LOOK OUT FOR E I B (Ever Increasing Bullshit)

The big news is that on Sunday, President Mushariff of Pakistan cracked down on all of his political opponets in often bloody protests. He arrested five hundred "opposition" leaders and arrested seventy lawyers. The Supreme Court was about to rule on whether the last election which put him into power was valid, and Mushariff fired the Supreme Court. Formerly Mushariff had promised to hold new elections in January and also to resign as head of the military. Randy Rhodes sees this is some sort of "message" to the people of the United States, and to George Bush, saying, "This is the way to deal with dissenters". Randy says that what this does is to disenfranchize the middle class while at the same time if you're an Al Qaida terrorist, he'll make a deal with you to protect you from the Americans. George Bush has condemned this government crack-down, but one has to wonder whether he means it. How ironic it is that the two countries Bush appears to trust the most are Saudi Arabia and Pakistin, where most of the 9 - 11 hijackers are either from, or associated with. On the other hand a nation like Iran with a "young, progressive population" is seen as the enemy and we are doing our darndest to radicalize that country and push Iran into the hands of our enemies, such as China. Some on the right are trying to "spin" this crack-down in Pakistan as somehow Mushariff getting serious about terrorists in his own country, but clearly the people Mushariff has gone after aren't Al Quaida, but rather are groups that a vibrant democracy needs to thrive. The trouble is I don't think George Bush believes in democracy but some sort of oligarky of powerful oil interests, whom we can make sweet heart deals with. I found it distressing that Fred Thompson seemed to endource virtually Bush's entire foreign policy. To me right now it seems Fred Thompson is the inheritor of the Bush legacy, if there is one. Hillary Clinton is saying the developements in Pakistan are the result of Bush's failed foreign policy, and I can't disagree with that.

One thing I need to do in my Blogs is pay a little more attention to the fact details and also spell people's names correctly, such as the candidate for Attorney General. Mukasey now has retracted his "water boarding" statements, and now says he is against it. The news today is that this will put him over the top to assure his confirmation with the endourcements of Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer there will be enough democratic votes, and they don't need that many considering what an egg shell majority they already have. It appears unhappy days are ahead for the civil rights of the American People as Bush, despite everything Randy Rhodes and Thom Hartman say about him, continues to win battle after battle, on issue after issue.

Oil is now up to $95.00 a barrel, which is a record, obviously, and that price has not yet been reflected at the pump. When the price trickles through the pipeline gas will be selling for four dollars a gallon, and we may never look back. Obviously this has had, and will have an adverse effect on the economy. In terms of the economy, Unhappy Times have not arrived yet, but they are coming and six months from now we will be looking back on today as "The Good Old Days", so enjoy it while you can. I predicted that some "new international crisis" would dominate the news in October. The closest we have come to that is the situation in Burma, which appears to have come and gone from our consciousness. I've been saying, and not varied, that the really bad news will come at at the start of 2008 when trade ballance and debt figures will come in that will fill everybody with alarm. I believe the spending splurge this Christmas will be the last the American public will see for many years. I believe it was Tancredo who said that the two biggest spending worries we have to address- - not the Iraq war or defense, but rather the twin evils of Social Security and Universal Health Care. If we don't get a handle on these two issues it really doesn't matter about the rest. We can blame high gasoline prices for triggering the bad times to come, but there are other underlying debt and negative savings issues that we have been ignoring for decades that will come home to roost. I think the American People have forgotten how bad inflation actually was in the Ford and Carter adminestrations, and the crippling effect inflation had on the economy. Bad times are on their way again!

SOMETHING FROM THE GOSSIP CORNER

This is after dinner. We had meat loaf and scalloped potatoes and I had seconds on both. I also got seconds on lemon pudding thanks to Dianne, who intervened for me. She’s also good at dealing with Sarah, who for some reason I find it hard to talk to, perhaps because she’s so distant. Janet says Marcus just might be coming back because the information about his never returning is third hand at best going through Patty and Marsha and then Janet. Mike’s roommate apparently drinks half gallon bottles of vodka and is passed out in his room a lot when he isn’t pounding on Janet’s door in the middle of the night. Just now I reviewed “Midevil”, which is how I spell it. It’s an interesting file all right to read personally, but if I gave my blog readers several pages of it they just might get bored. This is, of course, the file with “Termites on Patrol on it. Before dinner while Bill had “Cops” on I reread “The End of a Presidency” about Richard Nixon and their multi year timeline. I was sure about half that book was devoted to “updated” tape transcripts, but there were to my surprise no tape transcripts in that book. It was Kleindenst and not Mitchel, who resigned as attorney general along with Halderman, Erlichman, and Dean. L Patrick Gray resigned a few days earlier on April 27^th. of 1973. They had the actual articles of impeachment and I think, the votes.

The flame thrower event in “Days” is that it was Belle who sent that letter to the Police Academy trashing Sean’s reputation and taking that dark stroll down memory lane. It wasn’t Philip that sent that damning anonymous letter. If I were Sean I’d become more furious by that than I would her sleeping with Philip. One is a momentary if revealing giving in to the flash. The other shows her ongoing state of mind. Bo wants to confront Philip about the sex. Of course the famous “last words” are in every scandal are “You have to promise not to tell a soul but did you hear- - - ?”

BLAST FROM THE PAST - NOVEMBER 4th. 2005

In France there was this gang of youths that stole hub caps and other car parts because they are poor, as is common in socialist countries. The local police were so intimidated that they would not venture into the neighborhood so the thugs had free reign. One day some woman called and insisted the police come out and so they did but found themselves out-gunned. On a later time they sent a division of cops in armed with mil-itary equipment and still they found themselves unable to quell the disturbance. It turns out the original gang was Moslem and we know Moslems emigrated to European countries like France as a safe haven. The socialist authorities hoped they would be assimilated but they weren’t. So now you know the problem.

They’re digging a little deeper now outside but I still don’t know what they’re doing. They talked about the group Opus Dei this morning on Today. They say the group was founded in 1922 and not centuries ago as I had figured. They portrayed it as a harmless devotional group comprised of married and 30% single people. They use some midevil device to whip themselves endeavoring to “mortify the flesh”. I think there are a whole lot of skeletons in the closet that they aren’t even talking about. Medieval is apparently the operative spelling. We’re not going with that spelling.

“Tooki” Williams is scheduled to be executed December 13^th. The governator is still considering a request for clemency. Now he writes children’s books.

This is after dinner and the hall light is still out. We had BBQ chicken for dinner and lemon pudding. Mike and Sandy were here on and off. I knocked on Glen’s door and he brought coffee. They’re still debating teaching Evolution in the classroom.

The CIA runs prison camps in various secret locations in various countries I guess they call Black Ops or something. Larry says our country has been doing this for a long time. Perhaps. I’m still morally opposed to it if torture is involved. Today is the 25^th. anniversary of the election of Ronald Reagan as President. Now they’re saying that Bush’s problem is he doesn’t have the winning manner and rehearsed speech and smooth delivery of Ronald Reagan. Perhaps. Now there is talk by Pat Buckhannon urging George Bush to withdraw troops starting early next year. I think that’s a pretty good idea. Bush needs to put this whole Libby thing behind him. Pat Buckhannon says the best way to do that is to ignore it and it will wither on the vine, so to speak. Perhaps. Larry Elder says he expects this Mideast war to be a “Generational” war. I don’t know if the US has ever had one of those before, if you don’t count the War Between the States. Bush’ popularity numbers are down to 37% approval and 59% disapproval.

TERMITES ON MANOVERS - LINER NOTES

(see "For the Record"- May)

. Front cover photo is what looks like the crucifixion of Christ. There is a dusty trail with people on both sides- - Palestinian peasants and Roman officials in uniform. The figure of Jesus Christ is sort of from the rear so you don’t see his face. He is wearing a purplish-blue robe and it and the Christ figure are out of focus. He is carrying a termite-infested cross that is in perfect focus. In the lower left of the picture is a magnifying close-up of the wood and the termites are carrying signs pro-testing the crucifixion and have their hands out in a “stop” gesture. On the back of the album is that internet photo of George Bush reading a book to school children with the book upside-down. The title listings are superimposed (in standard black) letters over the back cover photo. On the inside is a bunch of commentary why George Bush will never succeed either with the war effort, or with the Supreme Court nomination because the democrats and independents will ‘Let him hear about it” come election day 2006.

OK we just added two songs, “Psycho Killer” and “I’m Losing You”. I think they’ll fit. One song not included is “We Are the Worms” from Dr. Demento.

Leo Le Port says he doesn’t want to spend forever talking about viruses. This is after lunch and we had pizza. Glen just came by with coffee and I ex-pended my last two cigarettes. Today is Guy Fawks day or something in England. [some editing took place here]

Ken Galliger had some interesting topics today. First of all there is this practice of commercial names for Stadiums. You have Heinz Field, Minute Maid Stadium in Houston, the Staples Center, and Edison Field. Every time you say the name of the venue it’s a free plug for office supplies or whatever. So maybe I’ll do the Lucifer is Lord Federation news.

I wasn't asked for my Google account password today. I was in Google last night looking at my Google history, watching Google videos and looking at Google maps, which come in a lot faster now that I have DSL. This is the first time I have blogged since last Monday. Rates are slowing down because there really isn't that much "new" in the news that I haven't already commented about. That means if you are a regular reader of my blogs you're "ahead of the learning curve" as Rush says because the things I talk about will be in the news for days and days to come. Today's big topic is that NBC is going Green with reporters in Greenland watching the ice bergs melt, and also in Ecuador, where presumably you will no longer be able to get all that lovely produce they showed you of exotic fruits, if global warming gets out of hand. They're going all Green in their sitcoms. Of course we have the writers strike which to me is as absurd as hogs going on an eating strike because they don't want to get fat and that much closer to slaughter. It's something contrary to their very nature. Likewise it seems a "queer" thing to me that a natural born comic like Jay Leno would not be able to just improvise a few jokes at the beginning of their show on the day's events, because their jobs could easily be taken over by a tallented armature, who would have no problem with it. Soap operas never went into reruns. Often I've provided enough material in ideas in a letter to provide them easily with a year's material, if they want to use it. Ideas are like dandelions. Why buy some when you can go out into any field and pick them, if you even want them? Also in the news is Joe Torrie taking over the Dodgers bring all that championship expertise. You know how the karma of the coach or manager seems to transfer to the teams they head, time after time. Yesterday the Orion Federation battled the Pikes in a "battle of the undefeateds" and lost. The Patriots are a "Pike" team and the Federation has been backing the Colts, but no other Indiana team. Last night Google showed mostly all green traffic, and today going to the bank with Terry we saw nothing but a sea of green lights all the way there. It's nice to have things go your way.

A couple of days ago I told the Lord that if he answered a certain prayer I was asking for "a miracle" for that I would honor Him in my blogs and in conversation. Of course as a Christian I'm supposed to be doing that all the time anyhow One man said, "Adversity and trials don't create character in a man, they Reveal it". The Bible also says to the believers, "You are predestined unto good works". What this means is that God knows who you are before you do it, for good or for bad. You're never going to catch Him by surprise. Therefore it's absurd for Jesus Christ on KFI to say, "Oh, we need adversity and evil in the world, for how else would we know who the heroes really were. Without adversity there would be no heroisum". This is completely bogus reasoning. God knows whether or not you are a champion. The circumstances of life merely Reveal that fact to others. You could make the argument, "Well, being in abject poverty is a good thing because poor people tend to be more generous as a percent of their substance that they share with others. The poor often engage in sacrificial giving with each other". I will agree with that statement. The rich could learn a thing or two about Christian sacrificial giving from the poor. But still as a percentage of total Giving, the poor are overwhelmed simple because the rich have so much MORE to give to begin with. If God wanted more giving going on by my way of thinking he'd make more poor people rich.

The one big story that is hanging on in the headlines is the candidate for Attorney General, Mc Kasey. He has had troubling answers in his confirmation hearings, according to Google news. Not only doesn't he know whether waterboarding is torture or not, but he's also mistrustful of the FISA court and thinks we should have unimpeeded wire tapping. People say that Mc. Kasey could in fact be worse than Gonsolez because he is slicker and "more confortable" breaking the law than was Alberto Gonsolez. This is troubling indeed. The Japanese were brought up on military charges for various tortures of Americans, and among the crimes was waterboarding. So by our own sixty year old standards, waterboarding Is torture. But it's said even though the CIA no longer uses waterboarding, the Bush Adminestration wants to keep waterboarding open as an option in case we encounter a really bad terrorist with valuable timely information.

Sixty minutes had an interesting show. It seems that photos were faked of Iraqi "seed purification plants" and a lot hinges on whether or not there was a brick wall there in 2002. And our inspectors found there was a "wall" there and trucks could not get in or out. Moreover the German guy who brought the charges of Iraq developing biological weapons of mass destruction, himself was found out to be a fraud, and he got bad grades besides. Our inspectors in early 2003 found out there was no secret biological lab and there were no weapons of mass destruction, and Collin Powell was delivering known false information to the U N. The next segment was on elephants and the hunt for ivory. My position on it is if a merchant has ivory that he might as well go ahead and sell it, because conthiscating it won't bring any elephant back to life. That damage is done. It's ironic that nearly twenty years after an Ivory ban, the place where elephants are still being hunted is the Darfore region east of Chad, in the same area where genocide is also going on. The elephants venture out of their safe havens during the rainy season because they were know where the green Savannas and the watering holes are. As such the poachers use their knowledge of the elephants nature against them and lie in wait for them. If I were president I think I'd send troops to save the elephants in the Darfore region, and if we save a few human beings in the process, so much the better. The third segment was that rich guy with his cars and his castle and his 88 meter long sailing yacht, that's all computer controlled. I have no problem with the rich spending their money on whatever makes them happy. That's what life is all about, to "enlarge our capacities" and I think it's kind of neat in a sense to own gadgets nobody else owns. It's kind of what the American Dream is all about.

I watched some inspired piano playing of really beautiful music, and it was part of a religious program and they said it was “playing in the spirit”. They talked about the mystic vibrational qualities of the vowels of the Hebrew language, and how Jesus promised streams of living water and healing, and even the rocks would praise him because even rocks have their own vibration they resonate at. Joel Olsteen’s basic message this morning was “stay the course” and spoke of digging a building foundation deep when the building was to be really high. I thought of the Union Oil building and how there seemed to be a “stall” in that building’s construction for all of 1956. That building has four underground parking levels. Then there was Col. Harlen Sanders who went into the Kentucky Fried Chicken business at age 66. He is a Christian, of course. He had opened a restaurant once but then a freeway was put in and killed his business, so he drove down the street selling chicken out of the deep fryer on his truck. Then he sold chicken to other restaurants. Olsteen spoke of David and Nabal that “fool” and how if David had come against him militarily for the sin of ingratitude, it might not set any better with the government than it would today, because David had to wait thirteen long years after he was anointed by Samuel at age seventeen before he ascended to Power. I think we all need to look for the miracle in our lives. Joel was saying there may be people whom we count as “lost” as far as a relation goes, perhaps even our own kids, but that God can restore the years lost to sin and you will “come out better than when you went in”. We can pray for that. I think people worried about the office of Presidency need to pray about what to do about our situation, and ways God might enter in to make his will known, both for your own political involvement, and the country as a whole.

I watched Meet the Press. It was Fred Thompson. His position on the war and the trouble in Pakistan pretty much matches the president. Then it was Chris Matthews, and then I caught a little of the Beatles. They had “Live” “Hey Jude” and “Resolution” songs as heard on the Smuthers Brothers program. KOLA had the “Help” movie, and I think it’s the new “fake” John Lennon that does that Help rendition from anthology they played, because of his enunciation of certain syllables. "Help" is being re-issued with improved picture and sound and all that and everybody should buy it. The "fake" John Lennon missed out doing the "Help" movie but was going to be in the Beatles' third movie, a prop. Western that never came about. I caught “This Week” on station 7.2 and they had John Edwards and then their round table. At one point I was starting to fall asleep. I went out to the patio. Hillary Clinton got the usual criticism. Hillary herself has said "They aren't criticizing me because I'm a woman, but because I'm ahead". I think being "Number one" can be a status symbol. It's like Xerox and everybody having the slogan "It's just as good as a Xerox". Well, Xerox wins from that. (Selah)

Yesterday I had Dr. Dean Edell on in the afternoon. He’s a little concerned that this new early screening for nine month old babies might make parents a little needlessly paranoid. It seems to me it’s a good preventative measure to have two “screenings” before the child is two. It seems better to be safe than sorry and I see no down side. Dr. Edell once again criticized vitamin usage saying vitamins do no good and they cause cancer. He said that cateracts are not really a “disease” of the eye but merely aging of the lens and that doctors say this is one area when it’s entirely the patient’s choice when or if they want to get the operation, and it might depend what profession you are in. As to his assertion about fall birthday being the smartest, back in my day (when we wrote on stone tablets) the "fall" students were the youngest students in the class because the cut-off period was December first. I think some places even that date was "early" because when I was five, the LA school district suggested since I was so smart that I not wait for the semester, and enroll in September when I was five & a half. My birthday was December 31st. or one month past the deadline that became the standard later on. I think being with older kids makes you smarter, and I'd imagine being with younger kids makes you dumber. But according to Dr. Edell, the older students in a school class actually do better.