Random throughts

I don't like parking lot stalkers and I take my time when I know someone is trying to get my spot just because I'm like that!

Why do people who are in their car try to have conversations with other people in a different car at a busy intersection when the light turns green?

And last but not least, let's talk about "Tea bagging" shall we?

Do we all know what "tea bagging" is slang for? If you don't please click here! Tea-bagging

Ok - now that you have the definition let's talk about a Libertarian group calling themselves the "Boston Tea Party" who have started noise about hosting a Tea Party on April 15th to protest the the current administration's American Recover and Reinvestment Act aka the stimulus bill.

So what you can do is "tea bag" Obama, or "tea bag" any other politician who approved of the stimulus plan and we can have a mass "tea bagging" party going on all over the US!

And they thought Bill Clinton was a naughty boy!

Here is a fun little segment from one of my favorite TV personalities Rachel Maddow to give you a little more about the event!

Series of events

I am a day late in my musical musings - please forgive me. I had every intention of doing this on Friday, but work has been interfering with my personal life and I just hate it when that happens!
Normally I will post my musical musings in the morning, but I woke up a bit later than normal and just jumped into work mode. So the alternate plan was after the 5:00 (imaginary) whistle blew I would hop upstairs, pour myself a ceremonious TGIF glass of "whine" and just "do it."

I was sitting down said glass of wine and not paying attention to the surface on which I was putting it upon (which is normally kept very neat, but I haven't had a normal day in over a year) when the glass toppled over and spilled all over my desk soaking my bills, my mouse pad, my keyboard, my white shirt and my lap.

Trust me I was more upset about the wasted wine than I was anything else.

:::sigh:::

I cleaned up my mess had a split second where I thought maybe I should just lick the wine off my desk (KIDDING) and at that moment - M came home so I just figured I would put off the blogging for the evening and chill out and relax with her.

We had a nice evening. We ordered take out, watched an episode of Buffy and then an episode of some soap opera that I never remember the name of it - the one with plastic face...uhhh...Susan Lucci. "As the Stomach Turns?" "How many lives can I live?" "Who Lives this kind of Life really?"

Whatever, it doesn't matter the name. The only reason we're watching it is because there's a lesbian on it truth be told. Some little whiny thing called Binaca...or Bianca.

How do people watch these things....really? There was one point in my life where I got caught up in the whole Luke and Laura thing when I was in high school because we used to have field hockey practice and then go over to one of our team mates houses for snacks and General Hospital. It was more to poke fun of than to actually watch it.

I have enough drama in my life thank you!

SO...we watched our TV, porked out on bad "italian" food and went to bed.

This morning I got up...ate my breakfast and went out to get my coffee and figured while I was out there might as well get my oil changed since I was due.

I was sitting in the waiting room at the place were I bring my car on. I have my large coffee and I brought this magazine in when I noticed that the Fox Noise channel was on the TV. grrrrrrrrrrr...I HATE the fox noise channel.

No worries - I'll just read my article and tune it out.

There were a few people in the waiting room doing various things: the woman to my right was filing her nails. The man behind me kept clearing his throat. A soccer Mom type was trying to figure out the Krups coffee machine and the man next to me was reading a book.

I kept watching the man next to me because he seemed - agitated. He would read his book and then put it down...watch the TV a bit. Rinse - repeat.

He finally got up and walked out.

Just at that time Faux News came on with a segment that Bill O did with ambushing Bill Ayers.

I can't watch Bill O without feeling physically ill...so I walked out too.

I found a seat outside and finished waiting for my car. The man with the book wasn't anywhere that I could see.

Since I get my car serviced at the dealership where I bought my car, I walked around the lot fantasizing about buying a new car. I like the Rav4's, but I don't like the mileage. I like the mileage of the Prius, but I don't like the car. I could live with the Corolla, but I am used to the hatch back and the newer version of my car - the matrix...I don't like all that much.

Still I like to look!

My car was done and I waited for them to "write up the ticket" when I saw the man with the book. We glanced at each other and he just came out and said it: "I can't believe I had to sit in that room and listen to that propaganda. I am so angry about that." (I think he was gay, but I can't be certain) I agreed and told him I was right behind him as soon as Bill O's face came up on the screen and we both expressed that we'd rather watch those horrible kiddie cartoons that the crap on the faux noise channel.

We also agreed that when the car dealership calls us with that stupid survey on how our service was - we'll let them know exactly how we feel about that channel being on!

The man with the book and I shook hands, wished each other a nice weekend and parted ways.

I may never see him again, but I feel like we bonded and became secret allies!

Arriving home my neighbor across the street came out of her house to let me know that I had a bit of graffiti on the back of my car!

THIS was my graffiti:

Nice huh?

Points off for penmanship, but bonus points for the hot steaming turd picture. Nice touch!

You gotta laugh. Last year they wrote: I eat vagina

Vagina?

I had to give them points for spelling it correctly. Hey - gotta look on the positive right?

I thanked my neighbor for telling me and then proceeded to wash my car.

Car done - M popped in and out on her way to various appointments she had looking at me quizzically since she knew it was going to rain that day I informed her of the graffiti. Her car was spared.

Me and the boys went for a nice walk in the park where we chased the geese and hunted for moles. When we got back, M and I left to go see Rachel Getting Married. Interesting movie. Interesting to see Anne Hathaway in a different role. I think she did well, but the movie overall I'm still trying to grasp. One thing is for sure the band that was playing in the background the whole time was REALLY getting on my nerves.

Sooooooooooooo...I haven't had much time to blog.

Aaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnd....I never really had a song in mind to post.

With that said, I will leave you with this

Have a nice weekend all - Peace!

It's Debatable

This is going to be "Must See TV" tonight folks!

M and I are going to order a bunch of junk food and a bottle of wine and sit back and watch.

I haven't gotten this excited about politics since Clinton ran against Bush Sr.

What I am really looking forward to is the hopes that Tina Fey will have a field day from the material she gets from this! It will be hysterical I am sure.

I know we are not voting for Biden or Palin, but the entertainment factor on all of this has just been wonderful. Sometimes I can't help think that this could be another Karl Rove genius ploy or is she really that much of an idiot. So far all the interviews of her I've seen I am not impressed. Maybe tonight she'll have benefited from the grilling they have put her through and can stand up and she us what's she's got.

I am not convinced that Obama is the right candidate, but I do know that McCain is NOT.

Fun! Fun! Fun!

Hmmmm

Benazir Bhutto was assinated today.

Why does this scare me?

Taboo subjects

Remember when you were young you were told that there are 3 things that you should not really discuss at a party:

Sex
Religion
Politics

I was reading an editorial in USA Today titled: Religion as a Political Weapon. Sounds kind of dangerous, but I read it anyway because I am extremely curious about this particular subject.

The whole concept of religion and politics makes me extremely uneasy. I personally do not believe that they should be mixed. I definitely do not believe that any one's religious views should play a role in who would should be the leader of our country.

Mitt Romney is going to give a speech today to try and explain his Mormonism. He will most likely cite reference to when John F. Kennedy came under fire for being a Catholic. Kennedy believed that he was a candidate running for the office of the President of the United States first and being a Catholic was somewhere down the line.

Let me first say - I am always shocked when one political candidate feels the need to quote from a previous political candidate who could not have been MORE different in ideology to make his/her point.

What does Mitt Romney and John F. Kennedy have in common besides being males, running for president and having religious backgrounds that we question?

Nothing!!!!

Religion and Politics is a personal pet peeve of mine. I do not like to discuss it for a number of reasons:

• It almost always pisses me off.
• I don't have a strong religious background to go toe to toe with a zealot, so I just keep my mouth shut.
• I don't believe that one's personal faith, unless it has to do with the destruction of the earth and world domination, should not be a main reason for voting for the person to lead this country.

I have met atheists and agnostics who I thought had more compassion and understanding than some fundamental Christians I know. I have met some people of faith, (not always Christian) who I would put my complete trust in while someone with no faith at all would scare the living shit out of me.

People are people. Good and bad all mixed up in the same body. We have free will - or we are supposed to, until the government decides we don't. We make good decisions and we make really baaaaad decisions all the time.

We are human. We are not perfect.

Mitt Romney is not my candidate of choice, but I don't think he should have to explain himself. His faith is just that: HIS FAITH. Look at everything else he has done as a public servant and that should tell you how to vote for him. Either you agree with his ideology, or you don't.

Political comments

Bush Urges U.N. to Spread Freedom

By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer


UNITED NATIONS - President Bush announced new sanctions Tuesday against the military dictatorship in Myanmar, accusing it of imposing "a 19-year reign of fear" that denies basic freedoms of speech, assembly and worship.

(as opposed to his reign of fear that the republicans use every time they think they are going to lose an election?)

"Every civilized nation also has a responsibility to stand up for the people suffering under dictatorship," the president said. "In Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Iran, brutal regimes deny their people the fundamental rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration" of the United Nations.

(Except for the US of course, because we're better than every body else and that stuff doesn't apply to us right?)

While the war in Iraq continues, Bush made scant mention of it.

(Gosh...I wonder why, but it was a MISTAKE to begin with, and there is NO WAY TO WIN and now we have to finish what we've started because we've disrupted the lives of millions of Iraqi people?)

After his speech, however, he reassured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that U.S. support is not wavering. "We're with ya, prime minister," Bush told him.

(He's so elequent isn't he?)