more rehab thoughts

Being warehoused here has a lot of real emotional negatives. Most of them emotional . . . I have a new appreciation for those incacerated. As I have not had any first hand knowledge of being behind bars, as it where, this is the closest I want to get to actually being in jail.

Seems the Pope is up to his Yamulka in pedophile crap. Gotta say it - if priests could marry . . . Iraq still a senseless killing ground. Republicans still want their insurance company masters to get rid of health care. Why should everyone have a chance at life? I wonder if 3D TV will truely get good enough and popular enough to be the next gotta have?

haiti, google and today's news

The tragedy in Haiti seems to stem from very shoddy buildings. California had a 6.5 last week and very little to no damage. (Yes I know the scale is exponential). But, the point is that countries like Haiti and others should put some thought and money into improving their infrastructure, from building codes to disaster relief. Obama has pledged 100Mil ex Clinton is asking for donations by texting 90999. Google is maybe taking a stand against Chinese hacking emails, searches, and other services. The South China Post reported the issue fairly. The Hong Kong Standard was less than candid. Lets see, what else - people getting depressed about Pandora (AVATAR) being so perfect and unattainable. Hmmm. Serena is going for her 12th in Australia. Cabbie in NY returned $21,000 to a 72 year old Italian lady visiting and left her purse in the cab.

news, palin

Gee - what a surprise that Sarah has opted to join Fox News. This may disenfranchise her bid for 2012, but will certainly put her in the spotlight of the voice of the conservative GOP. I think that she should have stayed in office in Alaska and petitioned congress for a great wall between her and the nasty Russian lands she can see from her house. Would sort of be like the Mexican fence with all the money thrown at it. I think that her influence for the 2012 elections may be minimal as she continues to be a cartoon.

today, news, freeze, terrorism

Seems the strawberries are getting ready to automatically become ready for ice cream with the cold weather messing with Florida. Not much news of note today - usual stuff about Gitmo - should we or shouldn't we get rid of it as the guys who have been released gravitate back to their terrorist orgs and start bombing. Hmmm sitting in a cell (bad) with good kosher food (yeah its Kosher, no kidding, no pig parts, etc.), or going back to get a bomb vest strapped on and bet on the virgins . . . That seems to be rather degrading to young ladies, but I digress. The Danish guy who drew the face of Muhammad turned 81, Elvis' 75th (on the 8th), and national undies on the the subway???, are the biggies of today. I'm still looking for my beshert, but that's another blog. California did get a little rock and roll at 6.5 on the mosh scale. Wonder if that is because Leno is being axed at 10 and will go to a half hour show (at $30 mil an year). Another insensitive remark about Obama seems he don' be talkin' black nuf. But, he will be remembered in his library as having something other than picture books on the shelves. You, know, like: Fun with Dick and Watergate; Ford stumbled here; Bill dropped his shorts - the sequel: and, W lost his place - sounding out the first word.

Today - not a day of infamy (sorry news junkies). Seems the top issue falls in the 'where is the kid?' Mom gave him away or caretakers with possibly phoney custody papers have him hidden, and what about the indignant dad? Sigh. Irani folks protesting get clobbered by riot cops. Biden's mom died. I worry about folks that overrate the news stories and personalize them as if they are actually involved somehow. Chaos theory says that everything (actions) are somehow interrelated. Is this the reason for the high interest. Do our brains actually make the coonection? Beats me.

news

I am a self admitted news junkie. No I am not going to check myself into some 12 step program to break my addiction. I have to know what is going on in the world. I do not ever think that my knowing will change any of the crap that goes on. The only thing that does get changed (sometimes) is how I view an issue. Michael jackson's funeral, in mty opinipon was over covered. I suppose that the ratings for the news outlets went up so the bottom lines got a bit of a bump. I do worry that newspapers will succumb to the tv and both will eventually somehow meet their demise at the door of the dot com realm. Doing the New York Times crossword is somehow less on the computer screen. At 75 cents a pop, newspapers are getting more expensive - Like beer cheaper than coke.