TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG

THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND

2006-09-29T08:46:00.000-07:00

True ignorance always oozes out...

President Bush: Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?
Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times: I can take them off.
Bush: I'm interested in the shade look, seriously.
Wallsten: All right, I'll keep it, then.
Bush: For the viewers, there's no sun.
Wallsten: I guess it depends on your perspective.
Bush: Touché.

—Exchange with legally blind reporter Peter Wallsten, to whom Bush later apologized, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

I say to you...OH SIGHTLESS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARISE AGAINST THIS ANTI-BLIND ADMINISTRATION AND DEMAND YOUR RIGHTS TO WEAR SHADES ANY DAMN TIME YOU WANT TO!!!

TJ

HEAVENLY SMELLS

2006-09-29T04:16:00.000-07:00

The civilian space rider who paid 2 plus mill. for a space ride is back on earth and has reported that space smells like burnt almond cookies...so does my trash.

"Please Mr. space man,
Won't you please take me along,
I won't do anything wrong."

I forget who wrote it...maybe because I was always stoned 35 years ago when I used to listen to it...U C? I'm an old space traveler too.
Peace
TJ

TO MY BLOG FRIENDS

2006-09-29T04:00:00.000-07:00

You may notice that I have activated my comment moderation. I did so because I have been getting unwanted comments from Re-pub sheep who are in disagreement with my opinions about that yo yo they put in the Whitehouse. I refuse to grovel in the gutter with them.

I will continue to voice my opinions, only now I will enjoy it more not having to experience the boaring bleating of the Re-pub sheep.

I will gladly post all comments from those of you I have come to call my blog friends. And in the imortal words of Bartel and James..."Thanks for your support."
TJ

ME

2006-09-28T05:59:00.000-07:00

I boast having a BS degree which I earned at FU as commic relief anytime someone chooses to write an unsavory comment on any of my poastings. But it really tends to piss me off because I didn't ask anyone to visit my blog. If someone chooses to do so thats great but they are guests and need to be nice...as I am when ever I do any blog surfing.

If I come accross a blog I like I generally make a comment to the author saying so. And in most cases I'll revisit. If I find a blog offensive, I don't bother to leave a comment at all and I move on, and never return and it's as simple as that. But I shrink from being a disagreeable ass hole.

Every time I post I do my research well, to make sure that any information that is not of my own derivation is accurate. And secondly, I never lie on my blog. I guess I blog in a few different fashions. I do have a philosophical side and ocasionally I will philosophize. I do have a sense of humor and that side of me occasionally emerges. I often post quotes and articles which I painstakingly varify are accurate before I do. And I often post my personal opinions. Being a published author, I even sometimes steal excerpts that I believe to be profound from my own novels and post them.

There are a great many bloggers out there who blog in a great many ways, and thats fine. But I do believe in a sort of blogging sanctity. In the religios or political arenas, every one is entitled to his or her own opinions without coming under attack...as long as they don't try to ram it down my throat. If I don't agree I move on.

It's like people wanting to sensor TV for instance. If you don't like the program...CHANGE THE FUCKING CHANNEL!

TJ

PEACE NOW!!!

2006-09-26T07:20:00.000-07:00

How pompous are Bush and his constituents to believe we can wage war against terror and win??? We may as well take on evil, and sin, and of course injustise while we're at it. Talk about set up to fail. We are in the midsts of a never ending globstopper of a war, with no defined plan to win.

Bungling Dubya never had an effective strategy, nor has he ever offered any sensible post war plan.

"Stay the course." is crap. That's no victory strategy...it's foolish consistency.

Read this following commentary...it's some scary shit...

If the president does it, that means...
Consequences to the world
By D. LINDLEY YOUNG
The Modern Tribune - May 11, 2004

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last Friday, during a crucial time in US attempts to restore respect and trust in the world, three things were quietly happening that may be catalysts for greater mistrust. They were given little attention by most as the hue and cry about the Iraqi detainee scandal swept America and the world. They were: delaying the establishment of a Palestinian state, plans that could lead to a US endorsed attack on Iran by Israel and the shifting of support by Bush for the UN plan to pass sovereignty in Iraq. This combination of actions all but assure greater concerns about Bush policies with Israel, the Middle East and the world - in a world that does not trust America.

PEACE NOW!!!
TJ

BOTH SIDES OF HIS ASS

2006-09-25T08:33:00.001-07:00

There is a curse on us all with this numbskull at the wheel!!! These actual quotes say it all. He does more flip-flopping than a fish out-a water.

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." George Bush—9/13/01

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." George Bush—3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him." George Bush—3/13/02

"Uhh—Gosh, I —don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those, uhh, exaggerations." George Bush—Tempe, AZ, 10/13/2004

"We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories." George Bush(May 29, 2003)

"I recognize we didn't find the stockpiles [of weapons] we all thought were there." George Bush-(Sept. 9, 2004)

Dear Every Other Country In The World,
Please don't judge the US by our president. Even the dumb asses that elected him are embarrassed.

TJ

DOME LIFE AIN'T SO BAD

2006-09-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

There is an 11 million square mile hole in the ozone and people still doubt that global warming and our jacked up weather is a result of it. Those dumb bastards! There have been more cases of cataracts reported in the US in the past 10 years than in the history of our country...but I personally drive a Cheveray.

Why do visions of Logans Run come to mind where one day we will all be living in a dome...oh yes and eating Soilant Green.

"PEOPLE!!! SOILENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!"

I mean, we could replenish the ozone...we could solve the worlds fuel shortage...and we could put an absolute stop to thieves syphoning gas...if they would only invent cars that run on horse piss.

TJ

I SPLURTED

2006-09-22T05:14:00.000-07:00

There are a great many things in this world that I will never understand. Primarily how in a world that most believe is driven by God does evil even exist, and is much less allowed to crush innocence; in a world where the religious are told blessed are those who suffer.

But I can forgive my ignorance of such things in as much as I realize that no matter how brilliant we are in some ways...we are all none the less ignorant in many others.

When I find myself groveling in the swill of those lower levels of thought I often times have to reach down and pull myself up by my coller, exhale the stinch of this world out of my lungs, inhale the sweet smell of being alive in this world, and momentarily enjoy some of the goodness that has somehow managed to survive in such advercity.

TJ

SAD...FUNNY...TRUE

2006-09-21T06:22:00.000-07:00

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato

Politics, it seems to me, for years, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour

Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason. ~Author Unknown

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. ~W.C. Fields

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ~Alexis de Tocqueville

We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard

I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs long enough. ~Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. ~H.L. Mencken, 1956

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ~William E. Gladstone, 1866

George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles. ~Author Unknown

Truth is not determined by majority vote. ~Doug Gwyn

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ~T.S. Eliot

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~Ernest Benn

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. ~Stewart Udall

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton

SPACE JUNK

2006-09-20T06:09:00.000-07:00

There were three more objects found floating around in outer space at 70,000 miles per hour.

I think if they would stop dropping their nuts every time they space walk there might not be so much debris floating around.

I'll tell ya what...if I had 20 some odd million bucks to take a civilian space flight...I'd hold on to mine.

TJ

FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE

2006-09-18T05:28:00.000-07:00

This is one time the Pope should have kept his comments to himself. I can say that because even though I don't practise the faith, I was raised Catholic. But these Muslem Extremeists are a nasty bunch. It has always been the Muslems against the Cristians since the crusades, but now because of the Pope's big mouth it's...CHRISTIANS BEWARE WHERE EVER YOU ARE!

I don't remember a Pope ever having to apopogize for anything...he must be republican. Te He He.
TJ

HEY

2006-09-15T13:17:00.000-07:00

Seeing a gay man grieving her death on TV, I felt compelled to write a commentaty on the passing of X-Governor Ann Richards. She never judged any one because of their religious, political, or sexual preference, And she never descriminated against anyone due to their race, creed, or color. The total opposite of the man who defeated her...BUSH!

YOU'VE GOT TO RISE ABOVE IT

2006-09-14T09:42:00.000-07:00

If you find yourself plagued by problems, mistakes, and troubles, don't become discouraged by it. We, by our very human nature can easily become weakened by such things if we allow it to happen.

But rather than letting the disappointments life can bring dishearten you, let each problem strengthen your determination...your resolve; causing you to become even more determined to succeed.

Do yourself the great service of using disappointments to strengthen your cahracter, not tear it down. Avoid worrying, and don't complain...but when others do be sympathetic.

Laugh at life; rise above it; and keep a high vibration in the mind. You'll be happier if you do.

TJ

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION

2006-09-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

Just for giggles I typed in did Bush lie to the American People. These are excerts from some of the "stuff" that popped up. I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my assumptions.

The lesson the President has learned best, and certainly the one that has been the most useful to him, is the axiom that if you repeat lies often enough, people will begin to believe them.-Gary DeMar

Bush's lies hide from many Americans the fact that we were attacked by Al-Qaeda because of specific foreign polices...not because we are the "brightest beacon of freedom and opportunity in the world", (AS WAS STATED BY BUSH IN A SPEECH THE DAY AFTER 9/11.)-Rob Bleeker Active Press

The point here is not the hypocrisy involved, though that is egregious. The point is the downgrading of truth and honesty from principles with universal meaning to partisan weapons to be sheathed or drawn as necessary. No wonder the Bush administration feels no compunction to honor the truth or seek it; it conceives truth as a tactic, valuable only insofar as it is useful against one's enemies."- Russ Rymer

TJ

BLOGGERS BLOCK

2006-09-12T05:58:00.000-07:00

After a week of vacation I'm back but in a sort of after vacation haze. I know I have some things to say...It'll just take me a couple of days to really sober up and gather my wits.
TJ

COME BLOW YOUR HORN

2006-09-08T08:00:00.000-07:00

It is this humble bloggers opinion that any beautiful, selfless act of charity, no matter how large or small, becomes obscene at the very instant that its benefactor announces it to the world.

NOW HEAR THIS

2006-09-08T06:52:00.000-07:00

New documented evidence has been brought to light that the facts about WMD's used by this administration to get us into the war with Iraq were exagerated.

WHO'D-A THUNK IT????

So THOUSANDS DIED on a lie while that scum Bin Laden still lives. I smell hidden agenda.

In the immortal words of the great John Lennon, Mr. Bush...HOW DO YOU SLEEP?

TJ

STAUNCH REALITY

2006-09-07T08:41:00.000-07:00

My good blog friend Geo brought up an excellent question on my post before last that really got me thinking. He basically asked me what could have been going on in the 80's that got me to write such a cynical song that I had posted. I remarked in my post how it was still applicasble today.

As I got to thinking about it deeper and deeper, I was stricken by a staunch reality...If Duuuubya has his way and gets us into a war with Iran (which may very well happen), it is entirely probable that a great number of the weapons they will be using to kill US troups were actually sold to Iran by Ronald Ray-gun, and his VP Bush Sr. (Duuuubya's daddy!)

I guess we've made it huh...we've really come full circle...Does it make you sick?

IT DOES ME!

Thanks Geo!

TJ

Vacation

2006-09-06T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hey blog buddies!

I'm on vacation this week!

Its great!

No bosses but to kiss!

I'll be back in the saddle next Tuesday.

Till then...blog it like you feel it.

TJ

OLD BRAIN SPLURT / STILL APPLICABLE

2006-09-01T05:34:00.000-07:00

Prople living lies,
Making alabys,
Then they say not I.
While I play my guitar,
Seems the worlds gone spinning free.
And If it stops this hour,
Wouldn't matter much to me.
For few men use their power,
The way it's meant to be.
And few if any ponder,
Upon their destiny.

As I look around, it's plain for me to see, that this society is going dry.

And when the well is finally empty,
And the river finally dry,
And the lying tongues are thirsting,
For the truth which they deny,
The alpha comes like lightning,
When there is no way to hide,
To die would be a blessing,
But there is no way to die.
Going dry...going dry...going dry.

TJ 1982

GIMME SOME TRUTH

2006-08-31T09:18:00.000-07:00

Unreasonable arguement denys calm reasoning. I do believe this is why our present administration can't seem to do anything right. They have exhibited time and time again their inability to simply reason things out before they act...or speak.

This unaccommodating manner in which they deal at all levels is exactly what causes them to continually trip over their own tongues. And the virtual inhumanity they demonstrate sets the stage for them to always be on the defensive leading them right back into unreasonable arguement.

This circle of ignotant pride they create for themselves ends at its beginning and gets nobody anywhere. This circle of ignorant pride they create for themselves ends at its beginning and gets nobody anywhere.

"I'm not repeating myself. I'm not repeating myself. OH GOD, I'M REPEATING MYSELF!!!"-Rian O'neil-What's Up Dock

TJ

I'M "BUSHED"!!!

2006-08-30T06:13:00.000-07:00

I hear tell that the GOVERNMENT is looking into blogs to see if there is anything they need to be concerned about, or take appropriate action on. Hum!!! Come and get me coppers!!! You'll have to pry my cold dead fingers off my keyboard!!!

And remember...they can chain a bloggers hands and feet...but they can't imprison a bloggers mind.

Oh yeah...and clowns in the circus are funny...but in the Whitehouse...they're murder.
TJ

A GREEVIOUS OBSCENITY

2006-08-29T06:36:00.000-07:00

I see and hear in the news a greevious obscenity in that the Bushs will be in New Orleans today to survey the situation a year after the disaster. I know how heart felt that visit must be for the president. And my heart soars to think how appreciative the residents of New Orleans will be to be graced by his presence.

I see and hear in the news a greevous obscenity in that a memorial has been constructed in New Orleans to commemorate those effected by the disaster. I am certain that the neglected people still living and cooking in the streets who never saw a penny of relief money will treasure that.

I see and hear in the news a greevious obscenity of how American relief money has made it to Iraq to help rebuild Iraqi homes that were destroyed. How noble when we can't even rebuild New Orleans 9th Ward.

I see and hear in the news a greevious obscenity that the president has relented that we can now disagree with him and still retain our patriotism. Isn't free speech our right as Americans anyway?

OF THE WILD, WILD WORLD OF BLOGDOM

2006-08-24T05:24:00.000-07:00

In spite of what people may think, there are a great number of bloggers who blog in a great many different ways. While it is our tendency to categorize things, categorizing blogs would be like categorizing people. While basically we are all the same, we are also all different and unique. A blog is sort of like a finger print...all similar, but all dissimilar.

There are many blogs that show a great deal of thought and preparation. Many actual poets and writers post many wonderful original works.

There are those provocative political and religious blogs expounding someones views on religion, politics, God, or the president.

There are the cutesy blogs where proud husbands and wives from all ways and walks of life feel compelled to post photos of their pets or kids and tell the blog world how devoted they are to one another. These types of blogs may also show wedding pictures, and honeymoon flicks.

There are even little kids blogging now. What are parents thinking?

There are bloggers that talk about their day as if talking to their mother or a close friend or relative.

And there are those unsavory blogs that exhibit pornography, or just plain distasteful content that shun most serious intelligent bloggers. I may just shoot myself the day I find that's all I have to offer.

I think the best blogs are the ones that exhibit talent. Talent in thought assimilation and in the ability to express it in words that are a good read; people with something to say that others may actually want to sink their brains into and take a big mental bite. These are the blogs that I seek out; the ones that are a pleasure to read.

TJ

CHANGE...THE ONLY CONSTANT

2006-08-23T07:18:00.000-07:00

The road to sedition refuses to remain untravled. There are those compelled to travel it because their need for change is stronger than their fear of reprisal, and the pain from their strangling chains of bondage is eased by the notion of freedom.

TJ 2006

WIZE MAN SAYS

2006-08-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

Good works create a pure spirit, while uncontrolled voracity leads us to bad habbits. If you desire righteousness, do right. If you are too weak today to do so, you will be too weak tomorrow.
TJ 2006

OF HAPPINESS AND WORRY

2006-08-21T06:27:00.000-07:00

I have come to the realizarion, and understanding that happiness is relative. It is not a comodity that can be sought out and acquired, but rather a state of being which lies within the mind and the spirit. It is up to us to either nurture it, or to ignore its existence and be miserable and depressed.

Those who choose to nurture the natural happiness in their spirit enrich their lives. And though they experience life's ups and downs which may tend to muddy the waters of happiness, the waters always soon clear, and happiness reemerges in their spirit. Once the seed sprouts, it's unstopable.

So many ignore that innate seed of happiness within us all and wonder why their lives are continually shrouded in discontent. Some seek happiness all their lives never realizing it was with them all the time, looking back to find that what little bits of the stuff they managed to go out and find is fleeting, and slips away. Even if one climbs up from poverty to rule a dynisty enjoying all creature comfotrs, this type of superficial happiness yields no true inner peace.

Worry on the other hand leads to doubt in self and lack of confidence...and doubt bars the way to any accomplishment. These negative thoughts can generate and materialize the very thing we worry about the most.

Be happy and prosper...like attracts like. Be an unhappy worrier...and so you shall remain.

TJ

THE CREATURE

2006-08-18T05:08:00.000-07:00

There is a creature roaming,
Who invites you to his feast.
To wait and hope you come,
Is not the nature of this beast.

He's daily out recruting,
Adding numbers to his list.
Success and all it offers,
Can be yours so don't resist.

If stepping on your brother,
Doesn't bother you at all,
The treasure can be yours,
If you but scale this creatures wall.

And once the treasures' yours,
And there's no merit to be found,
You reaize hollow promises,
Have sorely let you down.

So you decide to go back,
To the place you were before.
But the creatures' gone behind you,
And bolted all the doors.

You find the gaudy atmosphere,
Has left you oh so cold.
When you reach your destination,
And the fare has been your soul.

TJ 1985

FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS

2006-08-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Looking through the past at all the friendships that were mine,
It occurrs to me that most friends do not stand the test of time.

And some I have to wonder if they were ever friends at all,
Once they revealed agenda in their friendly becon call.

And is there truly friendship for the love of a friend?
Or is all friendship given as a means to an end?

THE NECESSARY EVIL

2006-08-15T04:18:00.000-07:00

It has been said that the natural state of man is to be free from the worry of mammon. But quite unfortunately, the way society has evolved makes existing without money virtually imposible.

If our social structure was comprised of those who were looking for satisfaction in their home, food, comfort, and transportation, with an attitude of just enough to have a decent life, wouldn't this world be a wonderful place.

But, unfortunately, this is not the case. In this world the almighty dollar has literally become the driving force, causing the corruption found in many areas of business, religion, and politics.

College education, for instance, is sought after primarily to land that high paying job. The education gained in the process becomes secondary to the reason for gaining it...MONEY.

Yes money is necessary just to survive; but it's not a reason to live. And in the true measure of all things, good health, true love, and lasting happiness, are truly the most important things in life.

So work hard, and if money comes your way, do good works. These are the ways of the wise that protect us against greed.

TJ

WHAT IT IS

2006-08-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

Bless the one who holds his tongue in a world that's over run by dime store philosophers.

For a little bit of cheap wine any bum on the street will begin to philosophize.

So this man begs for a living while that man reads by the light of a chandelier.

While living separates the social classes dying brings us all to the same tear.

The strange thing about human beings is that we all tend to forget we are like one another.

The way we treat all manner of things is the treatment we'll receive when we cross over.

The grooves we carve by habit are the freeways we must travle in the distance.

In this world we have choices in the next world there will be no resistance.

TJ 2006

ETERNITY

2006-08-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

The true measure of the fact that one has lived and died on this planet, can only be determined by the goodness that life rendered.
TJ

THE SEA OF BROKEN DREAMS

2006-08-09T07:19:00.000-07:00

Often in life we may feel that we are drowning in the sea of broken dreams. We, of course, feel this way primarily because it seems that nothing goes our way. And this is where the vicious circle begins.

The more we stew in our own juices, disappointed in the fact that nothing goes right, the more we draw that same bad luck right to us; the same bad luck that like an anchor keeps us drowning in the sea of broken dreams.

It's up to each of us to shed that anchor, swim to shore, and dry off those doubts and disillusions that threw us into the sea of broken dreams in the first place. Only then can we begin to turn the cycle around to our benefit. Don't be afraid to stop and restart in a new direction.

Everything you've done thus far has brought you to where you now are. If you are not happy with where you find yourself, you must change your way of thinking to lead you out of the darkness and into the light of a better reality.

TJ