Furious Indifference.

Hmmm. I've been thinking a lot lately about the timing of the "financial market meltdown," and the subsequent dive in the over all value of the average investor's portfolio [401(k), mutual funds, Roth's, etc). No, not that it is happening at the end of the reign of the ass hats known as Republicans, though the douche bags can be largely blamed with their blind, slavish devotion to killing any and all regulation that appears to impede unbridled greed. Rather, I've been thinking of the role/blame the Fed and other quasi-governmental organizations around the world. And if this was even partially intentional, why? My only plausible theory was the financial-withdrawal galaxy-sized black hole that is the fabled retirement of the Baby Boomers. What better way to reduce liability and rob them blind to the tune of trillions than to deflate the global economies for the first 10 or 20 years of this gargantuan wave of retirements? Just a thought.

Spent my entire day knee/neck deep in multiple Sun Cluster nightmarish catch-22s and meta database corruption hell... add the innocent and well intentioned and way too frequent queries of "how's it going?" My pat reply was a mildly churlish grin with, "um, not sure yet, could be a month or more..." After the look of shock starts to spread across their faces, I reply with a juvenile, "just kidding!" It works. Finally got everything completely unscrewed just in time for me to head out of work to pick up my little buddy, who was saying good bye to a sweet daycare worker who is headed back to Louisiana after having come here to start a new life. Sadly reminded me in many ways of how I met my ex, she being from Louisiana and coming here for a new life... but here boyfriend here in Colorado turned out to be a "dirt bag," in her words, and she's going back. I told her, she probably isn't going to miss the winter that is surely waiting for u

This Day in History, November 14 th Friday 14, 2003: Planetoid 90377 Sedna is discovered. (hopefully it won't hit us "When I'm Sixty-Four). Thursday 14, 2002: The US House of Representatives votes to not create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks. Wednesday 14, 2001: Attack on Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul. Tuesday 14, 2000: Netscape Navigator version 6.0 is launched following two years of open source development. Saturday 14, 1998: Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra are married in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tuesday 14, 1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums. Sunday 14, 1993: Michael Jackson enters a drug rehabilitation program to treat an addiction to painkillers. Thursday 14, 1991: A fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding

I'm pretty sure that short-term memory and/or amnesia has erased the fact that Iran was moving toward democratization and reform in 2000 and 2001 and even for a while after the terrorist attacks of September 11 th , 2001 and actually offered assistance against the Taliban and Al Qaeda (Iranians are Shia and Persian, not Sunni and Arab); nonetheless, since Iran has been the obsession of the neocons (see: PNAC /Shah of Iran/CIA/British Petroleum/MI6, ad nausea) for the last 50 years or more, it was no matter. Even with hours and hours of footage of average Iranian citizens offering their heartfelt condolences, and despite back channel offers of help, they were to be lumped in with the 9/11 crazy nut bag fundamentalist nihilists anyway. Which has slowly evolved into one of the greatest strategic fuck ups in human history, perhaps only short of Germany's Eastern Front or Napoleon and the same folly (funny, how warmonger's think they can do the same thing, over and over agai

I'm not posting this so much to mock it, and all of it's multiple layers of irony... if I have to spell them all out for you I'll have to spank you, you naughty thing, you! No, I'm posting it because you can't help but giggle, and like the guy. :-)

To Obama's political opponents, this picture probably appears opportunistic, yet it is undeniably powerful, they may see it as cynical, even manipulative; yet it is beautifully poignant regardless. Despite the infinite perceptions that will manifest in millions of minds that see this picture, there is one undeniable singular sobering truth. Sacrifice. On that -- left, right, up, down, the churlish, and serious can agree. On this day, the 11th day of the 11th month, the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day, when it was, finally, " All Quiet on the Western Front ," we can all at least agree to honor 'sacrifice,' despite our political differences.

A Solemn Veteran's Day. My utmost Love and Respect to my fellow veterans, but especially so to those who have actually experienced combat, who have been injured, and most of all, to those who gave everything, and to their families who only have the remains of their memories to honor this day. Ninety (90) years, after the "end of major combat operations," in Europe in the "War to End All Wars" or "The Great War" or as it officially became known, WWI , after we stupid humans didn't think that one settled things and started another one. Now, generations later, we have this fucking bozo who has the goddamn nerve to say: I will miss being Commander-in-Chief !? Bush expresses regret over 'Mission Accomplished' banner (yeah, right!) Something tells me, lots of veterans, will not, miss you, President Bush, as Commander-in-Chief (CINC). MY Personal Anecdote: I still remember the memo (one of the first) from Donald Rumsfeld, Office of Secretary o

Two points, okay three. First, cable news is not the same as over-the-air broadcast news, as far as the FCC rules go (that's another discussion). Second, who gives a fuck other than hypocritical retards anyway? Last, it was a stupid slip of the tongue, and if he had actually said, "eff-you" instead of "fuck you," what sentient human being doesn't know what he meant anyway? Pretty stupid I guess. I wouldn't have bothered to post this, but I found it, in a juvenile way, funny of course, but the fact the Joe (who I like for some odd reason) is a raging queen of hypocrisy in regard to the good ole "F-Bomb." And I admit a passing crush on Mika Brzezinski . It is funny how all of the talking heads hardly, if ever, need more than a degree of separation from any given president, huh? "To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity." - Irving Wallace