Let’s see if May will be better. Because April was pretty weak.
1. Bob, it’s getting stupid now
Bob “Crazy Bastard” Mugabe is just not getting it. And I really mean he is not getting it. The vote. He lost the general election even though he controls the media. He lost the election even though he gave government employees a raise. He lost the election even though the police and army intimidated people. He lost the election even though he selected the “independent” body running the election. And then he arrested a few of those election officials he put in place. And he let his dogs loose on the people who voted him and his puppets party out. And had he demanded a recount. And he still lost the election! But of course he isn’t going anywhere. Bob, really. Even the Liberian President thinks you should go. You just aren’t getting it hey? Just piss off and go now. You are giving tyrants a bad name.
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Republican congressional candidate of Indiana, Tony Zirkle, went to celebrate the birthday of Hitler. A big bash given by the American National Socialist Workers Party in Chicago. WTF? Just follow the link. They even have a photo of the guy in front of a Hitler picture. And you bitch about Obama guys? Start cleaning that pigsty out right away mista! But here is the part I just love – his reason for going… Because he was invited. But wait! The best is yet to come. He says he that he goes to everything he gets invited to. “I’ll speak before any group that invites me,” said Zirkle ”I’ve spoken on an African-American radio station in Atlanta.” WTF? Hitler and an African-American radio station? WTF? Do I need to say more?
3. Does it count as an extra shot?
Well, now that my coffee secret is out… It seems as baristas have been blabbing as well. About their top ten things us coffee drinkers should know. The little things that really peeves them off and a few dark secrets as well. A few stood out for me. They want you to know that not every shop is a Starbucks. Thanks people. I know that. Sad evidence that there is more work to be done. I sometimes have to walk to the next corner before I get to my beloved Starbucks. I guess it works off the sugar rush. Did you know baristas get black fingers from all that coffee? Makes sense. It accounts for 80% of my tan. But what I want to know – does it count as an extra shot if they dump their fingers in my coffee? But the one that stood out for me, and made things so much clearer… They develop crushes on their customers. It makes perfect sense. My barista always asked for my name and now she remembers it (still not spelling it right though). And she knows my order. And she smiles at me. It must be a crush. Why else would she do all that? It can’t be the service or the fact that I am there every hour or so. I know it is a crush. It can’t be just the grind of the coffee shop.
4. Hillary, you are still a Senator – act like one
Okay, maybe I just don’t get American politics. But tell me, if you run for President – are you still a Senator? I thought you were? So how come they don’t act like it? All of a sudden Hillary and McCain talks about a “gas holiday” for the poor American drivers during the summer holidays. It’s open for debate whether this is a good thing or not. But Senator McLame and HillBillary, you are still Senators. Why don’t you push for that at the Senate? You can if you really believe in it. That is part of your current job. Or have you forgotten? But I tell you why you don’t. Because you are pandering and opportunistic. You will attack Obama for standing up for what he believes on gas prices. But you don’t want to tell the truth to Americans. You don’t care about the gas prices or else you would do something about it now. The gas holiday can be done by you now if you really want to do something. And not just use it to score a few points while running. Yes, attack the guy with the unpopular position. Because you will sell your soul to sound like you care. There is a difference you know – between caring and acting like you care. Go do your job if you really care. If not, shut up and run for President in an honorable way. Stop the bull. Gas as I know it is also known as hot air. You both are full of it.
5. Thank God for Global Warming
You know I think we might fry over the next few years. But it seems as if that won’t be happening soon. Nope. The “experts” are actually predicting cooler weather over the next 10 years. Damn. I just thought I got the hang of this Global Warming thing. Isn’t it meant to say that the world heats up a bit. Or is it just my limited command of the English language that is confusing me here? Whatever. it will now get cooler over the next few years. And I live in Massachusetts. It gets damn cold for an African over here. We think 70 Fahrenheit is a nice day to wrap up in some nice warm clothes, start the fire and get the pot going. So 15 Fahrenheit is a bit chilly for us. I can’t even start explaining what all freezes when it gets this cold. In short, we don’t handle cold weather well. So thank God for Global Warming. It has a positive purpose after all. At least in the short term. Imagine how cold it would get over the next 10 years if we didn’t have Global Warming. The Big Freeze is controlled by the Big Heat. Something to look forward to. Some balmy weather for the next few years at least. Now. Guys. Please. Can we just stick to one story at a time? It’s getting a bit hot in the kitchen right now. Too much hot air. Or not.
Have a good one all. Back with more views next week. I am off to collect some wood to stockpile for the Big Freeze coming.
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May 3, 2008 at 11:53 am
“Crazy Bob”
I know SA isn’t really too interested in getting heavily involved in their neighbors’ affairs, and in the long run, maybe that’s a good thing.
But. BUT!
I think that the Chin needs to be spanked. Tweaked as they are, the votes are in. Morgan T. has won and probably by even more than his 50.3% as he’s claimed. Mbeki should wield that economic big stick and and send his embassador to make a call on Bright (whatta name!) Motanga and give him a few pointers on just how difficult SA can make if for Dimbulb if he tries to hang on.
“Adolf”
Believe me when I say this, AA, but there is nothing surprising about this. He sounds like a holdover from the heyday of Pat Buchannon, Bo Griez, and the “Patriot Movement” (militias).
I’m sure that he has pictures of Timothy McVeigh up on his wall.
Anyone who’s been around politics for the years from 1973 to 1995 (the bombing of the ERM building) knows that the Republican party was a hotbed of racist, antigovernment activists who regularly put up websites with hit lists, instructions on how to conduct what would now be called ‘terrorist activities’ and actively promoted race hatred aka the ‘angry white male’, the shadow of which has been euphemized to ‘Southern strategy’.
For all those who cannot believe that this was in any way possible in our country, I invite you to look at the extensive documentation available at http://www.splcenter.org
It’s a history some conservatives in our great country would like you to forget…
“extra shot”
Make mine a quad short latte.
I can’t afford the Starbucks ‘experience’ too often, so I don’t have a barista. Oh well…
What I DON’T do, however, is slaughter a good cup of coffe. Here’s a couple helpful hints on how you can make one really good cup of coffe:
Get one of those coffe makers (the drip kind, with those Melitta drip cone filters) that has a Thermos type coffe decanter. You can’t go wrong. You can find one for 30 bucks or less. The coffe decanter will keep your coffe hot, so a pot will produce cup after cup of excellent coffe from even the raunchiest grinds.
It’s not quite the Starbucks experience, but for home brew, you can’t beat it!
“Hillary”
I just got my ‘gimmick’ economic stimulus check from King George II. Yes, I can use it, but it’s a gimmick all the same. And so is this ‘gas holiday’.
At least with taxes, I KNOW that my money is going to federal transportation projects that will keep all Americans driving like looneys and happy as larks. The simple trick is to make sure the money is spent right.
I think excessive profiteering is a bigger problem, and a MUCH bigger chunk of the price of a gallon of 91 and a glass of ice to swill it down with. This money DOESN’T come back. It gets added to the already swollen salaries of people who don’t even live here and couldn’t care less. Their accountant just tallies it up and it goes into the main money stream managed by armies of sometimes corrupt corporate officials.
Which ‘waste’ would I prefer?
I’d rather pay my taxes. Let’s get some of that other money back, or at least put a bottleneck in that pipline to the pockets of the CEO’s. Give me Obama’s approach!
“Global Warming”
The term ‘white noise’ is commonly applied to trends that change really rapidly in comparison to our lives. Originally, it’s a term applied to the random fluctuations in sound. The scale for that phenomena is milliseconds. It can be applied to day to day changes is the stock market as well. Of course, ‘day to day’ gives away the scale here.
My point?
The so-called ‘cold spell’, IF it happens, would be ‘white noise’ in the general trend of global warming. The scale here is tens and hundreds of hears.
Think of it like you would think of a dip in the stock market of 50 points. It has about the same significance in the general trend of things…
May 3, 2008 at 7:18 pm
When it’s not Starbucks, keep buying I own stock, I use a french press. Ahhh..that or I go to a friend’s who has an old perculator. No Mr. Coffee machine can stand up to those two alternatives. This is a good convo since it is going to be cooler for awhile.
May 3, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Jen,
I like percolators too. I grew up on drinking perked coffee.
Now if they could somehow get that ol’ perc from giving it that ‘old shoe’ taste after it’s been hot for an hour, I’d switch back and fire mine.
My current one is pretty cheap, I’ll admit, but it makes a great cup of coffee – and I drink it all morning and sometimes past that!
It’s that Thermos coffee decanter that saves the day. I’ve never seen a Mr. Coffee machine with one.
May 4, 2008 at 9:27 pm
@Keven – I agree with you. From Mbeki having to do more on the economic stick to the global warming big picture. But the Hitler one was a shocker to me.
@Jen – I use the press in the morning as well. A quick way to kick-start my morning.
May 5, 2008 at 9:25 am
AA – There is extensive documentation on this and other issues relating to the Republican party from 1973 to 1995.
As I am 54, I watched the whole history develop. It is on very, very sad chapter on American history, and it is why I am so uncompromising when it comes to issues relating to race and Republicans.
They have a history that is much closer to your NP than it was to a true American political party. Look up Waco, Ruby Ridge, the ‘Patriot Movement’, and you will see. Also, their conduct towards abortion clinics, doctors and family planning offices is much more reminiscent of Al Queda than you might think.
People died from their hatred, and their history is no joke. Eventually, they need to own up to it. Mehlman, who was president of the RNC went the farthest anyone went in the GOP toward bridging that gap in 2006 by apologizing for their conduct before the NAACP.
When I first encountered you on the internet, you will recall that a group of us had managed to back Joe Klein up on issues of race, and, in the end, he posted commentary in which he finally admitted (acttually, more of an expose) how Repbublicans have handled race in even the very recent past.
May 7, 2008 at 6:40 am
@Keven – Thanks mate. Always an education. Can’t wait for us to meet up and my education can continue in person.