"I am a Madman"

It's either a "yes I'm a madman" moment or it's a "wait the voices in my head are being downloaded into the teleprompter" moment.

RUSH ON FIRE! BECK IS DIRE!

Rush is on fire in the first hour. He is calling out the GOP. He is talking about the GOP becoming a ten percent third party minority ...and a mass defection to the Tea Party! WOW! THAT IS BIG!

My translation (for those who accuse me of being a Dittohead): The reality is that this is not Democrat vs. Republican. This is about big federal government vs. limited constitutional government ... It is far beyond Liberal vs. Conservative. It is Statist Serfdom vs. Constitutional Freedoms. If the statists on the right do not leave you will be forced out at the ballot box!

This was a powerful line in the sand kind of moment.

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I guess it was. Darrell Issa was on the air with Rush within the hour.

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Although I don't catch Glenn Beck on Fox often enough, I had him on today. He references more rare historical documents than anyone in the game. You have to give him kudos on dismantling the sum total of progressive revisionist history and the current state of their agenda.

..... Then Beck offhandedly insulted all bloggers, stereotyping the bloggers in HIS OWN audience. He dentifyed them as World of Warcraft addicts with Cheeto dust on their fingers. That was very demeaning to me, gamers of all sort (not really me), and Cheeto lovers everywhere (sometimes me).

Then he throws down the gauntlet on Soros ... challenging him to come on to the show mano y mano for one hour. Should that happen, I think Soros would bitch slap Glenn Beck right off the rip! ... that is ...  before Beck starts hitting Soros with the facts. Beck is a sad clown ... but Soros really is a "spooky evil dude." For this you and I will have to forgive Beck's childish manner and idiosyncratic ways ... and his insults.

... He should immediately apologize to every viewer. He should not insult the people who most understand the gravity of the evidence he himself is providing. He should not insult the people that explain the information to others without the burden of the investigative court jester's (Beck's) cumbersome immaturity and sarcasm.

He is still the best at connecting the dots. His magnetic portrait and logo collection of  interconnected socialist radicals and the organizations they support is growing so large that he may run out of studio space. ;~)

Go Corrigan!!

Bill Kristol writes about the Shock Poll that has Peter Corrigan within 4 points of Kucinich. I need to get in there and make some phone calls! If you know anyone in the 11th district that is undecided, please make a plea for Peter Corrigan

Release the Information

The Chamber of Commerce should strike a deal with the Obama administration. They should put out a press release that states the following:

The Chamber of Commerce, in the spirit of transparency and full disclosure, will release a full list of all its donors on two conditions. MoveOn.org must release a list of all of its donors and Barack Obama must release his long form Hawaiian birth certificate, and all of his college records (including his thesis).

This is a no lose proposition for the Chamber of Commerce. 

Deception

Remember last year when the health care debate was heating up. The town hall meetings were full of ticked off Americans questioning the plan. The Humana Group sent a letter to its Medicare Advantage recipients letting them  know that they would be cut from the program if the health care bill was passed. The Whitehouse had a cow. Sebelius sent a letter out telling them to cease and desist. The Whitehouse accused Humana of being fear mongerers.

Well .... Humana just cut a whole bunch of people from its Medicare Advantage program.

Obama the Hypocrite

Attacking the Chamber of Commerce and accusing them of using foreign money to fund campaigns is shameful! Folks ... when are you going to get this through your skulls? Obama is a dictator in waiting. On Face the Nation Axlerod, when asked about what proof he had, said something like, "do you have proof that the Chamber did not use foreign money?" WhAAAAAAAT? Is this still America?

Does anyone remember the accusations that money was being funneled to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign "under the radar" from foreigners. If not, maybe you should read this article. When referring to disclosure of small donors, the Newsweek article said this, "This summer, watchdog groups asked both campaigns to share more information about its small donors. The McCain campaign agreed; the Obama campaign did not. "They could've done themselves a service" by heeding the suggestions, said Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics." I guess we can deduce that McCain had nothing to hide ... and Obama did have something to hide. Obama is simply a low life hypocrite thug ... and a jackass.

Or how about this article:

"The Obama team's disclosures came in response to questions from The Washington Post about the case of Mary T. Biskup, a retired insurance manager from Manchester, Mo., who turned up on Obama's FEC reports as having donated $174,800 to the campaign. Contributors are limited to giving $2,300 for the general election.
Biskup, who had scores of Obama contributions attributed to her, said in an interview that she never donated to the candidate. "That's an error," she said. Moreover, she added, her credit card was never billed for the donations, meaning someone appropriated her name and made the contributions with another card."

Don't forget ... the left wing is like the cheating spouse. It is usually the spouse that is breaking the marriage vows that is always running around accusing the other of infidelity. In other words, the Left is constantly accusing the other side of things it has already done itself. This is a classic example.

Free Speech

It's clear from this video that there is no room for dissent in the Pro Bama gathering. I guess it's hard to properly "filter" the crowd when the gathering is outdoors. What is really amazing to me is that Obama is still using the same old lines from four weeks ago. You have to wait for the end of the video but the old recycled material is there.You know, it goes something like this: "If I said the sky was blue ... they'd say 'no'. If I said their were fish in the sea, they'd say 'no'. " Yawn ;~ 0.What is even more amazing to me is that the Obama Zombies still chuckle at his stale boring material. Oh, by the way, Obama keeps getting it wrong. If Obama fails the country wins ... not just the Republicans. He's got thin skin and a thick skull.

Fabian Socialism

I'm very glad that Glenn Beck is finally getting around to an in depth analysis of Fabian Socialism. If you recall I was ahead of the game on this one. Check out my August 25th post. Listen to the Lefevre audio clips. They are quite informative. There are two things he pointed out today ... things I hadn't yet absorbed. George Soros was a graduate of the London School of Economics. I knew that Obama's new chief of staff was a graduate ... how I missed the Soros angle I don"t know. Look at the long list of people who graduated from this Fabian inspired school. He brought to the forefront a man named Stuart Chase. He was guy who coined the term New Deal. This is scary stuff. We are on the precipice of the Fabian cliff. If we do not turn away we will take a nosedive into a paradigm shift of the one world government.

The One Nation Rally

I would love to have been at the One Nation Rally to ask every attendee how much of their own money they spent to be there. I would like to ask each person if they were being paid to be there. I heard an audio clip of an interviewer ask one union leader if attendance by their membership was mandatory or voluntary. The answer: It was both mandatory and voluntary ... huh?

I couldn't wait to see the aerial photo comparisons between the Beck rally and the One Nation rally. Well here it is ... Um ... Folks ... It's not even close!

I was also eagerly awaiting the photos and videos of the aftermath of the 10/2 rally. I remember seeing videos and pictures of the aftermath of the Beck rally. .... The mall was spotless! Everybody picked up their own stuff. That's called personal responsibility! Compared to the aftermath of the Obama inauguration .... night and day! Well it appeared to be no different at the 10/2 rally ... a mess. Perhaps the group think was  ... "Well, there are a bunch of union scale workers that will make a good wage picking up all of our crap! We wouldn't want some mall worker to be deprived of cleaning up our garbage. That would be un-American!"

What hypocrisy! Speaking of hypocrisy. Watch this video by Assif Mandvi of The Daily Show.

Pete Rouse

Tomorrow most pundits expect that Pete Rouse will be named the new White House chief of staff. What's his story? Here is all you need to know. He graduated from the London School of Economics.

OK, pop quiz. This British School of Economics is the legacy of what organization?

Answer................ It was founded by ..................... The Fabian Society .............. that is ............. the organization of British Socialist intellectuals. Oh yes .... yet another Socialist in the never ending parade Socialists and Maoists in the Obama administration. Just another weird coincidence ..... right?

Alaska

The best thing for Mr. Miller right now is to frame the race the exact way he did when he spoke to Greta Van Sustren. He is now a conservative running against two liberals. Conventional wisdom early on in Florida was that Charlie Crist would split the vote with Marco Rubio. It turns out that Crist ended up splitting the liberal vote with Meeks. Miller has to pound and pound and pound it home ... that he is the only conservative running for the senate seat. The other two are now on the other side together!

Gold

Gold hit an all time high today. I see a quick run up to about $1500 per ounce followed by a severe crash in gold back down to about the $800 level. This should shake out all of the retail buyers. All of those "late in" on the gold rally will cash out at a loss. Meanwhile, Waxman and Weiner can hold their congressional hearings and drag Goldline, Rosiland Capital, and all those other gold retailers in to face the inquisition. Hopefully the Republicans can re-take the house and avoid all of the nonsense. However, raking the gold purveyors over the hot coals would make up for some good parting shot lame duck congressional fodder. Don't forget though that George Soros will be there with cash in hand to buy up a bunch a gold and silver as the price comes down to a level he is comfortable with. You see, he will be selling off slowly the gold and silver he currently holds (for a tidy profit) as this mini-bubble gets ready to burst.

This absolutely has to happen. Why? Because 1. George Soros wants to get even richer. 2. The government needs an excuse to confiscate the hard assets that Americans are holding. If a bunch of citizens lose money as the price of gold plummets, then Obama and his minions can demonize the companies that sell gold and outlaw the ownership of gold and silver in the name of "protecting the consumer."

The Dream Act

What kind of subterfuge is this!? Harry Reid is attaching a citizenship path for illegals to the defense bill. This is absolutely insulting. It's called the Dream Act. So let me get this straight. Were going to allow illegal immigrants to join the United States military as a way to get citizenship. Are these the same illegal immigrants that are waving the Mexican flag all over the place? Aren't we supposed to have a military that is loyal to the United States of America. How can we accomplish this by recruiting individuals who have a loyalty to Mexico? This makes no sense to me!

The New Talking Point

The memo must have gone out yesterday. Keith Olberman (yes... I have to keep tabs on the enemy) gleefully announced that extending the Bush tax cuts are now semantically re-framed as the "Obama tax cuts." Pelosi today referred to the same notion in the same phrase, "the Obama tax cuts." Now all the Democrat talking heads are calling the potential extension as "the Obama tax cuts." The command and control regime is ardently calling anything negative the fault of  Bush and anything positive as Obama's claim to fame. What a sham! Do they really think that the public is that stupid?

Nine Years Ago: September 10th 2001.The Night Before

It was about this time nine years ago today that I was just arriving home ... exhausted. Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 was moving day for me and my family. After a long summer of house hunting, we had finally found a solid home with an acre and a pond. The kids were in new schools. I was in a new neighborhood. I could even hit golf balls in my new back yard. "Life is good!" I thought.  It was a big change me and my family. In less than eight hours, it would be a big change for the whole world.

The family and I emptied that last load off of the rental truck. I made the long trek to return the truck to the other side of town, and made the long trek back to my new home from the rental site. When I arrived home, the rest of the family was already asleep. So I plopped myself down on the floor, surrounded by boxes, and flipped on the television. The cable wasn't turned on yet. So with the TV set up on a couple of milk crates, with rabbit ears sticking out, I turned on ABC. As I thought of the hard day of moving and the long day of unpacking ahead, I drifted off to a most welcomed sleep ...

Is Obama Mentally Deficient?

I wasn't invited to the Obama adoration festival at the western campus of Cuyahoga Community College. So I showed up with my "Impeach Obama The Destroyer" sign and proudly displayed it on Pleasant Valley Road. It's too bad. I would have willfully heckled the Manchurian President. It was reported that there were not enough people showing up to fill the seats. It appears that they had to yank some students out of class to fill the place up. This of course resulted in dumbing them down ... not because they were missing class, but because they had to listen to this idiot pontificate.

Question: Is Obama the President of the United States or the president of the Democrat party? You wouldn't know after Obama displayed his obsession for John Boehner for half his speech. But what would I know? I'm just one of those rednecks on the side of the road holding a sign. As one of those rednecks who just recently learned how to count, let me say this. Of all the passersby, who were motivated to express an opinion of our presence, roughly ninety percent of those expressions were favorable. Sure there was the occasional "thumbs down" and the thumb and forefinger "loser" sign. But on the whole, it appears that even the heavily Democrat Cuyahoga county is fed up with this president. Most of the honking horns were accompanied by a big "thumbs up."

Allow me to digress. Mr. Obama hasn't a clue about how an economy works. I believe he actually may be mentally challenged. No wait! That's too simplistic. Remember, I'm just a redneck standing on the side of the road. It takes me a little extra time to figure things out. NO! ... He is treating the American public as if it is they who are mentally challenged. He knows how the economy works. You have to know how it works in order to destroy it. Remember, like my sign says, he is "Obama the Destroyer."

Obama wants the American public to believe that this is about revenue. It is not! It's about control. For example: Obama said that Republicans want to borrow 800 billion dollars to pay for the tax cut that they want to give to the rich (via extending the Bush tax cuts). Sorry Barack O-bysmal Obama, tax revenues correlate to economic growth not tax rates! Through your drunken sailor spending, healthcare entitlement promises, and your creation of uncertainty in general, you are SHRINKING the ecomony. Revenues will continue to plummet as the economy shrinks. Sure, you may get a short-term uptick. But over the long run revenues will contract. That is perfect for your plan to collapse capitalism and freedom.

Impeach Obama

Here is the sign I will be carrying on Wednesday September 8th at the entrance to the Tri-C west campus. Obama will be speaking there at 2PM. Of course the event is invite only. Translation: No dissent will be allowed within earshot of his speech. Dissent will be pushed to the outside. America will only be allowed to see the President in the context of a favorable crowd.

The case for impeachment.

Pete Corrigan

I got a phone call last night from the Corrigan for Congress campaign. The person informed me that someone would be dropping off some campaign literature for me to hand out at the polls today. Little did I know that it would be Mr. Corrigan himself that would be dropping off the materials. As I was his last stop of the night, we had a chance to chat for about twenty minutes.

I must say ... this is a regular guy. He is down to earth, common sense oriented, and an overall good guy. I feel as though he would represent the interests of the people of this district. I have also had an encounter with Kucinich in the past. He came off as high minded, condescending, quirky, and persnickety. Mr. Corrigan comes off as exactly opposite!

I do not feel that Mr. Kucinich represents the people. Mr. Kucinich represents the left wing elitists who want to control every aspect of your daily life. Does everyone remember the plane ride he took on Air Force One with Barak Obama? Here we had the President, himself a leftist ideologue, dragging Dennis Kucinich to the right! That is scary. Remember ... Mr. Kucinich wants a single payer, completely government controlled health care system. Obama had to twist his arm to get him to vote for the health care reform package. Kucinich was ready to vote against it because it "didn't do enough." The Progressives are destroying this country ... and Dennis Kucinich is one of the Vice Chairs of the Progressive Caucus in Congress. Voting him out would be a major step in breaking down this elitist, Socialist cabal.

Judicial Malfeasance

Yes ... there is judicial malfeasance going on. The judge in the Terrance Lakin case is ignoring the constitution and denying the colonel's ability to put on a defense. I hope this case goes all the way to the Supreme court (hopefully before Obama gets to put in another left wing sympathizer of the State). Read the article here.



... and it goes beyond the birth certificate issue. It goes to his use of several different social security numbers and ...




 ... AND his support of the pro union, pro abortion, and pro Socialist campaign of Odinga in Kenya.

The New Mantra

The new mantra of the radical left is that the Republican candidates running in the mid-terms, many of which are favorable to the Tea Party, are just too radical to get elected. This is quite amusing. The Democrat party, which itself has been hijacked by leftist, Maoist, Marxist, and Leninist extremists is suddenly squawking about anti-statist common sense conservatives. The Democrats have moved so far left that the center looks to be extreme. Fools!

Don't let these idiots hoodwink you America!

Robert Lefevre and G. Edward Griffin

G. Edward Griffin. This here is a very wise man. He strips away all the convoluted BS and gets to the heart of it ... Collectivism vs. Individualism.

Here is the link to his site Freedom Force. After going to the site, this aphorism stood out for me:

"One of the most profound differences between dogs and cats is that cats focus on effects while dogs focus on causes. If you toss a pebble at a cat, it will look at the pebble. If you toss it at a dog, it will look at you."

As freedom loving Americans, we must be more like dogs and less like cats.



The following audio clips are a fascinating explanation of Fascism and Fabianism. I find it interesting that Lefevre sees that government by its very nature is socialistic. I never really thought about it in the way he explains it. The third clip is quite insightful. He explains how the Fabian model creates the "lesser of two evils mentality." It seems that the congress has been following this model for time in-memorial ... from both sides of the aisle!

Ahead of the game

I love being one day ahead of World Net Daily. OK ... it was more like several hours. I just received the link to this article this morning. It was posted at 10:25 PM last night at the WND site. I believe I was watching the Dakdok videos at that very time. It confirms much about my post yesterday.

The article linked above quotes Chuck Morse, the author of the book  "The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism: Adolf Hitler and Haj Amin Al-Husseini"

Al-Husseini was the Mufti that returned out of exile from Jerusalem back to Iran. He was a Jew hater and a tutor to Yasser Arafat. See this article about how Iran got its name.

The more I look the scarier it gets. Is Obama the Mahdi that the Islamic world is looking for?

... and the media keeps covering it up. On the NBC nightly news the other night the reporter (interacting with Brian Williams) said "18% of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim ... He is not." Then he said something to the effect that another large segment of the population believes that he was born outside of the USA ... "he was not. He was born in Hawaii."   Wow! there we have some serious investigative reporting! Puke!

There is no mention of the Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin case.

I mean ... this is a huge story completely ignored by the Obama media propaganda machine. This is a Lieutenant Colonel, with 18 years of distinguished military service, facing court martial for refusing deployment for the sake of Obama's questionable eligibility. Journalism is truly dead.

Is Obama a Muslim?

Well ... he attended a public school in Indonesia and was registered as a Muslim. He attended a school that was run by the Catholic church in Indonesia ... ALSO REGISTERED AS A MUSLIM. But that doesn't make him a Muslim ... does it? Children often just seem to go through the paces of their religious upbringing. They don't necessarily become it when they reach adulthood. However, according to Sharia law, a child born of a Muslim father is automatically a Muslim. So according to Islam, he is by default a Muslim. But you say, "He converted to Christianity." OK then why was a fatwa not issued calling for his death.

.He stated to the New York Times that the Adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) was "one of the prettiest sounds on earth." I would link to the article, but it has been removed from the NYT web site.

Why did Louis Farrakhan call Obama his brother? The Koran strictly forbids a Muslim from befriending the infidel. 

Then there was this Freudian slip. I'm sure it was just an innocent slip.




Here is an interesting link. Pastor Dakdok, a Christian born of Christian parents and raised in Egypt, goes into detail. I just finished watching all the videos in succession ... This pastor is VERY convincing! In his twelve videos on his page, he covers the birth issue, the Muslim issue, and the issue of Black Liberation Theology. Below is the first video. I highly recommend viewing all the videos on Pastor Dakdok's page. These videos were made eighty days before the election of 2008. In segment #8 Pastor Dakdok relates a story about when he called Trinity United Church on the phone to inquire about Obama ... CHILLING! I also appreciated that Dakdok puts up quotes from the Koran to highlight his points.



Here is another good article about Obama's church in Chicago.

Of course Jeremiah Wright was a former Muslim and shows great sympathy toward Hamas.

Then there is the issue of Al Taqiyya. Pastor Dakdok goes into this in one of the video segments on his page. I believe Obama is practicing this today. Here is another helpful link about Al Taqiyya.




And what were the "Dreams of his Father?" Well we know that his father was an active socialist and a Muslim. Here is a good link to something his father wrote.

We may say that it doesn't matter what religion Obama is. His actions are destroying the country, just like I warned they would back in 2008 (see my letter in the right hand column). We have far bigger problems than his religious inclinations. However, from a generational perspective, it does matter what his religion is. Will my children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren be faced with the decision to either accept Allah or have their heads chopped off? Will I?

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We are on the precipice of another severe slide in the stock market. People fearing the uptick in capital gains taxes come January will be selling over the next few months. Plus the "head and shoulders" formation on the chart points to a lower Dow Jones Industrial Average. More wealth destruction is on the way! Obama the Marxist will be doing backflips soon.

My View of the View

Of course I have to watch the ruler of the soon to be not so free world on The View. Highlight of the first segment is race. First off, he referred to the black race as a "mongrel" people. So now he is actually agreeing with the late Robert Byrd!! (see previous post) WOW! Then he said that white people were also mongrels but that somehow we are not as familiar with it. Now I'm insulted! I am a Finnish, Hungarian, German, and English mutt. I don't like your connotation Mr. Presideant. The Shirley Sherrod video clip was the hot topic. First the president talks about how the reptilian portion of our brains, when observing someone who looks different from us, is naturally cautious. But he attributed Shirley Sherrod's biases to the accumulation of her experiences. Very subtle Mr. President. I guess that this somehow discounts her racism and excuses her. He stated that we should get the facts straight before we make conclusions. Perhaps he should tell that to Howard Dean. Mr. Dean blamed FOX News for the firing of Shirley Sherrod. This is despite the fact that Ms. Sherrod was fired before her name was ever mentioned on FOX News. How about the story that is being perpetuated that the TEA Party used the "N" word as congress walked across the bridge in D.C. Breitbart still has his $100,000 bounty out there for any proof of such a thing. Yet the echo chamber of the mainstream media still reports that someone was dropping the "N" word. Is this the disinformation on which the NAACP based their official repudiation of the TEA Party. Let's get the facts straight! But the left relies on the simple method of repeating a lie over and over again so as to create the impression that it must be true.

Second segment: Stimulus ... Elizabeth complains about the notion of "saved jobs." Obama gives the example of how the states were aided by the Feds ... "saving" the jobs of teachers, firefighters, police, etc. These are not private sector jobs Mr. President. Then he moved on to the GM story (which are arguably private sector jobs). GM has put back to work 55,000 people ... and now are producing a car that nobody wants! Yippee Mr. President ... We have the VOLT! It's a car that runs on electricity. Remember during the presidential campaign Obama saying that electricity rates will "necessarily skyrocket." He said this as he was describing how he was going to destroy the coal industry. He's a great guy!!

The rest was a bit of fluff. Who cares if Obama knows who Snookie is?

The long silence ends

I have refrained from posting for some time. I am moving more toward a place of peaceful repose. The law of attraction had been working against me. I had been focusing too much on my own distaste for our Manchurian President. And now congress has given him executive powers to shut down the internet for four months. This has to be unsettling to any American that treasures his constitional right to free speech.

You can despise the ideas of a person, debate him for hours to a draw or a tie, and yet treat him with honor and respect, receiving honor and respect in return. This is the middle path. These posts are a series of vitriolic rants against the left. I am not ashamed of my positions. I am proud of them! I will try to harnass my rage against the machine as the machine attempts to put America over the brink. When Obama said he was bringing us back from the brink ... he was lying.

Obama eulogized the late Senator Robert Byrd (a former recruiter for the KKK) and praised him for abandoning his wrong-headed youthful ideas. Someone has to point out that Robert Byrd was 28 years old when he wrote that he would rather die a thousand deaths and have the American flag trampled upon rather than fight next to a Negro (his word) in a war. I believe he also used the words "race mongrels" in the same letter.

Bill Clinton then says that Robert Byrd  only became a member of the KKK so that he could get elected. Then my jaw hits the floor. And they call Republicans, Libertarians, Patriots, and constitutionalists racists? Outrageous! Oh, buy the way, Robert Byrd was 51 years old when he filibustered the Civil Rights Act.

... and just now I get a phone call that I have been fired from my bartending job. Ah ... the irony of it all. I just got fired by a walking, talking, idiot of a man ... with an ego based on a formless, spineless whim of his delusional authority. He is a man that needs to throw sand in the eyes of those looking upward ... the smallness of his soul reaching out to choke the spirit of the competent optimist. It sounds like I am describing a statist. And RJL is a little tiny mini statist running his shrinking little piece of inherited kingdom. You know RJL ... your father was the real man. Remember? I knew him ... he was a great man ... a kind man ... a genuine man. You are none of those things! I was working for a statist. Now I am free!

So did the law of attraction work for me or against me. I would have to say "for me" ... despite my perceived bad luck. I of course am referring to the book titled "The Secret." Although it could be labeled as pop culture fluff, it was a very inspirational read. Much of what is written there jibes with my own fascination with chaos theory, fractal geometry, quantum physics, and aesthetics. I remain optimistic about life!

And I started the piece today stating that people can disagree and still bestow honor upon each other.

But you have to realize that some people are so mislead by their own stupidity and ego attachments that their souls are shrunken down into tiny little dwarf stars ... moving toward the black hole an into the void. Life becomes petty and inspiration only drawn from the heights of that pettiness. The master of me for the last few months specializes in pettiness. His inability to woo the gal has reduced him. I feel sorry for him and I forgive him.

Broader horizons await for me. This unexpected summer vacation will allow me to finish my manuscript for the future New York Times best selling diet book I am writing. It will free me to return some focus on painting and the arts. I will see some tall ships this week in the harbor and seek my next challenge ... be it a return to Vail, the tropics, or Australia. The bucket list keeps growing. First and foremost on my list: help Peter Corrigan unseat Dennis Kucinich this fall. I have to give headquarters a call.