Sexting Handicap

Ah yes texting, that compulsive distraction that can tarnish halos, wreck marriages and soil brands. It has been widely reported over the Thanksgiving holiday that Mrs. Tiger Woods caught her hubby receiving a text from one of his many saucy sinners.

Oh what thanks on giving the rest of us lesser mortals the realization that you are imperfect.
Grim as it must be for Mrs. Tiger, those clever managers who have skillfully grown the first billionaire sports star must be thrashing around in their bunkers working on damage control.

As Tiger morphs into Cheetah what is hilarious is the righteous indignation from the ladies who claim to be the only ONE having a Tiger transgression. The list of sexters seems to grow by the day.

If by some strange reason sponsorship evaporates, the Cheetah will have to just rely on his future winnings which by current standards would make most sentient beings joyful for many lifetimes.

Who’s next Roger Federer ?

Harvest for the world

The war in Afghanistan is as much about drugs as it is about eradicating terrorism. The effort to get indigenous farmers to produce crops other than heroin seems futile. The demand for drugs across the planet and particularly in the US is insatiable.

Perverse as it might sound, controlling the drug flow and its subsequent profits would pay for the national debt and some. The Taliban and Al Qaeda derive their funds from the drug trade, why not spoil the party?

The worlds appetitte for drugs is relentless, they are here to stay, just like sex and the Yankee’s !
We glorify alcohol and tax it, why not go all the way and do the same with narcotics?

We already propagate drugs they just happen to have corporate names like Merck, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline. End the nonsense now, legalize drugs and harvest a product which no better or worse than alcohol and tobacco.

Just imagine… a seductive Afghan female stretched across a gleaming Mustang, blowing smoke rings from her opium cigarette.

Unlikely? perhaps, but you never know…

It is quite fitting that we have just honored Veterans Day / Remembrance Day. In commonwealth countries such as the UK and Canada, people buy poppies to signify the battle field covered in red poppies, a metaphor not lost on the drug war which is costing lives in Afghanistan. It is blatantly clear the mission there has become unfocused and confused.

Some call for more troops, if that's case then send them to Pakistan to secure their nuclear infrastructure. The country is in peril. It would make better sense, an objective the American people could fully comprehend.

President Karzai is a puppet and throw back from the Bush years, his shelf life has expired. Historically the British and the Russians know something about this region and indeed Gorbachev has called for withdrawal of further engagement.

An exit from this 9th century BC country needs to be recognized and communicated. Not very many NATO countries are putting boots on the ground in harm’s way. Why should the Americans and British carry the majority of the burden and the blood ?

No pressure then...?

It would not be an exerageration to say that this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace was a shock. And yet the winner, President Barack Obama was as surprised as anyone.
“I won WHAT!!!!!...not even Kanye West is going to protest!”

Even his White House staff hadn’t any inclination. This is what happens when you go to Scandinavia with your foxy wife and loose the bid for the Olympics, you end up with a Nobel Peace Prize.

In fact I wonder if there was a mixed up on who was on what committee?

Or perhaps Michelle arranged it, a small gift for their seventeenth wedding anniversary.

Whatever the reason it certainly caught everyone off guard.

Maybe the Norwegians know something of an impending attack on Iran and this is their way of deterring such a disaster in the making. Or this is a final condemnation on the Bush / Cheney legacy, who wouldn’t know how to spell the word peace, let alone its meaning.

It is baffling because President Obama is prosecuting two wars (Although not of his making) and hasn’t yet closed down Guantanamo bay, Hmm…Not much peace there.

The World’s love affair with Obama is certainly endearing, but he hasn’t accomplished much yet and while his potential is large there must be some unease among his supporters to the reality of the Messiah mentality. His detractors are going to have a field day with this, I wonder if the Nobel committee is comprised of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Riley and Glenn Beck; the ‘I wish you to fail brigade’.

It would appear that the message here is; Hope, A call to action and a more multilateral approach to solving problems. Thankfully in the President’s acceptance speech he gracefully articulated a balance between humility and a combined effort to search for peace.

No pressure then?

Sand Art with a Heart

Ukraine's "Got Talent" provided a welcome winner free of crass cheap thrills.

Please check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3OvRXKg

Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore is back and is declaring war on Capitalism. Last night I had the good fortune of attending one of the first screenings of his new film Capitalism: A Love Story.

Over the last twelve months countless articles and news stories have been devoted to the economic crisis which has affected everyone, well almost everyone. Some have been spot on in their portrayal of the complex events that unfolded. However there is nothing quite like film and Moore in particular to ram home a painful realization that things have to drastically change.
Moving images are truly moving.

We know the story but it is brought into focus by a potent lens.

Moore still relies on his hokey demeanor to drive the story of outrage and despair to maximum effect.
To see footage of people being evicted from their homes and work place as a result of corporate greed is distressing, a sobering reminder of the 1% taking control.

To see senior Politian’s on all sides of the aisle being bought off by corporate executives while pontificating in Congress that we must clean up Wall Street is particularly galling.

This film makes the case that there is plenty of blame on both sides of the political spectrum. But premise of the film vehemently states that capitalism is evil and does its best to illustrate this claim. While there is much wrong with capitalism and this film demonstrates forcefully the pitfalls, it doesn’t offer a suitable alternative. Would socialism would be the better option? Mr. Moore steadfastly avoids that notion.

In the Q & A afterwards he got testy with a questioner who asked, which was better Capitalism or Socialism? His reply was that democracy was in peril.
Interestingly Mr. Moore introduces religion into the conversation, something he has rarely done in previous films. Asking a priest and a Bishop the same question, Is Capitalism evil? He was met with a resounding yes.

Well that’s it then, all settled. God knows all.

Gimme that microphone !

Last night’s MTV Video Music Awards proved to be a calculated exercise in cynical cabalism. It had to do something to compete with a fiery Tennis US Open, a new NFL season and another bloody Vampire ending.

So Kanye West’s microphone grab from a teen country star was perfect to draw attention to a show that is now Broadway for the Hood.
For those who need some background? Kanye West a man of immense insecurities leaps on stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech of Best Female Video to declare Beyonce’s video the one of the best ever made.
Camera pans to a bemused Beyonce .Teen Taylor looks crestfallen and the audience finally has something to get excited about, raise to their collect feet and begin to applaud.

A YouTube moment!

And would you believe it, later in the evening when Beyonce is accepting her win for Best Video of the Year she brings out costume changed Taylor for chance to say thank you.

Everybody wins; Taylor Swift, the meek victim from the country. Beyonce, the gracious gem, impervious to scandal. Kanye West, who maintains his bad boy image and considerable ego, Hennessy, which provided liquid courage, and MTV VMA for furnishing the world a whiff of attitude.

Oh by the way, Kanye West's new Country album set for release around Thanksgiving.

Down but not out...

So Sarah Palin capitulates and the comedians and cartoonists pick up their microphones, pencils and rejoice.
Tiny Fey is drafted back once again to SNL.Late night talk shows rebound, who cares about the recession? Laughter is back.

Yep its political suicide, ample fodder for detractors to ridicule.

But maybe we are missing something; her popularity among the conservative base, alarming as that may sound is growing. We have just been on the receiving end of eight years of disbelief.

Mark Twain once said “Never the underestimate the stupidity of the American people. Or put in a more contemporary way, Greens Days album “American Idiot” might be more suitable.

The GOP has a remarkable knack of getting clown like figures to head the country while the criminals run it. Recall history for proof ; Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr and of course Dubya.
It is not inconceivable that Sarah Palin could occupy the White House despite her lack of geographical knowledge.

Shudder to think, she might get the last laugh…