Sunday

The President of the United States Goes After Radio Talk Show Host! How Desperate Is He?

Bachelor Jason swiftly moved the competition from nine to five during this past week's episode-1/26/09.

Four of the would-be Jason brides were obnoxious, so much so that Jason sent home one more than necessary.

Finally, why won't Stephanie kiss Jason? We've got the possible reason here.

With pics and video compilations you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

The judges missed a dirty word the new Miss America uttered during her song in the talent competition. We have it, on tape!

Review of Fox's new "Lie to Me". Guy gets paid big bucks for doing what we all do every day in the course of our humble lives.

A pic of a genuine Jack Bauer lookalike and he's a member of my family.

Finally, my own fashion awards for the SAG awards.

All with pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

American Idol 09 moves through New York, Jacksonville, Puerto Rico and Salt Lake City in this review of the pre-season tryouts.

We've got dancers and comedians and why are they trying out for American Idol?

With pics and video compilations you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

Against all common sense, the President of the U.S. goes against a talk show host of all things! Rush Limbaugh fights back. Obama…he's got big problems with a stimulus package which stimulates nothing but the Democratic party big donors. We are not fooled.

Meanwhile the Republicans nominated a fine African-American to lead its party so watch the GOP move. Last week they voted en masse against that stimulus joke...now this.

And the REAL cause of that airplane wreck on the Potomac. We've got pics of the culprits.


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Moose Attacks statue rape





The President Goes After a Talk Show Host

I love Rush Limbaugh, yes I do, and I would break sound barriers to hear his show each and every time a new one airs. But I certainly understand that he’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

In fact, when husband was in an upstate hospital over an hour’s drive away, and his mother and I drove the route every day for over a week, I didn’t even turn Rush on in deference to my mother-in-law, whose political views are far more moderate than Rush, or me for that matter.

Point is people like me listen to Rush and I daresay most of us don’t ram him down the throats of others. Rush Limbaugh is a private matter to me, an entertainer of politics, an expert on political discourse, a man of talent and the wonderful ability to get his point across via humor and words.

Hell I don’t even write about Rush all that much on this Blog.

I will never understand what the hell is with President Obama getting all in a snit over Rush. First the notion of the President of the United States attacking a private citizen totally unnerves me. What’s to keep him from going after this humble Blogger next?

I’d also suggest that what if, just saying, some nut got it into their head that Rush Limbaugh, this fellow who so enrages the Messiah, needs to be, ah, eliminated? What would such a scenario do to this Republic? The President attacks a pop culture figure who uses our constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech and boom, this same guy ends up dead.

I think it’s in really bad form for Obama to do this. Even Bill Clinton, who Rush excoriated every day, learned not to go after this talk radio nemesis. Obama is, I understand, new and fresh to the mighty office of the presidency but he needs to get some class and yield to this country’s mighty decorum that allows the opposition to have its say.

I’d say this even if Rush was a mighty liberal and a conservative President was going after him.

It’s just a plain bad idea.

Remember I said it here first.

Rush Limbaugh


Congrats to the House Republicans

Congressional Republicans love the tanning booth. They also have perfectly polished fingernails and head hairs that always stay in their appointed places. They adore the D.C. cocktail circuit and they love the glare of the cameras.

Sometimes, no often, they forget what their mission in life is. The GOP Lords in America’s House of Lords, AKA the Senate, are known world wide for this.

So that “stimulus” package the Democrats came up with became the laughing stock of the world. We had Nancy Pelosi getting money for condoms for her constituency, who don’t use the things at any rate. We had money for sod on the mall, money for Biden’s precious Amtrak, money for every boondoggle across the fruited plains and very little for any sort of stimulus please. The Dems must stop peeing upon our feet and telling us it’s raining.

Every one of the House Republicans, including my own RINO (Republican in Name Only) Mike Castle, voted against that joke on us peons out here in la-la land who carry this country on our backs whilst raising the soldiers and citizens of tomorrow.

Next week the Senate shall vote for this joke. Let us all pause and see if the GOP Lords in the Senate risk mussing their head hairs and vote against the thing.

Scuttlebutt has it that even famous “moderate” John McCain says he won’t vote for the thing.

President Obama said he wanted the pubs to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh and pass his stimulus package.

The pubs told Obama to stuff it. Obama doesn’t need the pubs to pass that thing. He just wants a couple of pubs to vote for it so that sometime in the future, when the damn thing doesn’t stimulate a thing much less the economy, liberals can go on the pundit talk shows and shrill that this pub or that pub voted for it too.

I’m proud of the GOP in the House for not voting for a joke that is naught but political payoff for those who helped Obama get elected.

Let’s see how the Lords in the Senate do.

Those Carter Years and the Liberal Lies About Them

I shall scream if I hear on more liar state that this is the worst economy since the depression.

It is not. The years when Jimmy Carter was President were the worst. I lived through them and they were hell. Today does not even compare.

Jimmy Carter post, with pics of how it REALLY was.

There were gas lines that took hours of time to sit in. We couldn’t put up Christmas lights. Unemployment was in the double digits. Interest rates were up in the high teens,; buying a house was almost impossible.

All this while Jimmy Carter gave self-righteous speeches about the “malaise” of the American people, a malaise that was HIS damn fault.

Oh, and Iran, yeah the same ones building nukes today, kidnapped a bunch of Americans at our American embassy in Iran and held them up until the day of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration. Nothing will give you malaise like knowing other rogue countries can, boom, take your citizens and thumb their nose at us for over a year while that loser of a President does nothing about it.

Heh. Once again the Dems think we were all born yesterday. They lie with no issue.

I don’t know how they sleep at night.

Congrats to Michael Steele

He’s personable, he speaks well, he was Leut-Governor of my birth state of Merryland. Congrats to Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican party.

Michael Steele


Tax on Disability Pay

So I finally get through the grueling process of obtaining social security disability. The checks come in.

I get a notice that, by a calculation , I must figure out of my benefits are taxable.

Wait a minute!

I don’t think my money is going to make the taxable amount but half of SS benefits when added to my husband’s pay that exceed, get this $32,000 a year, are taxable!

Hold on.

The Secretary of the Treasury, he “forgets” to pay his taxes. Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader who got booted out by his own constituents, he “forgets” to pay his taxes.

President Obama promises that anyone making under $250,000 will get a tax break. And here I have to pay taxes on my pitiful social security disability money the year I had open heart surgery and my husband had a brain infection?

Read my words again, folks. It ain’t right, it just ain’t right.

Finally, That Miracle on the Hudson Really Was Terrorism

Below, a pic of the culprits.

Terrorist Ducks


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TOP FIVE AND IT GETS INTERESTING

Top Five:
Naomi
Molly
Stephanie
Melissa
Jillian

These pseudo-reality shows have to work at creating some drama and it’s often (mostly) scripted. In fact, I’m betting that in this particular series the bachelor fellow, or bachelorette, pretty much hones in on his or her choice soon after he or she meets them. The rest of the series is scripted to end up with a finale featuring this choice.

Which is not to say that the bachelor’s, or bachelorette’s, choice for their “wife” or “husband” will actually end up with either title. Actually, few of a bachelor or bachelorette’s choices result in a wedding of any kind.

Last season’s bachelorette, DeAnna Pappas, has announced already that she and her chosen love, Jessie the snowboarder, are no longer engaged.

I saw some sort of promo blurb by DeAnna. She said, to the effect, that she and Jessie are very different and while Jessie is a very nice fellow and she has deep affection for him, their lives will never meld. I paraphrase.

Well, duh. The whole purpose of the show was for DeAnna to figure out who the hell she would meld with. She should have asked me. I’d have told her that a guy who makes a living riding a snowboard is not a good choice.

DeAnna’s claim to fame was being thoroughly rejected by Brad Womack, that worm who led her on through a whole season of the Bachelor before finally deciding that NONE of the ladies as offered on the series, including DeAnna who was the only one left, met his exacting requirements.

DeAnna goes on through to an actual engagement before deciding what any fool from afar could see. Her choice, Jessie, was more of an intrigue than a more conventional gal like DeAnna would choose. Besides, I heard DeAnna has a show on Lifetime or some such. I wish her luck, why not?

So the Bachelor episode aired on 1/26/09 featured a most interesting “2 on 1” date featuring Bachelor Jason, widow Stephanie and Nikki. I’ve always considered Nikki the most beautiful of all the contenders for Jason’s heart this season. She seems to have some sort of personality problem, however, as she gets on a topic and drills the subject into the ground. After that, utter silence.

The Bachelor must send home one of his dates on these 2 on 1 dates. Thus during the entire “date”, one of the girls will get a rose. The other will get unceremoniously escorted to the awaiting limousine, never to return to the house with all the contenders again, not even to bid goodbye.

Jason sent Nikki home which was no surprise. Widow Stephanie has been
scripted big in this year’s series. Yon readers would deduce that she’s going to be a real player for Jason’s heart.

1.26.09 Jason's Top Five


1.26.09 montage sent home by Jason


And yet, yon readers, why on earth has Stephanie not, as of this writing, kissed Jason with any passion? On one episode she gave him five kind of poetic, symbolic types of kisses, softly on each cheek, his forehead…like that. Her lips just brushed his during that weird makeout session. Stephanie did not kiss Jason on that 2 on 1 date but one must allow that two ladies, one guy, does not an atmosphere for passionate kisses make. However, Stephanie did say, during an on-camera vignette, that she “can’t wait till “the kiss”, whatever that means.

Is this scripted to kind of lead up to one big dramatic scene that will finally have Jason and Stephanie lock lips in a grand moment that would leave violins weeping and trumpets blaring? They do this kind of thing on TV shows and Lifetime movies. The viewer, usually females, much like myself and others who watch The Bachelor, know that the male and female protagonist really love each other. The drama is awaiting that magical moment when it will finally happen, when they both knew what us viewers knew right along.

Since this is a reality series hints must be dropped as to possible “good” or “bad” points for each contender. Megan first argued with Erica to give the viewer the idea that these two ladies have nasty streaks. Natalie gave hints that she was narcissistic so we would be of good cheer when Jason sent her packing. It’s been hinted on several occasions, by Jason himself in fact, that it could be that while Stephanie’s a good mother and most personable, perhaps there is lacking a passion between them. Jason’s not driven to “get it on” with Stephanie, in other words.

The episode aired 1.26.09 was supposed to end with only three contenders sent home. One would be, as is the drill, one of the ladies on the 2 on 1 date. Two would be denied roses during the rose ceremony. This would leave six ladies left to vie for Jason’s heart.

It was scripted for Jason to give out six roses, as the viewer would expect. Ostensibly he refused to give out six roses as one of the roses would have to be given to a contender for whom he had no intention of continuing any lasting relationship. Us viewers are to be impressed by Jason’s chivalry in refusing to lead on a lady who had no chance.

Myself suspects that this series might be dragging a bit slower and it needed the boost of a more rounded and hype-ready TOP FIVE to move it along.

Thus a scripted ending to the infamous rose ceremony and the elimination of one show. Just a hunch.

Below, a video montage of Jason’s REAL skill.



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American Idol-Salt Lake, San Juan, Amongst Others-Pre-season Show Aired 1/27/,28,29/09

FreeRepublic’s ongoing American Idol thread

This past week, over three nights, the pre-season American Idol judges aired from four cities. They included Salt Lake, Jacksonville, New York and San Juan.

I have nothing major or note save a few. A young lady named Jasmine from Jacksonville sang one of my favorite songs “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, the Fergie version of the song. She reminded me of Jordin Sparks.

A divorced mom of a two year old from Salt Lake named Megan was pronounced, by no less than Simon Cowell, as his favorite audition so far. Thus we should watch out for her in the upcoming 2009 competition.


montage from AI 09 tryouts 1.27.09


Below a video montage of some of the most promising from this past week’s American Idol auditions. Along with, of course, my commentary written in as required.



Below, a video montage of some of the worst of this past week. Along with, of course, my snarky comments written in as required.

-BAD

The Fish American Idol Blog

Fox’s ”Lie to Me”

Fox’s Site for this series, quote below.

Dr. Cal Leightman heads up a private agency contracted by the FBI, local police, law firms, corporations and private individuals when they've hit a roadblock on their searches for the truth. Joining him are the foremost experts in the field of behavioral psychology: DR. GILLIAN FOSTER is the doctor's professional partner and intellectual counterpart, a master of deception equally comfortable with lying and concealing her emotions; the other is Dr. Leightman's lead researcher WILL LOKER who says everything on his mind and seemingly lacks the ability to lie. RIA TORRES (Monica Raymund), the newest member of the team, uses her natural and uncanny ability to read body language to catch the clues that her professional partners miss.


Let me state right now that I did not watch the second episode in this new series. Let me state right now that while the premise of this series held an intriguing lure, I was disappointed at how very lame the story lines were. Let me state right now that this series will not be long for this world if something unique and different doesn’t happen with the storylines.

Tim Roth Lie to Me


Lie to ME Roth and costar


The biggest disappointment was my discovery upon my first eager watching that Dr. Leightman’s so-called stellar lie-detecting skills were nothing much more but stuff every one of us walking this planet do every damn day in the course of living our lives.

And those of us who have children, goodness, we make Dr. Leightman look like a piker.

So what was I expecting, if we can deal with this first? I don’t know, I thought maybe Leightman would have some special skill that none of us have, like a flash bolt shining across his face at the sound of lies. Instead, the camera will pan to close-ups of a special movement of the alleged liar’s hand, a zoom in on a raised eyebrow, a close up of a pursed lip. Well hell’s bells, anyone can do this.

Now I understand that reading of such physiological signs might be a skill and like everything else, practice makes perfect. Thus Dr. Leightman is likely better than us average joes save maybe those of us with children.

Kids, come on, they avert their eyes downward, they shuffle their feet, they give out all manner of physiological clues that they’re lying to us, their parents who have learned through the years that that tug of a cowlick means the little rascal really did have a friend over after school against house rules.

Dr. Leightman has merely, at least as the scripts currently air, learned to read these signals in adults that are not his children. With practice any one of us could do it. And that’s the let down.

The clues are just too obvious. I am not convinced that someone trying to lie would be clenching fists so ostentatiously. The camera goes out of the way to show the viewer the same clue that Dr. Leightman sees. And it’s either too damn obvious or not believable.

I have no idea what the other stars on this series do. One is a young fellow who allegedly can’t tell a lie. The other is a former TSA agent who is very good at noticing the same sorts of things as Dr. Leightman and his partner.

Which brings me to Dr. Leightman’s partner, Dr. Gillian Foster. She’s married, but even at the first episode broad hints were dropped that her husband was a liar, something you’d think a partner in a lie-detection firm would detect. Dr. Leightman covers up for the lies of Foster’s husband and so the viewer gets a hint that Leightman’s feelings for Foster might be more than business-like.

I suppose this quasi-romantic angle should pull in female viewers.

By me, neither male or female viewers are going to stick with this rather mediocre story line.

Below, a really lame scene from the first show that illustrates the obvious.

-LIE TO ME SCENE

My Family’s Jack Bauer Lookalike

Ever since he was a teenager my brother, Jimmy, has been told how much he looks like Kiefer Sutherland.

Below a pick of Kiefer, and alongside, a pic of my brother. His pic is one of those gag dress up things. And I had to take a picture of the picture so it’s a bit fuzzy. Still I find the resemblance astounding.

Jim McLaughlin and Donald Sutherland


Miss America 2009

The winner of Miss America 2009 is Katie Stam, Miss Indiana. The top five are:

WINNER-Miss Indiana
1st runner-up-Miss Georgia
2nd runner-up-Miss Iowa
3rd runner-up-Miss New York
4th runner-up-Miss Florida

2008 MISS AMERICA REVIEW-worth a look

Montage Miss America 09 misc.


The Miss America pageants of late have changed greatly from the past. First, the contest is held in Las Vegas, the Planet Hollywood. This year’s hosts were Mario Lopez of “Pet Star” and Clinton Kelly of “What Not to Wear”. Both are of questionable sexuality, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

The Learning Channel featured a sort of reality type of series with all of this year’s contenders participating in various contests. Four of the top 15 were chosen on this TLC series. This event leads me to believe that at some point Miss America might be chosen by the audience much like the American Idol.

Best evening gowns Miss America 09


Even with the visual overhaul, the contest went fairly normal. Except for one factoid that astounded me. For Miss America, Katie Stam, sang a CHRISTIAN SONG for her talent entry. It was a most beautiful song and she even said the word “Christ”.

Montage Miss America 09 Miss Indiana winner


Goodness, a religious Miss America! AND, get this, not only did she sing about Christ the King, the woman had the audacity to state that public figures such as Miss America contenders and sports figures have a responsibility to behave properly for the young people that admire them. How about that?

Below, a couple of video montages, one which is a compilation of talent show entries adorned with my sometimes sarcastic commentary. The other had Miss America admonishing athletes and other public role models to mind their behavior.

I like this lady.





Screen Actor Guild 2009 Fashion Awards

Well it’s an award show time of year. As always, my fine fashion awards.

SAG 09 fashion montage


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