Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments WATCH LIVE: Mubarak Resigns! Egyptians Celebrate! I have a very healthy suspicion that the timing of the large steaming, flaming pile of dogshit that was laid at the doorstep of the White House on Bush’s way out the door is no accident. How better to keep a fresh face, a Democrat, a somewhat left, black, and charismatic leader occupied and hog-tied for 4 years with a huge political upside – i.e., blaming him for that self-same pile of crap? » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 10:17 am We all have to admit that’s a possibility. I know I would be less than honest to say that won’t or could not happen. It certainly IS the pattern of the past. Only time will tell. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 10:12 am Amen, Comrade! (psssst!… the meeting will be announced real soon… pass it on!) 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 10:10 am I do believe that we are talking about Huffington Post. The Dark Side, That Site, HP, HuffyPuffy, HuffyFluffy, et.al. LOL 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 10:03 am Naw, you’d just have to share it! LOL! 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 10:00 am Um….. here’s an oldie but a goodie… “Workers of the world, UNITE!” (I AM a Socialist, after all… LOL) 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 9:57 am I tend to sheep-dip my laptop these days… » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 9:21 am WTF?!?!!??!? Why? Because a despot, who is the epitome of conservative ruling, is now overthrown? Is it the dreaded Muslim Brotherhood? Is it because a ruler, who they claim is somehow “socialist” is gone? Good Allah Almighty! Those people are just nuts! 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 9:11 am My understanding is that in most ME countries and other places, that the Ministries are powers unto themselves. Defense, Interior, and so forth. It is also my understanding is that the Egyptian military is fairly independent and neutral, much like our own, trying to be faithful to their Constitution and ruling politicians. I see their apparent neutrality in this as them waiting to see what the people of the country really wanted. If they threw in with Mubarak, they would have to live and die with him. The same with the protesters. In the end, they stood aside and let the two groups sort of work it out. Maybe I’m way off base. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 8:33 am They are actually allowing me to write stuff here… I keep waiting for the hammer to fall! LOL Refugee from behind the HP Curtain… 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 12:57 pm Hi biz! Welcome! Roll up a rock and settle in. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 12:52 pm Some points: First, I always thought that being in “the elite” was somethng to aspire to, not to be reviled. When did THAT change? We talk about elites in sports, in the military, and in business, but all of a sudden, being an elite intellectually is a bad thing. I simply repudiate that. Second: Snobbishness works both ways. I know people that revel in their lack of education, trailer trash lifestyle, political ignorance, or religious intolerance, and will forever reject and cast out anyone that does not accomodate them. Point is, you can be a snob about anything. Third: Lack of critical thinking is a result of deep societal psychosis over education for the past 2 or 3 generations. Of course this country has never placed a premium on critical thinking in public education, but has instead focused on grinding out workers for industry and agriculture. We are currently in the throes of finding a new path. It’s not pretty or promising. Finally, I have no idea how to keep the blood from exiting the cranial orifices, buddy. I just try not to take it personally and keep as far away from such people as possible. If forced to come in contact with such folk, and the conversation turns to politics and associated subjects, the well-injected non-sequiter generally works well to distract. It’s the conversational equivalent to shouting “SQUIRREL!!!!” Works every time to cover a strategic withdrawal. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 12:44 pm From one of my rants … I don’t know if it addresses your question, but in my mind it does… Fire, ice, asteroids, volcanoes, global climate change, pole shifts, war, gay rights, race, religious disputes, oil disasters, financial collapses, American Idol, political parties, Jersey Shore, riots in Greece… they are all bogeymen with which we distract ourselves from the real threat of our time. In an age when everyone invents his own truth, there is no community, no commons, only factions and fractures. Without community, without a sense of commons, there can be no consensus to resist the greedy, the envious, the cynical, the solipsistic and power-mad narcisists who sieze control and turn the institutions of civilization into a series of doom machines, real or imagined. The question each of us needs to ask ourselves is, which side of this very real conflict are we on? Do you honestly believe that "every man for himself" and "I've got mine" are real answers, and that the civilization that allows you to operate that way is actually beneficial and will be self-sustaining if everyone thinks and behaves that way? Or, do you believe that we ARE our brothers' keepers, and that by fostering that belief, and by building a true commons we can all share in order to prosper, we will all end up in a better world? To me, that is the cultural divide. » Posted By PocketWatch On February 14, 2011 @ 5:49 am I have a theory about THAT SOB as well… I’ll save it for another time…. LOL 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 12, 2011 @ 9:23 pm And here we have it. I can be rightfully accused of speaking out of my butt on so many issues, simply because I am not on “the inside.” It takes someone like CL, who IS on the inside and can see the makings of the sausage, to understand what goes on. I thank you. I am no autoObmamabot… I am essentially a Socialist on most social issues, and have been frustrated with our government in general for 30 years. I would LOVE to see rapid social justice in this country. I also know that change takes time. It took 50 years of termites eating at the foundations to get us here, and will take years and years to rebuild those foundations without destroying the building. Thanks, CL. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 12, 2011 @ 9:02 pm I have a theory that goes like this… I believe that if the economy was healthy and there were few issues pending, President Obama (or any reasonably center-left President) would have been happy to go down the path the left wanted, and the right knew it. People in the WH knew months if not longer before the crash, that it was coming, but WHEN was the question. I find it highly suspicious that after the election and before taking office, all of a sudden…. BOOM! How better to keep a moderate Dem President who has the charisma to carry the day on many social issues hog-tied and surrounded by corporatists than hand him a steaming pile of economic dogshit, bagged up and flaming on the White house steps? And that’s exactly what happened. There is no political downside to that. All the economic ills can be – correctly or not – laid in his lap, and the right gets four years to beat the crap out of him in the media. And further, it limits what anyone is able to accomplish, because everyone in government is now focused on one thing. I find it amazing he’s gotten as far as he has in the circumstance, and, as I said, I suspect a rat. A big, nasty, corporate rat. » Posted By PocketWatch On February 12, 2011 @ 8:36 pm When I lived in NY in Westchester County, I lived in a small enclave, middle class neighborhood. The people across the street had cats, and one was a white and brown tom we called ‘The Mayor.’ He’d just show up any time something was going on and just walk right in to anyone’s house or apartment and make sure everything was to his satisfaction. The most confident cat I’ve ever seen! 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 8:54 am I rarely even use the leash any more… I hook her up when we are someplace new, or when we are near anything that could be dangerous or she could get into places like deep woods where I cannot easily follow. Other than that, I just follow her or she follws me, and we have a nice 30 – 60 minutes of exploring, or, as I call it, patrolling. When I went on a trip a while back, I had to leave her at a cat resort in town (great place…). When I pulled up, I took Maggie out for a walk on theproperty to sort of make sure she was calm and interested. They were watching out the window. I told them they didn’t have to walk her, she would be just fine in the large room they have set up for cats. When I got back, the lady told me they walked her outside every day, and people were stopping in the road to watch and ask questions. It was hilarious, and they were so amazed how calm she is about it all. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 8:47 am I used to have a Doberman, and while I have no problem with tail docking for some sporting breeds as a practical matter, I would never put a dog through ear cropping again, even though she turned out beautifully. » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 8:40 am The manufacturer is actually 15 miles from where I live. I went and talked to them for a couple of hours. » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 8:37 am Maggie had ear mites when I got her home. The typical vet medication takes 6 weeks, with applications every day. One squirt in each ear and rubbing it in… over and done. That stuff is amazing. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 8:36 am And, of course, now, little ‘fuzzy butt’ wants her walk, so I must leave. She will likely quickly come to realize that is just as cold out the front door as out the patio door, but no amount of explaining or argument will convince her! 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 7:11 am LOL Maggie has the run of the place. I even put a board across the tops of the kitchen cupboards so she can get up top and view the place from her ‘on-high’ perch, like cats are wont to do. It IS her kingdom, after all. I just live here and cater to her every whim. » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 6:30 am I have never met a human who didn’t like animals that I could ever say I liked. They were usually total assholes. Maybe there are exceptions out there, but I have a feeling… 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 6:17 am A couple of random comments: I came across a product a couple of years ago after I spent a year fighting bedbugs that I picked up somewhere on my travels. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING worked. I tried it all. Then I came across this product… Google ‘Cedarcide’ or ‘Best Yet.’ Totally non-toxic to pets or human, cedar oil based, and got rid of the problem in one fell swoop. Works like a charm on fleas, ear mites and anything else I have come across. And it makes the place smell like a cedar closet! (It will kill fish and some plants.) Second, declawing. Maggie came that way, front paws only. After having read up on this subject, I have come to the conclusion that it is a bad thing, the equivalent of taking off the first knuckle of each finger of your hand. I see Maggie trying to climb trees chasing a squirrel, and I feel bad. If I had a choice, I would not do it. Just sayin’ 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 6:14 am Oh, I also wanted to say that, while I get a lot of strange looks walking a cat, there is a point to it. Just like when I had dogs, I made a point of always walking them on the same route. That way, if any got loose, they would likely be on that route through force of habit, and know their way home. Same with Maggie. She has a routine and now knows her way home. Also, she feels no need to bolt out that oh-so-enticing open front door. She knows all she has to do is bug me enough, and she gets to go out and ‘be a cat’ for a while. There is peace of mind in all that, and I firmly believe that it is better for her mental and emotional state not to be confined to an apartment her whole life. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 5:37 am Great story, and wonderful writing. I look forward to seeing more. I have been a ‘dog person’ my entire life. Now, quickly approaching 60 and living alone in an apartment with a bit of an unregulated schedule, having a canine companion would be really unfair to a mutt. However, a cat, on the other hand… About 6 months ago, I was at a PetSmart nearby on the way home from a round of what I laughingly call “golf,” stopping in to pick up some aquarium supplies (fish are easy to keep and comforting to watch). The local county humane society was having an “adoption day” at the store. The dogs and cats are fully immunized, have a tracking chip installed, are spayed or neutered, and are “ready to go.” Plus they give you all sorts of coupons for the store to get set up. An adoption fee covers costs. Well, I started to look at the cute fuzzy critters, mainly because I like cute fuzzy critters, and a cat caught my eye. Curled up with three others in an open cage, black on white, green eyes, and just looking at me. Hmmm… I looked at the summary paper they had hanging on all the cages for each animal, and I see “female, spayed, likes to have her tummy rubbed, not a ‘lap cat’ but is very friendly.” Just my style. After a lot of discussion, interviewing, paperwork, instructions, shopping, and time in the ‘test room,’ I had a cat. Maggie is her name, and she is a buddy like none other. We taught each other how to take cat walks every day, sometmes for an hour or more, both on a leash and off. She sleeps curled up in the crook of my arm every night. She “guards” the apartment parking lot every evening, racing around when she sees anything moving. And she has made friends of three stray cats that roam around the property on our evening walks as well as several dogs and thier owners we meet. Unbelievable! I have no point to all this, other than to say that pets make a huge difference in our lives, and I would encourage anyone to rescue a dog or cat. The only way to go. 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 11, 2011 @ 5:32 am What We Can Learn From Rocky III Just thinking about it…. I wonder what $8K in today’s dollars would be… 1940’s dollars to 2011 dollars… A couple hundred grand? 😯 » Posted By PocketWatch On February 10, 2011 @ 6:45 pm It is so not emphasized. I always wanted the sheriff to march over there from the Bailey party at the end and hook him up! » Posted By PocketWatch On February 10, 2011 @ 6:24 pm Yup! I like it! 8) » Posted By PocketWatch On February 10, 2011 @ 5:02 pmComments Posted By PocketWatch
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