My Sunday night was spent catching up on TV on the PVR, by the time we finished watching Bill Maher's show it was nearly 11:30pm. I was off setting the coffee maker and listening to the end of the CTV News where I could hear Sandy Rinaldo hammering out all her vowels in her usual almost unintelligible kind of way, like everything is a really long a or i sound. So I could detect someone was assassinated but couldn't understand who, so I ran to the TV and rewound a little to try and decipher Rinaldo's announcement. OMG! Osama Bin Laden had been killed. I yelled out loud and pumped my arms in the air a couple of times, my first thought was this is so great for Obama!!!! And there are so many more implications, that kept me awake for hours that night!
I stayed awake for quite a while watching the happy scenes from New York and Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House. I couldn't help but think this death provided some sense of closure for Americans and all of us who witnessed 9/11, in person or on TV. It's been just short of a decade and now a symbolic end of sorts. Of course the battle with terrorists will still go on but we can revel in Osama being shot in the eye! It's a little odd to be rejoicing in the death of someone, but, hey, we're all human, who among us is not guilty of feelings of vengeance? I'm no Saint either! Maybe people were this happy when Hitler died too?, I don't know, I'll ask around and get back to you.
Obama will always be the President who got Bin Laden, I expect a bump in the polls, it will also be his defining moment. In order, of Presidents I remember, defining moments; Carter-Camp David Accords, Reagan-"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!", Bush Sr.-Gulf War and throwing up sushi, Clinton- "I did not have sexual relations with that woman", Bush Jr.- "I hear you, the whole world hears you." and choking on a pretzel, and now Obama-Hope and Change, the guy who killed Osama Bin Laden!
So, how long before the right-wing shit all over this??? About 40 hours or so actually. I've been hearing internet propagandist Andrew Breitbart is already claiming all the celebrating in New York and the White House by people in the street was "astroturfed" by Democrats. Astroturfing is a term that sort of means set-up or staged. Cripes, people can't even rejoice in the streets without some nut case claiming conspiracy! He is also trying to claim that the killing of Bin Laden is all a hoax. To what end I don't know, if Obama wanted to hoax this why not do it before the Mid-Terms or before the next election? No, I don't believe Breitbart at all, sometimes the world is just an unexpected place, full of surprise, not full of carefully planned out conspiracies! Get real! Now we also have Republicans trying to claim Bush was responsible in some way for setting all this up years ago. I'm sorry, but the CIA apparently knew about this 5 years ago when Bush was saying "Bin Laden doesn't concern me." Let's give credit where credit is due. Bush was busy clearing bush on his Texas ranch most of the time while it is actually Obama who is "hawkish" on terrorists. It's a crazy world but it's true, get used to it!
Anyway, I nearly blew coffee out my nose this morning watching The View. The ladies were showing a clip from the Jimmy Kimmel show last night, about news anchors screwing up Obama/Osama, saying the first for the later. The worst offender was perhaps Canada's own Carolyn Jarvis of Global National. She said Osama, instead of Obama three times in a row. Joy Behar said, "that red head should be fired!" I kind of agree, at least issue an apology, is it on purpose or are ye just stupid!?!?!?! I'm glad I didn't land on one of the many Breaking News segments and wrongly think Obama had been killed! Get it right people, he will President for at least two more years! After this, maybe four more!!!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays
Monday, May 2nd was a great day here, the sun was shining in a brilliant blue sky on the warmest day we've had this year, almost 21 C! Osama Bin Laden had been assassinated the night before and the excitement from American media was palpable. Too bad a bunch of ignorant and lazy Canadians had to ruin a perfectly great day by electing Stephen Harper a majority government. It was as disappointing as the cloud that drifted in from the West that blocked the sun and turned the evening a dull grey.
So now what? Well my fellow Canadians, you will soon be reminded how much power a Prime Minister has in this country. Now that the threat of an election at any time is off the table, Harper can do pretty much anything he likes, the Senate is stacked with Conservatives and soon the Supreme Court will see openings as judges retire. Do I trust a bunch of right wing and religious idealogues to preserve my rights as a gay man? Probably not, and I would not put past further petty attacks like the defunding of the Toronto Gay Pride Parade to escalate in the future. SUN Media is having multiple orgasms over the destruction of the Liberal Party today. Everyone loves a sore winner! They seem to think Liberals were pretty much Osama Bin Laden and are now dancing naked eating pork sandwiches on both their graves today!
Trying to look at the up side to all this. Now Conservatives will have to take responsibility and blame when things go wrong. Electing Harper does not change the high cost of gasoline or the increasing inflation rate due mainly to food prices. It doesn't change the unemployment rate or end the war in Afghanistan and increasing National Debt. I remember the last time we had a majority Conservative government under Brian Mulroney, he left us with Free Trade that moved jobs out of the country, GST, crippling National Debt while saying "the Conservative Party has never been richer" and later turned around and sued the Government of Canada. I should apologize a little here for accusing Americans of having short memories! Sorry y'all!
Many Calgarians seem to think that with these Conservatives "the West is in", I'm not sure what that means exactly, special rights for Alberta? I've yet to hear or see a benefit Calgary gets for being loyal lapdogs to Stephen Harper. I think the Conservatives focused all their energy on winning seats in Ontario and I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that focus will continue for the next four years. Canada seems to change even slower than the US, so lets just see how much attention the West gets, Ontario will always have the most people and thus most power, you stupid Calgarians, the West will never be "in"! Everyone here seems to think they are an oil company and the Federal Government has always been out to get them, well, my dears, you are not, local media may trump up the oil companies concerns and coerce you into thinking their interests are yours, but they're not. One day, maybe, you'll all realize you've been duped. Hopefully I won't be living here anymore, it's hard to say how oppressive a bunch of empowered Conservatives are going to act.
Earlier I called Canadians ignorant and lazy, and I stand by this. The elderly people, like the 100 year old lady in a walker I held the door open for at my local school/voting booth, probably do not understand the world anymore. People still talk about Trudeau and the National Energy Program here, and they are so mad they are going to use a rotary dial telephone to call their MP about it. So, I've been waiting for everyone over 70 to die off for some time now, maybe there is too much access to free Health Care? Lets see if/when the radical-right will dismantle Health Care, and what that fallout is going to be. The rest of Canadians are apparently too lazy or stupid to care, and I'm looking at a lot of 20 somethings here. They grew up in and take for granted our fantastic socially Liberal, pluralistic society, gun control, soft on marijuana laws, gay marriage world. I guess they weren't around for a lot of these fights from previous decades? You will find out how everything you've taken for granted in this country will change. Maybe one day you'll pull your heads out of your collective asses and take the 15 minutes to vote? Sadly it is going to take four years or more for Canadians to know what the radical-right will do. They've been doing it in the US for decades now, since the days of Bush I, maybe flip on a television once in a while? Maybe it will get so egregious here we'll elect our own Obama? It's a big maybe, Canada would have to produce an interesting engaging politician, I think the ice caps might melt before then!
Well, my fellow Canadians, you deserve everything that's coming to you over the next four years.
Myself, I've already learned Spanish,
Adios Amigos!
So now what? Well my fellow Canadians, you will soon be reminded how much power a Prime Minister has in this country. Now that the threat of an election at any time is off the table, Harper can do pretty much anything he likes, the Senate is stacked with Conservatives and soon the Supreme Court will see openings as judges retire. Do I trust a bunch of right wing and religious idealogues to preserve my rights as a gay man? Probably not, and I would not put past further petty attacks like the defunding of the Toronto Gay Pride Parade to escalate in the future. SUN Media is having multiple orgasms over the destruction of the Liberal Party today. Everyone loves a sore winner! They seem to think Liberals were pretty much Osama Bin Laden and are now dancing naked eating pork sandwiches on both their graves today!
Trying to look at the up side to all this. Now Conservatives will have to take responsibility and blame when things go wrong. Electing Harper does not change the high cost of gasoline or the increasing inflation rate due mainly to food prices. It doesn't change the unemployment rate or end the war in Afghanistan and increasing National Debt. I remember the last time we had a majority Conservative government under Brian Mulroney, he left us with Free Trade that moved jobs out of the country, GST, crippling National Debt while saying "the Conservative Party has never been richer" and later turned around and sued the Government of Canada. I should apologize a little here for accusing Americans of having short memories! Sorry y'all!
Many Calgarians seem to think that with these Conservatives "the West is in", I'm not sure what that means exactly, special rights for Alberta? I've yet to hear or see a benefit Calgary gets for being loyal lapdogs to Stephen Harper. I think the Conservatives focused all their energy on winning seats in Ontario and I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that focus will continue for the next four years. Canada seems to change even slower than the US, so lets just see how much attention the West gets, Ontario will always have the most people and thus most power, you stupid Calgarians, the West will never be "in"! Everyone here seems to think they are an oil company and the Federal Government has always been out to get them, well, my dears, you are not, local media may trump up the oil companies concerns and coerce you into thinking their interests are yours, but they're not. One day, maybe, you'll all realize you've been duped. Hopefully I won't be living here anymore, it's hard to say how oppressive a bunch of empowered Conservatives are going to act.
Earlier I called Canadians ignorant and lazy, and I stand by this. The elderly people, like the 100 year old lady in a walker I held the door open for at my local school/voting booth, probably do not understand the world anymore. People still talk about Trudeau and the National Energy Program here, and they are so mad they are going to use a rotary dial telephone to call their MP about it. So, I've been waiting for everyone over 70 to die off for some time now, maybe there is too much access to free Health Care? Lets see if/when the radical-right will dismantle Health Care, and what that fallout is going to be. The rest of Canadians are apparently too lazy or stupid to care, and I'm looking at a lot of 20 somethings here. They grew up in and take for granted our fantastic socially Liberal, pluralistic society, gun control, soft on marijuana laws, gay marriage world. I guess they weren't around for a lot of these fights from previous decades? You will find out how everything you've taken for granted in this country will change. Maybe one day you'll pull your heads out of your collective asses and take the 15 minutes to vote? Sadly it is going to take four years or more for Canadians to know what the radical-right will do. They've been doing it in the US for decades now, since the days of Bush I, maybe flip on a television once in a while? Maybe it will get so egregious here we'll elect our own Obama? It's a big maybe, Canada would have to produce an interesting engaging politician, I think the ice caps might melt before then!
Well, my fellow Canadians, you deserve everything that's coming to you over the next four years.
Myself, I've already learned Spanish,
Adios Amigos!
Monday, May 2, 2011
You're Fired!!!
I have been a longtime viewer of Celebrity Apprentice, I love seeing the B list celebrities making fools of themselves. There was no way I could miss Cyndi Lauper last season as I know she is, as the young people say, "off the hook!" and it was nice to see when she got to give a cheque to her New York Gay charity. It has also been morbidly entertaining to witness the brain damaged Gary Busey get into arguments with Meatloaf! Not to mention the sheer bitchery of the women's team this year! Good Lord! Dion Warwick was such a Super-Bitch I don't think I can ever listen to "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" the same, ever again.
Yeah, celebrities are self-involved freaks, what I really can't abide by is Donald Trump himself these days. I'm in the camp that thinks all this Obama should prove he was born in America stuff is thinly veilied racism. Maybe Trump himself is not racist, he is after all a New York elite, but he is sure trying to pander to it, and mention his show every time he talks about it. It's disgusting. It was disgusting when he did his little press conference the day Obama released the so-called long form Birth Certificate and said he "was proud he could get Obama to do something he should have done a long time ago" and even more disgusting when he rambled on about Obama not doing anything about the price of oil because of "...spending too much time on the Basketball Court..." Yeah, I know, because "The Blacks" are always playing Basketball?!?!? Actually Obama plays a lot more Golf than Basketball so hopefully that will be "White" enough for everyone out there???
I watched some of the White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, Seth Myers, head writer of Saturday Night Live was pretty good, he's no Stephen Colbert but it was pretty classic. This is the dinner for the press that is sort of a roast of the President and media figures that has been going on for decades. Anyway, when Seth was dropping some comedic bombs on "The Trump" you could see him in the audience totally stonefaced, there is nothing self effacing about Trump, he can't even take a joke about himself. You should be glad you're being talked about at all you stupid buffoon.
So, I just can't stomach the guy anymore, thus Celebrity Apprentice is off my TV viewing list. I really don't want to see his ridiculous, pandering to the lowest common denominator, face, in my living room anymore. There is no way I can support this show as a conscious person.
I am going to write to NBC and tell them I used to watch Celebrity Apprentice but no longer can, you have lost the support of this household due to Trump's baseless attacks against the President and a supposed run for President himself, which I find out of step with the values and message of NBC Network. I will also avoid products associated with Celebrity Apprentice, Snapple, Omaha Steaks, Meatloaf! How can I ever listen to "2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad" ever again after he said he would vote for Trump for President?!?!? I would be running away from any association with Donald Trump if I were a celebrity or product associated with this show.
You can write to NBC at:
NBC Entertainment
Jeremy Gaines
VP, Communications
Jeremy.Gaines@nbcuni.com
Mike McCarley
Senior VP, Strategic Marketing, Communications and Promotions
Mike.McCarley@nbcuni.com
Yeah, celebrities are self-involved freaks, what I really can't abide by is Donald Trump himself these days. I'm in the camp that thinks all this Obama should prove he was born in America stuff is thinly veilied racism. Maybe Trump himself is not racist, he is after all a New York elite, but he is sure trying to pander to it, and mention his show every time he talks about it. It's disgusting. It was disgusting when he did his little press conference the day Obama released the so-called long form Birth Certificate and said he "was proud he could get Obama to do something he should have done a long time ago" and even more disgusting when he rambled on about Obama not doing anything about the price of oil because of "...spending too much time on the Basketball Court..." Yeah, I know, because "The Blacks" are always playing Basketball?!?!? Actually Obama plays a lot more Golf than Basketball so hopefully that will be "White" enough for everyone out there???
I watched some of the White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, Seth Myers, head writer of Saturday Night Live was pretty good, he's no Stephen Colbert but it was pretty classic. This is the dinner for the press that is sort of a roast of the President and media figures that has been going on for decades. Anyway, when Seth was dropping some comedic bombs on "The Trump" you could see him in the audience totally stonefaced, there is nothing self effacing about Trump, he can't even take a joke about himself. You should be glad you're being talked about at all you stupid buffoon.
So, I just can't stomach the guy anymore, thus Celebrity Apprentice is off my TV viewing list. I really don't want to see his ridiculous, pandering to the lowest common denominator, face, in my living room anymore. There is no way I can support this show as a conscious person.
I am going to write to NBC and tell them I used to watch Celebrity Apprentice but no longer can, you have lost the support of this household due to Trump's baseless attacks against the President and a supposed run for President himself, which I find out of step with the values and message of NBC Network. I will also avoid products associated with Celebrity Apprentice, Snapple, Omaha Steaks, Meatloaf! How can I ever listen to "2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad" ever again after he said he would vote for Trump for President?!?!? I would be running away from any association with Donald Trump if I were a celebrity or product associated with this show.
You can write to NBC at:
NBC Entertainment
Jeremy Gaines
VP, Communications
Jeremy.Gaines@nbcuni.com
Mike McCarley
Senior VP, Strategic Marketing, Communications and Promotions
Mike.McCarley@nbcuni.com
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