sometimes simple, sometimes complex scenarios within one's head by which one takes action.Thought is a process for me, one by which I examine issues, problems, questions, almost anything I can conceive, with an inner eye that's colored by my

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Another curve ball whiffed by the DemocratsAll the pundits I listened to during the past week said that the surprising polestar upon which the election turned was "moral values." Moral values?OK. If they say so it must be true, but I wonder how many people could explain exactly what they meant when they told the pollsters that they decided to vote for Bush based on moral values? I suspect many of

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Well, it's finally here! Time to elect a president!I'm glad I voted last week because I have a feeling the lines are going to be especially long tomorrow - election Tuesday. I'm sure we'll be in for a long night at the newspaper as the polls report and the night wears onward, and I hope that we have a CLEAR winner so the nation isn't thrown into a cauldron of boiling lawsuits and judicial fiasco

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Strange happenings going on 'round here!For some reason, when I click on the "View Blog" tab after posting I'm directed to a Linux Web page. Weird! I'm wondering if Homeland Security has installed some sort of Internet "net" that trolls cyberspace for hot-button words like al-Qaida or Bush or any number of possible iterations???Sound paranoid? Well, maybe, but since the Patriot Act was passed (

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Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?What has changed in your life since George W. Bush was installed as president of the United States? Have you seen a pay raise at work? Have gotten a better job? Have you lost your job? Have you been harassed by the FBI for something you posted on the Internet? Have you been questioned by Ashcroft agents for books you've purchased? Do you really

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Wearing out quickly under pressure ... Man, it's been a rugged two weeks and this is only a taste of things to come. We're installing new software at work and it's going to require an 80-hour course for everyone on the copy desk (that means me). Translation: We'll be coming to work at 8 a.m. and taking the DTI (software) course until noon. Then we'll be returning to work at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. or 3

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Feeling downhearted and BLUE – againYea, it's a woman and it's bad! I just can't get through these fits and starts phases when the women I involve myself with play push-pull. You know, pull you inward toward the inner sanctum while, at the same time, pushing outward, far, far away.So tonight I called my baby (I guess I can call her that ...) and she gives me a line about it being her old lover's

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Lance Armstrong! Enough said!Kudos go out to Lance Armstrong who, just about 15 minutes ago, won his sixth straight Tour de France, a record that will probably stand for decades and a milestone that cyclists worldwide can only wonder, in awe, about. Armstrong, a soft-spoken, strong-willed individual who overcame, against the odds, testicular cancer in 1998 and who, in 1999, began his trek toward

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Crazy George and his crew have a magic spin machine!Well, it looks like the Bushmeister and his homies are being exposed for the war-mongers they are, although I'm sure the thick-headed, staunch right-wing Bush supporters will dismiss the notion with a hurumph! But a committee of Republican and Democrat representatives has released phase one of its findings on the actions of the government during

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Monday blahs again. But I'm pushing through the muck and mire and WILL find a way to live!Here's a list of flicks that look interesting. Only one or two are in release, but most will open within the next month or two."I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," a Paramount offering starring BMW's driver Clive Owens and the sculpted Charlotte Rampling; "Ladder 49," starring John Travolta; a documentary titled "The

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1088470331161693122004-06-28T17:40:00.000-07:002004-06-28T17:52:11.163-07:00

Sweltering in the dark room of my fading lifeWhew! Sounds depressing eh? Well, hell, it is and that's a fact. But such is life and who cares anyway? We live in a nation whose time has reached a crossroads. Which road will we choose?Will we follow the Bushmeister over the cliff of bloody warfare in the name of god? Or will we find another way to alter the seemingly inexorable fall from grace that

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What a crummy week!Well, with a title like that it's easy to tell this won't be an uplifting entry, eh? Yea, I had a fall-off-a-cliff, bust my ass on a rock, tumble down a well kind of week, and it's not over yet!All day, for the past three days, I've been battling to cope with a toothache that just won't let up. I've gone through three tubes of Orajel, a 20-percent benzocaine salve that I squirt

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1086926990348404372004-06-10T21:06:00.000-07:002004-06-10T21:09:50.346-07:00

I've got me gecko and me blue-tongued lizard, but still I'm unhappy. So what's up with that?Yea, it's true, I'm not able to get no satisfaction and my fingers get tired doing the walking in this land of plenty. I'm in a dizzy spinning, out of control mode that seems to be my lot in life and I'm not entirely sure that's the way it's supposed to be. Is it?Who knows?But I've got to run because, per

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Well, well, the administration has turned around and arrested its major source for details about the inner workings of Saddam Husseins WMDs. Hmmmm.So, American soldiers stormed Ahmed Chalabi's house this morning and arrested the Bush adminstration's hope for the future vis a vis Iraq. Seems a bit fraudulent for the vice-president, the president and his cabinet to have used this guy as a major

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How can we win a war against people who live to die violently?Well, Bush has launched his nation-building effort via Iraq and the consequences, as predicted by not a few, have been predictably horrid. Despite warnings that we, as a nation, would have to float Iraq's boat, so to speak (read; pay the bills; feed the people; maintain law and order; suffer attacks from multiple factions and feed our

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1082938648639156842004-04-25T16:57:00.000-07:002004-04-25T17:20:31.110-07:00

Open market for ideas, thoughts, dreams and recycled genetic iterationsNot trying to be clever, really! I'm just wondering what the hell I'm doing spending my Sunday vegging out when I could be doing something productive; e.g. writing a short story, writing a letter I've been meaning to write, creating a birthday card that's overdue, praying for deliverance from this overburdened financial

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1082779082120551882004-04-23T20:48:00.000-07:002004-04-23T21:01:02.186-07:00

In honor of Earth Day I will not litter, or – as we say 'round these parts – "Don't mess with Texas.Well, it's another Friday night and I'm in a hurry to get to my baby's house. But I've got about 10 minutes to spare so I thought I'd just splatter some verbiage on this blog.I got a new harddrive (25 Gb) installed in my little iMac; also intalled DivX and Xvid so I can now watch DVD video - very

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Air America - finally voices from liberals and moderates that may balance the scales of sanity and reason (or try to) against the spittle-flinging, ranting, irrational, narrow-minded, right-wing conservative talk show hosts who propose that anything the GOP or Bush does originates from God, while everything the Dems do is sent straight from hell.Well, I finally found the AirAmerica radio/Web site

mogaffblog9http://www.blogger.com/profile/03897612639237157641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502501.post-1080612825377731652004-03-29T17:43:00.000-08:002004-03-29T18:27:44.763-08:00

Hannity is a twist-neck, dingledorf, forked-tongued, double-speak conservative with no moral fiber or rational argument when it comes to touting of the mystical glory that emanates from the GOP, as opposed to his description of the slimy, grimy Democrats he so loves to denigrate.Sean Hannity talks out both sides of his neck! It's true! Today, in the same breath, he talked about how hard the Bush

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My teeth hurt! Ouch! Aging sucks!It's too early in the morning for me to be attempting to make sense out of this world but here goes anyway.Another bomb exploded in Baghdad today and I'm sickened by the carnage. Why people think that killing others is a righteous way to get their point across I'll never understand. I'm no fool and I've seen much in this world that is grotesque and disgusting, but

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Bushworld and Rummyland create their own gravitational fieldYea, the administration continues to push forward with its seeding the Middle East via Iraq with democracy-bulbs, so to speak. And yet, the true power - Al-Sistani, the cleric, as well as his son who awaits his acension to power - almost showed his hand when he blocked the vote on the interim constitution last Thursday. Of course, now

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Can the Kerry/Edwards ticket beat Bush/Cheney?Who knows? I don't think so and I'll tell you why. Despite the polls that show Bush's popularity is slumping, there is still a strong constituency that supports his actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Revenge is one of America's strongest collective emotions ("Remember the Alamo!" "Remember the Maine," "Remember Pearl Harbor," et al) and Bush has played

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A quickieTwo killed in 30-car pileup yesterday during a dust storm. We had a brown-out complete with howling wind - which I think is what really caused the multiple wrecks. The spooky sound of the whistling wind distracted the drivers, spinning their memory banks into bizarre worlds of B-grade horror movies. Sad ain't it.And now it's Kerry and Edwards which, I think, will be the Democratic ticket

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HTML for DummiesIt's early Saturday morning and I'm sparking on four of six spark plugs, so to speak. The sun is glittering on the patches of snow littered here and there outside. Yes, we actually had real snow (as opposed to icy rain) fall last night, though the accumulation is negligble.I'm thinking that the presidential campaign is beginning to look like a barn-burner in the making. Bush is

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And then there were three ...Well, John Edwards and, it appears, Wesley Clark are both dropping out from the Democratic Primary race. Clark, well, no one will really miss the general too much, I think. But Edwards, I guessing, is hoping Kerry - if nominated - will select him as his vice presidential running mate. It became clear that Edwards was not going to gain the 'big mo' that Kerry clearly

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What's with these politicos? For that matter, what's with my crummy Monday nights? I see the run between Kerry and Dean growing more antagonistic which, of course, the Republicans will use against whomever emerges as the Democratic candidate. Lots of pundits say that a Kerry-Edwards ticket could be a winner. Well, maybe. But we have to give Dean his props' for energizing the Democratic Party, a

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The culture is sinking into a soggy swamp of commercialism run riot! Yea, that's right. We're all going brain-dead from the waterfall of Hummers, TVs, DVDs, PCs, Internet Web sites that waste our time or fill our heads with useless trivia. The lowest common denominator has become the highest form of communication and corporate America loves this development. John Brunner's "The Sheep Look Up" is

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Colors, colors everywhere. Why do colors frighten some and enthrall others?Just proposing that the world is a prism through which the light of the universe is splintered into a thousand different colors - flowers, grasses, trees, birds, bees, jaguars and people. So what's with the fear of different colors? And what's up with the loyalty these gang members place on the colors they wear? Why do

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Wild ride through a wind-swept prairie!Yea, it's a wild ride, this Democratic Party presidential nomination campaign. So many names and faces, so few new ideas or clear directions coming from the contenders. Kudos are due Gov. Dean for injecting life into the dizzy, wobbling Democratic Party. Without Dean the rest of the field would seem like a an exercise in watching paint dry. However, for

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Wow! The Baltimore Colts looked unbeatable today! But that was today. I think the sentimental favorite for Super Bowl champion is Green Bay, given the death of Brett Favre's father a few weeks ago and the fact that he, and several key players, are playing hurt - but definitely bringing high-proficiency football to the playoffs. But the Colts were impressive - at least on offense - against the

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I got dem ole mean-woman blues ... Man, women drive me crazy, and i don't mean that as a generalized phrase either. I mean women - plural and all-inclusive - drive me nutz! These beautiful, terrible creatures have the ability to twist one's words to reflect their own mood du jour, leaving me befuddled and begging forgiveness for I don't know what. And they're secretive! Always alluding to "

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Something twisted this way comes Believe it or not the United States Congress passed a bill titled "The Invasion of Holland Act," or something to that affect. Suffice it to say that the gist of the bill is this: It allows us, with impunity and high moral standing, to militarily attack Holland - home of The Hague – the world court, if you will – if any U.S. military personnel should find

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And the Bush doctrine leads us further over the edge, closer to the ultimate rift between nations, religions and fanatical dissociation A few thoughts: Bush and company are developing the "Find 'em, squish 'em and get the hell out" doctrine everyday, more refined, more insane. The uninhibited commitment to naked power is, as writer Samantha Power put it, "incredibly irresponsible." Yet the masses

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Well, here we go 'round the mulberry bush It's Sunday and I'm in a hurry but I received the same e-mail from Harry that you did, I presume, so I'm posting so nothing is removed from my blog sites. At any rate, I've wasted the whole day doing nothing but watching TV, to wit, Boomtown, South Park, The History Channel and a few I cannot remember because of my fuzzy logic, which is really, really

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Earth orbit and the Milky Way galaxy are synchronous rhythms that sound like Jimi Hendrix if one listens. Yea, it's Sunday and D's just called asking me to come over and hold her hand while she calls her ex-hubby to "beg" for money. It really disgusts me when ex-husbands dissociate themselves from their children after divorce only to hurt their ex-spouse – especially when the bastard's got money

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Beautiful! Just beautiful! That's my opinion of "Open Range," Kevin Costner's latest flick While not as expansive as "Dances With Wolves," this is a tightly-scripted tale of two cowboys who live by a code – mostly unspoken, as all the 'good' cowboys know – that motivates them to take on a greedy, immoral cattle baron who hates freegrazers, cowboys who drive small herds across the prairies to

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William Gibson, the progenitor of the term "cyberspace," says the Internet, which was created by the military in concert with the nation's universities as a communications media that could survive a nuclear holocaust, would probably have been deleted, so to speak, had the creators of the World Wide Web foreseen what the Internet would eventually become. Interesting speculation and one, which I

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"The passion of hatred, that's what I felt in that room." Those were the words, approximately, spoken by one of the 50 witnesses who attended the execution of Robert Harris, the first prisoner executed in California after a 25-year moratorium on executions. Somehow those words resonate with truth. The passion of hatred. Some witnesses who spoke on camera during the filming of "Procedure 769"

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Aaargh!! This place is nutz tonight (not unlike most nights). We have people taking football scores and eating pizza and freaks like me writing headlines and polishing copy - and so it goes. I am fatigued beyond all recognition and my mind has been wandering all evening, so tonight's work has been ragged, to say the least. BUT, I begin a 4-day R&R period soon as I get out of this place tonight (

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Feeling like 40 pounds of crap in a 4-pound sack! My physical state is a mess and my mind is befogged and muddled. I hate it when I land on a one-day-off schedule and return to work barely decompressed, which, of course, is the case this week. Because we're shorthanded, a chronic condition at my place of employment, I was enlisted to cover for the boss yesterday. Subsequently, I've had about, oh,

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Rats! I just lost my text and I'm too lazy to repeat what might have been jewels of wisdom and grace. C'est la vie'. Well, it's nearly time for the new TV season to begin and, like millions of blubbery Americans, I'm getting ready to spend hours staring at the telly to catch up on my favorite programs. Of course, there's the best of the best, "The West Wing," the bible for armchair liberals who

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"Better run through the jungle!" Another weekend is upon us and I can almost here the pitter-patter of millions of teenagers' hearts accelerating at the imaginary futures that Friday night presents to them. For myself, it's just another work day and my childhood is long behind me, although I must admit, I do wander among those memories from youth as often as I can. So here's to the first kiss,

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Ah, Monday. A day to celebrate doing nothing. There’s 24 hours of “24” airing on FX. As a child of television, the offspring of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes and Art Linkletter, I’m in seventh heaven! It’s Labor Day, a day to spend doing nothing except laying on my spongy bed and watching the stories unfold. Sound boring, eh? Ha! Doing nothing is sometimes the best thing in the world,

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So much toxin floating in the air, the water, in your bloodstream, it's amazing that we survive another minute. But no one seems worried. Most people seem to ignore the evidence that scientists and other experts who know a few things about what's what present. WHY? I've got a clue, but it's only my POV. We've become slaves to the media, the politicians and the military complex – not to mention

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Checkin' out Interpol Well, it's like a return to the Mersey bands of the late '50s' early '60s, that's what Interpol sounds like to me. Not bad, really. They've got a strong rhythm section and a quirky vocal arrangement on one song "She's Back." I haven't a clue what the hell the girl dancing in the waterlogged room is all about – I'm sure it's an obscure, inside joke among the band members.

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A very short note ... I'm about to head over to D's so I haven't much time. I'm thinking about my friend Mike and his wife and their new baby, which I hope entered the world yesterday, fat and happy. Meantime, I'm exhausted (per usual) from a hectic, dreary work week and looking forward to a couple of days off. The whole Iraq 'thing' is so out of hand it's becoming too bewildering for me to keep

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Limp Bizkit tours and their Web site is interesting! Just a quick note to say I'm alive! I'm alive! Ah, it feels terrible! C'est la vie. Does anyone know why LaunchCast on SBC/Yahoo doesn't work on iMacs or using IE v7.1.2 or Safari v1.0 (v85)? It's driving me edgy. That's all folks. I've got a lady who's waiting for a back rub so I'm off. Live long and prosper.

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DOWN THE LINE THE LIE GOES BLIND AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL OPEN YOUR EYES Just got in from work and in this lonely little shell of a room I write this simple-minded gibberish to the vacuum of space behind your face. Face; the spinal frontier (imagine the Star Trek theme playing). Our mission: To travel through schizophrenic episodes to meet new life forms, advance the knowledge of bipolar disorders

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