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August 20, 2007:

 

This Week:

After being buried in bull last week by the Republican so-called debate, Stephanopoulos has retreated to his regular format. He only had Sam Brownback on this time. It was still a lot to wade through, but Sam only had one pitchfork to fling it. He still does the same old song and dance about a political solution. He says we don’t need a draft. Apparently he is willing to let the same kids get shot up all of the time. Perhaps it’s the old conservative philosophy of use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without. When applied to humans instead of things, it is very grotesque.

 

He thinks he can send Baker over there to make a political deal. I have made this point before. It is beyond stupid to make a political agreement that you cannot enforce. Diplomacy without power does not work. Why can’t any of these fools remember that those Muslims are crazy? Crazy people have no more ethics than a Senator. They only respect power and then not always. Brownback still insists the surge is working. For who? All I notice is that it is getting more of our kids killed. Fifty-two last week. Sure! The day following Brownback’s tirade Charles Gibson reported the worst attack on civilians since the war began. Several hundred people were murdered in an orgy of destruction.

 

The Shuttle:

On the last launch, some more foam came off and damaged the heat shield. Why? They keep talking about fixing the shield. Why don’t they ever deal with the cause? They have had this problem of foam flying off ever since the first launch. Why are they not addressing it? I believe the NASA engineers are incompetent. They have all been entrenched for too long. The only thing they can think of is to keep on dong the same old things in the same old way. There is no new blood and no new ideas are forthcoming. That whole place is overdue for a total shakeup. Drunken astronauts, love triangles, reentry disintegration, and continuously damaged heat shields. A privately run operation would not tolerate this much screw-up. Why does our government? It don’t change much from year to year.

 

Bush:

If he thought he could get information from them, he would be in bed with the KKK. He can’t, so he is in bed with the murdering leaders of Sudan. He says nasty things about them in public, but he will not act against them because they allegedly give him useful information about terrorists. It does not seem to bother him that his informants are terrorists. They have compiled a record of genocide that would be the envy of the Nazis. This is reminiscent of Pious XII who seemed to have a vision problem as regards Jews. He was unable to see there was a problem of genocide in Europe during his reign and did not bother to condemn it. Genocide also does not bother George so long as he can get help in his campaign against terrorists.

 

Mattel:

They are marketing faulty products made in China. It seems they did not bother to inspect these imports. No problem! They have a solution. If you have internet access, you can go to their website. If you manage to drill down through several layers of bull, you can find out if the product you have is faulty. If it is, you can apply for a prepaid mailing label to waste your time at the postoffice and mail the product back to them. When they receive it, they will not give your money back. They will send you a voucher to buy another faulty product. Sure!

 

People are asking, what’s a parent to do? I have an idea. Quit buying expensive junk to entertain your kids and spend some time with them. They featured a woman on TV with a roomful of that crap. It’s all junk. She asked the same question. For Gord’s sake, take all of the junk away from your kids and put it in the trash. Replace it with hugs. Quit being upward mobile at their expense. You had a good time making kids. When you did that, you also created an obligation. You cannot fulfill that by buying toys and candy. You must fulfill it in person. Quit lying about it. If you were responsible and honest, Mattel would be out of business. They are marketing to you by playing to your guilt.

 

Wind Turbines:

I finally figured out what all of the excitement is about these wind turbines that are being put up all over the place. People actually come out in a picnic mode to watch these erections. Then it hit me. Erections are what they are. They are tremendous phallic symbols. I watched people in a cornfield staring up at them with these rapt looks, women too. Then I looked at the monuments being raised. Wow! It almost got me. I was reminded of Stonehenge in Southern England. I think these modern ones outdo that effort by far.

 

Input:

As I said last week, input is nice. Many, many months ago I wrote essay number 48 in my writing and publishing series on Agents. It included points about my experience with agents. One experience was with Milton Kahn. You can read the essay if you wish. It is still in my archives. This week I received an email about that essay from Ian Smith. Here it is:

 

Dear William,

 

Milton Kahn, or one of his minnions, posted a comment on my blog saying what a "perfect fit" we'd be. So I searched the web and found your invaluable info on so-called publicists. Many thanks. You have a great site.

 

Ian Smith

Visit my websites: Hold It Up For Ridicule, and iandsmith.com

 

Input is always nice and it is especially gratifying when I find someone has found what I offer to be useful. I did send a thank you note to Ian. I also took the time to check out his websites. They are cool. I will be putting links to them on my links pages shortly. In case you are wondering, I also think negative input is nice, because I usually learn from it.

 

Dumb:

If you did not sell when the market was above fourteen you are as dumb as I am. I may die before it gets back there.

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