The part that gets to me about Katy Perry's Hot and Cold, a moderately interesting up-tempo song, is the segment near the end of the song when she slows the pace down considerably to sing some absolutely inane lyrics she had already forced us to listen to earlier, "You/Change your mind/Like a girl/Changes clothes," as if to emphasize their importance and sheer wonderfulness. It's as if the singer is saying to us, "Hey, if you get nothing else from this song, you must pay attention to this part. This is so, so deep." Ah, yes. I will sit at the feet of Mahatma Katy. She will teach. I will learn. This part of the song annoys me like no other.
The opinion that the oil companies should be the ones to bail out "the Big Three" makes sense to me. After all, they were partners in the continued production of terribly inefficient vehicles for four decades. (For the uninitiated, please watch the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?) That said, the "Wall Street Bailout" is even more odious.
You know a Presidential administration has been a failure if it can be reasonably argued that the country would have been in better shape if its commander-in-chief had done nothing but clean brush for eight years as opposed to making decisions. This is true of the Bush Administration 2. While 9/11 and the non-response to Hurricane Katrina would have still occurred, the war in Iraq, which has cost us so much in so many ways, and the James Watt-esque war against the environment and the Endangered Species Act would also not have occurred, nor would the surplus left at the end of the Clinton Administration have been converted into the largest deficit in U.S. history.
Why do people who bring munchkins from Dunkin' Donuts to work not ask for more chocolate and jelly munchkins? Those are the only flavors anyone likes.
All those in favor of me stopping my whining about the Bush Administration and Republicans say "aye."
People should really give more thought to Native Americans when discussing religions and ethnicities that have suffered persecution and prejudice.
Mailbox:
Daisy Cat, Newark, DE: In your blog titled Republicans, you make it seem as if Caryl Chessman is a murderer. However, Chessman was actually a rapist. I thought you were a history buff, but you seem not to know anything."
Answer: Yes, you are correct, and thanks for pointing this out! You are one smart cat and must have very smart parents! I apologize for not being specific enough to the multitude of readers who peruse my blogs. I just assumed that everyone was aware of the Chessman case.
My blog Beware False Prophets (a lame, obvious title, I agree) brought to my mailbox an overwhelming response from religious fundamentalists, from members of the gay community, and from average citizens. Here's a sample response from a member of the latter group, a hairdresser from Idaho, who seemed to agree with what I had written:
"What these moralists who protest gay marriage do not understand is that, by legally recognizing gay marriages, the following good things occur: 1) When gay couples move into a neighborhood, property values go up. This is a statistical fact; 2) When a gay person has access to his/her partner's health care benefits, that means lower rates for us; 3) When a gay married person dies, the surviving partner would be entitled to benefits and to the partner's estate.
All of this works to stabilize communities, not erode them. Everyone wins. When people spend money fighting something like Prop 8, everyone loses."
From Tony B., Newark, DE: In your last blog concerning people who should be phased out, you forgot people who sing to themselves in a public restroom, plus people who whistle, pop bubble gum, or click their pens in an office setting.
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