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Get Out Of My Living Room!

Republican pigs and assholes are #Occupying my living room.

 

Etta James: January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012 - Sugar On The Floor

Irreplaceable.

Ben Franklin Was Cooler Than Everyone Else

We all know about Benjamin Franklin’s kite-flyin’, library-establishin’, Declaration-signin’, newspaper-printin’, lady-killin’ ways but, in honor of the Ben’s 306th birthday, let’s celebrate some of his lesser-known but very cool contributions to society...

In Other Words: An Interview With Writer Walter Bernstein

Came across an interesting interview on-line with screenwriter Walter Bernstein after reading some of his journalism work during World War Two.

It is a seven-part interview and the official link from The Archive of American Television can be found below...

Walter Bernstein was interviewed for three-and-a-half hours at his home in New York, NY.  Bernstein discussed openly about being listed in "Red Channels" in 1950.  Despite being blacklisted and the pressure by the FBI, Bernstein wrote under pseudonyms for shows including Danger, Charlie Wild, Private Eye, You Are There, and David Susskind's The Prince and the Pauper.

Once his name was cleared, he wrote many movies including, Fail Safe, The Front, and the Emmy award-winning Miss Evers’ Boy s. The interview was conducted by Sunny Parich on April 20, 1998.

Here is Part One found on YouTube:

Sunday Morning Music: Stan Kenton - Artistry In Rhythm

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra circa 1972 - Artistry In Rhythm.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close... And Still Around

“We think the fundamentals of the expansion going forward still look good,” Timothy F. Geithner, then president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, told his colleagues when they gathered in Washington in December 2006.

Some officials, including Susan Bies, a Fed governor, suggested that a housing downturn actually could bolster the economy by redirecting money to other kinds of investments. 

And there was general acclaim for Alan Greenspan, who stepped down as chairman at the beginning of the year, for presiding over one of the longest economic expansions in the nation’s history. Mr. Geithner suggested that Mr. Greenspan’s greatness still was not fully appreciated, an opinion now held by a much smaller number of people..."

Time For The Tar & Feathers In Pennsylvania... And Maybe An Old Rail Or Two

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency abruptly changed its mind Saturday about delivering fresh water to residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential wells were found to be tainted by a natural gas drilling operation.

Only 24 hours after promising them water, EPA officials informed residents of Dimock that a tanker truck wouldn't be coming after all. The about-face left residents furious, confused and let down — and, once again, scrambling for water for bathing, washing dishes and flushing toilets.

Agency officials would not explain why they reneged on their promise, or say whether water would be delivered at some point..."

I guess the American government is preparing for the day when the people have had enough and either have to fight or starve... or in this case die of thirst.

Sunday Morning Music: Linda Ronstadt - I Keep It Hid

A live video of Linda Ronstadt performing I Keep It Hid. (shot from the audience.)

Saturday Musings: 'The Choice Between Morons and Demons... Oh, And Then There Is Obama' Edition

Barack Obama is a bad President. He is a really bad Democratic President. Heading into his fourth year and there are no victories, just a series of unending mis-steps or steps not taken.

We Democrats are forced, however to support him because the Republican Party candidates are unfathomably evil. The Republican candidates, I would argue are demonic.

So what's our choice?  President Obama makes one recess appointment Progressives like and suddenly he is the Messiah, again?

Most of the people destroying America today should have and could have been put in jail in President Obama's first hundred days. Instead, some made it into his inner circle of advisers. The rest are working overtime to take him down.  He thought he could stand above the fray, but he didn't have the legs, stomach or understanding of the issues for that.

Now, we're all screwed. I have no idea what I am going to do when I am in the ballot box in November.

 

Killer Whales Visit My Neighborhood

Killer Whales visisted the surf off South Redondo Beach...

It started out pretty amazing, but then... the killer whalers got hungry apparently, and it has been getting pretty ugly for some gray whales and dolphins.

Why Whould God Choose A Loser?

Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann... but God said....

This One Is On Obama.

"Bank of America Corp., under pressure to raise capital and cut risks, is severing lines of credit to some small-business owners who have used them to stay afloat.

The Charlotte, N.C., bank is demanding that these customers pay off their credit line balances all at once instead of making monthly payments. If they can't pay in full, they are being offered new repayment plans for as long as five years, but with far higher interest rates than their original credit lines had.

Business owners complain that BofA's credit squeeze is abrupt and could strain their small companies and even put them out of business. The credit cutoff is coming at a time when the California economy can't seem to catch a break, and bucks what the financial industry says is a new trend of easing standards on business loans..."

The Bank of America seems to me to be the most dangerous terrorist organization threatening America today.

The Republicans Are About To Go On Record As A Dying, Fringe Party

What a pack of Jackasses. The voters and the policicians. More dangerous than Nazis, Communists or Terrorists.