I must apologize, as this post includes almost an entire month of these various and sundry shennanigans.
As you read - if you read - and become confused - it's OKAY - it is not you - confusion is an integral part of the plan - it helps to get the cobwebs out of your mind - i.e. there is a tendency to cause your mind to try to THINK ...
Once your mind realizes that there is no intentional rhyme or reason, then it will relax as it identifies that this STUFF is simply GIGO ---
GARBAGE IN - GARBAGE OUT ! Bet you feel better already, right?
“As I see it - the only possibility of EVER changing the embe dded system, is for EVERY INTELLIGENT AMERICAN CITIZEN to WAKE UP and throw caution to the winds …”
Then we're gonna have to assemble the squadrons and drop tons of No Doze and Caffeine, from sea to oily sea, my friend.
Reply to ED -
In the words of Jean Luc Piccard - “MAKE IT SO!”
Load up the planes, Rev up the engines, and besides the No Doze and Caffeine, add another cargo to the Manifest - Lots ‘n lots n’ lots of …
EXLAX ……
Now, there’s an idea - why not use a whole bunch more of that stuff on Congress - LACE their FREE Boston Bean Soup with it, and maybe they will S**T themselves to Death!
YEP - 1's & 0's - On's and Off's - the Computer Age - CHIPS GALORE ...
Can't remember the last time I even touched a No.2 lead pencil, let alone owned one!
But never leave home without a BALLPOINT PEN - feel naked in its absence. Even do my NYT X-words in ink - no erasing there, some of the messiest puzzles you ever did see - but I do it MY WAY!
I think you've just convinced yourself that there is little hope left for this country. You sure convinced me.
My Reply:
ED -
"Give me your huddled, befuddled stupid masses -
who don't know their heads from their asses -
and I will give you a whole lot of -
SHEEPSHIT - and BULLSHIT - and BUSHIT !!!"
Slogan for a New, Improved Third Party - TESTOSTERONE WANTED!
Hell, even WHIGS and TORIES would be an improvement!
At least the Language would be BRITISH, not Spanish!
Let's hear it for the Commu-DEMS and the
Fasci-REPS - little people and BIG BUSINESS -
A COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION OF OUR BLOOD,
AND THEIR OIL! Hip, Hip - UP YOURS!
"Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
the deer and the antelope stampeding in Fright!
O'er the ramparts we watched,
so gallantly Gleaming,
EXXON's Neon Sign -
Hissing and Steaming!"
FLAG? What Flag?
WE LET THEM BURN THAT BITCH!
Gone up in Flames,
like a Salem WITCH!
GLASS? What Glass?
The one Half FULL -
with O-I-L and BLOOD!
And as the camera ZOOMS outward,
and Charlton rides his horse up the Coastline,
with his AK-47 slung across his Shoulders,
here on The Planet of The Apes -
we finally see HER -
The Statue of Liberty,
Aslant - DEBASED - and Awash in MUCK !!!
Garbage, Plastics, Syringes, Pesticides,
and Oil Sludge MUCK!
by Leland Waldrip (author) at 7/22/2008 4:48:18 AM
Hi Tom: Thanks for commenting. Some of your list is new to me, but most of it I have been aware of. I am trying to look through all that (through a glass darkly?) to a new horizon. Like you say, Big Oil will try to block advances and will try to gain control of big scale alternate energy sources. What gives me hope is that these energy sourses are diffuse and are available in varying quantities to anyone with access to a small space. A large number of these folks are tinkering with inventions that have the prospect of allowing a disconnect from the pipeline and the tanker and electric grid. There is a huge Internet flow of information that is leveling the playing field in this regard. A basement power unit that runs the home and provides electric fuel for the automobile would offer this freedom and there is now a glimmer of hope that we're headed that way. Best regards, Leland
My REPLY:
Leland:
You raise some good positive points, and I truly Hope you are correct, but I still am skeptical - WHY?
For many years, Scientists and Engineers have wished for a Perpetual Motion Machine - I’ve even seen recent Sci-Fi FANTASIES on Maryland Public Television about Harnessing the Ocean’s Unceasing WAVES to generate Electricity - and the Concept of an All Electric Car that would build up so much Energy that when you returned home, IT would Re-Power your Home - AND - SEND EXCESS ENERGY BACK INTO THE GRID! SURE!
And, these same guys have been trying to build a Time Machine also! Now, THAT might be the ticket!
Knowing what we know now, simply going back in Time, and ZAPPING a handful of Individuals, thereby changing HISTORY -
That might work - removing certain Tyrants, Despots, and Murdering Thieves - but ALAS!
What if IT fell into the Wrong Hands? Like The Black Knight, or his Nemesis, The JOKER? Or The Terminator?
ED - in Spring, '59 - mine was a '53 Mercury Monterey 2-Dr. hardtop - Pea Green with Dark green Top, straight 8, rolled & pleated leather interior, cream-colored, rear speaker w/fader control - had Over-Drive which I never figured out how to work, until just before I sold it.
Lots of GREAT memories in THE PASSION PITS in that BABY!
A Buddy who loved my car kept begging me and begging me - finally sold it to him for a mere $125. in '61 - few months later, he BLEW the transmission, and said I SOAKED HIM!
Saved all my money from 1st job working night-shift at SSA as a file-clerk - remember IBM cards? I handled a ZILLION of them! Earned a whopping 75 cents/hour + a 10% night-time differential - about $32 whole dollars a week! WAY BACK THEN, GAS WAS ABOUT A QUARTER/GAL. and Ins. A whopping Buck or Two/yr.
I think of a simple thing, like a portable gasoline-powered Generator - been around for years - contractors use them on job sites - road crews use them on highways, etc. - even affluent Bob Home-owner can get one . Home Depot or Lowe's for Emergency Home Back-up use. BUT - still need GAS to run the thing -
Why not a Battery Unit that stores Solar Energy, and while it is operating, turning a separate shaft on a Motor that Generates MORE ELECTRICITY to KEEP batteries at FULL POWER?
Almost like a self-sustaining system in every car now -
only NO GAS - and re-fueled by SUN ?
Re: Randall D. Barfield’s - Perpetuity of Good Ole…
RANDY - I WHOLEHEARTEDLY CONCUR!
TERM LIMITS - an 8 year limit may in itself be TOO LONG? But at least it is a limit - and as such, should be applied to every level of every office in every state, as well as the Federal government - including the Holier than Thou Supreme Court Justices!
As I see it though, the problem is to get those already in office to CHANGE THOSE LIMITS. They are never going to willingly cut off those noses to spite their faces.
Perhaps it would require a Grass Roots effort to put such TERM LIMITS on Referendums in every political jurisdiction?
Another UP-SIDE might be that less money would be blown on Campaign Funding? If one's ability to collect GRAFT is thus limited, perhaps some might not even bother running?
Way back when I was a teenager, I never ever could understand WHY someone SPENT $100,000 to get elected as a Sheriff, with a meager Salary of only $25,000? Now I understand the Good Ole Boy Syndrome, and the Closed Door DEALS!
I need 603 more readers and will have a total of 300,000 since 2003. Should reach by early next week - we'll see. Never made a PLUGGED NICKEL - but it is still a "Toyota" -
OH, WHAT A FEELING!
BRAVO! Just a few minutes ago I watched your Editorial about Home HealthCare and Safety. This Editorial should be repeated incessantly until our so-called government 'leaders' finally get the message.
Three days per week, for two years now, I have delivered prescriptions to such Private Homes. While they do serve a worthwhile purpose, the OWNERS of such homes are reaping huge Profits.
Each and every one Sports a High-End Expensive vehicle - some even drive HUMMERS! One in Chase, Maryland has not one, but two JAGUARS, a CADILLAC ESCALADE SUV, and a big old LINCOLN Continental!
Granted, the duties of preparing meals, administering meds, and changing adult diapers may be a thankless one, but a friend tells me that these owners are collecting several THOUSANDS of dollars per resident, and hiring mostly lower paid help, many from Islands, like Trinidad, Haiti, and others.
Perhaps an Investigative Report might uncover some startling facts?
They say to write about what you know - but poems about Micro-Biology are not in high demand are they? It seems that the images and feelings that come from the heart are what poetry is all about.
A long time ago I wrote and later posted a poem entitled "The Beauty of Mathematics" - yes, it was clever, and calculated, and cerebral - but no real picture of beauty was truly presented - thoughts and cleverness never seem to outweigh deep feelings,
do they?
Glad to hear you are on the mend. Keep on Keepin' ON!
It is bad enough that the existing offshore rigs cause problems, but this one had to be AVOIDABLE - A BARGE CRASHED INTO A TANKER in the MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI -
DON'T THESE IDIOTS KNOW HOW TO PILOT A BOAT?
OR LIKE THE VALDEZ, WAS THE CAPTAIN HIGH OR DRUNK?"
Can't wait until the details come out - instead of hanging the rat-bastard, they'll probably give him a medal and promote him to CEO of EXXON, or whatever other greedy corp he works for!
Was it FOGGY? or Not? Traffic of such huge quantities of oil should be BANNED from even entering our rivers and ports! Sure, it would cost more to transport smaller quantities by TRUCK, on land - BUT - WHAT WILL THE CLEAN-UP OF THE SPILL COST? HOW MANY MILLIONS? HOW MANY DEATHS OF WILDLIFE AND FISH?
BEEP BEEP -
BEEP BEEP -
HIS HORN WENT BEEP BEEP BEEP -
TIL HE WRECKED HIS JEEP !
THEN COULD HE NOT SLEEP -
AT LEAST NOT TOO DEEP -
HE WAS A CREEPY-SLEEPY JEEP-BEEPER !!!
ED - you remind me of those wonderful days in Basic training in the Army, down . Fort Knox, KY in 1960 -
we HAD one DIRT-BALL in our platoon, who stunk like a pig - I had heard about G.I. SHOWERS, but thought it was a myth - then, one night the guys in his bay GRABBED him - into a hot shower, using SCRUB BRUSHES & GI LYE SOAP - they scrubbed that mother down - a big guy, maybe 220 or so, cried like a baby - he never skipped a day after that! After the other platoons heard about it, we had the CLEANEST COMPANY on the base.
let someone ELSE SAVE the h2o, like maybe PEEWEE ?
You are a writer, can be a comedian, very honest, don't hold your tongue type of guy. I like this type very much. You are interesting to read about. Any time I read something of yours, I can picture you broadcasting it very loudly, screaming your point across, getting everyone involved, and starting a protest or having your own seminar. I hope you do well in life. With all these reality shows and things like that (I dont like reality shows) but with all this nonsense on TV, you would have a good audience if you had your own stage to speak your opinion. People would rather listen to you than some drunken girl fight that goes on and on into next week. You'll have a lot of people who have your back. Always something to think about when you have the microphone. It's people like you that need to run the country, but then again, it wouldnt make you as special, huh?
Best of luck. Tabitha Carter
Hi Tabitha Carter:
well, shucks, Ma'am - you dun put me up there on a soapbox, in all that thar darn limelight -
"friends, romans, countrymen - lend me your NOSES!" -
smell the awful offal of the oval office -
Reviewed by Ed Matlack 8/6/2008
I told you people that there was no such a person as Tom Hyland, and now you can believe why I said that...damn tourist & shoobees I chased them to the county Zoo, in hopes they'd keep that guy from Merryland...apparently they did not do so & they let him drive back through Joisey...glad I decided not to drive that particular day...good though it was to meet someone that doesn't exist...Ed
EQUAL - to strive - to malinger - to work - to rest - to seek - to find - to dream - to believe - to question - to answer - to achieve - to receive - to love - to hate - to persist - to quit - to succeed - to fail -
ATTITUDE - to CHOOSE - to be Negative, or to be Positive -
FREEDOM - to experience all of the above - without FEAR of repercussion -
FAULTS? Certainly America has many - but; can you name another country that is better?
I spent over 35 years in management, and whenever I conducted interviews for hiring, I developed a simple Matrix - each applicant's data was recorded, and by using simple numbers, instead of names to identify each - NO ETHNIC INFO was ever entered.
This was fair to all, allowing any other decision-maker to choose, based on Qualifications solely.
I also found this system to work whenever a Bidding process was involved, for example, in selecting a Vendor - like when purchasing an expensive telephone system, or other major company asset or equipment. If upper Management, or a Board, was to perform a review or final decision, NO company Names were divulged - only pertinent Data. This practically eliminates Biases.
FAIR is FAIR - and FOUL is FOUL - a level playing field is a WIN-WIN situation for all involved.
PLUS - way back in 1962, I traded in a beautiful '57 Chevy Belair 4-Dr hardtop for a 1959 FIAT 1100 - a little white box on wheels, driven by a lil 4-cyl. engine I called a sewing machine. WHY? I was about to travel 60 miles round trip X 5 days/week for college, and couldn't afford a 4 barrel gas hog - that was 46 years ago!
Back then Italy had several other little cars - Isetta 300 & 400 - probably got 50 mpg or more - way back then - where are they now?
and don't forget the little Nash Metropolitan - if only some smart auto company would just get wise!
REG -- very profound - however, I would offer a word of caution - to bury one's head in the sand, and thereby be ill-informed of the travesties occurring, adds strength to the misdeeds of tyrants and despots alike.
When good men fail to act against evil - evil prevails.
Constant and conscious evaluating of events unfolding requires both vigilance and intelligence, in order to discern what must be DONE -to defeat evil.
The author of this terrific little book is Frank W. Bosworth. He originally commented on something I wrote. To reciprocate, I visited his site at Authors Den, and scanned through his list of Titles. One excerpt caught my eye - “My Lil Black Dad.” This was hilarious, and I was nibbling the hook. Then, out of curiosity, I clicked on the book, to read more detail. When I saw the creative sub-title - which combines the words, Drama and Comedy into DRAMEDY - the hook was set!
While this book is well worth the small cost, I was CHEAP, and ordered a used book from Amazon, at about half price. When the book arrived, about a week later, I immediately read just the first chapter, then put it aside. Was just a busy time for me, when I returned to it, a week later, I could not put it down! Thus finishing it in about 7-8 hours!
From cover to cover LEAPFROG is cram-packed with the trials and tribulations of a young, poor lad, told in the person of a naïve youth - with both grammar and spelling presented in the vernacular! One of my all-time favorite authors is Samuel Clemens - Mark Twain, who practically established this technique of writing - the way local people spoke the language.
The characters - Father, Mother, Family members, Friends, Neighbors - are ALL down-to-earth and bigger-than-life! The tongue-in-cheek Humor, Wit, and Satire create out-loud BELLY LAUGHS! The day-to-day shenanigans, misnomers, and dismal local intrigues are HEART-FELT! This lil book of about 200 pages is an absolute GEM!
Compassion, growth and education of a young man/boy, as he tries to unravel the confusions of life, are all presented herein. And the final Beauty of this novel is that he survives victorious, perhaps a tad scathed, but NOT BITTER!
On a scale of 1 to 10 - it is an ELEVEN! Treat yourself, employ all the senses of: Empathy, Sympathy, and even Apathy (WOW - Glad it was Not ME!).
CONGRATULATIONS! FRANK - This is a WINNER! Tom Hyland. AD Author.
FRANK - P.S. - since May, only 27 people visited this post, and none commented. CROSS YOUR FINGERS!
ED - good! if he only gets 69c apiece, he'll make a small fortune! . 100 sold, he might fill the tank of his gas-guzzling JEEP SUV ...
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Posted by Mr. Ed (author) at 8/15/2008 6:23:36 AM
Hi Tom Hyland: He told me he's getting 10 bucks a picture, for autographed pics - he's a forger, too!
Reply to Mr. Ed
Posted by Tom Hyland (author) at 8/16/2008 5:21:24 AM
Hi Mr. Ed:
glad to hear it - ergo I have contributed to the juvenile delinquency of a 'major' as opposed to a minor, although mentally he may be such -
however, we must need to qualify the term 'major' as simply meaning 'big' - as in big lug - as opposed to being an officer and a gentleman, as this also he is NOT!
Tell the JD - as in Jersey Devil, not Dr. of Juris Prudence, that I have another corresponding pic of the obverse of my human anatomy, showing my better side, as in gluteus maximus - gluteus medius - and gluteus minimus - or in his pea-brain vernacular - HINEY ...
this may promote his second WINDFALL of prosperity, from which, I naturally expect to receive ROYALTY CHECKS !
don’t you just love it when a PLAN comes together?
In this Silver Sisters Mystery it's trouble at sea when Goldie and Godiva's eighty year old mother and uncle are invied on a relaxing cruise. Magic turns to mayhem for these former vaudeville magicians when a star magician is murdered on board.
