“sleigh bells ring.
are you listening?
in the lane snow is glistening.”
“a beautiful sight.
we’re happy tonight.
walking in a winter wonderland.”
Felix Bernard
god, satan must sit on the sidelines and laugh his ass off– no wonder they call it black friday
the questions have been posed–
“what if . . . .” and the questions go on to illustrate a we instead of me position, stressing unity and care for one another, as a guitar lightly plays in the background– etc. etc. etc.– topping it all off with a reminder that at starbucks you can donate 5 cents to (red) for aids relief in africa every time that you buy a starbucks (red) exclusive drink– oooh, 5 cents, whoopee fucking doo–
you know, there are some things that just piss me off from the word go– this is one of them– forget that starbucks is a ridiculously overpriced cup of coffee that tastes like pencil shavings from your grade school pencil sharpener– forget that the people stopping there are a) stopping there because they can’t find a dunkin donuts nearby or b) they use the coffee company to accessorize their transparent imitation image as they walk or drive down the street proudly holding and drinking a STARBUCKS CUP OF COFFEE– ridiculous– it’s just a fucking cup of coffee!!! what a pile of bullshit– listen, go to dunkin donuts instead, pay half the price for the coffee and send the difference to (red) if you are that fucking concerned about aids relief in africa– shit, if you are that concerned about aids relief in africa then skip the latte because your fat ass doesn’t need it and send all the money to (red)–
you see, what pisses me off isn’t the fact that starbucks is using a good cause to sell their coffee for their own profit– and do you really think the ceo’s give a rat’s ass about aids???!!! what pisses me off is the whole charity aspect of it– it’s like a salvation army kettle– it’s like a thanksgiving dinner at the nearest homeless shelter for the poor– we throw pennies at a problem that needs thousands of dollars and walk away with a clear conscience as we stuff our faces because “every (starbucks)red exclusive drink you buy will help save lives in africa.” what a load of crap–
oh, and merry fucking thanksgiving–
i don’t know that i have ever bought an annie lennox or eurythmics cd or record back in the day– perhaps it was a cassette tape back somewhere down the road– i do know that her voice and the music has always been there in the back of my mind rattling through the overfilled rooms of memories– especially this song– for anyone who has ever emotionally hurt someone else or been hurt by someone else this song has always seemed to me to express the futility of our inability to communicate our innermost emotions to one another– the never ending, never answered question– why?
i didn’t watch the awards– i rarely watch awards shows– i found this clip on crooks and liars– i’m glad someone watches awards shows 
i linked into this youtube bit of tommy chong on neil cavuto’s show on fox news and i have to say i was very pleased with the way tommy chong made neil cavuto look like the chump that he is– excellent arguments by tommy chong concerning “the immigration problem” and also a somewhat prophetic take on how the economy is so screwed up now– i normally don’t go looking at tommy chong clips but i was linked in from a link at michael moore’s site that was talking about tommy chong’s new movie
i spent a couple hours after this clip looking through the tommy chong clips (cheech and chong) and laughing my ass off– 30 years ago, yes that was too close to reality–
kathleen’s away visiting relatives . . . i’m temporarily out of work/dr’s orders . . . but i haven’t lost all my gifts– ah . . . a feast for a man–
that’s it michael, spell it out for them– “we’re seeing the end of capitalism, the end of capitalism as we know it, and i say good riddance.” personally, i couldn’t agree more–
not that it will really go anywhere– as though bush won’t pardon these assholes, but it sure was lovely news to read as i dozed off to sleep last night–
as many other americans did, i watched the returns come in last night– amazed, delighted and yet still a bit skeptical– after eight years of hell . . . finally some sanity!!!
of course there are still assholes out there already trying to spin things in a hateful racist way–
statement from bill bennett as posted on crooks and liars
