Lost Generation
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 12th, 2009
I was sent this video and I have to say it is moving and magical, and simply complex. The message is clear any way you look at it - You’ll see…just watch it.
This video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second. It is based on the Argentinian Political Advertisement ”The Truth” by RECREAR
Cool huh? Readers: How will you choose to view the future of our world?
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Alexander: Great to hear from you again. I have no comment to add – too beat this morning to say anything worthy of print.
Lilly: Amazing story! – thanks for sharing.
Penny: It is my pleasure. And I will continue to do so. :)
Zen Lill: I loved the movie ‘Earth’. If you haven’t gotten the 5 disc set of Planet Earth, you will love it. I think I blogged about it awhile ago. Have a great weekend!
You too peeps….Peace out….
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June 12th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Seems we have a new class of storm cloud. I found this interesting, considering how global warming will be changing our weather patterns.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_new_cloud
Maybe some of you will find this interesting as well.
Al
June 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Misch,
Hmmm, maybe I didn’t get it, seemed bullshitty to me, no generation, my own included ever made the decision to be that way even if it was our parents predicted…don’t know about you but we thought the Desiderata was a happenin’ decree, and predicting anyone’s divorce is just obnoxious as hell. Sorry, don’t agree with magical, but hey, we don’t always have to agree : )
I also didn’t want to comment on the male thang going on the other day but I was shocked that you’d give kudos and let’s keep it coming when commenters were calling some men idiots, etc…clearly, you have a bigger heart than that…and you all must realize at this point that this approach simply doesn’t work, when was the last time someone called you an oblivious idiot and you agreed to honor their requests or even listen further to their plight? Call me Pollyanna, call me whatever you want, but there has got to be a better way than the continued off-with-teeny-weeny-dicks approach, just seems childish and emotionally underdeveloped and unintelligent.
Since this group of 44% men (if we are 56% women) are holding the clout, well…we either snag the clout (and some women do and they aren’t reading blogs, no time, no offense intended), start asking ourselves why we’re not just snagging the clout (many women by choice remain home-makers, etc…and somewhat in the position of being beholden financially to men and they like it – so they can raise the kids, explore other options, etc…you even mentioned that a few women pals believe that their Harvard educated men are smarter than them – uh-huh! – or they allow thenm to believe that ;0 there are other reasons also, these are just a few examples), my point is women could use a looksee at their own overall mindset, just a suggestion, bc if women want to explore their options, creative or otherwise, while they could be working towards being a CEO than that is their choice but is it the right one for their gender bc we are being under-represented in govt, companies, etc…we have to stop the irrational blow up’s at men and get on the stick, make changes, ah…but I have some very disappointing news for you…
I blogged today on ‘rich bitches with clout’ – I did that bc I thought chicks with dough ought to have no issues in their way to standing up for change, right? Wrong. It seems we’ve come a long way baby – but we’ve got a long way to go and no men are in their way to stop them – so what is? Hmm, women, generally speaking are more interested in humantitarian endeavors and uh, no matter what your gender, if you got ‘bils’ you’re a repug bc – ahem – they are fiscally more responsible than Dems, no problem for these women that the GOP does not support women’s rights…how odd, how very odd…
Howie, thanks for the compliment, wanted to stay out of the foray, sorry for the delay on that.
Alma, thank you, I’m touched that you were touched at my story, it’s tough to lose a BFF…
Al, I laughed at your comment to Robert, it does seem at times that he is the resident know-it-all and yep, I’d like to know what his ‘creds’ are sometimes, but it is an open forum and just like I’m giving my two today, he may also. ‘Earth’ starts with the polar bear babies learning how to walk on a slope, so cute…and Misch, I have seen some of Planet earth, everytime you walk in Costco it’s playing on 19 screens, tough to miss that!
I’m off to go wrap this working for a living thing : ) so i can play for a month, yes!
Have yourselves a lovely weekend. – Zen Lill
June 12th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
OBESITY AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Some complications of obesity are well-known. Increased risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes top the list, but according to the National Cancer Institute, obesity also increases the risk for cancers of the colon, breast (in postmenopausal women), endometrium, kidney and esophagus and is associated with increased risk for cancer of the gallbladder, ovaries and pancreas.
How significant is the link? The National Cancer Institute reports that overweight and obese individuals are twice as likely to develop a specific type of esophageal cancer called esophageal adenocarcinoma than people of a healthy weight. The incidence of adenocarcinoma has increased 350% over the past three decades, while obesity levels have also climbed.
Researchers have attempted to connect the dots between obesity and this somewhat rare (about 7,000 new cases a year) cancer. The trail starts with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is strongly associated with adenocarcinoma, I was told by Leo Galland, MD, author of The Fat Resistance Diet. He explained that compared with people with acid reflux who are not overweight, overweight people with acid reflux are more likely to develop Barrett’s esophagus. This is a condition in which the cells lining the lower part of the esophagus change into or are replaced by pre-cancerous cells. Barrett’s esophagus is caused by exposure of the esophageal lining to stomach acid and bile. A small percentage of those with Barrett’s (“perhaps only 1%”) go on to develop full-blown cancer, said Dr. Galland.
WHERE DOES THE CANCER COME FROM?
What’s the connection between obesity and esophageal cancer? Researchers don’t yet know for sure, though they do have some theories. As with so many conditions, it seems a probable culprit is inflammation, the body’s way of reacting to infection or injury. Inflammation revs up the immune system and, when chronic, can have serious, degenerative effects throughout the body. “Inflammation promotes cancer,” Dr. Galland pointed out, and people with abdominal obesity have metabolic disturbances, including inflammation. Dr. Galland believes that this excessive inflammation increases the risk for esophageal cancer.
The most obvious measure to reduce your risk for esophageal cancer, as well as for other conditions associated with obesity, is to lose weight. According to Dr. Galland, people who follow his “Fat Resistance Diet” program often experience relief of reflux symptoms immediately, even before they’ve lost much weight. “It’s the change in the eating pattern that does it,” he explains, noting that this is because of the emphasis on foods with lots of omega-3 fatty acids, found in cold water fatty fish, walnuts and flaxseeds, along with brightly colored fruits and vegetables, including berries and apples, which are loaded with anti-inflammatory plant compounds like ellagitannins, anthocyanins and the flavonoid quercetin.
Additionally, Dr. Galland recommends calcium (250 to 500 mg) immediately after meals, to help tame the acid reflux from the stomach that can potentially lead to increased risk. “Calcium helps the esophagus resist the reflux of stomach contents and can tighten the valve between the stomach and the esophagus,” he explained. To achieve this toning effect quickly, in order to prevent post-meal discomfort, he suggests buying calcium citrate in capsule form. Open up the capsule, dissolve the calcium in water and drink it down.
Get a free one-day meal plan with recipes by visiting Dr. Galland’s Web site at http://www.fatresistancediet.com/trial.
Source(s): ??Leo Galland, MD, is board-certified in internal medicine and practices in New York. Dr. Galland has received international recognition as a leader in the field of nutritional medicine for the past 20 years and is author of more than 30 scientific articles and textbook chapters.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Zen Lill,
Earth, I got the right one, fantastic film. We watched it last night.
Your comments today, as far as the shit slinging that was going on all week, didn’t really surprise me…..and yet I was surprised at the same time. I do agree with you.
I had made a comment to Michelle that I really didn’t want to, but I felt I had to say what was on my mind.
Color me blue, as I do not wish to be included into any one’s particular group.
I am a “male member of the human race”. This is enough to have me crucified.
The mentality of some of the commentators this past week had me wondering if I had slipped into a parallel universe, was I hearing what I was hearing? And then I could not understand why I was hearing what I heard from one in particular.
There was a Helga, Cindy, and Rhonda all being applauded for launching a blood thirsty attack upon my best friend, who I might add, that one would have a hard time finding anybody that would have a harsh word for him. I don’t know anybody that would have anything bad to say about Howie. He is kind to everybody and does not have one single enemy, women love the guy in person. And Howie seems to make no particular effort to achieve this effect.
This blog seems to attract some viscious people.
Al
June 12th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Wow, that was a creative video! Powerful in the detail, the yin-yang, the balance, the poetry. Nice…
June 12th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Guam Joins In On Philippine Independence Day Celebration
Guam Joins In On Philippine Independence Day Celebration
Written by Josh Tyquiengco, Pacific News Center – Guam, Saipan, CNMI, Asia-Pacific
Friday, 12 June 2009 17:27
Guam
Guam- Today, thousands of Filipinos worldwide are celebrating their country’s Independence Day.
It was 111 years ago that the Philippines declared its freedom from Spanish rule. While events are being planned everywhere, the Philippine Counsel General is kicking off the festivities on Guam tonight at the Hyatt Hotel around 6 pm.
Tomorrow, June 13, the Sorensen Media Group is also sponsoring a food festival at the Dededo Park from 2 pm to 8 pm. The Agana Cathedral is also hosting a special Filipino Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday, June 14 at 9:30 am.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Zen Lill,
Just because a woman wants to be a CEO, and is as qualified as a man to be a CEO, doesn’t mean she will get the opportunity to be a CEO. Your position that all a woman has to do is to go for it is short sighted. You are the victim of propaganda spread by men who like the status quo.
They perpetuate that line of thought so that women who want to affect change will find it too difficulty. Women won’t be able to galvanize the movement needed to force government to act on their behalf to stop the discrimination against women in the market place by men.
This same tactic has been used by white men against any organized effort by OTWs. It prevents them from effecting a change in the status quo. Thus white men remain unthreatened at the top of the leadership position in every level of big business, state and federal office.
Propaganda that is so successfully instilled into the people’s psyche that it becomes an unchallenged myth is often stated as a truism.
You used one when you stated that “repug bc – ahem – they are fiscally more responsible than Dems.”
The acceptance that republicans are more responsible than Dems is a propaganda spiel devised by the republicans to get votes by making the voters believe that their party is conservative with the people’s money.
You have not only bought into it without apparent any serious research, but you spout it as if it is gospel. I do not say this to embarrass or insult you. I am using it as an example to show how propaganda can affect even an intelligent woman’s thinking.
That is the point of most of the anger women express when they “name call” men. It is a release for pent up frustration in combating the propaganda men have put out their to defeat their efforts to galvanize women around a common cause.
Before I go further, I will need to put the lie to the myth that republicans are more fiscally responsible than Dem. This is too easy. I challenge you to research every GOP and DNP administration since the onset of the GOP as a national party.
You name the GOP president and you will find that his term spent more money than the previous Dem president, every one.
But since you have asked about my credentials, I will help you get started. First let me say that the problem I have found with white people is that the majority of them need someone to tell them what is in or out, good or bad, etc, etc. They just can’t make up their minds about any subject unless someone with credentials tells them what’s what.
The main problem with that is who decides who has credentials and why those particular credentials should be relevant. Who will ask who the person is the the “accepted” credentials and what his/her motives may be?
Back to the point at hand your acceptance of the myth that republicans are more fiscally responsible than Dems.
1. Fact – There have been 19 Republican presidents.
2. Fact – It came into power with the election of Lincoln.
2A. This was not the GOP as we know it today and he was conducting a war of necessity so I will not discuss his fiscal spending.
3. Fact – General Ulysses S. Grant became the 2nd GOP president (1869-1877).
3A. It was out of this administration that the GOP became the party of big business. They ran the country from 1869 until 1885. Their fiscal irresponsibility set the stage for the first depression that would be the most severe in its history up to that time.
3B. It must be noted that Chester A. Arthur was not the typical republican president because he knew he was dying from fatal kidney disease. He became president after the death of James Garfield. Perhaps near death persuaded him to act above his party.
3C. During this period the republican presidents and congress created the financial atmosphere that birthed giant arrogant corporations. Such powerful entities as John D. Rockefeller’s Stand Oil Trusts. The republicans allowed these entities to form crafty business combinations that served to eliminate competition, set monopoly rates and prices, and dominate the market.
4. Grover Cleveland became the Dem president from 1893-1897.
4A. He inherited an economy in depression from the Republicans similar to the one Obama has. He was not as intelligent as Obama subsequently he did not fair as well.
The GOP went on to hold the presidency from 1897 until 1913.
5. William McKinley became the 7th GOP president from 1897-1901.
5A. He was a mediocre president who was controlled by his political cronies. He like bush forced the American people into a war of choice with Spain. to show his support for business, he ordered federal troops to put down strikes against them. His war of choice like bush’s left the country in debt.
6. Theodore Roosevelt became the 8th GOP president from 1901-1909.
6A. He was the president that expanded the influence and power of the executive branch. He thought that the President had the right to use any and all powers unless they were specifically denied to him. He was the first president to challenge the idea of limited government. Look it up Zen Lill. Another myth bites the dust (republicans are for less government). It was a republican president that used the executive branch to accomplish his goals via expanding the role of government in the people’s lives.
6B. I am not making a judgement on the rightness of it. I am only debunking the republican myth that it’s the Dems who promote expanded government. Under bush the government expanded greater than any other time since roosevelt went about his use of government regulation to achieve social and economic aims. Roosevelt was also the first to use the media to appeal directly to the people. Bush cowered the media to shut the f**k up while he screwed the people.
6C. He too gave the store away to big business.
7. William Howard Taft became the 8th GOP president from 1909-1913.
7A. This was a republican that tried to break up the trusts his fellow republicans allowed. For that he was vilified by Roosevelt and the rest of the party. He failed and the GOP continued to spend money at an alarming rate.
8. Woodrow Wilson became the Dem president from 1913-1921. He was elected in an atmosphere where the citizens were tired of being abused by big arrogant entities that controlled their lives and paid paltry wages. It was here that the republicans put a negative spin on government getting involved in the people’s lives. because his domestic program expanded the role of the federal government in managing the economy and protecting the interests of its citizens.
8A. Although the republican presidents tried their hand at bulling executive power, it was Wilson’s administration that fundamentally altered the nature and character of the presidency. He changed it from an equal or lesser partner with Congress to its superior — the dominant branch of government.
8B. Wilson, like what Obama is attempting to do, set about correcting the abuses of the previous republican administrations. He amended passed tariffs, banking and anti-trust regulations.
The GOP went on to hold the presidency from 1921 until 1933.
9. Warren G. Harding became the 9th GOP president from 1921-1923.
9A. This guy like bush was just incompetent. Like bush he surrounded himself and appointed many crooks. Many of them were later charged with defrauding the government, and a few of them went to jail. Let’s hope some of the bush crooks meet with similar circumstances.
9B. The Teapot Dome scandal threatened to hurt the party but Harding was murdered and Coolidge blamed everything on him, as the opposition splintered in 1924. The pro-business policies of that decade as under bush in this one seemed to produce an unprecedented prosperity until the Wall street crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression.
10. Calvin Coolidge became the 10th GOP president from 1923-1929.
10A This guy was a joke. See bush in overalls an cowboy get-up.
11. Herbert Hoover became the 11th GOP president from 1929-1923.
11A. He was the end of the first era of republicans spending the country into depression and selling out to big business at the expense of the people.
The republican party may never have gotten back into the presidency except for the conservative(racists) Dems from the south. They, as do 55% of the whites today, could less about the state of the economy if it means the OTWs will get equal rights and/or an equal access to the economic opportunities in this country.
12. Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 12th GOP president from 1953-1961.
12A. During this period it did not matter who was president. The bigots and racist acted in union to control both houses of Congress until 1964 to prevent the OTWs for gaining access to equal rights and/or an equal access to the economic opportunities in this country.
13. Richard M. Nixon became the 13th GOP president from 1969-1977.
13A. Like bush Nixon had a gift of an economic boom from the Dem president from Lyndon Johnson. Unemployment was unusually low when Nixon took office in January 1969 (3.3 percent). By the middle of 1971, unemployment reached 6.2 percent while inflation raged unchecked.
13B. In 1973 expansive fiscal and monetary policies combined with a shortage of food (aggravated by massive Soviet purchases of American wheat) to fuel inflation. And then came the oil shock. Oil prices were rising even before the onset of the Arab oil boycott in October of 1973. Ultimately, inflation would climb to 12.1 percent in 1974 and help push the economy into recession. When Nixon left office, the economy was in the tank, with rising unemployment and inflation, lengthening gas lines, and a crashing stock market.
14. Gerald R. Ford became the 14th GOP president from 1974-1977.
14A. Ford’s only significant contribution to the presidency was to
pardon a crooked president.
15. Ronald Reagan became the 15th GOP president from 1981-1989.
15A. He became president my making a deal with Iran that he would sell them sophisticated weaponry if they did not return the american hostages until after the election. Oliver North was subsequently caught selling them to Iran. He had more people of a presidential staff tried and convicted than any president before him. He spent more money that ALL the presidents had spent before him COMBINED.
15B. Ronald Reagan ushered in the GOP’s mastery of the BIG LIE. The biggest one being that he was a great president. He promised to cut taxes, curb government spending, and balance the federal budget or at least reduce the deficit. As it turned out, the combination of lost tax revenues and higher spending sent the deficit ballooning.
15C. The lost of tax revenues resulted from a combination of large tax cuts to to rich and minimal budget cuts, and increased defense spending. the tax cut to the wealthy was so large as to be so disgusting that he was forced to lower them.
15D. He set the policy of destroying the unions in America. After he broke up PATCO, it sent a clear message to corporate America, which was encouraged to bargain more firmly with organized labor and hold down wages.
15E.The Reagan tax bill worsened the deficit. Reagan’s prediction that the tax cuts would increase revenues missed the mark, during the 1981-1982 recession. The 1982 budget deficit was $113 billion—more than $30 billion more than when Carter left office. Unemployment rose to 11 percent, and Reagan was often picketed when he campaigned for Republican candidates in the 1982 midterm elections. Yet the GOP has been very successful in promoting Reagan as a great president.
15F. Perhaps it was because of Reagan obvious racist attitudes. He entered the race for the presidency by declaring he wished to return the country to the happy days of the 1950′s. This was not lost by southerners and racists throughout the country.
15G. Once elected he proved them right. Reagan made ill-considered remarks about Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1982 as Congress debated making King’s birthday a national holiday. The same year the Reagan administration supported a lawsuit brought by Bob Jones University of South Carolina against the Internal Revenue Service over its long-standing policy of denying tax breaks to segregated schools. The policy originated in 1970 in an effort to combat the development of segregated private schools, which had become popular among whites in the wake of public school desegregation in the South. The IRS policy, though, also affected religious schools such as Bob Jones University, which enrolled a few minority students but forbade interracial dating and marriage.
15H. The Reagan boom raised more people out of poverty than any similar boom since World War II, but the economic revival of the mid-1980s did not touch all Americans equally. One study revealed that while annual income for American families grew by 3.5 percent during Reagan’s first term, middle-class families saw only a 1-percent gain, compared to affluent Americans (those in the top quintile of the income bracket) who saw their incomes rise by 9 percent. In contrast, American families with incomes in the bottom quintile saw their average incomes decline by 8 percent; black families and households headed by women were particularly hard hit by declining incomes. Finally, child poverty increased to levels exceeding those of the mid-1960s.
When Reagan left office in 1989, the national debt totaled $2.6 trillion, nearly three times larger than when he began his tenure in 1981. ?
15I. Reagan cut the marginal tax for the wealth from 70% to 28%. Thus the wealthiest Americans and corporations benefited most from the economic expansion, and the gap widened between the richest Americans and the middle class.
15J. Reagan’s decision to reverse regulations designed to limit air pollution, to protect the public from carcinogens and hazardous waste, and to oversee nuclear power plants generated a political backlash. Labor unions, consumer advocacy groups, and concerned citizens—with congressional support—launched counter-attacks in the courts that forced the administration to retreat from many of its deregulatory efforts. As a result, most of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter-era regulations designed to protect the environment and American workers remain in place.
15k. But he did manage to deregulate most of the regulations that protected the american people from financial theft. Hence, the first bank and real estate failure occurred on his watch. I could go on indefinitely about this moron who was used as a puppet by the big corporation.
16. George H. W. Bush became the 16th GOP[ president from 1989-1993.
16A. When Bush took office in 1989, the federal budget debt stood at $2.8 trillion, three times larger than it had been in 1980. The President reached a compromise with Congress that ended up costing taxpayers more than $100 billion. The collapse of the Savings and Loans and the subsequent government bailout only added to the difficult financial environment.
17. George W. Bush became the 17th GOP president from 2001-2008.
17A. I don’t think that I have to say anything about this inept person. But I think a cursory examination of this long diatribe would lend the intelligent to question whether the GOP actually is the party that is “fiscally responsible.”
I am not debating their claim to be the fiscal responsible party. But their record is clear every GOP president has increased the national debt over the previous Dem.
If i may, say in my defense, I like the facts to be my credentials.
I would like to acknowledge all the sources for my presentation. But do to time and space that would be to onerous. However the net and google will allow those who wish to find the same data on line.
Robert
June 12th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Robert, hey dear, the – ahem – signalled that I was being very tongue in cheek about that, i’m sorry you didn’t get the joke, good info though and nice back up to my TIC humor, tahnks, I am not – ahem – embarrassed : ) though thank you for politely saying that.
The trouble with white people is we don’t what’s in and what’s out, and we need your creds? I’m pretty sure I said I did not but OK, kind of another joke, you do come off rather know-it-all-ish and apparently you didn’t get my humor so now the KIA status is escalated hahaha…no humah, no jokies, no dry wit allowed? Btw, I think it’s only Germans nowadays that want to see letters behind names instead of real life experience, but I could be wrong ; )
Nor was I inferring that ‘any’ woman who wants to be CEO will just get it but perhaps I will oblige your response and research the ones that are and give you the ‘glass ceiling’ blog entry. I get several magazines filled with people, mostly youngish – black white Asian OTW – who are sisters and brothers who are creating ‘it’ for themselves, so maybe the CEO as a ‘strength’ position women need is a moot point. I think there’s a powerful moevement towaards change in that regard based on my weekely/monthly reads.
Again, I love the info above and I’m actually getting a chuckle out of the fact that you mistook Zen Lill for Ann Coulter, hahaha…
Luv, Zen Lill
June 12th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Hello Zen Lill
Can I explain this one to you Zen Lill. When the statistical arm of the government says that 50% of all marriages in the U.S. end in divorce they mean that when a man and a woman get married there is a fifty/fifty chance that that marriage will end in a divorce.
It may or may not be as obnoxious as hell to amass those types of statistics but it does help to have them. Why you may ask?
!. It helps the government to take the next step and see what can be done to lower those statistics.
2. It may help some one who is staying in a bad divorce to decide to get out. Knowing that it really isn’t such a bad thing to be a divorcee can help.
Cindy
June 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Zen Lill:
I read your blog all the time. I think you are very deep. I like the way you mix humor with commentary. I got it. I just wanted to have some fun with my favorite gal.
Robert
June 12th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Robert, went back and reread and 3c was a crucial part in history, I forget the name of the book Anonz recommneded about that but I did read it and the name is probably in last years archives somewhere – it was a wake up read regarding Standard, the oil biz and this country. And 15F – unfortunately – well, you read George and others here, it’s still out there, the racists/southern dixiecrats with power. Your facts are your creds, I’ll give you that.
Now, I’m going to go watch that video again, bc I apparently missed something…or maybe not…
Caio, ZL
June 12th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Cindy, got it. and I understand it, perhaps I am being sensitive due to my own situation and it stung me for a mo’ -is that enough disclosure? But now that you wrote the above, I do like your assessment in #2, thank you, ZL
Hey Robert, oh so now ya like me… : ) ok, you go ahead and have fun, just keep the facts coming also, it’s all good stuff to know. I’m glad to hear you dig the humor in my mix, that means you DO have a SOH also : ) – ZL
June 12th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Robert,
So why should I take anything that you spout out as fact. I still believe you to be an angry OTW (and you have every right to be) who found himself a place to talk shit.
Are you a political historian, or are all your claims just your opinion.
You seem to have a knack at avoiding this one question
“HOW DO YOU FRIGGIN’ KNOW” I have noticed that you have eased up on your “whiteBOY” usage. Now if you could get rid of the soapbox, someone might take you seriously.
I still think you are as phony a three dollar bill. If you have some credentials, what are they?
Al
June 12th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Al
It is interesting that those who have everything tend to be oblivious to those who have to be constantly vigilant less what they have be taken away from them. Plus they have to go to court to get what you take for granted.
I have not “eased up on my(sic) “whiteBOY” usage. If I thought you were acting like a white boy I would use it.
So when an OTW recites the indignities that he/she endures daily at the hands of whites boys, he/she is on a soap box. Obviously the choice of terms means you don’t want to hear it.
I can’t really find too much fault with that. If I were white and could cross this country without having to worry about thugs with badges harassing, robbing, false imprisoning, or killing me, I could be as cavalier about it too.
However, If you allowed me to brown you all over with some skin color and put a natural on your head, and send you across this beautiful country of ours, I think you would change your mind about the white boy oh so quickly.
As the joke goes, “I’ve only been black for 5 minutes and already I hate those white _________________. The latter will depend on the indignity you were forced to suffer.
You have validated that you are no phony with the statement, ” If you have some credentials, what are they?” You are most definitely white.
As for taking anything I say as fact, You have as much access to google as I do. Look it up.
No one has an excuse who has access to the web to say ” I accepted your facts.” when you can google a second opinion.
But to be polite and to continue a conversation, intellectual intercourse, so to speak, what “fact” in my discourse with Zen Lill did you take issue with?
Oh, I have other places “to talk shit” also. But I do like this one because Michelle doesn’t edit the spiel. We can all vent. Happy, condescending, vitriolic, or otherwise.
I find you most interesting because you have vented at one time or another in those three and many variations with the mental agility of a true wordsman.
I look forward to the repartee.
Robert
June 12th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Zen Lill
I had the same reaction as you when i read that part about the divorce. I am going through a period of my 16 year marriage that may end in divorce. He is such a selfish, self-centered person.
Our daughter who is 12 loves him. She is always trying to please her daddy. He is so into himself that he barely notices her unless he wants her to do something for him.
I was a stay at home mom. But I am now out in the work place. He makes so much more money than me that he doesn’t see my efforts as valuable.
It’s all about him. My parents would have a fit if they thought I was thinking about a divorce. But I checked the facts (thanks for the tip Robert) and it’s actually more than a 50% divorce rate.
Hell, I’d be more in line with everyday America if I got a divorce. If it weren’t for my fear of poverty or losing my daughter (who fights me over everything), I would divorce him so fast.
I love your blog too.
Connie
June 12th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Fuck you Robert and all you whinning nigger talk.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
George:
I have been reading your comments. I have refrained from encouraging you because I have felt sorry for you. I can only imagine what it must feel like to have lost your woman to a black man.
But I guess you are now familiar with the adage “once they go black, they don’t go back.”
If it is any comfort to you, that is not always true, although I’m sure in your case it is. You see it is only untrue if the woman is trying on a new dick and the new one is about the same size as the old one.
Being that you obviously have, as the ladies of the blog have been implying, a “tiny weenie,” you have no chance of ever getting between your ivory towers of pleasure again.
I’m afraid that ole black buck is plowing away in your field of pleasure. Or would it be too cruel to say ex field of pleasure? ’cause I’m sure he has written his name all over her ivory mound of delight.
Can’t you just hear her moaning with ecstasy? Those sounds of joy you have never been able to elicit from her while pounding away with that “tiny weenie.”
Yes, I can sympathize with your angst. Of course you hate all black men. But you shouldn’t she may not even be my type. I will admit that I have danced the love dance between a few ivory towers in my time and heard the squeals of satisfaction to the cooing of “it’s sooo good, I’m, I’m, I’m, I’m………..
A black man can tell when the woman is in new territory from the orgasmic pleasure he is laying on her. I can imagine the thoughts that went through the mind of the stud that plowed your woman. I usually send them back, with the promise that i will be patient with the weening.
It is so clear that you are suffering from such a loss.
So I will not disparage you in your time of grief. You have my sincere hope that she will return well plowed and well schooled in the moves that will enable her to get off on your “tiny weenie.”
Before you get angry and go all white boy on me, let me explain. I wasn’t being disrespectful. I was merely saying that after a few weeks with the black, she will have enough rhythm in the sack to actually enjoy your “tiny weenie” between her legs.
Isn’t it better that she enjoys a real orgasm without faking it all the time? Your kind is always claiming to be so religious. So get on you knees and pray to god to get the black to return your woman with enough talent to appreciate that “tiny weenie” you are so ashamed of.
Go ahead strap on you AK-47, or get that bazooka out of your shed if it will help your hard on. No, guns? How about putting some huge wheels on your truck and meeting her at the station or air port?
Or you can continue to rant and rave at me, if it helps. I feel for your lost.
Robert
June 13th, 2009 at 5:38 am
TOXINS IN TAP WATER
Water is good for you and we should drink it on a regular basis. Beyond those basic truths, there’s little consensus on what’s best when it comes to drinking water. While many people claim that the tap water supply in the US is the safest in the world, others are not so sanguine. Most recently, the news media widely reported that trace amounts of a whole pharmacopeia of medications, antibiotics to antidepressants to oral contraceptives, were detected in the water supply of major cities. Other stories have revealed that some bottling factories get their water from municipal sources, and further that the bottles themselves leach chemicals into the water. And then there’s the environmental impact of all those plastic bottles tossed in the trash. So what’s a thirsty person to do?
The facts, like some watering holes, are muddy at best. As it happens, bottled water and tap water are regulated by entirely different federal agencies. Tap water is always regulated by the EPA, but bottled water is regulated by the FDA — sometimes. More on that in a minute.
FROM THE TAP
It’s no surprise. You can’t really assume the water that comes from your kitchen faucet is 100% safe. The EPA sets standards for approximately 90 contaminants in drinking water, including protozoan pathogens Cryptosporidium and Giardia (both of which can produce gastrointestinal illness like diarrhea and vomiting) plus other contaminants like lead, asbestos and arsenic — but the testing and reporting is done by the water systems themselves, on the honor system. Plus, I was told by Cynthia Sass, MPH, MA, a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics, there are many contaminants “not even on the radar of regulation.” Additionally, according to a report by the environmental action group National Resources Defense Council, out of 19 cities tested, about one-fourth rated poor for water quality and compliance. A 2005 report by another consumer advocacy group, the Environmental Working Group, found that tap water in 42 states contained many contaminants that were dangerous, if not technically illegal. According to the report, of the 141 contaminants identified, 52 are linked to cancer, 41 to reproductive toxicity, 36 to developmental toxicity and 16 to immune system damage.
To confuse matters even more, the EPA has two levels of standards. The National Primary Drinking Water Regulations are mandatory and set quality standards for the contaminants mentioned above. The National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations set limits for an additional 15 contaminants that may affect taste, aesthetics (color or odor) or have cosmetic effects (like on the color of your teeth) but are not believed to pose a health risk. These secondary standards are not enforced by the EPA, they are simply stated as guidelines. Water suppliers are free to comply or not — about 50% do.
Most health professionals think tap water is safe enough for most people, but agree that those with compromised immune systems should be careful. “If you’re undergoing chemotherapy or if you’re pregnant, you might have different concerns,” Sass told me. The EPA suggests that people with compromised immune systems seek advice from their health care providers, but offers some guidance on its Web site: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/crypto.html.
The EPA’s mandatory standard applies to water from municipal water supplies. Private wells that supply fewer than 25 people are not under government jurisdiction, so well owners should test annually since the EPA doesn’t check individual residences. Local health departments can help provide guidance about well water quality (www.epa.gov/safewater/privatewells/index2.html).
IS BOTTLE BEST?
To avoid the whole issue, many people drink bottled water, believing that it’s safer simply because it’s bottled. Bottled water has become an enormous market, with more than 150 million Americans drinking it sometimes and 100 million doing so regularly. And indeed there are certain kinds of bottled water — artesian well water and purified water — that are as contaminant-free as any product is likely to be.
It’s important to know that the FDA standards apply only to bottled water that is distributed nationally — not regionally. However, an estimated 60% to 70% of the bottled water we buy in the US is regional, and thus exempt from FDA control. It’s theoretically regulated at the state level, but only 40 of the 50 states actually do so and even those have limited or no resources for actual enforcement. To learn more about your state requirements, check with your state’s water commission (known by other names, too, like Bureau of Water Quality Assurance or Water Resources Control Board, to name a few).
The situation is even more dismal for carbonated water and seltzer, which the FDA treats entirely differently from bottled waters. The FDA has some vague sanitation rules about these products with no specific limits on contaminants, and less than 50% of states require water in these categories to meet regular interstate bottled water standards.
WHICH WATER IS BEST?
The bottom line is that finding truly pure and safe water may take some detective work. It’s relatively easy to check the quality of your tap water, as the EPA recently began requiring water suppliers to publish consumer confidence reports, which are water quality reports detailing where your water comes from and what’s in it. These can be accessed by state on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo.
You can also call the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). Sass also suggested checking with consumer advocacy organizations like the aforementioned Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (www.nrdc.org). If you’re going to drink bottled water, stick with the national brands since they’re required to meet FDA purity standards.
ANOTHER SOLUTION
For my home, I purchased a reverse osmosis filter, which is an effective purifier. When I’m on the go, I bring along a stainless steel carrier bottle, which I keep filled with filtered water from my tap. Another option is to purchase a water filtration pitcher, such as Brita or Pur, and keep it filled with “clean” drinking water in your fridge. These are ways to feel more comfortable that the water you and your family drink is safe… and to minimize the environmental impact as well.
Source(s): ??Cynthia Sass, MPH, MA, a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics, based in New York City.?
June 13th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Robert,
What in the world would make you think that I have everything. I have lived homeless for close to 6 years of my life, and have been arrested more times than I can count (mainly due to the fact that I was white)and did not fit in the parts of town that will tolerate homeless people. You think I have everything? Still think I am oblivious to those who must remain vigilant?
Believe me I know of indignation. Why do you suggest that because I am white that I automatically have some huge bank account or property to protect? I own practically nothing and am lucky to have found shelter. Yes I have slept under bridges, and in abandoned buildings and eaten discarded food. I have recently gotten my SSI benefits, and Medicaid. I am 50 years old and have not driven a car in 10 years, and don’t ever expect to be able to afford to drive again. I have told you that I know your race very well and owe a lot to the families who have taken me in.
If it would get me to Virginia to see my brother (who is afflicted with MS) one last time. You could paint me any color you chose, I would even wear a Tutu and an afro.
So Robert, please do not think I have everything because I am white, you have no idea the hard times I have seen. I have had to fight to regain my piece of cardboard to sleep on. Do you think I could travel around the block without fear of being arrested in those days.
I am white and cannot travel across town ,much less the country.
Robert please do not think I take “anything” for granted. You know the saying “have not ,want not”. And please get off your goddamn soapbox.
And I still ask “who made you the authority”. And facts don’t mean shit, anybody can quote facts. So why would I google anything, I can’t google you or your opinions.
Al
July 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Thanks so much for this informative blog.