Hurricane Fay

Oh I have enjoyed watching the news people this morning. They are falling all over themselves trying to make Tropical Storm Fay into another world ending disaster. There were no pictures of torn up houses or boats to show, so no problem...we have footage of a 2004 hurricane that hit the same area. We'll just show that again! Of course there was the idiot that wanted to wind surf and got blown across the street and is in critical condition, and if you didn't see that you have had your tv turned off for a couple of days. The media is pulling out the stops to over report another non disaster.

Since no one had a high rise blown away, they just stand on the beach (without even an umbrella) and go on and on about how there could be flooding and tornadoes and this ISN'T over! Oh please.

Don't take this wrong, I'm not making light of hurricanes and the damage they cause. I rode out Hurricane Andrew and was down in New Orleans after Katrina. Hurricanes are horrible disaster when they hit, but dear old Fay is a tropical storm. And it's killing the media because we haven't been able to dress up in our spiffy weather gear and stand around in the rain and wind and talk to the public.

This is just another example of the media blowing things up for ratings. I just wake up in the mornings and want to know whats going on in the world. But this morning I get bombarded with Fay "slamming" the Florida coast and Bigfoot. Oh and there is the other non event of McCain having an edge over Obama in the church "cone of silence" flap. Or I guess I should say the media defined "flap". If the news agencies can't report on a controversy or disaster, they just create one. Nothing this morning on the U.S. channels about the attack in Afghanistan, just more election BS and the "perfect storm". Thank you BBC for being the last bastion of reporting. I do have to put up with soccer (football for the Brits) scores, but they do report news.

I hope all you Floridians are safe, the storm is a problem but not a disaster of the proportion the media is letting on. And man I wish the election was over. After 2 years of this bunk just get it over. And I can't wait to see the spin the media puts on it if the Chosen One (Obama) doesn't win and save us all from ourselves.

Olympic opening ceremony

I'll admit it. I watched the opening ceremony for the Olympics. I'll also admit I was impressed with the whole thing. Who can deny being impressed seeing thousands of performers on "stage" at one time. What really turned me off was NBC's commentary of the thing. They had a Chinese expert explaining the whole thing to us while it was going on. The drums in the first production were copies of some just discovered in 2005 and are the oldest musical instrument found in China. And that's an impressive statement. But later, the military marched onto the field and accepted the Chinese flag from a group of children. This showed (according to the expert) how the state protects the children and the public. I just kept thinking of the Olympics in Berlin with Hitler. Sorry, I just don't expect to see the military on the field at the Olympics. And later when a crowd of people supported a solo dancer on what appeared to be a single sheet of fabric, the "expert" gushed how this showed how the many supported every single person in China.

I almost turned it off, but I settled on muting the stinking commentary. The spectacle they put on was very impressive, but before I muted them the commentators stated the performers had been practicing for 8 months. Again I smiled thinking how good the performers could be with the military standing around making them practice. I know it probably didn't happen, but I just couldn't help thinking about it. Face it, China isn't known for it's friendly treatment of it's citizens.

The other thing talked about was security. Heck I remembered how many people were denied visas because the Chinese thought they were dangerous or subversive. And there was the payback to the President's statements by keeping the media penned up on their plane while the Chinese decided if they were going to let them in or not. And then with all the security, and American gets killed in front of his family on a tourist jaunt.

Sorry NBC, it seems China isn't Nirvana like you seem to think. And I guess someone said something about it since I've noticed the commentary has become a little more critical of the Chinese government. Oh how I love the media.

The bottom line, it is still about the athletes. They have trained for years to get to this event and are to be honored for their achievements. Even if they don't win a medal, I salute you for your sacrifice and dedication. The world is watching you and we do see past all the BS spouted by experts. This is your time, rejoice.

Earmarks and the Pelosi Politburo

I hit the ceiling again tonight. Our tax dollars are being wasted, we all know that but there is a Congressman from Pennsylvania that really takes the cake. Earmarks again! Those little multi-million dollar gifts the idiots in Washington give each other. This guy Paul Kanjorski had a huge office building put up in his home town. What did they call it? You guessed it…The Kanjorski Center! One problem, the only client moved out and it is now standing empty costing the city of Nanticoke money just to keep it up. Well re enter good old Congressman Kanjorski who wants to build a parking garage for the building so a community college might move in. One slight problem though, the Feds won’t allow a parking building to be built with earmarks unless it’s for a mass transit system. That really got ole Paul mad. As he was being interviewed, Congressman Paul said the rule was stupid and shouldn’t apply to him since Congress had its own rules and he should be able to use it to build the garage. From what I could gather, the city doesn’t want it either, but good ole Paul said who could turn down free money! FREE MONEY! MY MONEY! This is how these “leaders” in Congress think. The interviewer was even stunned and brought up the fact it wasn’t free money. Kanjorski finally admitted it was taxpayer money, but the city didn’t have to fork it out. Oh man, I thought Louisiana cornered the market on stupid, crooked politicians…

Oh and if you’re tired of $4 a gallon gas, don’t worry. It’ll be going up soon. It seems a group of Republicans and Democrats got together without lobbyists or their respective party’s leaders and hammered out a bi partisan energy bill that allows off shore drilling and money for alternate energy sources. WOW! Republicans and Democrats sitting down together and getting something done, and it’s about time. What happened? Not a damn thing. Nancy Pelosi is in charge of the Politburo and will not allow a vote so the messiah Barak Obama wouldn’t have to vote against it. That would look bad, don’t you know. Well the Republicans pushed it today and Pelosi responded. She cut out the lights and turned off the microphones. We need our 5 week vacation! We don’t care you can’t afford anything anymore because it’s all going into the gas tank! Don’t get me wrong, the Republicans stayed around and debated among themselves after Pelosi closed the session and turned out the lights, and that was a little childish. But come on Pelosi! Mom and Pop America are hurting and you people on the Hill could give a DAMN! I heard Glen Beck on the radio the other day and I love his motto. Pitchforks and Torches. Defending America since 1786! Write your Congressman and Senator while they are on their 5 week vacation and tell them to get off their butts and do something. ANYTHING! This congress is the laziest and worst in history. And we Americans are standing around and letting the lunacy continue. Let them hear about it.