OH boy! When they got you they got you.

You know there is this quote I once heard in the movie "All the Presidents Men" Jack Warden, who plays an associate editor of the Washington Post tells, actors Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman , who are portraying reporters, Woodward and Bernstein, that then Presidential counsel, Richard Colsen had a saying hanging on the wall behind his desk that proclaimed;"if you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow".

More truer words have never been pieced together to bring to light what is happening to this country's middle class. The middle class, the back bone of the US economy, and who, at the rate things are going, will one day be on display along side the dinosaurs, must feel like the tough luck character in Larsen's far side cartoon. We have all seen Larsen's cartoons, if you haven't well then I suggest that you do so soon because once our duly elected, pompous windbag representatives, get finished with this bailout plan we are going to need all the laughs we can get.

Since WWII this country's government has declared war on communism , internal criminal elements, diseases, hunger, poverty, you name it if we don't like it we declared war on it. And now am afraid "our" government has declared war, on its own middle class. Yes; the middle class, the back bone from which the government extracts, through those skilled surgeons at the IRS, the funds needed to carry out their wars, wants to insert another long needle into our very marrow and extract whats left to bailout those irresponsible, greed driven, investors who have put their own personal financial wealth ahead of the health of the very institutions they are a apart of. "Their" pursuit of happiness through greed, has thrown the baby(our financial system) out with the dirty bath water, and now we are being asked, as if we have a choice, to help give that baby CPR to try and save it. The sad thing about all of this is is that as the great minds of Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke plead their cases to congress two things are certain: first they will get their money: second any real and comprehensive accountability that should be included with a bailout plan will not happen because quite frankly they have us by the balls and unfortunately with it comes our hearts and minds.

9/11/2001

Today as we come together to remember the events that took place seven years ago we remember that 2,975 people lost their lives on that faithful day. They were White,Black,Latino,Muslim,Jewish,Christan all. They were Republicans, Democrats and Independents. They were brokers,custodians,food service workers,cooperate executives,law enforcement officers, and fireman. They were sons and daughters, mothers, fathers, aunts uncles, grandfathers and grandmothers, wives, husbands, friends or people we never knew. They were airline workers,college students, and government workers and they all died that day because they had one thing in common, they were AMERICANS. So as we remember those events lets us also remember that in the seven years since those attacks the U.S. has been safe because of the commitment and sacrifice of our armed forces. As of today our military loses in the war on terror have surpassed that of Sept 11th. and yet as of today they still carry the fight to those minority extremist who have taken it upon themselves to speak and act for the millions of peaceful Muslims around the world. So, today, as we honor the memory of our dead and debate whether or not we should continue that fight, let remember that those still serving today need our support because we are all AMERICANS and still targets.

Lets give Jerry Manuel what he deserves..a contract!

To sit and listen to all those so called baseball experts talk on and on about how great the Mets have played under Jerry Manuel and then here them turn around in the same sentence and say that he should get a contract extension only if he makes the playoffs, is beyond belief. This team was all but dead under Willie Randolph, heck why Met management brought him back after last years historical collapse is still the question of this young century. Manuel has gotten these players, all of whom had shut down on Randolph, to pick up their games and has even gotten this under achieving pitching staff to throw competitively since taking over. Now with his "closer" out for the year and a middle relief that suffers from shell shock and neck spasms (turning to watch the ball rapidly leave the park does that to the neck of a pitcher)I think that for the Mets to be in first place is nothing short of spectacular and a testament to Manuel's ability to being a winning manager here. From the minute he took over this downtrodden team in California, Jerry Manuel has made it clear who is in charge, ask Jose Reyes. Ask the pitcher Manuel comes out to pull from a game or even a player who doesn't preform. Some have stated that the Mets, after last years collapse, don't want to be committed into carrying baggage into their new ball park next season. However, after they bungled the Randolph firing,he should have been shown the door at the end of the season last year, adhering to that policy, will only deprive them of Jerry Manuel's skill as a manager and a chance to make next season in that new park extra special.

Lipstick and the Pig and experience.

PLEASE!!!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Do we have to sit here and take in another Presidential campaign full of enough smoke to choke the all of the electorate? Talk about greenhouse gases both these campaigns have enough to melt the polar ice caps three times over! The latest storm is over Obama's use of pigs and lipstick in the same sentence. When challenging whether or not his opponent, John McCain's, had the ability to bring change to Washington, Obama said that you can put lipstick on a pig and it would still be a pig. Well, Obama may be correct about McCain's 30 years in Washington and his ability to bring about change as president, but as a first term senator does Obama, himself have the experience to be president?
Lets face it, if you know your government then you know that a senator's job does nothing to prepare him or her for the presidency. If anything being a governor of a state holds more of the same responsibilities as that of a president. A governor is the commander in chief of the state police and national guard. A governor prepares a budget, nominates judges, and signs and vetoes laws. Sound familiar? That's right the president does all of that too. So then, who would you think is more qualified to become president? A Senator who hasn't been in Washington long enough to put a dent in his seat cushion or his running mate and opponent, who have both been in the Senate long enough to see the curtains changed at least three times. Or perhaps the Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin and her two years of experience as the executive officer of that state? I don't know sounds like it sells itself.

The Yankees lost season

2 bleacher tickets to a Yankees vs Red Sox game $37.50 Parking $17.00 Two Hot Dogs and two sodas $18.00 waiting until next year with a team with a payroll worth that of a small nation GNP: PRICELESS!!!! Fire Cashman, get rid of Abrue, great arm no nerve for the wall, give Cano a month in the minors and please keep Joba in the pen, he is more valuable being available to us every night then every four days. Wave goodbye to Giambi and lets see if we can get A-Rod a therapist to help him find his clutch. The Yankees will be opening up a new stadium next season to which i hope to see some new faces on the field.

LIVE EARTH AS PRESENTED BY THE NICE PEOPLE

DID ANYONE SEE IT. WELL I WILL KEEP THIS SIMPLE ENOUGH THAT EVEN CAMRON DIAZ WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT. IF THESE NICE PEOPLE ARE SO CONCERNED WITH SAVING THE PLANET THEN WHY DID THEY SHOW UP TO THESE CONCERTS IN CARAVANS OF SUVS? I WOULD HAVE HAD SOME RESPECT HAD THEY WALKED UP TO THE STADIUMS OR RODE A BICYCLE OR SKATEBOARD TO THE EVENT HELL I WOULD HAVE EVEN ACCEPTED THE DRIVING OF A VW BETTLE TO THE EVENT. IF THE HOLLYWOOD ULTRA LEFT WINGERS WANT TO SAVE THE PLANET AND THEY ONLY WANT TO DO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN ENJOY ALL IT HAS TO OFFER THEN DO SO BY EXAMPLE. THE MONEY THEY SPENT TO THROW THE EVENT COULD HAVE FED A NATION OF STARVING PEOPLE, OR BUILT A COMMUNITY OF HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS. DO LIKE I DO, I'M NOT RICH BUT WHATEVER MONEY I HAVE I GIVE TO MY FAVORITE CHARITY. HECK ONE PERSON'S DOLLAR IS JUST A DOLLAR BUT A NATION OF PEOPLE THAT GIVE A DOLLAR THATS ALOT OF MONEY. AND THINK ABOUT IT NO TRAFFIC JAMS AND GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS PRODUCED BY THOSE SUVS.

I'M BACK

YES THATS RIGHT I'M BACK AND HAVE ONLY ONE THING TO SAY: ROSIE, PLEASE, PLEASE, JUST SHUT UP! YOU ARE GIVING ALL OF US NORMAL PEOPLE HEADACHES WITH YOUR NEVER ENDING BABBLE. JUST SHUT UP!!! HEY IT MIGHT EVEN HAVE AN IMPACT UPON GLOBAL WARMING WHICH WOULD MAKE FAT AL HAPPY.