Some Things Never Change.

Once of the best books I have read in a long time is The Help by Kathryn Stockett and I recently saw the movie which was also outstanding.  It was set in Mississippi in the early sixties and is a great example of bigotry and prejudice that was the norm of that time period.  All I could think was what a terrible place to live.  It made me wonder what Mississippi was like today so I did a little research.

First of all it is the reddest most conservative state in the United States where the Republicans totally rule. The Governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, is one of the darlings of the GOP. This is how they stack up with the rest of the country. They are dead last in median household income and fourth in per capita federal aid.  They are number one in the most people living under the poverty line and first in the percentage of its Medicaid program that is funded by the federal matching funds.

According to America’s Health Rankings, they have the worse quality of health care, but they are number one in teen pregnancies and gun deaths in the United States.  Oh, their unemployment is at 10.3 % now and they have the worst rates of mortgage delinquency in the 50 states. 
My conclusion is not much has changed in Mississippi.

M I S S I S S I P P I

Many Inane Stupid Shitheads Inbreeding Similar Shitheads Incessantly Promoting Permanent Ignorance.
  

Newton Leroy (I don’t live in Washington D.C., I just do business there) Gingrich said today that he is not a lobbyist.  He is just a citizen who happens to make millions of dollars influencing Congress.   For all the latest political stuff check out Juanita, I can’t say it better.




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Flippant Friday

 I just heard on the news that a car gets stolen every 48 minutes in Houston.  I believe if that was my car, I would just let them have it. 

The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it lost $5.1 billion last year….And I thought they were just losing my mail.

In 1939 there were 124 Munchkins and today there only 3.   I am outraged that the Government has failed to put them on the endangered species list. 
 

 The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom about four highly intelligent geeks has been so successful that they are rolling out new one about four college drop-outs.  It’s The Big Bong Theory. 

 

Just as ole Newton Leroy (I can flip-flop with the best of them) Gingrich's numbers were starting to rise, this comes out.  From 1999 through 2008 Newt Gingrich made between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consulting fees from two contracts with mortgage company Freddie Mac.  Not only does it make him a real Washington insider if I ever saw one, but considering how Freddie Mac turned out, seems like the only thing ole Newit knows about debt is how to run it up.  

Governor Rick ( Where did everybody go?) Perry finally said something I agree with.  In a speech this week, he said that Congress spends too much time in Washington.  I believe most of them should spend way more time in prison. 

I see where Bill (I'm glad the holidays are here because I am as full of shit as Christmas turkey) O’Reilly’s new book “Killing Lincoln” has lots of mistakes in it.  I’m stunned.  He works for Fox News so who would have thought he would twist facts and get things completely wrong.  Its pretty obvious from the opening scene that Bill didn’t have his facts right when he stated that Lincoln was shot by Henry Ford at a toll booth on his way to Masterpiece Theater.

And a final thought…Did this bonehead defend O.J. in another life?  





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Calamity Cain

 Is this guy running for President or Pimp of the Year?

When Herman (All fluff and no substance) Cain was asked this week about the situation with Libya he had a Rick Perry oops.  First he hem hawed and stumbled for an answer, then said that he had never met her and certainly never had any sexual relations with her.

Herman has spent most of his life being a motivational speaker and he can’t seem to talk beyond worn out clichés and sound bites.  Here are few examples.

• When the going gets tough, grope a little harder.

• Never take no for an answer.  Women really mean yes when they say no.

• If at first you don’t succeed, see if you can get a second date.

His foreign policy…He never dates Hispanic or Asian women.

His economic policy…To spend as little as possible on his Presidential campaign and sell as many books as he can.

NEWSFLASH….
Who would of thought that the Republicans are into recycling.  The new flavor of the week in their party is once again Newton Leroy (The number one debt problem is my Tiffany’s account) Gingrich.  It is probably because he has such strong family values.  After all he has three of them.

Funny how Mitt the Mormon has only one wife and The Newt has three and at his age there is always the possibility of number four popping up at any time.  It all depends on whether Cruella stays healthy.  Newt tends to divorce them when they come down with cancer or something.

And as a last ditch effort to salvage his Titanic of a political campaign, Rick (Where did everybody go?) Perry in a speech yesterday tried to paint himself as a political outsider.  I’m still laughing.  Here is a guy who has never had a job outside of government.


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The Party of NO.

When I take a look at the Party of NO, better known as the Republican Party and what they have done in the past few years it makes me want to break out in song.  

As Rick (All hat and no cattle) Perry and Herman (All mouth and no brains) Cain fade in to the background, you can see the Christian conservatives in the Republican Party start to squirm.  It’s coming down to Mitt the Mormon or Three-Time-Married Newt.  I have the feeling when Election Day rolls around, they will opt for their third choice. Stay home


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Flippant Friday

Here is a headline from MSNBC.
Gingrich Surges to Second in GOP Campaign
There is no surge. Gingrich simply inherits second place after Perry and Cain die of self-inflicted injuries.
  
I understand Herman (Nein, nein, nein) Cain is going for a new tactic this week to try to stem the accusations of sexual harassment that have been thrown at him.  He is bringing in a former assistant, three former secretaries and two hookers to testify that he was always a gentleman and tender lover no matter if they were doing it in his office, corporate suite or the back seat of his car.

I know Halloween is over but here is a scary thought.  Herman Munster would be a better President than Herman Cain.

The rioting students, the coaches and the school administrators; all of these boneheads should be attending the State Pen instead of Penn State. 
 

I certainly believe that Dr. Conrad Murray should not be able to practice medicine again but I didn’t agree with the charge of first degree manslaughter.  I thought it should have been first degree really-creepy-asexual-pop-singer-slaughter.  

Andy Rooney, my favorite curmudgeon, passed away last week and you can bet he is pissed off about it.  I can hear him now, “Don’t ya just hate it when you die.”

It is obvious that the so-called Supercommittee in Congress should change its name to Superficialcommittee.





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The Week That Wasn't.

 Last week was just a really crappy week.  I couldn’t bring myself to write a word much less a whole sentence.  First of all, the news of Kim Kardashian’s divorce was so depressing that I couldn’t get out of bed for two days.  Fairy-Tale weddings are supposed to last forever or six months, which ever comes first.

Then Chaz Bono gets kicked off of “Dancing With Semi-Celebrities.”  Even though he has grown a brand new pair, he still can’t lead.

When I finally managed to drag myself to the computer I found I was so totally bored with the political scene that I was mute.  Rick (Where did everybody go?) Perry is toast.  Michele (I just pray that my husband is straight) Bachmann  is so out of it she can’t even come up with an outrageous comment to get back in the news.

 Newton Leroy (Have I done this before?) Gingrich is doing a fabulous job of imitating the invisible man. Rick (I need to be in a) Santorum and Ron (I think we should secede from the world) Paul are below the horizon.

Then when Herman (Hey baby, want to see my corporate suite?) Cain is accused of sexual harassment, I’m thinking we will at least get to see some great tap dancing, but the bone-head pulls out the race card faster than you can say Clarence Thomas, so it is time to get the hook.

The only thing consistence about Mitt (Of course I have core beliefs, they just change everyday) Romney is his polling numbers which stay exactly the same no matter what anybody else says or does. 

The good news is that I am working on a new novel.  A number of friends have suggested that I write a book about radio, since I toiled in that environment for years, but I have resisted because I write fiction and I always felt like that was a non-fiction subject.   But alas, I have come up with a story line that I like and my main character is in radio, so we’ll see.  Wish me luck because getting up everyday to face the blank page is still an extremely daunting task.  



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