Mississippi Sexist

Mississippi State Representative Robert Foster belongs to the correct political party: a southern Republican.  He is denying Reporter Larrison Campbell, a female, access to his traveling campaign for Mississippi governor.  He states he is a devout Christian who has vowed to his wife that he would never be alone with another female.  He would allow a man to accompany him on his campaign.

WOW!! There are many levels to this line of thinking.  One, he is viewing Larrison as a sexual object, not as a human being.  Further, he must feel he is not strong enough to resist the charms of this so-believed sexual siren and something inappropriate is surely going to occur.  How southern Christian of him. Furthermore, he assumes a male reporter is safe to tag along.  What if (gasp!) the reporter is a sexual object ready to lure him into a gay liaison.  Why does he see the man as a professional and not the woman?

On top of all this, he said he would allow Larrison to accompany his campaign if she brought along a man as a chaperone.  When she asked him why she should provide the companion and not his campaign he stated his campaign was too small to be able to provide one.  He kept saying it was his truck and his rules.  Another moron!

I am so sick of this conservative bullshit.  This is here and now...not there and then! Try stepping into this century.  It's pretty good.

FAKE?

This was taken from The Washington Post: “Tracey from Florida” You may have seen “Tracey from Florida,” a smiling blonde, or “AJ from Texas,” a sharply dressed gentleman, in videos from President Trump’s reelection campaign. They’re not real Trump supporters, as the Associated Press reported. They’re models who were paid to film stock video footage. “Though the 20-second videos include tiny disclaimers that say ‘actual testimonial, actor portrayal,’ they raise the question why a campaign that can fill arenas with supporters would have to buy stock footage of models,” the AP’s Bernard Condon reported. “It’s a practice that, under different circumstances, Trump himself would likely blast as ‘fake news.’ “Trump campaign officials declined repeated requests for comment on Tuesday. Political experts say that, while it’s not unusual for stock footage to find its way into ads, a presidential campaign should have been more careful.”                                       ____________________________ This is so expected from trump.  It is a classic example of how people who scream out against something (fake news) are often the ones who are practicing it.  Sure, it has fine print explaining the testimonials, but how many people read those tiny disclaimers?  Out of the bazillion wonderful, beautiful trump supporters out there, certainly his campaign could have found two supporters willing to go on camera effusing their praise for the donald! trump is a moron!

Questions

Testimony

Hope Hicks is to appear in front of the House Judiciary Committee.  On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, Pat Cipollone, White House counsel, let Representative Nadler know that "the president has directed Ms. Hicks not to answer any questions before the committee relating to her time as a senior advisor to the president."

What!? Does this president have something to hide?  This does not sound like an administration that has any concerns for transparency and truthfulness in government.  Is this how he makes America great again?  Trump is a moron!

This makes me sick in my stomach.  How did this great country get to this point?


Denial

Trump has refused to apologize for his full page ad in the New York Times in 1989 calling for the conviction of the Central Park Five.  On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, he stated, "You have people on both sides of that."  Sure there are, but DNA has proven that a serial rapist was the one who raped the jogger and has confessed to doing so. New York City settled for $41 million in 2002 with the five who were convicted. Four of them had served their sentences and one was still serving and released.  Trump is a moron!

The White House

A quote from John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff:

"But the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War, and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand where their conscience had them make their stand."

This was from an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fake News...errr Fox News defending confederate leaders and calling General Lee an "honorable man."

Where is there a lack of compromise?  How can you possibly compromise owning fellow human beings?  The South was not giving slavery up without a war. There was no compromise to be found.  The only solution available was to do away with slavery!

Someone needs to give this administration a comprehensive history lesson of our great country.  They all seem to be so out of touch with reality.  Mr. Kelly was proclaimed to be a steadying influence on this dysfunctional group in the White House when he was selected for his position.  Evidently not!

Surely the Civil War was over state rights, but the southern states seceded to maintain slavery as their economic means of prospering on the backs of people they owned.

I continue to be disgusted by the ignorance shown by this administration and their incendiary ways of presenting falsehoods as facts over and over and over again.

Time

Time.

Time goes on doesn't it?  How many times have we heard this statement?  How many times have we really stopped and thought of what this truly means?

On and on it goes.  There is no way to control it.  It is measured and it is consistent.  It is something we can all count on.  The way an individual reacts to time is as varied as there are people on the planet.

Some have no concept of time.  An appointment is made for a precise time.  One may get to the appointed place whenever they get there.  Another feels pressured to get there before or right on time. 

One disappointing aspect of time is that every person on the planet is given a finite amount of time in which to react with those in their lives.  No matter how much time we have it can seem as though we do not have enough.  

How many times do we try to spend time with those close to us, to try to enjoy this time, to let them know how much we care and need them in our lives?  The finality of losing a loved one when their time has ended is overwhelming.  

Yet time goes on.  Time goes on.  We go on with our time and we try to make the most of the time we have with those who remain in our circle of love.

Time.

                                              To The Time I Had With My Dad. 

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods received a reprieve at the Masters after signing an incorrect scorecard on Friday. He has a new rule that was instituted just two years ago to thank for the reprieve. Now the pressure is on. What if he ends up winning the tournament? How will fellow competitors and fans feel about the ruling? Stay tuned for today's final round, as Tiger is still in contention for the lead.

Vacation

I am on vacation this week.  My plans are to get some work done around the house.  Lawn mowing, firewood, insulating and whatever else I come across.  We were supposed to get a load of firewood delivered yesterday.  With the heavy rains we received the seller must have thought better of showing up.  Perhaps we will get the load today.  I have about three face cord already stacked.  This is wood I cut and split from downed trees in our woods.  I have another one to two face cords cut and split still in the woods.  I have some pretty good sized tops that have yet to be buzzed up.

Today I am waiting for the lawn to dry up so I can finish mowing.  I did the bulk of the lawn Monday.  Dealing with my mower's propensity for shutting down when it gets hot prevented me from completing the task Monday as it quit running three times during the project.  Hopefully I can get her going today and can finish up the job.  It is much cooler out today after the storm front moved through yesterday.  They're calling for a high of sixty-one degrees today with cloudy skies.

Patti and I will be heading out to Met Life Stadium this weekend to see the Boss in concert.  It will be the fourth time seeing him in concert: once in the Dome in Syracuse and twice in Albany.  The Wrecking Ball Tour.  Randy Day and his wife saw him at Vernon Downs last month and they left before he ended.  Springsteen had gone for over three and a half hours when they left.  Patti and I will not be leaving before the concert ends.

What is Up at Fox Sports Baseball?

I figured Fox would have the Dodgers vs. the Nationals as their Saturday game.  What better qualifications does any of today's games have over this contest?  The two best records in the NL, Billingsley vs. Strasburg, Bryce Harper making his Major League debut for the Nationals and Matt Kemp, the best all-round player in the majors, should be enough to catch someone's attention at Fox Sports.

Instead they offer Brewers-Cardinals, Angels-Indians and Royals-Twins.  We're talking a combined record of 49-69 for these six teams with only one having more than ten wins.  Both the Dodgers and the Nationals are 14-6.  Riveting baseball!

A little preview of the Dodger-Nationals game is in order.  Billingsley is 2-1 with a 3.04 ERA, a WHIP of 0.93 with 19 strikeouts in four starts.  Strasburg is 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA, a WHIP of 0.92 with 25 strikeouts in four starts.  Matt Kemp has 10 home runs, 23 RBI (note to Mike Greenburg: no "s" after RBI) with a .453 batting average for the Doders while Andre Ethier has a .299 BA with 5 HR and a league-leading 24 RBI. Adam La Roche is leading Washington's offense with a .333 BA.  He has 3 HR, one of which was a two-run blast of Kershaw last night, and 16 RBI.  Bryce Harper, 19 year old LF for the Nationals, has been called up from Triple-A Syracuse, where he has hit .250, to take the roster spot of Ryan Zimmerman, who has been placed on the DL and will make his Major League debut tonight.

Kershaw

ESPN MLB Clayton Kershaw leaves start early

Not such a good start of the season for Kershaw.  Not feeling well he was pulled early by Dodger manager, Don Mattingly.  He did manage to get the Dodger's first hit of the season before exiting the game.   The important thing is the Dodgers got the win.  Kershaw should be back as it was flu-like symptoms.

In the interim the Dodgers have jumped to a three and O start.  Granted it is against the Padres.  They did their best trying to blow last night's game.  Walk in three runs in a row?  My goodness.  They came back to get the win in the eleventh.

How Good is Kershaw?

Clayton Kershaw won his career high fourteenth game last night versus the Houston Astros. (Click on the link to view his highlights from last night.) This makes him 14-5 on the season. This with a team ten games under .500 at 54 wins. Some interesting stats: 2.72ERA, 193 SO in 175.2 innings pitched with 46BB, a walks + hits per inning pitched of 1.03, and opponents batting average of only .212.

I knew when he came up in 2008 he was going to be good. He has more than lived up to that expectation. For his career he is 40-28 with an ERA of 3.05, 690SO in 658.2 innings pitched with 270BB, opponents BA of .219 and a WHIP of 1.20. And he's only twenty three years old!

Lindsay Is Getting Married

Lindsay Tarbell and Dan Edlich are being joined in matrimony this Saturday. The wedding is at five in the afternoon at the Ardmore Mansion at Mountain View in Glen Spey, New York. They make a great couple and I am extremely happy for them.

Debbie called Patti Monday night: Dan has a wicked ear infection and Lindsay is showing indications for a kidney stone! What is up with that?!? I'm sure all will pass (pun intended).

Bruce cut some old barn boards for signs for the wedding and Patti painted them. They are to announce the wedding and point the way to the ceremony and the reception. Another says "Thank You" of which they will have a photo taken while holding the sign to make thank you cards.

Jessie is driving home Friday and we will all ride down together Saturday and stay over after the reception. Lindsay and Dan invited us to a Sunday brunch at the Mountain View. There is shuttle service between our hotel and the reception, so it will be paartaay time!

No Asomugha

I saw on the Sportscenter crawl this morning that Philadelphia won the Nnamdi Asomugha pursuit. I never even heard of them being in the running. Especially after getting Cromartie in the Kolb trade from Arizona. I figured if the Jets didn't get him the Cowboys would end up with him.

This will free up some money for the Jets to get a player who can get to the QB. They didn't fare too well in that category last year. Bryan Thomas led with 6 sacks last year. There's talk of Kris Jenkins coming back to the Jets, but he's not much of a pass rusher. Jevon Kearse was released by the Eagles but how much does he have left? Justin Smith is durable but only had two sacks with Cincinnati last year, but is available.

Brad Smith is signing with the Buffalo Bills. It's sad to see him go. He's very valuable as a return guy with two TD returns last year. Perhaps Joe McKnight can fill those shoes.

Stay tuned.

Football in the News

The NFL is going to have a season after all. The only game to be cancelled is the Hall of Fame game. Preparation time was too short for the Bears and Rams to be ready to compete on August 7th.

The New York Jets have signed Santonio Holmes (left). Many thought they would lose him to free agency. Santonio Holmes has been a clutch performer for the Jets and a favored target for Mark Sanchez. No word on whether the Jets will re-sign Braylon Edwards. Of the two Holmes is the preferred signing. Edwards makes some good catches, but has a few crucial drops in his resume. Braylon tweeted his love for the Jets while saying he doesn't feel it returned by Jets management. He did take that tweet down , however.

The Jets are said, by some, to have the inside track on signing free agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Can you imagine Darrelle Revis on one side and Asomugha on the other side? What a combination. How often do you think Ryan would blitz with those two in man-to-man coverage?

Bring on the season...it's time for football.

I Told You So

Manny Ramirez proved himself to be a self-centered overpaid athlete once again by quitting on the Dodgers. Does that sound familiar Red Sox Fans? As a Dodger fan I am happy to see him go. When the Dodgers picked him up in '08 I predicted this very scenario.

Darelle Revis has reportedly signed with the Jets and is supposed to arrive in New Jersey today. It is hopeful he can come back to the team and fit in as a team player. He certainly does not come across as a team player. $10,000,000 is not enough for him? Oh, Asomugha makes more! Check the ego at the door. You had a signed contract. Honor it. When it is up then you negotiate. If you're half as good as you seem to think you are, you will be rewarded. I was hoping the Jets would let him sit out the year. You don't want to be a part of the team stay home.

Tucker Tape Parade

This is our new pup, Tucker. He's twelve weeks old in this video taken today. I wanted to email this to my daughter, Jessica, in West Virginia, but the file is too large. Hopefully I can link this to the email I send her so she can see how he has grown. We got him at eight weeks old. He is a real pisser! Very intelligent and sensitive. I took him for a walk in our woods today and he just loved it.

The video was shot on a Canon Power Shot A590 digital camera. It's a little darker than I'd like. It was taken inside on a gloomy day and there are no movie lights on this little digital camera.

It's pretty good for a digital camera, though.

Tucker's ears have just started to stand up in the last week. They still have a ways to go, but they're pretty sharp. He's funny when he tries to scoot around the house. He's very clumsy and not real fast. His huge paws sound like a little horse romping through the rooms.

My wife, Patti, was sweeping the floor today and Tucker kept grabbing the broom. She said, "He doesn't bother the vacuum cleaner when I use that." My daughter, Lisa, said, "So, just make a noise like a vacuum cleaner while you sweep." Patti did just that, he gave her a funny look and didn't touch the broom once. What goes through his mind?!?

He's a real good boy!

A Rainy Sunday

We were very spoiled last week. Five straight days with no rain. Today it has been rainy all day. Severe storm warnings in Tioga and Broome Counties with sixty mile an hour winds. We got lots of heavy rain, no high winds here at the house.

The Dodgers are in first place but sinking fast. They can't seem to find a way to win the close ones lately. I still can't stand Manny. He has sucked lately in the pressure situations. Two games in the last week he could have won with a timely hit and he has failed. Put Pierre back in the lineup.

We saw a 2010 Mustang the other day in Binghamton. Nice!

The Jets are practicing in Cortland this year. I have thought about going up to see them, but probably won't. Ray Simek's son got sixteen autographs last Thursday after a scrimmage. One was Mark Sanchez's, their first round draft pick out of USC. From reports I've heard he will probably start this year. Clemons is not performing up to standards.

Catch Up

Many things have occurred since my last post.  The Dodgers were whipped by the Phillies crushing their aspirations for the World Series.  Now the Manny waiting game continues.  Will the Dodgers sign him or will Boros play his games and rip some other team off with his exorbitant demands?

Barack Obama has been elected, in a landslide vote, to be our next President.  What a change to have a man in the presidency who is eloquent and in touch with the common man.  I saw a piece on the news last night showing him in a Chicago deli.  When was the last time you saw Bush in a deli after being elected to office?  Obama is busy choosing people to help run our government.  May he choose wisely.  I hope he can bring this country together.  It has been disheartening to see our country so polarized, as it has been for the last decade.

The New york Jets are in first place in the AFC East!  How about that?  Brett Favre has made quite a difference for this team.  No Jets fan in their right mind could have expected this turn around.  The Jets take on the undefeated Tennessee Titans tomorrow.  I have predicted a Jets victory.  Talk about a change in confidence!

MLB STANDINGS

Just an interesting little widget (at the bottom of the page) to keep anyone who might show up on my site informed and up-to-date on the MLB Standings. I wonder if I would have posted this if the LA Dodgers hadn't made such a miraculous comeback in the last three to four weeks? My first instincts about Manny Ramirez were wrong. I truly did not want him to be with the Dodgers. He has awakened the team from their funk and blasted them right to the top. That doesn't mean that he won't revert to his old Boston ways if things don't always go his way in the future. That is assuming the Dodgers sign him in the offseason. Wouldn't it be interesting to see the Dodgers v. Red Sox in the World Series? If the Dodgers get in the playoffs won't that be sweet for Joe Torre? The Yankees did not want him and they are toast this year. The Yankees chose the wrong Joe. Don Mattingly and Joe Torre in the playoffs while the Steinbrenners stew in their silent offices. How great is that? Go Dodgers!

Obama or McCain Vote.

Take a look at this:
http://www.sodahead.com/question/41731/

This is a very interesting site.  They posted an election for President of the United States of America if you were to vote right now.  The comments that are posted in regards to this vote are both eye opening and some are a bit disturbing.  The comment listed as "Top Comment" is a 'shopped picture of Obama in Al Quaida-type garb.  That is disturbing.  People find it so much easier to post something like this than to delve into the candidate's actual beliefs and hopes and dreams for this great country of ours.  The part that truly bothers me is that many will view this picture and make judgments based on falsehood.  

It is interesting to read the comments.  The Barack backers seem to quote facts, while the McCain supporters use vile and hate-filled comments to attack Obama.  They don't seem to like McCain as much as they despise Obama.

Google Chrome

What a great browser.  I heard about Google Chrome on the news on NPR  this morning.  It was leaked to the public yesterday.  I downloaded it as soon as I got home tonight.  I cannot believe how much quicker it is than Microsoft Explorer.  I haven't figured out how to import my bookmarks from Explorer yet.  I watched the little video and did what they said, but I don't see where it all imported.  Maybe I have to have Explorer running when I import.  Can you tell I'm not a computer genius?  I had most of my bookmarks on my Google toolbar.  I have to figure out how to get them on my homepage , also.  Geek. com has a good article on Google Chrome.  They had a question on the importing as well.