Or Sinatra, or Nat King Cole, or Charles Aznavour, or Pavarotti, or Bing Crosby?
The list could be endless, depending of whom you ask or in what time we lived. or what kind of music we enjoy better, or how nationalistic we are. There are many factors to choose from to determine who was the greatest talent.
Today, in the year 2009 and for many years to come, perhaps another 50, is Michael Jackson.
That said, let's get down to earth and be a little bit more realistic. Is an entertainer, no matter how great an artist, more important than for instance Fleming? If you forgot who Alexander Fleming was, he discovered PENICILLIN in 1928, which has cured and will continue curing millions of people. Fleming was born in 1881 and died in 1955, two years after Elvis' introduction to the world of music.
Is an entertainer more important than a paint artist, like Michelangelo, or Leonardo, or Velazquez, or Rembrandt, or many other greats alike?
I have this dilemma...who remembers the music of the 30s or the 40s? Obviously people who today are close to the age of 80. When these people leave us who is going to remember the Andrew Sisters or Glen Miller? Very few. But we still see pictures of Wyeth or Winslow Homer's masterpieces. And we still read Cervantes' "Don Quijote de la Mancha", Shakespeare's "Othello", and Dante's "La Divina Commedia". In medicine, art and literature there is no time limit. They last forever.
Unfortunately for entertainment and music, time elapses with time. Songs written, sang and performed yesterday have been or will be forgotten or buried in the cruel reality of time. Imagine, if this planet earth ever reaches the 30th century, who will be singing then "Beat it", or
"Billie Jean"? My guess is no one. But the great immortal works of Dali or Beethoven will prevail and still be there.
I am not trying to put Michael Jackson's popularity down. He was by his own talent one of the greatest entertainers, but the rest of us, who are merely mortal followers, feel today that Michael was more than that, that he was indeed the greatest of them all. I do not share that feeling, perhaps because I believe that there is no ultimate best of anything. No one is the best of everything, unless he is God, like no country is the best country of the world in everything, unless it is a utopic place, and that is not real. Was Michael Jackson real? I think he was. He had virtues and defects, like all of us, he was a superior talent performing, but a total mess in his personal life.
Today's generation, together with the media has made him a superman, close to a God and I believe we've gone over the top.
Michael, like the Beatles, like Elvis, like Sinatra, like many other great singers and performers will be part of the world musical treasure, but that'll be all. No human accomplishments, no hero status, not savior of humanity.
Michael, you made our lives happier and that is perhaps your greatest achievement. Thank you. Rest in peace
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
WHAT IS SARAH PALIN'S REAL REASON?
Sarah Palin will resign from her post of Governor (Governess?) of the
"Great State of Alaska" (size wise, that is) effective July 26, 2009. Hit the road Jack!
However, I smell a political move here. She's got something up her sleeve. She's stupid, but very wily, and I think this is the beginning of a long range plan for her political ambitions.
The only good thing about her resignation is that this is the kind of news we needed to take a break from Michael Jackson's death, life, music, and the rest of the "who gives a damn" about a mortal who provided us with a new twist in singing and choreographed moves, with dubious sexual behavior in between. We have at least, now, three good days of rest from the Jackson's media bombardment. Too bad it's only three days, or maybe five? because the Jackson paranoia will continue for a long while.
Sarah Palin has said that her resignation is the best decision to maintain the positive course Alaska is on towards a great future of accomplishments. Here is my question (and please forgive me Alaskans): What else can you get from Alaska, besides fish, crustaceans and oil?
The largest state of the Union, with the 47th population does not have much more to offer and due to the freezing conditions most of the year I can't imagine much improvement in their resources and production.
Did she give up because of the latest news about her confrontations with McCain's campaign people? Is she trying to damage McCain in the Senate, although I don't believe he needs more damage than the one He caused to himself by picking her as his running mate. There are many questions to be answered, including the fact that she is abandoning a post she was elected for by the people of Alaska. To me, based on the reasons she has given to justify it, that is absolutely nonsense and very unprofessional. She was elected to do a job and she is quitting, not because a tragic personal or family reason, not because she was caught stealing or any other crime, but because it is her decision. Period.
Thus, be prepared to hear further developments on this resignation. The Palin saga is not over, which is definitely good for the democratic party. While Palin and the other two human misrepresentations, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter keep barking at the news, the party of NO and hypocrisy is doomed for the next 8 years, at least.
Here is another hypothesis: Sarah Palin realized or was adviced to quit to dedicate time to her education. and she is going to spend these years to learn about world politics, foreign countries, trade agreements, immigration, health care, education, the economy, and other basic facts of today's world we live in. Wait a minute! Why was she chosen to run with McCain then if she was a complete ignorant? Probably because in a party of political zombies she was the only one alive, in spite of her total lack of knowledge.
And last, but not least, could it be that she got a very lucrative offer from the porno industry? ("Sarah does Governor Sanford") Oops... Sorry, I may be crossing the line here.
As of now, all we hear from the media "experts"is that she may go into the world of speeches. That's not too bad considering how much some organizations pay to have controversial people deliver 30 minutes of labial garbage.
Whatever it is, race for the Senate, self education, porno, or public speaking, she is OUT before her term and by her own decision for personal reasons, which means "Me first, screw the people that elected me ".
May I call you Sarah? (as..."May I call you Joe?")
To be continued
"Great State of Alaska" (size wise, that is) effective July 26, 2009. Hit the road Jack!
However, I smell a political move here. She's got something up her sleeve. She's stupid, but very wily, and I think this is the beginning of a long range plan for her political ambitions.
The only good thing about her resignation is that this is the kind of news we needed to take a break from Michael Jackson's death, life, music, and the rest of the "who gives a damn" about a mortal who provided us with a new twist in singing and choreographed moves, with dubious sexual behavior in between. We have at least, now, three good days of rest from the Jackson's media bombardment. Too bad it's only three days, or maybe five? because the Jackson paranoia will continue for a long while.
Sarah Palin has said that her resignation is the best decision to maintain the positive course Alaska is on towards a great future of accomplishments. Here is my question (and please forgive me Alaskans): What else can you get from Alaska, besides fish, crustaceans and oil?
The largest state of the Union, with the 47th population does not have much more to offer and due to the freezing conditions most of the year I can't imagine much improvement in their resources and production.
Did she give up because of the latest news about her confrontations with McCain's campaign people? Is she trying to damage McCain in the Senate, although I don't believe he needs more damage than the one He caused to himself by picking her as his running mate. There are many questions to be answered, including the fact that she is abandoning a post she was elected for by the people of Alaska. To me, based on the reasons she has given to justify it, that is absolutely nonsense and very unprofessional. She was elected to do a job and she is quitting, not because a tragic personal or family reason, not because she was caught stealing or any other crime, but because it is her decision. Period.
Thus, be prepared to hear further developments on this resignation. The Palin saga is not over, which is definitely good for the democratic party. While Palin and the other two human misrepresentations, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter keep barking at the news, the party of NO and hypocrisy is doomed for the next 8 years, at least.
Here is another hypothesis: Sarah Palin realized or was adviced to quit to dedicate time to her education. and she is going to spend these years to learn about world politics, foreign countries, trade agreements, immigration, health care, education, the economy, and other basic facts of today's world we live in. Wait a minute! Why was she chosen to run with McCain then if she was a complete ignorant? Probably because in a party of political zombies she was the only one alive, in spite of her total lack of knowledge.
And last, but not least, could it be that she got a very lucrative offer from the porno industry? ("Sarah does Governor Sanford") Oops... Sorry, I may be crossing the line here.
As of now, all we hear from the media "experts"is that she may go into the world of speeches. That's not too bad considering how much some organizations pay to have controversial people deliver 30 minutes of labial garbage.
Whatever it is, race for the Senate, self education, porno, or public speaking, she is OUT before her term and by her own decision for personal reasons, which means "Me first, screw the people that elected me ".
May I call you Sarah? (as..."May I call you Joe?")
To be continued
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
CITY FURNITURE OWNERS DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS
I thought the title would prompt people to read this blog right away. I hope so because it is a warning to all of you about buying a mattress.
I purchased the firmest mattress they had at City Furniture in Hiatus Road, Tamarac, Florida. Perhaps not the most expensive one but one of the most, over a thousand dollars. The salesman never told me that the mattress would sink about an inch before the first month of usage. When this happened I called City Furniture and was able to schedule a service visit for someone to come to my house and check the mattress out.
Somebody came, used some type of a laser beam and after 3 minutes of measuring told me that the mattress had indeed sank 1 inch. According to this man and his supervisor, whom I talked to on the phone while he was here, that was perfectly normal and I would have a case only if the mattress would have ceded 2 inches. Matter closed. NOT SO FAST!
I proceeded to write letters to City Furniture, Sealy Mattress and the Better Business Bureau. Only the BBB replied. Their answer, the first time was somehow siding with City Furniture as they insinuated that this furniture company had given them an answer which apparently was satisfactory. It was not. First because they did not copy me and I had no idea what was their reply, and second because at no time City Furniture assumes responsibility. They claim that they follow Sealy Mattress, the manufacturer's standards. It is clear that both City Furniture and Sealy Mattress' standards are way below the customer satisfaction standards.
The second letter from BBB, after my reiteration to them against City Furniture, is a document that I cannot understand. Actually I do understand but it makes no sense whatsoever. This is what they said:
" Thank you for letting us know that you are dissatisfied with the company's response to your complaint. We are therefore, unable to pursue this matter further and are closing our file. Your complaint will remain in our files and will become part of the information we issue to the public about this company".
How about that? Because I am dissatisfied with the company's response (which, by the way, I never had one) they close the file!!!!!
I thought that the BBB was there to find a solution for the customer, and not only to keep complaints available for reading to prospective victims.
I do not pretend to have the BBB continue with my complaint. They probably have no power to influence any company or anyone to adhere to customer service ethics. I can clearly see that their job is to receive complaints, contact the culprit and after a reply from these liars about their products, keep a big file for other people to see or to request. I suppose that is all they do to justify their job. But my complaint is not against them, it is against City Furniture and against Sealy Mattress. Of course, in a less than perfect society, where the main goal is to succeed or survive at any expense, it is to be expected that both these companies cannot be an exception to the rule. They set very low standards and they deliver very low customer service satisfaction.
I am stuck with a mattress,that according to them a 1 inch sinking is a "normal body impression". They do not specify weight of the users. Both my wife and I weigh together 300 lbs. I wonder what excuse will they find if the purchasing couple would weight 450 lbs for instance? Would 1 inch be sufficient or would they have the decency of accepting 2 or 3 inches?
I was a City Furniture client for many years. I will never purchase anything in that store again. I will never buy another Sealy mattress either. Both companies do not give a penny for their customers. They operate on volume, so what is one person like me going to alter their sales?I only hope that after you read this you ask all the questions I asked before buying, but including the one that never crossed my mind, such as:
"HOW MANY INCHES DO YOU ALLOW THIS EXTRA FIRM MATTRESS TO SINK BEFORE I CAN HAVE A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT?". Keep in mind. Do not fall like me into believing that what you try at the store is what you are going to have a month later after usage.
I purchased the firmest mattress they had at City Furniture in Hiatus Road, Tamarac, Florida. Perhaps not the most expensive one but one of the most, over a thousand dollars. The salesman never told me that the mattress would sink about an inch before the first month of usage. When this happened I called City Furniture and was able to schedule a service visit for someone to come to my house and check the mattress out.
Somebody came, used some type of a laser beam and after 3 minutes of measuring told me that the mattress had indeed sank 1 inch. According to this man and his supervisor, whom I talked to on the phone while he was here, that was perfectly normal and I would have a case only if the mattress would have ceded 2 inches. Matter closed. NOT SO FAST!
I proceeded to write letters to City Furniture, Sealy Mattress and the Better Business Bureau. Only the BBB replied. Their answer, the first time was somehow siding with City Furniture as they insinuated that this furniture company had given them an answer which apparently was satisfactory. It was not. First because they did not copy me and I had no idea what was their reply, and second because at no time City Furniture assumes responsibility. They claim that they follow Sealy Mattress, the manufacturer's standards. It is clear that both City Furniture and Sealy Mattress' standards are way below the customer satisfaction standards.
The second letter from BBB, after my reiteration to them against City Furniture, is a document that I cannot understand. Actually I do understand but it makes no sense whatsoever. This is what they said:
" Thank you for letting us know that you are dissatisfied with the company's response to your complaint. We are therefore, unable to pursue this matter further and are closing our file. Your complaint will remain in our files and will become part of the information we issue to the public about this company".
How about that? Because I am dissatisfied with the company's response (which, by the way, I never had one) they close the file!!!!!
I thought that the BBB was there to find a solution for the customer, and not only to keep complaints available for reading to prospective victims.
I do not pretend to have the BBB continue with my complaint. They probably have no power to influence any company or anyone to adhere to customer service ethics. I can clearly see that their job is to receive complaints, contact the culprit and after a reply from these liars about their products, keep a big file for other people to see or to request. I suppose that is all they do to justify their job. But my complaint is not against them, it is against City Furniture and against Sealy Mattress. Of course, in a less than perfect society, where the main goal is to succeed or survive at any expense, it is to be expected that both these companies cannot be an exception to the rule. They set very low standards and they deliver very low customer service satisfaction.
I am stuck with a mattress,that according to them a 1 inch sinking is a "normal body impression". They do not specify weight of the users. Both my wife and I weigh together 300 lbs. I wonder what excuse will they find if the purchasing couple would weight 450 lbs for instance? Would 1 inch be sufficient or would they have the decency of accepting 2 or 3 inches?
I was a City Furniture client for many years. I will never purchase anything in that store again. I will never buy another Sealy mattress either. Both companies do not give a penny for their customers. They operate on volume, so what is one person like me going to alter their sales?I only hope that after you read this you ask all the questions I asked before buying, but including the one that never crossed my mind, such as:
"HOW MANY INCHES DO YOU ALLOW THIS EXTRA FIRM MATTRESS TO SINK BEFORE I CAN HAVE A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT?". Keep in mind. Do not fall like me into believing that what you try at the store is what you are going to have a month later after usage.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
TESTOSTERONE AND RELIGION WEIGHS ON "AMERICAN IDOL"
Both my wife and I have been watching "American Idol" for years. This one, by far, was the best in every aspect....except...a really big except...THE BIG FINALE VOTE.
We both had a favorite from the moment the contestants were reduced to twenty. It was clear (in our minds) that the last four to compete for the title would be Adam, Allison, Danny, and Chris. Although other competitors had a slight chance to sneak in among the top 10, we always came to the conclusion that Adam, Allison, Danny and Chris were the best.
Our choice proved us right as far as the last four to remain in the contest.
After that we screwed up completely. Well maybe we did not agree with the elimination order. Chris was our choice to be the first one to leave among those final four. He, notwithstanding a very nice voice, had no personality and could be easily forgotten the day after. But Chris, week after week never made the bottom three and kept qualifying till the final duel with Adam.
Oddly enough, or maybe not so surprising, while we thought that Adam was by far the best, because is uniqueness and style complementing an incredible voice, we always felt that there was a reason why Chris was going to be the winner for the following reasons:
1) There were some rumors about Adam's sex orientation because of his
looks, excessive makeup, painted fingernails and stage moves.
2) Adam was the front runner, yet he made the bottom three towards the
last weeks, while Chris was taking a safe seat moving ahead without
any complications. We saw Allison being voted out, then Danny and
our premonition was to be confirmed in the final.
3) Chris always looked like the clean cut American, a churchgoer religious, conservative young man, soft spoken (so was Adam). He was perfect for the majority of the voters, mainly teenage girls with a cellphone, Ipod, IPhone or any of those new inventions that has rendered the new generation practically clones of one another. As clones these teenyboppers must have made at least 50 calls each to repeat their vote for their favorite, the teenage cross between Richie and Fonzie, the perfect combination between naivete, goodness and machismo...Chris.
I, personally believe that the biggest factor for Adam to lose was that America, at any age level, is not ready yet to proclaim a gay person or alleged gay guy "American Idol". First in the mind of the majority of our population an American person must be strong, macho, overdosed in testosterone and at the same time must look like God wanted us to look if we have a man's body. And second because the word "Idol" will never be represented by anyone who shows or projects liberal tendencies. We are still too obtuse and conservative.
And that, in my view is why Adam lost and Chris won. It has nothing to do with singing, but let's remember the show is called "American Idol", not "American Best Young Singer of The Year". Too long a title, anyway.
We both had a favorite from the moment the contestants were reduced to twenty. It was clear (in our minds) that the last four to compete for the title would be Adam, Allison, Danny, and Chris. Although other competitors had a slight chance to sneak in among the top 10, we always came to the conclusion that Adam, Allison, Danny and Chris were the best.
Our choice proved us right as far as the last four to remain in the contest.
After that we screwed up completely. Well maybe we did not agree with the elimination order. Chris was our choice to be the first one to leave among those final four. He, notwithstanding a very nice voice, had no personality and could be easily forgotten the day after. But Chris, week after week never made the bottom three and kept qualifying till the final duel with Adam.
Oddly enough, or maybe not so surprising, while we thought that Adam was by far the best, because is uniqueness and style complementing an incredible voice, we always felt that there was a reason why Chris was going to be the winner for the following reasons:
1) There were some rumors about Adam's sex orientation because of his
looks, excessive makeup, painted fingernails and stage moves.
2) Adam was the front runner, yet he made the bottom three towards the
last weeks, while Chris was taking a safe seat moving ahead without
any complications. We saw Allison being voted out, then Danny and
our premonition was to be confirmed in the final.
3) Chris always looked like the clean cut American, a churchgoer religious, conservative young man, soft spoken (so was Adam). He was perfect for the majority of the voters, mainly teenage girls with a cellphone, Ipod, IPhone or any of those new inventions that has rendered the new generation practically clones of one another. As clones these teenyboppers must have made at least 50 calls each to repeat their vote for their favorite, the teenage cross between Richie and Fonzie, the perfect combination between naivete, goodness and machismo...Chris.
I, personally believe that the biggest factor for Adam to lose was that America, at any age level, is not ready yet to proclaim a gay person or alleged gay guy "American Idol". First in the mind of the majority of our population an American person must be strong, macho, overdosed in testosterone and at the same time must look like God wanted us to look if we have a man's body. And second because the word "Idol" will never be represented by anyone who shows or projects liberal tendencies. We are still too obtuse and conservative.
And that, in my view is why Adam lost and Chris won. It has nothing to do with singing, but let's remember the show is called "American Idol", not "American Best Young Singer of The Year". Too long a title, anyway.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
TEA BAGS IS ALL THEY GOT LEFT
They have no clear ideas and no alternate plans. They are running out of lies and false accusations. They know they are big losers and have no party leaders. They are The Republicans. So their newest invention to pretend they exist is the Tea Bag Parties. And all the idiot Republican followers are now getting busy on the Internet forwarding emails to encourage other idiots to send tea bags to the White House. I suppose when you are practically brain dead and empty of good ideas added to your "in denial" mode, you need to come up with a game to entertain yourself. They thought of sending tea bags to the White House for their moronic entertainment.
My question is this....Why didn't they think of that while Bush was there? After all he was always on a break and he could have used all those tea bags. Well, not alone, but imagine how much more fun it would have been for Georgie having daily social tea with sinister Cheney, manipulative Karl Rove, the dumb blond Press Secretary Dana Perino, the indicted ex Majority Leader Tom Delay, the ex Secretary of State twisted mind Donald Rumsfeld and the rest of the Republican political losers who used an ignorant president for personal gain in their crooked political career.
Are these protesters willing to return the tax break money they will get from the new tax law which reduces their payments to Uncle Sam? Because, correct me if I am wrong, I believe those people standing on the streets holding those stupid signs with tea bags hanging from their empty heads make much less than $200,000 a year and they will all get a stimulus check of $500 each. Are they planning to return it to the White House with their tea bags? How hypocritical can these double standard people be!
Unfortunately, this is what you get in a democracy full of ignorant people.
They are entitled to their opinion. I am surprised that Coke or Pepsi did not think of that idea first. How much more money would have that brought them? "Send a Coke or a Pepsi to the White House!" These advertising agencies and marketing companies have no imagination!
I venture to say they are lead by Republicans. It has to be.
What will be next after the Tea Bag Parties are over and no one has given a hoot about them? I have an idea for these idiots, how about a Hula Hoop demonstration? Then, after most of these people end up in the infirmaries with hip problems, they can petition through the Internet with another bunch of idiotic emails that we all send Hula Hoops to The White House.
Give it up! Wait for your bigger checks, idiots! All you are doing now is hurting your chances to recuperate some of your little gray matter. Little because you never had much, but better than nothing, anyway.
Oh yes, if I get another asinine email asking me to send a Tea Bag to The White House, I will send to the emailer house (there are ways to find out where you live) a Chamomile Tea Bag, with a copy of this blog, in case his/her diminutive flat brain did not have a chance to read it. Chamomile tends to sooth anxiety and you need to chill and concentrate on your paychecks, not on those of the people who make more than $250,000
And in case you think we are still in 1773...Yes, you are. You have not progressed an iota. You still live in 1773 and are scared shit to join new ideas in a new world. This is the 21st Century. You can't even come up with a demonstration that fits these modern times!
My question is this....Why didn't they think of that while Bush was there? After all he was always on a break and he could have used all those tea bags. Well, not alone, but imagine how much more fun it would have been for Georgie having daily social tea with sinister Cheney, manipulative Karl Rove, the dumb blond Press Secretary Dana Perino, the indicted ex Majority Leader Tom Delay, the ex Secretary of State twisted mind Donald Rumsfeld and the rest of the Republican political losers who used an ignorant president for personal gain in their crooked political career.
Are these protesters willing to return the tax break money they will get from the new tax law which reduces their payments to Uncle Sam? Because, correct me if I am wrong, I believe those people standing on the streets holding those stupid signs with tea bags hanging from their empty heads make much less than $200,000 a year and they will all get a stimulus check of $500 each. Are they planning to return it to the White House with their tea bags? How hypocritical can these double standard people be!
Unfortunately, this is what you get in a democracy full of ignorant people.
They are entitled to their opinion. I am surprised that Coke or Pepsi did not think of that idea first. How much more money would have that brought them? "Send a Coke or a Pepsi to the White House!" These advertising agencies and marketing companies have no imagination!
I venture to say they are lead by Republicans. It has to be.
What will be next after the Tea Bag Parties are over and no one has given a hoot about them? I have an idea for these idiots, how about a Hula Hoop demonstration? Then, after most of these people end up in the infirmaries with hip problems, they can petition through the Internet with another bunch of idiotic emails that we all send Hula Hoops to The White House.
Give it up! Wait for your bigger checks, idiots! All you are doing now is hurting your chances to recuperate some of your little gray matter. Little because you never had much, but better than nothing, anyway.
Oh yes, if I get another asinine email asking me to send a Tea Bag to The White House, I will send to the emailer house (there are ways to find out where you live) a Chamomile Tea Bag, with a copy of this blog, in case his/her diminutive flat brain did not have a chance to read it. Chamomile tends to sooth anxiety and you need to chill and concentrate on your paychecks, not on those of the people who make more than $250,000
And in case you think we are still in 1773...Yes, you are. You have not progressed an iota. You still live in 1773 and are scared shit to join new ideas in a new world. This is the 21st Century. You can't even come up with a demonstration that fits these modern times!
Friday, April 17, 2009
A CORNERED PARTY
(Intellectual? That's really stretching it!)This is not going to be a blog full of details and statistics. First because I have a headache, and second because there is no need to substantiate it with numbers and quotes. It is a blog to express my feelings towards today's Republican party. With the loss of the presidential elections as the last straw to their already weakened morale, the republican party has lost every attempt to a resurgence, it has failed miserably. They have no strong voice to represent them, no leaders to take the helm, no ideas, no logical opinions on any issue. It's the party of NO in every aspect.
Their only and already worn out position on any issue is the one about criticizing Obama and creating controversy on anything that our President does and/or talks about. it is the position of the loser, of the one who has nothing original to say or do, the NO position.
Their only and already worn out position on any issue is the one about criticizing Obama and creating controversy on anything that our President does and/or talks about. it is the position of the loser, of the one who has nothing original to say or do, the NO position.
To add to their lame brain negative attitude there is this idiot governor of Texas, Rick Perry, who is backing a resolution by representative Brandon Creighton of the same southern radical state, by which they claim that the State of Texas has sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution. According to them they would rather have another Secession War than giving President Obama the fair and appropriate time to see him succeed in tackling on the mess that the "dynamic duo" (Bush/Cheney) left him in eight disastrous years of incompetence and capitalistic dictatorship.
What else are we to expect? Sarah Palin on a self-campaign tour to promote her "bridge to no where" candidacy for 2012? Rush Limbaugh to continue his clowning through the radio? Indicted former Majority Leader Tom Delay, pretending he did not understand Chris Matthews question about the stupid comments by Rick Perry and getting off his tangents to show us once more how much in denial he and all his republican southerners colleagues are? Or perhaps, that black guy, elected to be the Republican National Committee boss, Michael Steele, who was chosen by his fellow republicans as a way to say "we too can have a black leader". So infantile because Obama is the leader of them too, as their denial takes them to extremes of comatose state of the brain. Mind you, when I say "black" it is not with any intention to bring out the race issue, as I believe Obama is the only one who can straighten out this mess and I voted for him. I only mention "black" to make a point about the ridiculous reasoning of the Republican party, or whatever is left of it.
(Perry and Jindal true to their thinking))
What else are we to expect? Sarah Palin on a self-campaign tour to promote her "bridge to no where" candidacy for 2012? Rush Limbaugh to continue his clowning through the radio? Indicted former Majority Leader Tom Delay, pretending he did not understand Chris Matthews question about the stupid comments by Rick Perry and getting off his tangents to show us once more how much in denial he and all his republican southerners colleagues are? Or perhaps, that black guy, elected to be the Republican National Committee boss, Michael Steele, who was chosen by his fellow republicans as a way to say "we too can have a black leader". So infantile because Obama is the leader of them too, as their denial takes them to extremes of comatose state of the brain. Mind you, when I say "black" it is not with any intention to bring out the race issue, as I believe Obama is the only one who can straighten out this mess and I voted for him. I only mention "black" to make a point about the ridiculous reasoning of the Republican party, or whatever is left of it.
(Perry and Jindal true to their thinking))It has been hardly three months since Obama took over this chaos and so far all the Republican party has contributed with is the word NO and the action NO. They are in deep trouble as the country shows support for Obama, while they keep shrinking in image, members, ideas, and brain size. They are not to be disregarded though, especially because, like an injured wild animal, they will charge till their last breath of air leaves their lungs. The Republican party has been pushed to a corner in the ring and not even Muhammad Ali's old "rope-a-dope" can save them. They are finished. This is why only the extreme radical southern States keep bluffing with threats of secession and independence from the Federal Government. The Republican party has been reduced to that, to a Regional Party made of Texas, Louisiana, and the likes. Their strongest voices being Texas Governor Rick Perry, a mediocre politician with no future in his party; and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who rejected help from the Federals when his State is in shambles and still suffering the continuous economical,physical, and emotional aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
Unfortunately for this pitiful Republican party, the damage they are suffering was caused by them. They can no defend from it, as they are both the attacker and the enemy. They keep throwing rocks at their own roof, and those of them who are inside the damaged house contemplating their own destruction eventually run out for cover, although they don't know where to go. They are dispersing in all directions like a cattle without direction.
I do have a soft spot in my heart for them, because after all they are Americans like the Democrats and would like to see them regroup and to integrate in what should be a common cause to bring back this country to the 21st century, where we were before Bush. Therefore, dear Republicans, please reconsider for your own good and survival...become Democrats! Your party, as we used to know it , is finished. Caput. Muerto. Zonked out.
( Republican Zombie)
Note: "ZONKED OUT" is my own invention, based on a contraction of "Zombies" and ("N") "Knocked Out".
Unfortunately for this pitiful Republican party, the damage they are suffering was caused by them. They can no defend from it, as they are both the attacker and the enemy. They keep throwing rocks at their own roof, and those of them who are inside the damaged house contemplating their own destruction eventually run out for cover, although they don't know where to go. They are dispersing in all directions like a cattle without direction.
I do have a soft spot in my heart for them, because after all they are Americans like the Democrats and would like to see them regroup and to integrate in what should be a common cause to bring back this country to the 21st century, where we were before Bush. Therefore, dear Republicans, please reconsider for your own good and survival...become Democrats! Your party, as we used to know it , is finished. Caput. Muerto. Zonked out.
( Republican Zombie)Note: "ZONKED OUT" is my own invention, based on a contraction of "Zombies" and ("N") "Knocked Out".
Thursday, April 2, 2009
WARNING: STATE OF DELAWARE RIP-OFFS
Attention all those who think that making some additional income by trying to sell something the legal way is the way to go. Not so if you fall for the trap that the State of Delaware tends you with the help of unscrupulous Internet companies, such as BizFilings.
Here are the details in a letter I decided to mail to Vice President Biden, for whom I have great admiration and faith:
Here are the details in a letter I decided to mail to Vice President Biden, for whom I have great admiration and faith:
March 30, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Vice President:
First of all I want to express to you my warmest wishes in your new position and my support to both the President and yourself for a successful recovery of our country. I have faith you will do it.
This letter has another purpose and I hope you get to read it in your busy schedule. It should not be taken as a personal request for myself, but rather as a deterrent to other rip-off perpetrated by the State of Delaware towards American citizens, like me, who try to make some additional income and trust Internet companies who pretend to represent the “victim” but don’t tell you the whole story about incorporating as a Limited Liability Corporation.
By reading the two attached letters you will realize how this crooked and complicated law instituted by the State of Delaware gets additional money from innocent people like me. Bottom line, I ended up paying a total of $700 to cancel and close my corporation for 9 months of operating as DAGONAZ CREATIONS LLC, in which period my sales were ZERO, and I was charged $250 for each year of operation, 2 according to them, although I was in existence only 9 months.
That amounts to $500. The additional $200 (for a total of $700) were fees for CANCELLATION and REVIVAL. In other words I cancelled, but for some trickery
In the Delaware State books I needed to revive my company in order to cancel it!
I feel this is a complete rip-off and I am asking you to have someone look into it. Not just for me, but for the many other people which are also being ripped off and will be taken advantage by the unscrupulous and unethical procedures by the State of Delaware.
I am sure that when you were a Senator for that state this could not have happened.
Thank you for your interest
Sincerely,
David Gonzalez
PS: My only source of income is Social Security. My wife has Multiple Sclerosis and collects disability. It is so unfair that laws like that make our lives so much harder to meet our obligations on our daily lives!
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