Golden Ticket

Mel Stuart, the director of one of my favorite movies, died today at 83.

I hope that Heaven is all you imagined it to be and more, Mel.

Please show my Aunt Ann the way to the caramel waterfalls.

Vetting is not just driving your sports car

If you did not see the ABC Nightline interview of Sarah Palin by Charlie Gibson, you MUST take the time to watch the whole thing.




There really is no excuse.

I am in the middle of an enormous production job right now, involving Carnets, international crew members and other major distractions.

However, I would have moved Heaven and Earth to see this interview.

If The McCain/Palin ticket is sucessful, this woman statistically has a 30% chance of becoming president. For this very reason, EVERYONE in this country has a duty to check her out before they vote.

There are so many portions of the interview that you should see, but this one is perhaps the most telling.




Beyond this clip ...

*She compares some of her past statements on the role of God to those made by Abraham Lincoln.

*She vacillates on her past and present opinions regarding the human contribution to global warming and climate change.

*She often seems confused by the questions Charlie Gibson poses to her regarding international affairs.

The list goes on.

I am constantly amazed by the stupidity of middle Americans to buy into this crap, hook line and sinker.



For those of you located in one of the red states (pictured above), not interested in watching boring and difficult to understand politcal programing, I have provided an alternative viewing option.

Start Praying to God

If one takes the time to read something, other than the Sunday comics or the OTB racing form, it is difficult not to stumble along a detailed account of the Bush family history with the oil business. The network of family friends, business contacts and political supporters who have a vested interest in the price of oil stretch out like the tentacles of an octopus.

Now. Take a look at the price of oil over the last eight years under the Presidency of George W. Bush.




Does this not strike you as suspicious?

The only thing that this graph leaves out, is the last 10% move that oil has recently made to $100 a barrel.

If the price of peanuts had gone up 600% during the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, do you think there would have been scathing accusations from the Republican Party?




Now, you might ask, "Why should I care about this"?

I know that for many of you the most important thing in life is who will be in the next batch of celebrities on Dancing with the Stars.

Rest assured, the price of oil will not have any effect on that.

What is does have an effect on is the price of EVERYTHING.

Almost everything you can think of is affected by the price of oil.

The gas you pump into your car ... your bloated heating bill … airline tickets ... clothes you buy ... groceries that you need to supply to your family ... the price of a Big Mac sandwich ... and the list goes on and on and on.

Everything in this country needs to be transported to its place of purchase. When the price of gas goes up like this, every single product must absorb that added cost into its retail price.

Have you not noticed the higher prices of almost everything?

My family runs a bakery in Michigan. In the past few years, the price for a bag of artisan baking flour has gone from under $10 a bag to close to $20. What do you think that does to profit margins? That cost must eventually be passed down to the consumer.

Who is the consumer?

You are.




So, let's follow the bouncing ball.

-Oil companies get the price of their oil to be inflated.
-They make money
-The prices of goods go up at a disproportionate level to your income.
-You lose money.

Now read between the lines.

The very rich don’t care if the price of everyday things goes up. They are making so much more money under Bush’s capital gain tax cuts, that they can easily afford it. Bush family members are not cutting Kroger coupons and tracking the price of a gallon of milk



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Now I will get to the title of this post.

I have a message to all the lower income Christian whites, Latinos and blacks that voted for George Bush in the last election. The very same voters who felt it was essential to have a President who would rid them of homosexuals and single parent families.



Start praying to your God and start cutting coupons.


I don't know if I am more amazed by the hypocrisy of the "moral" right wing stance, or the stupidity of the lower income Christians to buy into it time and again ... hook, line and sinker.



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Frankly, I really miss a president who was concerned about the price of a Big Mac.

I'll never be bad again!

Right before the midterm elections I decided to do a little praying. I wasn't expecting too much, since my last few requests had gone unanswered. Plus I was worried that my post about Ted Haggard would put me out of favor with The Big Guy for years to come.




My prayer went something like this:

"Hey God ... I know I don't do this often enough ... but this favor is really important to me. In a perfect world, I would really want the Democrats to win back the House AND the Senate ... but I know that is a long shot."

"If I cannot have that ... please give me the head of Rick Santorum and George Allen on a platter. You know that these two slime balls have it coming ... and it would make me a happy camper to see both these "presidential prospects" bite the big one."

"Amen"

*I must have done something right, because the Democrats took back the House in a big way.
*I also got to hear Rick "The Dick" Santorum give his concession speech surrounded by his crying children.
*Then, in the middle of the night, (Coffee in hand) the numbers started to turn for McCaskill and Webb.
*This afternoon at 2:30pm CNN declared Montana in the Democratic win column 12 hours after Missouri.
*And then, the cherry on the sundae. Over a period of days ... or weeks ... or even months ... I get to watch George "Pork" Allen fall off his high horse, as the state of Virginia seals the Democratic Senate majority.

Now ... the only tie Dick Cheney needs to worry about, is the one around his fat neck.

Thank you God.