What’s the big deal about Kanye West and Taylor Swift?
I have always known that Kanye West was a jerk. Why is it such a surprise that he was a complete jerk and idiot for going on stage with Taylor Swift? Does anyone really expect this imbecile to have good manners?
After all, when we have Congressman yelling “You lie!” during a Presidential address to the joint session of Congress, why would we expect a dumb rapper to have better manners?
Of course, hats off to the beautiful Beyonce for giving up some of her time to honor Ms. Swift. She has shown the world that she has class (and Kanye and Representative Joe Wilson are classless).
I have an idea!
- If you are in South Carolina – don’t vote for Joe Wilson and donate generously to his opponent
- If you want to listen to music – buy something from Taylor Swift or Beyonce
- Don’t EVER buy something from Kanye West.
It is only with the power of our purse and our vote that we will teach leaders, dignitaries, and public personalities that we hold them to a standard that our mothers would have taught them.
Don’t ever forget – September 11, 2001
8 years ago today, nearly 3,000 innocent civilians were murdered by terrorists. These people were chosen only because they were on American soil. They did nothing wrong. The world changed a great deal on that day. Many of us will never forget that horrible day.
I agree until I disagree – Senator John Kerry
We are all familiar with the famous quote by Senator Kerry: “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.” Now it seems that Mr. Kerry has had another opportunity to change his mind. He is now in favor of Governors of States to appoint an individual to fill an open Senate seat.
Four or five years ago, Senator Kerry was concerned that his seat would be open if the USA would have been foolish enough to vote this weak-spine individual to the office of the President of the United States. At that time, he supported Senator Kennedy’s successful efforts to change Massachusetts state law regarding the filling of Senate seats.
I do not live in Massachusetts. I have no vote there and my opinion on their local politics should have little weight. However, aren’t the good residents of Massachusetts tired of flip-flop Kerry? Please remove him from our national agony and get him out of office. Surely, there is another good Democrat that your beautiful and important state can find.
The following Wall Street Journal opinion actually describes this the best. It is short, so despite my best efforts, I have been unable to edit this opinion and still retain its message. I apologize to the Wall Street Journal for borrowing their content in entirety as it is not my typical technique.
John Kerry, the former junior Senator from Massachusetts, was back in Boston Wednesday, urging the state legislature to change the law governing U.S. Senate vacancies. The seat held by Edward Kennedy from 1962 until his death last month is to be filled in a January special election. Mr. Kerry, echoing a letter Kennedy wrote not long before he died, asked lawmakers to enact legislation allowing Governor Deval Patrick to appoint a Senator to serve in the interim.
“What Ted proposed is a plan that is hardly radical,” Mr. Kerry declared in his prepared testimony. “It’s hardly even unprecedented, even in Massachusetts.” That’s for sure. The law in the Bay State provided for interim appointment by the Governor as recently as 2004. That, of course, was the year that Mr. Kerry won the Democratic nomination for President. Just in case he won, the state legislature changed the law to strip the Governor of this power. That change also came at Senator Kennedy’s urging.
What changed in the ensuing five years? In 2004, the Governor, Mitt Romney, was a Republican. Mr. Patrick is a Democrat. So are the overwhelming number of state lawmakers, who overrode Mr. Romney’s veto. Raw partisan advantage explains why Mr. Kerry, like his departed colleague, was for the 2004 change before he was against it.
Baby frog
We have a small ornamental pond in our backyard. A couple of frogs have been making it their home since my daughter brought home tadpoles years ago when she was in 2nd grade (she is driving now – how time flies). Our patio beside this pond is almost always mosquito-free and I credit our frogs for this (along with the 4 dozen fish in the pond that voraciously eat mosquito larvae). As the frogs remove the mosquitos, we don’t mind them being in the backyard. However, some people aren’t keen on frogs and see them as pests. This is understandable as they can explore. If they do start causing problems around the backyard, it might be worth contacting https://www.pestcontrolexperts.com/ to see if they have any advice on how to deal with frogs.
Evidently, they were feeling a bit frisky lately since we now have 4 baby frogs sitting on the lillypads on a regular basis. Here is a picture one of them. He is much better looking than the Jabba the Hut toad that I read about on a friend’s blog!
It is probably difficult to tell but this little guy is well under 2 inches long as he sits there. The pad that he is on is 4-5 inches in diameter.
Articles that I have read that are interesting – September 7, 2009
- More rubbish from 60 Minutes tonight. “The Age of Megafires”
September 6, 2009