” No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.”

Any questions?

PAT ROCK

Perhaps, those of us who see the birther movement for the absurd march to obscurity that it is, shouldn’t be so quick to want it to go away.

It’s obvious that Mr. Obama is smart enough to know that any response from him on this birth certificate circus, will only fuel the fundies and the fear mongering.

He cannot give it credence.  He cannot acknowledge the absurdity of it.

So, while the idiocy rages on, it keeps the fundy focus off other REAL issues.  Not a bad thing.

The birth certificate issue is only one of the rightwingnutjob agenda bullets.  We have “issues” being presented here like how many assistants and people Mrs. Obama has on staff (yep, that snob who always closes his comments), and other interesting (not) problems they continue to have with the new president.

How can people who call themselves intelligent or sensible or logical in any way, find this birther issue anything but completely absurd?

I find two good reasons for lefties to leave them be… first, because it gets more bizarre as time goes by and second, because it provides some of the most entertaining fodder, since Sarah Palin stepped on stage.

Fight on Birthers.   And remember to follow Taitz all the way.  She’s a hero, that’s for sure.

WE tv has created a stunning example of how anyone can sling an attitude and others will fall down on their knees to comply. 

Behold Bridezillas, a monstrosity reality show in which cameras follow brides as they prepare for their wedding day.  The catch is that they recruit only the lowest of low, the crassest of crass crazies and the nastiest of nasty abusive bitches on the planet.  I cannot even fathom the energy in one of their try-out sessions.  These women fart venom.  They are rude, obnoxious and nasty to their friends, relatives and especially the poor grooms.  I genuinely feel sorry for the grooms.

Ah, but it’s about the ratings.  This kind of crap draws viewers, disbelieving viewers who cannot conceive of anyone being that obnoxious.

Tonight’s episode features a bride named Karee…and omg she’s a disgrace to women everywhere.  Abusive, big mouthed, obnoxious and rude.  Just a few of the appropriate adjectives for this bitch.  I don’t know any man in his right man who would volunteer to marry this woman.

Ah, but it’s about the ratings.

Some pop culture is quite simply a steaming pile of shit.

Some sources are stating that Todd and Sarah are getting a divorce.  Apparently there were affairs on both sides and she removed her wedding ring a few weeks ago.

If (and that’s a big if) it’s true, then maybe Palin can stop pretending to be so moral, so righteous.  It gets tiresome.  She has always acted like she thinks she’s better than other people…more moral.  Welcome to real life.

http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71283_divorce_palins.htm

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusive-sarah-and-todd-palin-are.html

I finally saw the movie Mamma Mia!  I sat with my morning coffee this morning and laughed, cried and had a wonderful time.  It’s been a while since a movie seemed so entertaining.  Yes, not everyone had a good voice, but the casting is grand, the enthusiasm, remarkable and the enjoyment palpable.

Streep does a fantastic job as a single mom of a grown woman.  Her friends sing and dance like they had a genuinely good time, with Julie Walters being especially well-timed with the humorous bits she contributes.  She’s an actress of many faces and this was one delightful Walters. Christine Baranski’s legs still stretch to her neck and she looks fabulous.

The men…despite their middle years, are sexy buggers one and all, with their individual appeal shining through.

The songs are as danceable now as they were when Abba made them famous all over the world.  The movie rocks and the cast is brilliant.

Thumbs definitely up!

Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as “Uncle Walter” for his easygoing, measured delivery and “the most trusted man in America” for his rectitude and gravitas, has died, CBS reported Friday.Cronkite was 92 years old.

His career spanned almost the entire 20th century, as well as the first decade of the 21st. The native of St. Joseph, Missouri, broke in as a newspaper journalist while in college, switched over to radio announcing in 1935, joined the United Press wire service by the end of the decade and jumped to CBS and its nascent television news division in 1950. He also made his mark as an Internet contributor in his later years with a handful of columns for the Huffington Post.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/17/walter.cronkite.dead/index.html

With all the social networking sites these days, we’re bombarded with requests to let this or that person join our own netowrk  of “friends”. 

To acknowledge and allow their friend or join request means that they can read all your blog or wall posts, they can see your pictures, they can connect with those you  connect with.  This is a key to your closet.  A pass code to your place in that realm.  You should consider each request carefully.  Like giving people a key to your front door.  Do you really want that person coming and going and reading your post-its?

I started to consider this after reading a blog post that told of the “netiquestte” that seems to imply that to turn down a friend request is rude in some way.

Is it rude to choose not to make friends with your new neighbors because you get an icky vibe?  Or that you saw them screaming at their kids or whatever?

Life is about choices and each choice we make is important in the long run, but always works out in the short run if we use our instincts.  Too often people are inclined to shut out that inner voice, in favor of a solution they think is more logical or better thought out.  The instinct we were given, an inherent human trait, falls by the wayside like last years laptop model.

If you don’t want to be friends with that person, read their stuff and have them read yours….

… just say no.