Knives and fire...

A world watched as a nation reunited. THAT, my friends, was real hope and change.

I have a poster with "I have always imagined Paradise to be a kind of library" with many library-related quotes on it (plus a "Depository Library" sticker I put on it). I took it home with me, but there's no place for it in the decorating Sarah and I plan for our place. I could include it with my therGoodwill donations, but there are too many Library folks on my Flist who might feel the same way Borges did when he said it...

Anybody want it? I can bring it to an event or mail it to you.


 

-Yesterday would've been my 14th wedding anniversary....and certain info gleaned from others' interaction with said ex-wfie have confirmed my reasons for getting divorced ;-D

In a couple hours I'm outta here. Not sure when I'll be back online, so you'll have to muddle through without my words of wit and wisdom. Or maybe you'll cheer. Whatever; I won't be reading LJ to see it! :-D

See some of you at Coronation and other upcoming events!

 

In saying goodbye to those friends of mine around the law school, I was reminded of the several strikes we've had. (3 while I was here...)  Most of the closest friendships I have here outside of my office are those with whom I shared a picket line. And don't you believe it if someone were to tell how how quiet and gentle women are...the ones in my union are nasty!

-Bringing my dog Jack (the Best Dog Who Ever Lived) with me and having him barking along with our chanting
-Getting permission to bring a boatload of egg sandwiches to the picket line one day in lieu of walking
-Taking "orders" from some of the cops who watched over us and discreetly dropping their sandwiches into their laps where no one would see me do it...
-Hearing "George has something to say, and he doesn't need this megaphone", then getting to deliver a speech a la "Get Frankenstein and his monster" to rile the crowd, then immediately afterwards selling "torches and pitchforks" (matches and plastic forks) to raise bail money for those about to get arrested for blocking traffic. ("Can't have an angry mob without torches and pichforks!")  I still have the box with the sign on it I sold them from :-D
-Wearing our silly hats one day because it was Mardi Gras
-Getting my "street cred" after being warned personlly by a cop to get out of the area when we were making noise. The cop was Tom Mullen (see previous post). "OMG! What did that cop say to you?"
-Calling scabs out by name!
-Posting a definition af a "scab" on posterboard in front of the Law School, and having it make the front page of the Yale Daily News
-Picketing an outspoken anti-union professor's class at the Law School, and personally handing him our flyer explaining why
-Handing out pots and pans from my van to the entire picket line so we could pound on them and make noise
-Conducting Yoga and stretching lessons to keep our blood flowing

And when it was all over, we'd go inside. Up to and including today I had lunch with the "union ladies" I had marched with  :-)

Today would've been Jim Henson's 73rd birthday.  From the puppet that would become Kermit ("I choose brand X!") came a lasting vision that did not die with you.

Miss you, Jim.

At least those available the weekend before Thanksgiving, Nov. 20-22.

While Sarah and I will be moving stuff in small loads by car in the weekend prior to that date, some assistance will be required with some furniture. While a truck rental might be necessary, if anyone with a van (I feel funny asking that after owning one myself for 19 years!) wants to stop by we won't say no.

We're still working out the logistics, but help will be needed in both NYC and New Haven.

Thank you from both of us in advance.

There will be pizza.

I have again won tickets from my local radio station, this time to go see Celtic Woman the day before Halloween! :-D

Any "governing body" that issues reams upon reams of useless powerless "resolutions" and allows Yasser Arafat to address them while wearing a sidearm and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at all is worthless. And isn't Khaddafi coming to pay a visit too? But that's OK; America is the biggest problem in this world, not *any* leader of a terrorist regime or an insane religious zealot. And wasn't Syria the chair of the "Human Rights Council" once? Vacuous bullshit.

BTW, the war in Afghanistan ( you know, where every leftist said we should have been in the first place?)  is now being conducted under UN rules....and 4 of our soldiers were killed a couple weeks ago when their armor support request was DENIED under the new UN rules of engagement which do not allow armor (that's tanks, folks) to be used in populated areas. Anyone remember Somalia? Black Hawk Down was a real event, not a movie, and real soldiers died thanks to UN rules of engagement. But then, like now, the asshole-in-chief has a "D" next to his name so there will be no scrutiny.

Fuck the UN, fuck the politicians who kiss it's ass, and most of all fuck the spineless elitists who allow our soldiers to die needlessly, just so they can have "civil" discussions with madmen and terrorists.

EDIT: Thank you Mr. President for selling us out to the UN.


 

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/17/pelosi_chokes_up_warning_against_political_violence.html
“I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw … I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming in her eyes. “This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate in which we, violence took place and … I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made.”

Wonder who this botox-brained bitch has in mind as committing this violence? And yes, I am saying that she and those who think like she does do indeed have a plan to deal with such violence.


 

So here it is, 8 official working days until my layoff, and I receive a 20yr appreciation certificate from the President of the University.

The fun never ends here! :-D

You have gone from the best ex-President we've ever had to a partisan hack looking to collect donations for your museum from other partisan hacks. Or so it would seem by your latest comments that much of the criticism of this administration and those attending tea parties or protests is racist.

But of course I am blind to what is really going on since I am just a racist underneath it all. In fact, Newsweek says I was born that way: http://www.newsweek.com/id/214989.

BTW, this is called "Civility" in modern parlance. And civility is what Congress is all about, right? According to this, it is!
http://www.rules.house.gov/archives/house_comm_dec.htm
I quote:
As a guide for debate, it is permissible in debate to challenge the President on matters of policy. The difference is one between political criticism and personally offensive criticism. For example, a Member may assert in debate that an incumbent President is not worthy of re-election, but in doing so should not allude to personal misconduct. By extension, a Member may assert in debate that the House should conduct an inquiry, or that a President should not remain in office.

Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:

• refer to the government as “something hated, something oppressive.”
• refer to the President as “using legislative or judicial pork.”
• refer to a Presidential message as a “disgrace to the country.”
• refer to unnamed officials as “our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.”

Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:

• call the President a “liar.”
• call the President a “hypocrite.”
• describe the President’s veto of a bill as “cowardly.”
• charge that the President has been “intellectually dishonest.”
• refer to the President as “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”
• refer to alleged “sexual misconduct on the President’s part.”

I like that last one...  I do note that many things are not prohibited, and I offer the following.
-As regards the government: "vampiric, totalitarian, offensive, disgusting, evil"
-In reference to the President (and not just the current one): "scumbag, Hitler, fascist, dictator, Marxist, Communist, prevaricator (they specified "liar", but not synonyms thereof!), brainless clueless moron, useful idiot, puppet, empty suit, slave to special interests"
-As regards unnamed officials and Congress as a whole, a geek reference suffices: "A wretched hive of scum and villainy"

If anyone who lives near a Wegman's is going to Coronation and can bring me some bacon fom there, it would be most appreciated.

Post or contact me directly so we can discuss specifics :-)

Thanks!