Today's Rambles 28 Oct 2012

Morning everyone! Notice that today's date is correct? *points to title*

A serious chill blew into Mobile last night. It was downright cold! I don't think it even got that cold last so-called winter. Our winter never actually came last year. It was the strangest thing.

Today's music selection is "Turn the Page" by Bob Seger.

If you have kids who would enjoy reading Coraline and they have an ereader, then zip on over to Amazon and snap that up today in the Kindle Daily Children's Deal.

Everyone, please pray today that the hurricane is gentle. I always hate to see anyone hurt or having damage.

Not that anyone cares about us when there is a hurricane. They only care about New Orleans because evidently that's the ONLY city along this stretch of Gulf Coast that matters. Bastards.

Speaking of New Orleans... and a ho....

I just about spit my coffee out all over my monitor today when I read about Madonna getting booed. Serves the old bag right. I've posted about her before too. Evidently, I'm not alone.

Okay, so Louisiana has one seriously redeeming quality (besides its conservative citizens), that's the ever wonderful Bobby Jindal. I love that man!

Color me not surprised that Obama doesn't want to fess up to the Benghazi attack fiasco. Reading his responses, it sounds like he got angry at the questions. Gee, imagine that. He's all alone in not wanting to answer touchy questions. What a moron.

The zombies are coming! The zombies are coming!

Many prayers that everyone is safe and sound after the major British Columbian earthquake last night. I'm having trouble finding morning articles with updated pictures or video. Ah well, I suppose they'll come soon enough.

Had a great time over at TCM's CFU. It has a few things I like then some I don't, but overall it's nice to see a large group of folks that love classic films. Join us!

On this day...
... in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was "dedicated" (ironic that today it will be closed, due to the hurricane).
... in 1919, Congress backed prohibition.
... in 1962, the Soviet Union stands down, ending the Cuban missile crisis.
... in 1965, the famed St. Louis Gateway Arch is completed.

Have a great Sunday everyone!

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UPDATE: I can't believe I forgot to mention what I watched last night. Remember to NEVER allow me to see A Tree Grows in Brooklyn EVER again. I cried my freaking eyes out. My eyes are all burning and swollen this morning. Man oh man, what a movie!

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Today's Rambles 26 Oct 2012

Good morning everyone! Let's have a great weekend. I think, this should be named the Great Weekend of 2012. Why? Why not?

Well we'll start with the wrong date I have posted above. lol! Because it's so bizarre, I'm leaving it, thank you very much.

Today's music selection is "The Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. I don't know why, but I've been humming it all morning and so it goes here.

CALLING ALL CLASSIC FILM LOVERS!!! You know, we need a place to congregate. Over at the TCM forum there is a thread (read it here) which asks who you watch the movies with. There are a lot of lonely classic film lovers out there, myself included. My husband will watch the occasional one, but not on a routine basis and besides, he's in California (I miss him so much!). We need to band together somehow.

In any case, if you love classic film, then please join the TCM community (no, I'm not tied to it in any way, shape or form, except being a fan). My profiles are there (yes, plural, more on that in a moment) and once you join, you are more than welcome to friend me! This is the link to my Fan Union page and this is the link to my Forum Page.

I'm not really sure why there are two separate profiles. That's rather annoying.

Don't you find it amusing that Alex Band's voice (the lead singer in The Calling and of the song "Wherever You Will Go") is so large and deep, for such a little guy?

Reader's Digest had an interesting article on foods that will be on sale this season. I've not checked to see if it's accurate though.

At first, I was SO impressed with Amazon. Today's Kindle Daily Deal are a bunch of Christian fiction books. I'm not sure what spawned it, was all ready to thank Amazon for remembering that Christians are customers too. I went to go buy a few then all of a sudden I noticed something. The original Daily Deal page says today's deal covers 22 of her books. I should hardly call $9.99 a Kindle Deal! What's up with that?

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I sent an email to Amazon and here is what I said:

This isn't a question, so much as it is a complaint. Your so-called Kindle Daily Deal is no deal. I should hardly think that books that are $9.99 are a deal. I find it heartbreaking too that you would do this with Christian books. At first, I was so impressed that you would offer Christian fiction as a daily deal, until I realized that it was no deal at all.

I hate to say it, but I felt spit on by you. All your other Kindle Daily Deals are fairly priced, but when it comes to Christians, we must pay more than others do for their books.

Now if you had left it at the one Bailey Flanigan series (which is $1.99), that would have been entirely different. You didn't though. You lied right to our faces.

Shame on you Amazon. I am a faithful customer (yes, I complain, but I always come back; it's like family) but I have never had my feelings hurt by you Amazon. This one hurt.

I expect that I'll get a standard email saying something about how they understand I was upset about the price and they hope that in the future I'll be happy or whatever. It won't take away what they did today.

Speaking of Amazon.... lately, Woot.com (owned by Amazon) has sucked. It's the same crap merchandise over and over and over again. We need things that are fresh.

There was an accident today on the freeway and the article is sad, but shocking all the same. I couldn't help it, I had to comment.

Stopped or not, shouldn't the driver behind him have been far enough back to NOT slam into him? Isn't that the first rule of driving? I don't think I understand this.

At the time of this writing, it says [oops, had an error there, damn it I hate it when that happens!] that authorities don't know if narcotics was involved, they don't know why he stopped, but they do know they're blaming him. How does that make any sense?

The "arrest now, figure it all out later" policy is not what the law is supposed to be about.

That case smells bad to me. Lately, Mobile County has been aggressively arresting and charging people that shouldn't have been charged. Take the Mobile County Assistant District Attorney who was arrested. That was ridiculously stupid.

Foxnews Magazine has put out an excellent article on who is supporting Romney. They saved the best for last. I would so marry Kelsey Grammer or Robert Duvall, no matter how old they are!

While I'm on that subject though, doesn't that picture of Ted Nugent (from the side) look like Jack Nicholson? At first, that's who I thought it was. Oh and I think we could have done without Jenna Jameson's endorsement. Her "reason" is very selfish and not the right reason.

Okay, here's your weird Foxnews.com error of the day. I took a screen cap of it so we can all see it loud and clear. The headline on the front page says "Home Decoration for Less". The irony is that whomever put that on the front page, didn't actually read the article. The article's actual title is "Budgeting to Decorate a New House". That sounds similar, doesn't it? However, they are talking about actually making cost estimates for a budget, not how to do it cheaply.

As much as I love Foxnews, they do make little annoying errors that way. I mean, we all know that they are more busy than any of the other networks because they do actual fact checking, but small mistakes should still be avoided, no matter how busy they are.

On this day...
... in 1659 Quakers were executed for their beliefs (despite that they came here to escape English persecution).
... in 1858 Theodore Roosevelt was born.
... in 1904 the NYC subway opened (I wonder who the first person was to pee or vomit in it?).
... in 1940 John Gotti was born.

Oh and yes, that's a new format. I like it better. I'm a visual person and like things neat and tidy.

Now, imagine, for a moment, if the English had succeeded in exterminating all Quakers. Susan B. Anthony wouldn't have gotten women the right to vote, Kentucky wouldn't have had Daniel Boone, girls of the 1950s wouldn't have had a sex symbol via James Dean, the Wild West shows would have been a bit boring without Annie Oakley, Joseph Lister wouldn't have given us Listerine, the [Herbert] Hoover dam wouldn't exist and on and on.

Sure, events would have happened eventually, but they would be much later. Extermination is not only a war crime and a human rights violation. We all know about that. The biggest part of that is the hindrance of innovation.

So is anyone surprised at all that Obama and his cronies lied about the events of the Benghazi attacks? Seriously, anyone at all? Didn't think so!

Anyway, everyone have a great day and hopefully I'll see you over at TCM!

Today's Rambles 26 October 2012

Good morning everyone!

This Britney Wood family case just gets worse and worse. Let's forget for a moment that this bastard needs to be lynched, but take a look at that one sentence that says, "Kent was out on bond for rape and sodomy charges [related to an] incestuous sex ring involving underage victims in both Mobile and Baldwin counties."

Can someone please explain to me why that man was out on bond? His own nephew, also involved in it and also out on bond, cut off his ankle device and fled. When they went to his home to investigate, they found a freaking METH LAB!!!

I don't think anyone in this family needs to be out on bond. They are a danger to minors and to the general public. It also appears that they were involved with the murder of Britney too.

This is one sick family. I have no doubt that one of them killed Britney. She was a beautiful girl. Too bad she was born into a screwed up family like this.

Have you noticed that Google search sucks now? Used to, if you did a search and a lot of results were located at one website, they would group all those results into one and have a little link that said "See more results from X.com". Evidently those days are over. Now when I do a search, I get 10 thousand pages of completely useless information, all from the same site. Google is the new Microsoft. They have now quit caring about their clientele. It's time for a new innovative company to launch and put them in their place.

Speaking of things that suck. How about the Greater Gulf State Fair? Now, I'm sure there are a lot of locals who think it's just the best thing in the world because they really don't know any better. Most have lived here all their lives and so they have no idea what a good fair is all about.

The best fair I've ever experienced in my life, is the Tanana Valley State Fair. Just as a FYI, that's pronounced tan-nuh-nawh, it doesn't rhyme with Banana. That fair ROCKS! It's the best fair I've ever seen and I've lived in a bunch of states and have moved to new states, on average, about every 7 years. Alaska knows what a fair should be and should be a template for any fair organizer.

The Gulf fair is all about rides. That's it. There are no animal exhibitions, no pie tastings, not much in the way of quilting or sewing or just about anything. All of that is done before the freaking fair even opens. It sucks and I hate it. I've only been once and would not go back again, ever, were it not that my Mother is living with me and wants to go.

On this day in 1881 there was a shootout at the OK Corral with Wyatt Earp et al. Tombstone (blu-ray) is the best movie I've seen on that subject. I didn't much care for Kevin Costner's film.

Has anyone noticed that Amazon also sucks now? At least, the website does, not the service. I've had nothing but good customer service from them (in fact, here are my reviews of stuff), but their website is so slow now! Is it just me?

While I'm on the subject of Amazon... I have a Kindle Fire and I really do love it, but the biggest annoyance to me is that the default bottom of the device. That is where the ridiculously placed power button is. It gets heavy after a while (a short while) and if you rest it on your lap, table or whatever, it shuts the freak off. I cannot stand it! I don't know whose bright idea it was to design it that way, but it irks the crap out of me. The default bottom should have no buttons whatsoever. It seems to prove that there was no testing whatsoever with the device.

As for the device itself and how well it works, it's decent. Occasionally it'll shut off every now and then and not turn back on for a while. It causes a multi-panic moment. Eventually though, it comes back on. I'm not sure what that's about but it's not just mine. It has happened to my husband's and my daughter's, all of which are Fires.

If you happened to read about that Alabama pizza girl, then read the truth here. It's stunningly different. Leave it to liberals to make total asses out of themselves. On the other hand, however, I do thank those asses for making Romney look so good as the better choice for all.

Want more proof that CNN is run by clowns? If that's not enough, how about this then? You know, isn't that like me saying "Hey, I'm the best Queen of England!"? No, really. How can you declare yourself that with a straight face? What a moron.

The thing is, it's really funny that the media is actually covering for Obama, but never did they cover Bush or Reagan. Then they have the nerve to say they're non-biased. Not even!

Finally, a little bit about me. I love classic rock. Part of it is that my father loved it (he had Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc. albums on vinyl, which is rare for his age) but mostly I grew up with it. Every now and then, I'd like to share one of my favorite songs, so today it'll be Hotel California. Yes I know, it's nothing new, but it's been on my mind lately a lot. My husband being in California and all, and missing him, makes me think about this song. So today is my Hotel California day and it's the live version because it rocks.

Enjoy and have a great weekend everyone!

Today's Rambles 24 Oct 2012

A little late, but better than never, eh? My poor puppy girl isn't feeling so hot today. She'll be okay though, so no worries.

Okay, let's just hop right in... I just don't understand why more people aren't seeing what a liar Obama really is. I'm glad Foxnews was able to find the truth. Obama is the most foolish president in history and his administration is full of clowns. It's shameful.

Let's forget for a moment how I cannot STAND Katie Couric and that fake smile of hers and her diminutive abilities. My dog has much more magnetism and better reporting skill than she does. No. Really.

I remember when NBC thought she was the absolute darling of morning television. "Hello?" I don't think so! Katie is not only boring, but she is opportunistic and artificial. I have to wonder why is Madeleine Stowe talking about Mel Gibson? I didn't see the interview and cannot seem to find out how this conversation evolved. Was Katie asking her about Gibson? Or did Stowe bring him up? Either way, unless Stowe's interview was directly related to Gibson, I think it is entirely inappropriate for either of them to discuss this.

Lizzie Borden House and tour guide.

The "most disappointing article I read today" award goes to America's Spookiest Houses. Clearly Adam Verwymeren really doesn't seem to know a lot about America's spooky houses. To begin with, the list is abnormally short, with a whopping (now wait for it) FOUR houses.

I will admit that the Lizzie Borden house (been there, done that) is definitely creepy. Combine that with the most interesting tour guide (points to the left) I've just about ever met, and you'll have a chopping good time! Pun, sickly intended.

I've also been to the Winchester Mystery House in California. In fact, I just went this past July. I'm not sure I'd call that spooky though. Just weird, maybe.

LaLaurie house and good son.

The one place though that definitely should have made the list,that was ignored, was the very creepy LaLaurie house in the French Quarter (which isn't all it's cracked up to be... the FQ I mean). There is not enough room here to describe why this needs to be included, nor is it a subject I really wish to discuss, it's just too grotesque for me. Suffice it to say that this one is most often considered the creepiest house in the country.

Oh, and that's my son standing in front of it (points to right).

Right off hand, I cannot think of anymore. Well there is the Myrtle house which is in Louisiana too. I've not yet been there, but I've seen a documentary on it.

Anyway, the point is that that list is definitely not the one to read up on. I'd just Google it, if I were you... and if you are even interested.

It's been a VERY long time since I've heard about Yo-Yo Ma. Glad to hear he's still around and about.

I want to give an award today to Scott Adams, author of the ever fun Dilbert. I am proud that though he may not actually be a conservative, I am impressed that he doesn't bend to his fellow liberal celebrities and their favorite media outlets. I just LOVE his updates. Very clever and well done, Mr. Adams! I adore you now more than ever before.

I don't know the reason behind his sudden declaration, but I can say one thing for sure. He got more free advertising because of it than anyone could ever hope for! Oh and before my words are twisted themselves, just a note here is that I am not implying anything. I refer you to the above paragraph. I truly praise him for his bravery and honesty.

On this day in 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph line. Did you know that the very first telegram ever sent was sent to good 'ol Honest Abe Lincoln himself. Not only that, but its subject was the Civil War too. Go figure. The first telegraph was the encouragement of war, and yet everyone says how war is not the answer these days. These same hypocrites, who say that very thing, think Lincoln was one of the best presidents this country ever had... and yet he was a war monger. Imagine that.

Again, before anyone twists my words (because word-twisting is a liberal's heroin), that doesn't mean I supported the Confederate cause. Well at least, not all of them. I support the right to succeed, end of story. It is not up to the rest of the country to "decide" if they will allow it or to decide moral issues. The people of every southern state had their rights violated by Lincoln with his tyrannical "you must stay in the union", stance.

I'm proud that I'm not afraid to say what I think. More people should join me on that.

So everyone, I hope you have a great day! Even if you are a liberal. :)

Why you should vote for Obama.

Okay, it's time to address this. Elections are just around the corner and I for one cannot WAIT! I really hope that people make the right decision this time.

That said, in the spirit of truth, justice and the American way (things that are slowly dying in the poor forsaken country) I'm going to list why you should vote for Obama and this includes certain personalities. If you happen to fall under any of these, I think you can safely say that you'd do better under Obama. Yep, I sure am.

1. You don't care about your country. Let's face it, we all know how he's ruined it so far from unemployment, to debt, to inaction on acts of terror to insulting Christians, to ... Do I really need to go on? You get the idea. If you are all for letting this country crumble morally, economically and socially, then he's your guy.

2. You like clowns. Clowns scare the crap out of me and this clown is no exception, albeit for a totally different reason. His grandstanding on TV is just plain embarrassing. I keep expecting him to pull out a horn and honk it at everyone.

3. You don't like taking responsibility for yourself. I've decided that Obama has a little secret in his pocket. I am just about certain that he has recorded a mp3 of himself (remember the Queen of England?) that says, "it's the previous administrations fault". I think he just mouths the words to make us think he's actually talking when in fact, all his denials of responsibility are pre-recorded. You'd be a bosom buddy with Barack if you prefer to point the finger at others.

4. You are a racist. I'm going to say what is true here. The blacks that support Obama hate whites. The whites who support Obama want a reason to keep blacks in the inner-city high crime areas, rather than to educate and encourage hard work instead.You see where this is going, right?

5. You like being broke. This one is good for those of you that are lazy and don't want to get jobs. You would just rather live off the government, having everyone else around you take care of you. For those of you in this category, you don't want to get ahead. You'd rather live in project housing and revert to #3 when anyone asks you why you are living off the government.

6. You're a Hollywood celebrity that really doesn't care about politics at all. You just prefer to do what most of your friends are doing because you're weak and cannot handle the pressure. You probably also do drugs and have multiple marriages or affairs for the very same reason.You think it makes you look good or something twisted like that.

7. You hate Christians. The irony here is that Obama is a so-called professed Christian, but that's different, right? It's okay for him, just not for any Republican. You want to remove God from everything, even if it doesn't hurt you at all. You are evil, and want to remain that way.

8. You want to host a terrorist for dinner. Obama prefers to simply ignore that pesky 'ol terrorism problem. Instead, he'd rather have a great big love fest with all of them. Don't let the nearly 3,000 people who died that day bother you. It's in the past, right? Oh and if you hate Israel, then by gosh Obama will be your best friend! Don't forget his hateful comments about Netanyahu. That'll surely make you proud.

9. You just plain hate Repbulicans or Libertarians. They stand for too much good and they always manage to make you look bad. They're intelligent and successful but not all are rich. Who cares about that last tidbit? It makes more sense to lie and tell everyone that they're all rich. .

10. You hate rich people. Granted, there are some rich people in this country and they provide jobs, but instead you think that you should raise their taxes. You want fairness, right? Well sure you do! We'll just conveniently forget about the fact that if you tax the rich, they'll just raise your prices and YOU will be the one paying their tax bill. Yeah, just forget that part.

In the end, if you want no hope and no change, then be sure to check that box next to Barack. He's definitely the loser you're looking for!

Congrats to Obama Supporters!

It is coming to fruition. Obama supporters are single-handedly crushing free speech as we know it. Today the blogs, tomorrow the world!

They now should be ashamed of themselves.  Look at what you've done. You've created a monster. Shame on you!

Finally! Health care reform I can believe in.

This reminds me of those priceless or perfect world commercials. This is the way health care reform should be done. It's amazingly simple, and yet so effective. Obama is such a failure! It's too bad he's only a leading consumer advocate. He could seriously be a great president.

In fact...

How about Clark Howard 2012?

Can someone explain to me why ACORN's doors are STILL open?!

I haven't said too much about this. It's just so outrageous that it doesn't seem worth my time in saying so. The audacity for a company to use government funds to help hookers, pimps and worse, child prostitution ring leaders is just shocking. Except for closing ACORN down, it appears that there is nothing left to say about it, except to add that criminal charges should be filed against all board members and the CEO. Quite possibly even the CFO as well.

Let's review the events, shall we? First let me just say where it says "edited video" this is for obvious reasons. Anyone in the internet world knows that size does matter when it comes to video. Videos are edited for time purposes and to attempt to claim otherwise is a futile effort.

The articles that are linked to below are from a variety of news agencies such as ABC, CBS, CNN, the New York Times and Washington Post to name a few. I have deliberately looked for ACORN news in major media sites and not just conservative sites. Not surprisingly, that is sometimes a problem.

ACORN is no Chicken Little

This is no false warning. The message here is clear and something we should all be concerned with. How can anyone try to falsify things so hookers and pimps can work out of their homes?