Life with Monkeys

Me and My Bart

Who is Bart, you may wonder. Bart is not a who, it is a what. It is what I call my new hobby. I am making bad art; Bart, for short. Not even sure if I would call it art any more than I would call finger painting art. I merely play with paint and paintbrushes. I love experimenting with paint, mixing new colors; it's quite like magic. I paint and then study the canvas.  I keep the colors I like and I paint over the ones I don't like. I love love love it. I find it meditative and a lovely way to spend time and manage my anxiety!  It reminds me of my grandmother, of blessed memory. I remember that when I was little and she would visit us from Mexico for the summer, she would often bring us jewelry boxes she had painted in 'la residencia'; a resort-like community she had moved in to not long after my grandfather passed away. Her home was too big and pointless for her to maintain so she sold the house and dismissed her 'staff'.  She moved into a lovely place for ladies of her station who had raised their families and lost their husbands. And so, here I am, not yet a grandmother but painting like an old woman with the luxury of time to find a new hobby.  My favorite piece of Bart so far, is the orange and hot pink piece; it makes me unspeakably happy to look at it. I wish I could paint it all over again. Hmmm, perhaps I will make an entire series of Lifesavers colored paintings!

Michael Moore Should Move To Cuba

Disgusting, Troll, Hate-Filled, Unethical, Immoral, Fat Ass, Filmmaker Attacks Cuban Americans for not Supporting Castro....

You must have figured out by now, I'm talking about Michael Moore, who refused to denounce Jeremiah Wright because, "I'm a white guy."  He then proceeds to rip into Cuban Americans who oppose a Stalinist dictator as a "bunch of wimps". Why can't this @#$#@ choke on a chicken wing, why?.....

Last week on "Larry King Live" Michael Moore took the high road. He simply could not bring himself to pronounce judgment on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's tirades. “I'm a white guy,” explained the rotund film-maker. “And I mean, you have to ask yourself, Larry, what's it like to be black in America? . . . And I do not believe, as a white guy, that I am in any position to judge a black man who has had to live through that."

Michael Moore's non-judgmental scruples apply only to celebrity victims of Jim Crow lite. A much different set of scruples apply to victims of Stalinism.

“Florida’s Cubans” writes Moore in his book, “Downsize This,” are responsible for “sleaze and influence-peddling in American politics. In every incident of national torment that has deflated our country for the past three decades — Cuban exiles are always present and involved.”

Such a blanket trashing of an entire ethnic group straddles the very dictionary definition of bigotry. Normally the entire Democratic Party would work itself into a collective froth against the villain who spouted such hate-speech. Normally every media outlet in the land would promptly and boastfully ban this bigot from its airwaves, broadcasting the decision between film clips of fire-hoses in Selma, cross burnings, and torch-light storm troopers at Nuremberg.

Moore himself denounces Republicans as “people who hate . . . people who get up at 6 in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they’re going to screw today.” (As opposed to waking up and deciding which all-you-can-eat buffet you'll put out of business today -ed.)

But in “Downsize This,” Moore was insulting Cuban-Americans (80 percent Republicans), you see. So all is forgiven. So instead of being pummeled as a bigot by the usual media sniffers and snouters, Moore was feted as the guest of honor at the last Democratic National Convention, squatting his gargantuan gluteus in the very president’s box alongside Jimmy Carter.

Then waddling onto the stage at Boston’s Fleet Center to a whooping, hollering ovation rivaling even the one that deafened Fidel Castro when he addressed Harvard Law School and Washington’s National Press Club in 1959, though it was close.

“These Cuban exiles, for all their chest-thumping and terrorism, are really just a bunch of wimps — that’s right, Wimps!” Moore continues in his book. His smear refers to all Cubans who left Cuba but singles out the Bay of Pigs freedom-fighters for particular scorn. “Ex-Cubans with a yellow stripe down their backs,” he calls them, on top of “crybabies.”

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You must have figured out by now, I'm talking about Michael Moore, who refused to denounce Jeremiah Wright because, "I'm a white guy."  He then proceeds to rip into Cuban Americans who oppose a Stalinist dictator as a "bunch of wimps". Why can't this @#$#@ choke on a chicken wing, why?.....

Last week on "Larry King Live" Michael Moore took the high road. He simply could not bring himself to pronounce judgment on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's tirades. “I'm a white guy,” explained the rotund film-maker. “And I mean, you have to ask yourself, Larry, what's it like to be black in America? . . . And I do not believe, as a white guy, that I am in any position to judge a black man who has had to live through that."

Michael Moore's non-judgmental scruples apply only to celebrity victims of Jim Crow lite. A much different set of scruples apply to victims of Stalinism.

“Florida’s Cubans” writes Moore in his book, “Downsize This,” are responsible for “sleaze and influence-peddling in American politics. In every incident of national torment that has deflated our country for the past three decades — Cuban exiles are always present and involved.”

Such a blanket trashing of an entire ethnic group straddles the very dictionary definition of bigotry. Normally the entire Democratic Party would work itself into a collective froth against the villain who spouted such hate-speech. Normally every media outlet in the land would promptly and boastfully ban this bigot from its airwaves, broadcasting the decision between film clips of fire-hoses in Selma, cross burnings, and torch-light storm troopers at Nuremberg.

Moore himself denounces Republicans as “people who hate . . . people who get up at 6 in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they’re going to screw today.” (As opposed to waking up and deciding which all-you-can-eat buffet you'll put out of business today -ed.)

But in “Downsize This,” Moore was insulting Cuban-Americans (80 percent Republicans), you see. So all is forgiven. So instead of being pummeled as a bigot by the usual media sniffers and snouters, Moore was feted as the guest of honor at the last Democratic National Convention, squatting his gargantuan gluteus in the very president’s box alongside Jimmy Carter.

Then waddling onto the stage at Boston’s Fleet Center to a whooping, hollering ovation rivaling even the one that deafened Fidel Castro when he addressed Harvard Law School and Washington’s National Press Club in 1959, though it was close.

“These Cuban exiles, for all their chest-thumping and terrorism, are really just a bunch of wimps — that’s right, Wimps!” Moore continues in his book. His smear refers to all Cubans who left Cuba but singles out the Bay of Pigs freedom-fighters for particular scorn. “Ex-Cubans with a yellow stripe down their backs,” he calls them, on top of “crybabies.”

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May G-d Bless Them All

We sleep safely in our beds because rough men (and women) stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us.
   - George Orwell                                               

 

         

         

You Know You Want Me

With the exception of photos of my monkeys, this may very well be my favorite photo of all time. Okay, not really but it's a good one, no? I think this photo may tell the real story of Shrillary and the Obamessiah. She, a cougar, he, her willing paramour. Forbidden love between married senators and presidential hopefuls. And you know he would totally be into her because she is the white version of his wife and people are like that, you know. We all have a 'type' and his is definitely overbearing, bossy, know-it-alls. And as for her, well, given her serial philandering, narcissistic husband, who knows how long it's been since a man, a younger man yet, has held her this close.  And let's face it, he is pretty handsome, in a purely metrosexual kind of way. Just look at the expression on her face; like she could just melt into him. She looks, well, she looks like a woman in love! Perhaps they will run together and then live happily ever after in the White House running the country into the ground with their 'new' brand of Marxism. But that probably wouldn't work out too well because you know Hillary and Michelle would get into a power struggle over EVERYTHING and Bill would never notice because he would be busy chasing loose women and fast food and that poor Obama would suffer so because he's just sensitive like that.

Par For The Course

Israeli Aid Teams Head to Devastated Myanmar

After a devastating cyclone, Israel will be sending to Myanmar a highly trained search-and-rescue team and a 10-member team of doctors and nurses. The teams will bring with them crucial supplies, including plastic sheeting, food, household appliances and water filters.

Which Muslim nations have volunteered to help?  Anyone know?    *crickets*

Obama's Always The Last To Know

Obama Fires Advisor -- For Conducting Talks With Terrorist Hamas

 

How do all these terrorist-sympathizing radicals keep mistakenly thinking that Obama is one of them?

One of Barack Obama’s Middle East policy advisers disclosed today that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas - prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him.

Robert Malley told The Times he had regularly been in contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza but is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organisation. Such talks, he stressed, were related to his work for a conflict resolution think tank and had no connection with his position on Mr Obama's Middle East advisory council.

“I’ve never hidden the fact that in my job with the International Crisis Group I meet all kinds of people,” he added.

Mr Malley, who is a respected commentator on Middle Eastern issues and was part of President Clinton's negotiating team at the Camp David talks, has come under attack in recent months from right-wing bloggers.

Today, asked if Obama campaign was aware of his contact with Hamas, he replied: "They know who I am but I don't think they vet everyone in a group of informal advisers."

Randy Scheunemann, Mr McCain's foreign policy chief, suggested Mr Malley was part of an emerging pattern which has seen other advisers repudiated after throwing confusion over policies on trade and Iraq.

"Perhaps, because of his inexperience, Senator Obama surrounds himself with advisers that contradict his stated policies," said Mr Scheunemann.

     Jake Tapper of ABC News totes up at least ten cases of Barack Obama publicly blaming his staff for various campaign screw-ups, plus another four adviser flaps.  Those figures are conservative; for example, Obama may yet blame his latest Iran flip-flop on bad staff work.  His chief strategist, David Axelrod blames the extent of damage from the Wright stuff on the staff also.

Oddly enough, after losing the Pennsylvania primary, Obama himself said, “I’m not pointing fingers at any single person because we all share responsibility.”  Apparently, that is only operative until the media asks the rare question about Obama’s missteps; then fingers get pointed at the staff.

Zinc for Breakfast

The other day I was lucky enough to be on a field trip back to Sur La Table to return the fancy pants Capresso. I say lucky not just because that store turns me on so, but because I was accompanied by a dear friend of mine who I don't get see very often. She suggested we stop by a lovely little cafe in Corona Del Mar named Zinc. It is going to places like this that makes my life worth living. I don't think life is as much about the big things as it is about the details. We can punctuate our lives with the loveliest of details whether it's having breakfast at a place like Zinc or wearing your favorite perfume just to clean house. Of course, I do realize most of the people in the world lack the resources to afford them trips to cozy cafes and spending money on perfume. I never take for granted these little and sometimes, not so little, luxuries.  We ordered a couple of things to share and they were simply delicious. We each ordered a latte, hers soy, mine regular, an open-faced vegetable frittata and a quiche with a cucumber salsa. Can you say delicious? We did. And we talked and talked and talked. How lucky am I?

The Prince of Peace

As soon as the Obamessiah finishes his waffle, he'll change this savage's entire ideology with his bare charm; it is that powerful!

Obama is the only major candidate who supports direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. 

Ahmadinnerjacket: Celebrations Cannot Save "Rotten Corpse" of Israel....

Islamofascists say the darnedest things....

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that worldwide celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Israel's foundation could not save this 'rotten and stinking corpse (Israel),' state television reported.

'Those who think that by holding anniversary feasts (they) could save or revive this rotten and stinking corpse are badly mistaken and they should know that their names would be registered in the Zionists' criminal record,' Ahmadinejad said.

In a meeting with the newly elected deputies of the Iranian parliament, he once again predicted the imminent collapse of the Jewish state.

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Islamofascists say the darnedest things....

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that worldwide celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Israel's foundation could not save this 'rotten and stinking corpse (Israel),' state television reported.

'Those who think that by holding anniversary feasts (they) could save or revive this rotten and stinking corpse are badly mistaken and they should know that their names would be registered in the Zionists' criminal record,' Ahmadinejad said.

In a meeting with the newly elected deputies of the Iranian parliament, he once again predicted the imminent collapse of the Jewish state.

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The Most Important Day of the Year

Well, it's here. My very favorite secular holiday; Mother's Day. El dia de las madres.  I love it even more than my birthday. Last night at a dinner party I made that statement and I was asked why. I had to stop and think about that. I guess it's because being a mother to these monkeys of mine has been the very best part of my life. From the tender days of naps and Dr. Seuss to the more recent days of discussions on ethics and life's meaning, I have loved it all. My goal was to be the mother I wish I'd had. Has it been easy? Not very. Have I been the ideal mother? I wish. Do I have any regrets? I regret not having had more. Babies are difficult but they frequently grow into the most delightful creatures. I can't overstate how fortunate I have been to be home with them.  That has been the single most important element of being the mother I wanted to be. For that, I thank the mister. As difficult as it can be to parent children, at least that was the only job I had. I don't for a moment believe one can parent enough or properly and work full time. I have enormous respect for those who have to, but I don't think you can do both well. As for my Mother's Day, I have put in my request for the gift I want, (here's a hint, it's not jewelry, flowers or chocolate and you will never, ever guess it!) and my men and I will spend the day together, the entire day, yipee! Although my boys are no longer my babies, on Mother's Day, they are all mine!

A Real Mensch

PM Harper of Canada stands up for Israel, unequivocally.

By Michael Diamond

PM Harper appeared on CFRB today in advance of his appearance tonight at the Israel@60 event at the Ricoh Centre.

This is a remarkable interview and deserves letters and emails of appreciation to the PM.

Key Points Made

- enemies of Israel are enemies of Canada
    - Canada has to take a principled position on the Middle East, and not bow to political pressure from voting demographics
    - Israel is a beacon in the Middle East
- Canada supports a democratic Palestinian state- but that can only happen when Israel’s enemies allow Israel to live in peace.
    - it is not a question of demographics- it is a question of what is right and wrong
    - in some circles, anti-Israeli sentiment is a thinly disguised for antisemitism which is unacceptable
- those who hate and wish to destroy the Jewish people will destroy the rest of us today- it was true in WW2, it is true today
    - this government is not prepared to cater to that kind of sentiment
    - Canada and Israel will remain steadfast friends
- Israel’s existence as a nation of freedom and democracy in the Middle East is consistent with Canada’s short and long term interests

There has NEVER been a statement made by a leader of a political party in Canada as strong as is represented in this interview.    

By comparison with the interview and the point made, which are unequivocal in nature, statements made by earlier Liberal leaders, and senior Liberals today like Ignatieff, pale in comparison.

Not only is Harper showing strong principled support for Israel, he is also recognizing the inherent antisemitism involved in anti-Israel activities, and further, sees clearly the total connection between our well-being as a free western state in Canada, and the welfare of Israel and the Jewish people.

Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)

INDOMITABLE ISRAEL AT 60

by Pamela Geller and Eliza Saxon

“…and whether we like it or not, the coming into being of a Jewish State in Palestine is an event in world history to be viewed in the perspective, not of a generation or a century, but in the perspective of a thousand, two thousand or even three thousand years…This is an event in world history…” Sir Winston Churchill* (Martin Gilbert, Churchill and the Jews)

Israel in 2008 looks little like the tiny agricultural nation that declared its independence 60 years ago. Modern Israel is high tech superpower, leading the world in of medicine, biotech, computer science, environment, culture and art.  After two thousand years of exile, fresh from the ovens of Europe, with virtually nothing, they came to rebuild their lives as free Jews in their homeland.

This week Israel celebrates her 60th Birthday and despite our enemies who wish to destroy her, as well as our very own self-hating Jewicidal tools, we as Jews are magnificent. We have much to  be proud of and to celebrate. In fact, let me dare to say, that the nations of the world should thank G-d for us. What we’ve given to the world over the past 60 years  in the  fields of science, medicine, technology, the arts, and academia is immeasurable, miraculous even. Sir Winston Churchill a great friend of the Jews and Zionism said, “Some people like Jews and some do not, but no thoughtful man can doubt the fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.’ (Martin Gilbert, Churchill and the Jews)

                                  

McCain Statement On Israel's 60th

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain today issued the following statement on the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding:            "I join all Americans in offering my heartiest congratulations to the Israeli people on the 60th anniversary of their state's founding. When President Harry Truman recognized the new State of Israel 60 years ago, he formalized a deep and enduring relationship between two great peoples. In so doing, President Truman undoubtedly knew that the Jewish state would face great challenges in its early years, and he signaled American partnership in the face of these threats.                   "Yet those tests were not confined to the early years after Israel's independence. Challenges to Israel have perhaps been the norm, rather than the exception, and its people have been tested in the crucible of conflict time and again. Those threats continue, and it is incumbent upon all free people to stand by Israel in her defense of our common values and ideals. Survival in the face of these enduring trials would be impressive; flourishing would seem out of the question. Yet Israel has thrived, and her people have built a nation that is an inspiration to all those who cherish freedom.            "The close and enduring U.S.- Israel relationship has thrived as well, and I am proud to support the vital ties between our two countries. Our bond will be of great importance in order to continually fulfill that aspiration sounded so eloquently in the HaTikva: 'to be a free nation.' As Israelis celebrate 60 years of independence, let no one doubt that, while the challenges will continue, Israel will survive and it will flourish. There will always be an Israel, and there will always be a vital bond between our two peoples."

Jewicide

OBAMA GETS 61% OF JEWISH VOTE: SCARY AND STUPID

"Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people,"Barack Hussein Obama  (can he really be that stupid?)

"If there is an Arab American family [in the US] being rounded up without benefit of an attorney, those are my civil liberties!" Barack Hussein Obama  (can he really think we are that stupid?)

In the poll of Jewish voters (conducted April 1-30), it showed Obama getting  61% of the Jewish vote against John McCain (32%). And while it is quasi reassuring that Hillary Clinton beat Obama among Jewish voters 62% - 38%,"  I am unnerved that Obama would best McCain so heartily knowing what we know.

Obama has been in bed with Jew haters and Islamic jihad for years. Farrakhan and his dear friend Reverend Wright, Obama's  spiritual guru, is a vile Jew hater. Obama is the first Presidential candidate endorsed by Hamas. He is the toast of the Islamic world. Obama's foreign policy advisers have all taken a page from the Dhimmi Carter playbook. Obama has been endorsed by

William Ayers (Weatherman Underground bomber, unrepentant domestic terrorist)
(Member Communist Party USA, Early mentor to Obama)

Jeremiah Wright (Black Liberation militant, racist, and Pastor)

Tony Rezko (Corrupt Financier, ties to Terror Financing)

Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam Leader, racist, anti-American)

Hamas Terrorist Organization (Islamic Terrorist Organization)

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (Islamic Terror Irganization)

Raila Odinga (Fundamental Islamic Candidate, Kenya, Obama’s Cousin)

Daniel Ortega (Marxist Sandinista Leader. Nicaragua

Raul Castro (Hard-line Communist Leader, Communist Party Illinois (US Communist Political Party)

Socialist Party USA (Marxist Socialist Political Party)

The New Black Panther Party (Black Militant Organization, anti-American and racists)

Today's Deep Thought

The people who are hardest to love are the ones who need it the most.

~Can I get an 'Amen'?

Political Expediency Defined

Pray for the Pastors

Did Obama just throw all pastors under the bus Sunday morning? On Meet the Press he said,

“My commitment is to the church, not to the pastor." He said, “I think that’s shared by millions of people who are going to church this morning.”

 I think we can all agree that Barack Hussein Obama is a faithless poser looking for some street cred and a daddy.

 

Iron Man and Me

This gray and cloudy day we decided to go and see a movie. Since I am outnumbered by men, when we go to movies it is generally an action movie. Fine, I am just delighted to be in the company of my monkeys. So, the monkeys choose Iron Man, the movie.  While I do so love to see movies, there are all kinds of peripheral issues that can make me crazy. Like, get the Lithium, type of crazy. First off, would you mind so very much either getting a sitter or choosing a more appropriate movie for your small children to be exposed to or are you just so unbelievably selfish and stupid that you don't realize that taking small children to movies they are unable to understand or put into context will DAMAGE THEM!!! Iron Man was really fabulous but NOT FOR SMALL CHILDREN! Second, what is with the stinky food? I can't stand the stench of the synthetic butter flavoring they douse the popcorn with and just when I am feeling like I will need to be sedated with one of those tranquilizer guns they use on elephants at the zoo when they go bad, a giant man did me the favor of sitting right in front of me! I say it was a favor because he smelled really good!  Like very expensive soap, not the cheap stuff. The guy wasn't too tall so I could still see the screen and I was just very grateful that thanks to his lovely fresh smell, I no longer could smell the mustard on those disgusting hot dogs and the butter substitute smell. I could relax again! You may be thinking how lucky you are not to have to see a movie with me but I assure you, my men knew nothing of my near nervous breakdown. And the movie? I loved it!  For starters, Robert Downey Jr. was dee.lish.us. with a capital Dee. Now, I know in person he is likely your standard issue narcissistic actor but on screen, like I said, dee.lish.us. And then your have the fantasy technology and lots of action and romantic tension (and who doesn't love romantic tension?) and bad guys getting burned and good guys prevailing in the end and it was just a really good time. As they say, a good time was had by all. All, except for those poor small children who must have been terrified my some of the scenes. If I were in charge, parents who didn't protect their children's innocence would be charged with abuse. It is abusive. But that's just my opinion. And I just happen to be 100% correct!

Oh, Bama

The spectacularly brilliant Charles Krauthammer reminds us it was never about race...

The 'Race' Speech Revisited

"I can no more disown him [Jeremiah Wright] than I can disown my white grandmother." -- Barack Obama, Philadelphia, March 18

Guess it's time to disown Granny, if Obama's famous Philadelphia "race" speech is to be believed. Of course, the speech was not just believed. It was hailed, celebrated, canonized as the greatest pronouncement on race in America since Lincoln at Cooper Union.
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At a news conference in North Carolina, Obama explained why he finally decided to do the deed. Apparently, Wright's latest comments -- Obama cited three in particular -- were so shockingly "divisive and destructive" that he had to renounce the man, not just the words.
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But these comments are not new. These were precisely the outrages that prompted the initial furor when the Wright tapes emerged seven weeks ago. Obama decided to cut off Wright not because Wright's words or character or views had suddenly changed. The only thing that changed was the venue in which Wright chose to display them -- live on national TV at the National Press Club. That unfortunate choice destroyed Obama's Philadelphia pretense that this "endless loop" of sermon excerpts being shown on "television sets and YouTube" had been taken out of context.
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In one particularly egregious play on white guilt, Obama had the audacity to suggest that whites should be ashamed that they were ever surprised by Wright's remarks: "The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour of American life occurs on Sunday morning."
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It's hard to think of an act more blatantly expedient than renouncing Wright when his show, once done from the press club instead of the pulpit, could no longer be "contextualized" as something whites could not understand and only Obama could explain in all its complexity.

My Kryptonite

I don't eat very much. About 2 years ago, I realized I was putting on weight that I really didn't need and frankly, would look and feel much better without. So, I stopped eating carbs. I didn't realize until then, that most of my diet was actually, carbs. Toast in the morning, sandwich for lunch, pasta for dinner and cookies in between. Not good. Delicious, but definitely not figure friendly. As soon as I stopped eating carbs, I began losing weight. I didn't even exercise! Not one bit! As long as I ate mostly fruits and veggies and protein, I lost weight. I had set out to lose 10 pounds but I ended up losing 22 pounds! I now weigh what I weighed when I was 18 years old. I didn't even watch the fat intake. I understand that fat actually helps your body metabolize vitamins in other foods. So, what does that have to do with this spectacular display of fried food and thick milk shake? Well, on most days, I eat like a bird. Figuratively speaking, of course; no worms for me. Most days I eat salads, cheese, fruit, fish, an odd and altogether too small piece of chocolate. But occasionally, I give in to my darker side. I do have needs, you know. Needs that can only be satisfied by a large amount of fat, cholesterol, and sugar. Needs that can only go unsatisfied for so long. And so on those days, I can be found at Ruby's; where large portions and fried foods abound. Where you order a shake and they bring you two. Where it would be unthinkable for me to order a salad. My little monkey is only too happy to accompany me on my sinful errand. It is his particular preference to dip his French fries in his milk shake. Who am I to judge? And afterwards, feeling guilty and uncomfortably full, I promise myself that I will never go back. But I know that eventually, I will go back. I always do.

Two Peas In A Pod

 

Funny how many of Jimmy Carter(D)'s administration are showing up as "advisers" to Barack Hussein Obama(D):

The Very Best Thing About Passover

Matzah. Caramel. Chocolate. Crunch.  I make it every year and every year I make myself sick eating too much of it. Around my house, we keep Passover for the whole 8 days which means that we don't eat anything that contains leavening, yeast, wheat or flour. Think about it. That means no cookies or cake or cupcakes or pound cake or toast topped with lemon curd or, well, you get the picture. Enter Matzah Caramel Chocolate Crunch. It is quite simple to make. You just need matzah, butter, brown sugar and chocolate. First, you melt two sticks of unsalted butter, add the brown sugar and boil it for about 5 minutes. You then pour the caramel over the matzah. You have to be very careful as the caramel is quite like lava at that point! Then, you put the matzah into the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. The caramel will be all bubbly and fabulous. After you take it out of the oven, cover the matzah with chocolate chips and wait for five minutes for the chocolate to melt. Then, spread the chocolate evenly and then put it in the fridge until the caramel and chocolate have set. Once set, take it out and break it up into pieces. Ideally, you will eat a few pieces and then store the rest in plastic bags for the rest of the family and for future consumption. If you are like me, however, you will promptly eat the entire first batch and then make a second batch while you are still too full to devour the second batch. Bon apetite!  I urge you to try this one recipe. If you don't like it, which is just unimaginable to me, you can always store it in the freezer and send it to me next Passover!

The Truth About The U.N.

Poor Obama

As a follow up to The NAACP hosted Jeremiah Wright today I have to ask... in what "context" does a candidate for the party of Slavery eg. the (D)emocrats, a party that founded the KKK, is it appropriate to call us the US of KKK? In what "context" do you put these remarks? "The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God d*mn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God d*mn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God d*mn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme." -- Jeremiah Wright "We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost." -- Jeremiah Wright "America is still the No. 1 killer in the world." -- Jeremiah Wright "In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns." -- Jeremiah Wright "Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run. No black man will ever be considered for president, no matter how hard you run Jesse [Jackson] and no black woman can ever be considered for anything outside what she can give with her body." -- Jeremiah Wright "We started the AIDS virus. ...We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty." -- Jeremiah Wright "The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied." -- Jeremiah Wright For Wright the Obama candidacy gives him a shot at the spotlight. If Obama wins the Presidency we will watch Wright, and people who share his hateful racist delusions, appointed to positions of authority in our government. And if Obama loses... we will watch Wright, and people who share his hateful racist delusions, whine that his defeat only confirms their hateful racist delusions.

Please Just Kill Yourself

This is the deep and thoughtful comment a reader left for me a few days ago on my little blog. I am abundantly aware that Obamamaniacs find my postings about the Obamessiah very disturbing. I understand that and I am perfectly willing to let comments stand so long as they are not obscene or personal and have an actual argument contained within them. So far, I have not received one regarding Obama that fits that criteria, Evidently, there is no defending him, just insulting those who dare speak the truth or raise questions about him. When I read my reader's request that I take my life, I wasn't angry, just sad. I found it sad that this poor guy allowed himself to get so upset by my point of view. As is typical of those on the left, he was so crippled by emotion that he was rendered incapable of rational discourse. So, there it is.  A request from a reader. Thank you for sharing.

Charles Krauthammer is a Rock Star!

Obama's 'Distractions'?

by Charles Krauthammer

Friday, April 25, 2008

Real change has never been easy. . . . The status quo in Washington will fight. They will fight harder than ever to divide us and distract us with ads and attacks from now until November.

-- Barack Obama,

Pennsylvania primary night speech

With that, Obama identified the new public enemy: the "distractions" foisted upon a pliable electorate by the malevolent forces of the status quo, i.e., those who might wish to see someone else become president next January. "It's easy to get caught up in the distractions and the silliness and the tit for tat that consumes our politics" and "trivializes the profound issues" that face our country, he warned sternly. These must be resisted.

Why? Because Obama understands that the real threat to his candidacy is less Hillary Clinton and John McCain than his own character and cultural attitudes. He came out of nowhere with his autobiography already written, then saw it embellished daily by the hagiographic coverage and kid-gloves questioning of a supine press. (Which is why those "Saturday Night Live" parodies were so devastatingly effective.)

Then came the three amigos: Tony Rezko, the indicted fixer; Jeremiah Wright, the racist reverend; William Ayers, the unrepentant terrorist. And then Obama's own anthropological observation that "bitter" working-class whites cling to guns and religion because they misapprehend their real class interests.

In the now-famous Pennsylvania debate, Obama had extreme difficulty answering questions about these associations and attitudes. The difficulty is understandable. Some of the contradictions are inexplicable. How does one explain campaigning throughout 2007 on a platform of transcending racial divisions, while in that same year contributing $26,000 to a church whose pastor incites race hatred?

What is Obama to do? Dismiss all such questions about his associations and attitudes as "distractions." And then count on his acolytes in the media to wage jihad against those who have the temerity to raise these questions. As if the character and beliefs of a man who would be president are less important than the "issues." As if some political indecency was committed when Obama was prevented from going through his latest -- 21st and likely last -- primary debate without being asked about Wright or Ayers or the tribal habits of gun-toting, God-loving Pennsylvanians.

Take Ayers. Obama makes it sound as if the relationship consists of having run into each other at the DMV. In fact, Obama's political career was launched in a 1995 meeting at Ayers's home. Obama's own campaign says that they maintain "friendly" relations.

Obama's defense is that he was 8 when Ayers and his Weather Underground comrades were planting bombs at the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol and other buildings. True. But Obama was 40 when Ayers said publicly that he doesn't regret setting bombs. Indeed, he said, "I feel we didn't do enough."

Would you maintain friendly relations with an unrepentant terrorist? Would you even shake his hand? To ask why Obama does is perfectly legitimate and perfectly relevant to understanding what manner of man he is.

Obamaphiles are even more exercised about the debate question regarding the flag pin. Now, I have never worn one. Whether anyone does is a matter of total indifference to me. But apparently not to Obama. He's taken three affirmative steps in regard to flag pins. After Sept. 11, he began wearing one. At a later point, he stopped wearing it. Then last year he explained why: because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security."

Apart from the self-congratulatory fatuousness of that statement -- as if in this freest of all countries, political self-expression is somehow scarce or dangerous or a sign of patriotic courage -- to speak of pin-wearing as a sign of inauthentic patriotism is to make an issue of it yourself. For Obamaphiles to now protest the very asking of the question requires a fine mix of cynicism and self-righteousness.

But Obama needs to cast out such questions as illegitimate distractions because they are seriously damaging his candidacy. As people begin to learn about this just-arrived pretender, the magic dissipates. He spent six weeks in Pennsylvania. Outspent Hillary more than 2 to 1. Ran close to 10,000 television ads -- spending more than anyone in any race in the history of the state -- and lost by 10 points.

And not because he insufficiently demagogued NAFTA or the other "issues." It was because of those "distractions" -- i.e., the things that most reveal character and core beliefs.

Africa's Unsung Hero

April 12, 2008 - by Tom Blu

Between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who has done a better job fighting African AIDS?

In 2002, David Corn at Alternet told us that Clinton had been a bitter disappointment:

Clinton now wonders aloud why the West stood by and did little as the AIDS crisis in Africa exploded. … Why did you and your administration not respond?

[For] seven years … the budget for combating AIDS overseas remained flat. (It was $124.5 million in 1992.)

Thanks to weak and inaccurate media coverage, those who recall Mr. Bush’s aggressive 2003 State of the Union announcement of PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) can be forgiven for thinking that the money spent, like so much other past foreign aid, has accomplished little.

My first inkling of the truth came from, of all places, the Catholic News Agency on April 3:

According to a February 2006 report in the journal Science, the rate of HIV among eastern Zimbabwean men aged 17 to 29 fell by 23 percent between 1998 and 2003. Among women aged 15 to 24, the infection rate dropped by 49 percent.

The percentage of eastern Zimbabwean men aged 17 to 19 who had engaged in sexual activity dropped from 45 percent to 27 percent, and among women aged 15 to 17 the rate dropped from 21 percent to 9 percent.

While the period cited predates PEPFAR, it’s the reason for the successes in Zimbabwe just cited, as well as Kenya and before that Uganda (not excerpted), which caught my attention (bolds are mine):

“Five years after PEPFAR first began, the efficacy and importance of promoting abstinence and ‘be faithful’ initiatives have been demonstrated. The evidence is compelling.”

PEPFAR … relies on the ABC model, which stands for “Abstain, Be faithful, use Condoms.” … The ABC model “is now recognized as the most effective strategy to prevent HIV in generalized epidemics. … The legislation’s emphasis on ‘AB’ activities has been an important factor in the fundamental and needed shift in USG prevention strategy from a primarily ‘C’ approach prior to PEPFAR to the balanced ABC strategy.”

… No generalized HIV epidemic has ever been rolled back by a prevention strategy primarily based on condoms.

… Serara Selelo-Mogwe, a public health expert and retired nursing professor at the University of Botswana … said (to the Washington Post in March 2007), “If you just say use the condom … we will never see the daylight of the virus leaving us.”

Now I get it: George Bush isn’t getting much praise because he has violated a central tenet of Old Media concerning sexually transmitted diseases: Condoms uber alles. Journalists’ seemingly innate hostility towards anything that might be labeled a faith-based initiative doesn’t help either.

The bottom line is that the war on African AIDS, seen by many as virtually lost at the century’s turn, could be won. If it ultimately is, PEPFAR will have been a significant contributor. Couldn’t the press, just this once, put its biases to the side and tell the world about it?

Kitchen Porn

There are a few stores that bring out my deepest fantasies and fill me with desire; Max Mara, Cartier, Stuart Weitzman, Tod's, Sephora, and Sur la Table. Mmmm, kitchen tools. There is something about just being in Sur la Table that makes me feel like I am a better cook than I actually am and that anything, anything is possible. I was there just last week as my coffee maker died and while I use a cheap Italian stove-top espresso maker for my morning fix, the mister drinks coffee and I also like to have it on hand for the odd guest. Not that having guests is particularly odd but some of my friends  tend to be. Odd. Birds of a feather, I guess. I was prepared for my purchase as I usually do plenty of research prior to buying an appliance of any type. I did my research and found the exact model that would be perfectly suit my needs. Or so I thought. I snatched up the last of the fancy-pants Capresso thermal carafe coffee makers and brought it home. While I was there, I got my two Global knives sharpened (Global makes the sexiest looking knives on the market, just so you know), picked up a few hostess gifts for my dear girlfriend who had invited us to her all-family (except for us) Passover Seder and left feeling renewed and inspired in all things culinary. A morning well spent indeed. Well, as it happens, the coffee maker I got was NOT the perfect one for my needs. It doesn't brew the coffee really hot unless you make a full (10 cup) pot! As the kid would say, "Are you kidding me right now?"  It looks like I will be returning my fancy Capresso and buying in its stead an ordinary old fashioned drip coffee maker. Oh well, at least it gives me a reason to take a trip back to kitchen fantasy land!

Endorsement For A Snob From A Propagandist Slob

Obama Must Reject Moore's Endorsement

Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2008) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) today called on Sen. Barack Obama to reject the endorsement of filmmaker Michael Moore.

The Associated Press reported yesterday that Moore endorsed Sen. Obama in a 1,100-word posting on his Web site.  Moore wrote, "Can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote - and yours - on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama?"

"Michael Moore has consistently expressed views that are radically anti-American and anti-Israel.  Michael Moore has placed a disproportionate blame on Israel for the Palestinians use of terror and violence and calls Americans an 'ignorant people,' said RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks. "Senator Obama must reject Moore's endorsement.  We call on Barack Obama to reject his endorsement to show Michael Moore that this kind of hateful rhetoric will not be tolerated."

Anti-American and Anti-Israel Statements by Michael Moore

"Hey, here's a way to stop suicide bombings - give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel - four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians - they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone." -- Michael Moore

Moore dedicated his book, "Dude Where's My Country?" to Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer who was killed when she climbed in front of a Caterpillar bulldozer that was destroying tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists to illegally smuggle weapons from Egypt into Gaza.

In 1990, speaking before the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Moore announced that he would refuse to attend a screening of his movie, "Roger and Me," which was being held in Jerusalem. He was quoted as saying that he would not attend until Israel ceased to occupy the West Bank and Gaza. (Arab American News, 1990)

Moore tried to prevent Fahrenheit 9/11 from being shown in Israel. (New Yorker Magazine, February 16, 2004)

In an open letter to the German people in Die Zeit, Moore asked, "Should such an ignorant people [as the United States] lead the world? Don't go the American way when it comes to economics, jobs and services for the poor and immigrants. It is the wrong way." (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 30, 2004)

I just have one question for Moore. If America and Americans are so awful, why doesn't he just leave? But then, that's the hypocrisy of the leftards; they will loudly proclaim America is awful, while enjoying every benefit of living here. Typical and utterly predictable.