Fela!

Got to see "Fela!" last night...an anniversary gift compliments of our extended family!   Up until last night...I thought it was just the name given to a Broadway musical.   I had no idea that what I was about to witness was a musical biography of a real person named Fela Kuti from Lagos!



Wait a minute!   It was so much more than a musical biography!   It was amazing!   It was an event...unlike anything I've ever seen before on Broadway.
Ya Ya!

As the New York Post put it back in November!
"There's enough energy in the first act of "Fela!" to short-circuit Con Ed.   It spills over from the stage and into the orchestra seats, boundless and joyous.   This is as close as Broadway gets to fully immersive theater."
Ya! Ya!

The honeymoon is over!

You know the honeymoon is definitely over when the comedians start ripping my boy!
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The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.   We agree . .. and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
JayLeno

America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.
Jay Leno

Q:   Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?
A:   Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it.
Conan O'Brien

Q:   What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?
A:   A fund raiser.
Jay Leno

Q:   What's the difference between Obama's cabinet and a penitentiary?
A:   One is filled with tax evaders,blackmailers, and threats to society.   The other is for housing prisoners.
David Letterman

Q:   If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved?
A:   America!
Jimmy Fallon

Q:   What's the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?
A:   Bo has papers.
Jimmy Kimmel

Q:   What was the most positive result of the "Cash for Clunkers" program?
A:   It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.
David Letterman

Virginia too?

Just had a chat with my best friend who resides in Virginia.   We were talking about my girlfriend in Seattle, shortsales/foreclosures, Obama's honeymoon (posting later today) and a few other things.  During that conversation...he informed me the you can carry a concealed weapon in Virginia!   Got to add Virginia to my list!

I need to go read up on the 2nd amendment!   This is getting out-of-hand!

Oh no she didn't!

Who's the aggressor here?   Who put their hands on who?   I'm just sayin'.   People of color...let me give you some advice when stopped/confronted/interrogated by the men/women in blue.   I don't care if you were speeding (or not), JAYWALKING (or not), or were caught peeing on the street!   You only need to know two phrases and each phrase contains only two words!

Yes Sir...No Sir!   That's it!

I'd have popped her in the mouth too!   'Nuf said!

Afghanistan...I've had enough!

Okay...I'll admit it, I'm a pacifist!   I've never ascribed to the justification/support of war...with maybe one (or, at most, two?) exceptions...and in the future, I probably, never will.   But now, I've really had enough!   So much so...that it's pushed me over the edge!

Sure...Afghanistan is where we should have been all along!   Not in Iraq!   We still haven't found those WMDs...have we?   We never will...those WMDs weren't there folks!   BUT...watching tonight's news...I'm just sick and tired of it all!

Seeing all these young American "20-some-year olds" in bunkers/trenches firing weapons at Taliban/Al Qaeda encampments in these far-away outposts?   Being killed?   For what?   The Taliban/Al Qaeda firing back!   Am I missing something?   This reminds me of WWII battle scenes!   Sure...the drones of today are cool!   Hey!  Can we fight the entire "war/assault" with these drones!   I'm sure such a tactic can save a lot of young/innocent lives!   No?   Okay...this drone assault thing probably won't happen!

The solution!   Get the word out to the people of Afghanistan!

Dear Citizens of (said territory) Afghanistan,
America will make arrangements to evacuate you from said territory...and relocate you to temporary asylums.   You will have one (okay...maybe two or three) weeks to accept this offer of evacuation!   Once relocated...you will be fully interrogated to ensure that you should have been included on the initial invitee list and were fully qualified to accept our evacuation offer.   For your sake...we hope that you were, because, if not... (detailed consequences to follow).   At the end of the seventh (or 14th, or 21st) day...we plan to erase said territory from the face of the earth using whatever it takes...short of nuclear weapons!   Sayonara Al Qaeda!

Once said territory is removed from the face of the earth...we will assist the aforementioned evacuees with resettlement.

Much love & warm regards...your friends in America!

PS.   Dear citizens in (certain locations of) Pakistan...similar letter to follow!

PPS.   Aside from saving American lives...as of today, American taxpayers have spent $277 billion dollars to fund this lunacy in Afghanistan.   Two hundred and seventy seven BILLION dollars!   TWO-SEVEN-SEVEN-BILLION!   Image what we could have done with this money!  Okay...like I said...I've had enough!

Deepwater Horizon

If this isn't enough...


this image surely is...

or even worse yet...this one!

and I'm sick of this one...my/our stomachs continue to churn!

"I ultimately take full responsibility for solving this crisis!"   This will come back to bite him in the a** for a long time to come!

Perhaps it already has!   As he said...the buck stops here!

I can't relocate/retire there!

My intent is not to offend anyone... my best friends and relatives live in some of these states. I just don't think I could.

• Alabama - The scars are just too deep!   The Edmund Pettus Bridge….and didn’t they blow up a church that killed 4 little innocent children?   Did I mention Bible Belt?


• Alaska - Sarah Palin!   AND it’s too cold…AND…you can carry a concealed weapon without a gun permit!   I still want to take a cruise there though!


• Arizona - All my out-of-state (or out-of-country) Latino friends probably would NOT come to visit me!   And did I mention you can carry a concealed weapon without a gun permit?


• Arkansas - Tornado Alley and Bible Belt!


• California - I could do it…it's beautiful!   San Fran, the Pacific Coast Highway!   Redwood Forest!   We even own a timeshare in Laguna Beach!   BUT the potential earthquakes…nevermind!   Lived through a 6.2 in Tokyo…and that was enough for me!   Did I mention mudslides and yearly fires!   Oh, and I think there's a problem with the budget?


• Kansas - Tornado Central!   With any luck...maybe one will take out the Westboro Baptist Churh!   Sorry Toto...but we're not here anymore!
  


• Kentucky - Rand Paul & the Tea Party?   Did I mention the Bible Belt?
  


• Louisiana – I luv me some New Orleans…but this is Katrina territory…not to mention the BP oil spill!   Did I mention Bible Belt?   Oh...and by the way...they just passed a bill allowing concealed weapons in church!   Why would anyone need a weapon (concealed or not)...in a church?


• Minnesota - Beautiful lake country BUT...extremely cold in the winter…plus that wacko Michelle Bachmann!   Thank God for Al Franken.


• Mississippi - I could go on forever on this one and I love you Morgan Freeman…but…


• North Carolina - Spent many summers in the Outer Banks!   However...the citizens voted for Jesse Helms to serve them in the Senate for 30 years!!!   Did I mention Bible Belt?


• North Dakota - in spite of a great movie…aka “Fargo”…it’s cold as hell and the population is small and appears to be extremely homogeneous.   No?   Can you get good Chinese takeout food there?


• Oklahoma - See Arkansas!


• South Dakota - See North Dakota!


• South Carolina - They voted for Strom Thurmond to be their governor and then sent him to the Senate for eight terms....the last term ending in 2003!   Welcome to the 21st century people!   Is the confederate flag still on the capitol building?   Did I mention Bible Belt?


• Texas - they elected George W. Bush to be their governor!   And…recently...didn’t their school board decide to rewrite history?  This is the new Texas Massacre!


• Tennessee - Perhaps a bum wrap?   Memphis is cool, however...the formation of the Klu Klux Klan?   The assassination of Martin Luther King.   Did I mention Bible Belt?


• Utah - I think they all look alike and...although declining...think alike!   No?
  


• Virginia- UPDATE!   June 18th, 2010.   Virginia wasn't on this original posting...but my best friend who resides in Virginia...just informed me that you can carry concealed weapons there!  I need to go read up on the 2nd amendment!   This is getting out-of-hand!
  


• Washington - Seattle…beautiful…BUT it rains how many days of the year???   Doesn’t that volcano erupt every now and then?


• West Virginia - Deliverance!   Bible Belt!   Can a Boeing 767 land anywhere in the state?


• Wyoming - panoramic beauty…population about half a million.   Can’t be much diversity?   I'm sure you can't get good Chinese takeout food there!   Doesn't Dick Cheney still live there?   Matthew Shepard...R.I.P.!