Our Demopublican Government

Well it's silly season and the giant poobahs have taken up the cudgel, mounted their media steeds and are charging at each other with vicious abandon. Ho Hum.The only good thing about this Presidential Election is that it will be over November 7th.

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Smiley with an Idiot Twist

Thanks to my good friend, Photoshop Wizard and fantastic Photographic Artist Klaus Lange for the new Smiley which I will use gratefully when appropriate. For a real treat, visit Klaus's website;  The Astonishing Beauty of the Sides of Ships You'll be amazed at what you sea.

You Discourtous Bastard!

How can you breathe with your head that far up your ass?

There are a few words and phrases that have dropped out of the vocabulary of the baby boomers and their spawn.

Notably absent are; Please, May I, and Thank You.

No where is the latter more absent than behind the wheel. 

If you question this conclusion, try this little Amygdala activating experiment. Next time you're on the road, yield the right-of-way, it's easy. Let the asshole who's tailgating you pass you. Stop for the idiot who just stepped into traffic from between parked cars. If you're on a two lane side-street pull to the right to let the massive pick-up truck coming at you at 50 mph, pass you. Let that teen in Mom's SUV, back out of that driveway, while putting on make-up with one hand and Texting with another. Or, the best one is to try to change lanes by using your turn-signal, watch the adjacent drivers adjust their speed to prevent your progress.

See if any these sub-amoeba, shit grovelers raises a hand or even smiles a thank you for your consideration.  

If this pisses you off as much as it does me, let me know by commenting below.

You don't have to be Jewish

An American Jew in London

An American Jew was shopping on Piccadilly, in London. He entered the posh gourmet food store, Fortnum & Mason.
 

A salesman in a Morning Coat - with tie and tails - approached and asked, “May I be of service to you, sir?”

“Yes,” replied the customer, “I'd like a pound of Lox.”

“Sorry, sir,” answered the cultured salesman, “Do you mean Smoked Salmon'”?

“Okay, a pound of Smoked Salmon.”

“Anything else?”

“Yes, a dozen Blintzes.”

“I believe you mean Crepes.”

“Okay, a dozen Crepes.”

“Anything else?”

“Yes. A pound of Chopped Liver.”

“You are probably referring to Pate'.”

“Okay,” said the customer, “a pound of Pate', and could you deliver this Saturday? “

“Sorry, sir,” said the salesman, “We don't schlep Chazzerai on Shabbos!”

 

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Auntie Meg

In 2010 Auntie Meg Whitman spent over 322,000.000.00 to win the Governor's race in California. While running for governor, Whitman emphasized three major areas: job creation, reduced state government spending, and reform of the state's K-12 educational system. She argued that it is best to start only a few things and finish them, instead of starting a lot of things and finishing few of them. In case you don't remember, Jerry Brown whipped her to a fair-thee-well.  

Smart move California!

Wicked Whitman went on to the Board of Hewlett Packard and, on the promise of revitalizing the PC division, she was appointed CEO in September of 2011.

Last week, speaking at the Global Influencer's Summit 2012 conference in Shanghai, Whitman said: " . . .    HP will increase investment in research and development, streamline corporate processes, and invest in its employees’ growth, . . . I’m so proud that ours is a company based on hardware, and HP will keep investing on hardware.”

Today, Whitman announced the potential elimination of 25,000 Hewlett Packard jobs. Due to the fact that the company’s PC sales are dropping as consumers favor tablets, such as Apple Inc.’s iPad, and it has been slow to adapt to the shift toward cloud computing, away from the IT services Hewlett-Packard provides. Hardware, I don't think so.

Her first promise in the Gubernatorial campaign was job creation, oh, really? This is the same Meg Whitman who was on Bain Capital's Founder; Mitt Romney's National Finance Team. She learned well at the feet of His Mittness.  
I repeat, "Smart move California!"

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Oh my God!

The end of the middle-ages marked the beginning of the Renaissance and a new era of scientific, cultural and religious enlightenment. A major factor was the commissioning of monumental structures and theological artwork to serve as the media of the time. No peasant, living in a mud hut, could doubt the existence of an all powerful deity when faced with the opulence and architectural excesses of the times. Even the most jaded of modern observers is struck breathless upon entering St. Peter's Basilica in Rome or the Cathedral at Chartres.  

The only words one can utter upon first seeing such exuberant affluence are: "Oh, my God!" and that was the idea. The gold gilding, the soaring marble columns, the massive domes and the heavenly light filtered through the acres of Stained Glass are truly awesome.  Only God could have amassed such wealth. 

"Oh, my God", were the first words out of my mouth when I first entered the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Dale Chihuly's spectacular free-form "Fiori Di Como" is a heavenly sight to rival that of any Renaissance visage.

What do the Churches of the Renaissance have to do with the pleasure palaces of Vegas? To my mind; they are both religious Icons. 

Both represent the driving force behind organized religion of their time, the acquisition of  money. 

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