It is understandable that he chose – or as some suggested, was told – to bellow “You lie!” when the President was explaining for the umpteenth time that undocumented immigrants would not be covered under health care legislation. After all, Wilson’s extreme anti-immigrant positions are well known.
Albor Ruiz hits the nail on the head in his column in today’s Daily News. He cuts right through the crap and hits right to the main belief system of the GOP extreme right wing (or is it their middle ground?).
Much of what they have to say, is based in racism and hatred. Maybe one day, the Conservatives will take over from the hatriots.
Thanks to Watergate Summer for the link. 
Senator Kennedy
The best summer movie for adults, this year!
I’d normally put a trailer here for you, but alas the corporate powers said no. You can see the trailers at the web site (See the above link). Then run and see the movie.
I got caught in a “rip” the other day, and despite the fact that I knew what to do, it was scary. So scary that a lifeguard had to help me out.
I was playing in some waves when I noticed that I was further out than other people. At first I tried swimming back in to shore, but soon realized I wasn’t going anywhere. Figuring I must be in a rip current, I started swimming parallel to the shore… again, I wasn’t going anywhere. Fighting down panic, and trying to avoid tiredness, I floated on my back and used my legs to kick. Seemed I was still going nowhere. It was at this time that a lifeguard showed up. At the time he showed, I was only a few feet from being able to get my feet on the ground.
“I couldn’t get in,” I gasped.
“You were in a rip current,” he said calmly. Then he told me what I should do if I should find myself in one again. Here’s the scary part… I did all that he told me except… signal for help. :/
Now, here’s the deal. At no time did I feel the rip current except when I was standing inshore and noticed the strong pull around my legs. Once I was swimming, however, I was totally unaware of any pull.
NOAA graphic on rip currents
Follow the link of the graphic, and get some very interesting information. I think what I took away from the experience, is to not wait to ask for help.
This is test of the app available on the iPhone for creating and editing posts as well as checking comments.
I don’t mean the celestial kind.
I mean the human kind.
I’ mean stars… not celebrities.
For many reasons we find the death of a star extremely fascinating. We become totally obsessed with what their lives were like. As if we some how could identify with them. In reality, we may share certain facts like a birthday, or a strict parent, or some other superficiality, but we don’t have any idea what their lives are/were like. We can imagine what their lives were like, and I think that’s where the fascination begins.
Just as we can imagine what it would be like to win the lottery. Just as we can imagine what heaven or hell is like. We can’t really know what their lives are like, but we do know how their talents have influenced us. And because we feel personally affected we care when they die, even more than when a war is started.
We still have Iran, Medical coverage, Global warning, Iraq and numerous other things to deal with, but talents have been lost.
it has been raining forever!!! Last I heard, 18 of 21 days for June. How appropriate for this blog. Below is one of the days with sun.
staying dry
I got an email form Amazon recently (as is usual) touting the latest iPhone application by Amazon, called Kindle for iPhone. This was intriguing because, it meant I could try out something like the Kindle for free on my iPhone instead of sinking over $350 into it.
So, I go to the app store and start reading the reviews. Lot’s of people love it. Some don’t. The ones who aren’t all goo-goo
The new Kindle
over it seem to consistently mention two other programs, Stanza, and eReader both of which are also free. I don’t particularly like the idea of reading on a screen rather than paper, but I figured I’d give it a try just to see what it’s like.
I was not prepared for how easy these products make it to read. Don’t want to flip pages, then put it on auto-scroll (at what ever speed is comfortable). Don’t understand the meaning of a word, then on eReader you can tap the word and look it up immediately in a dictionary. Don’t like black ink on white paper (virtually speaking), then change it (perhaps to parchment). Want the margins justified or ragged… change it. The only thing I could determine that Kindle could do and the software couldn’t, was that it could read to you.
After much experimenting, it became clear that the software that was easiest to use, and thereby facillitate reading (and even encourage reading), was eReader. Not only was it easy to buy books, but find free ones as well. Even stuff available on the NY Times bestseller list. And though eReader doesn’t have every book priced at $9.99 (like the Kindle), there are plenty of books below that price… especially given the numerous discounts.
Bobby Jindal portraying Jack McBrayer (r).
