And some never learnt anything from 9/11

As Mitch Romney, who clearly can see the future somehow and already knows that he will win the Republican nomination for the 2012 election (all sarcasm intended), said today:




I think some Americans still don't get why they are so hated in parts of the world.... unbelievable....all the goodwill that may have come with the four years of Obama could easily be wiped away with this Republican version of the Al Gore Robot Template.


As wacky as he is, at least Ron Paul gets it:




rsp

He made a huge difference in the world we live in....

Sadly, I just heard that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computer died of pancreatic cancer.......I am very saddened... Of course it wasn't entirely unexpected.... But still very sad sad news for me.... Anyone who knows me, even in some of the earlier posts of this same blog, you can tell that although I do use some Microsoft OS devices in my daily life, it was never a love affair, and my love affair with computers, my feverish love affair with computers are all tied with Apple and their products......

Yes he was infamous for his tempers etc, but he also stood for excellence..... and was an extraordinary visionary....
Mac, iPod, iPhone,iTunes and iPad...and Pixar

Our world will not be the same without him.

Apple's page of tribute to Steve



I also want to share this video:


rip steve
rsp

Palin or Perry for President

I think it is no secret that I hope President Obama wins a second term. Times are tough and it is going to be a difficult task for him. Towards that end however, I would like support either Sarah Palin or Rick Perry as the Republican candidate for President.

As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will leave you with these two gems, that I am sure most know about by now: WTF!!!!



My favourite part starts about 2:05 seconds....when I first saw this interview I was in shock.....


And for Perry, this was just embarrassing and I couldn't really watch it.

Btw thanks...

for the person or persons who have encouraged me to blog more often again. I am one opinionated s.o.b and will have no shortage of topics :)
rsp

And that's why most people think politicians are all a pile of bleep bleep.....

All three of my parents have been politicians.. I would go so far to say that all three have been successful politicians. However that gene never came to me. I have not only never voted in my life, I have never even registered to vote.... I will go so far to say that in my lifetime there have been only three politicians I 'supported' enough to even consider voting for them, in any country in the world. Well two of them I couldn't since I am not a US citizen.

I have long since, maybe from as long back as a young child, managed to separate my views of my parents as my parents as opposed to their operations, policies, beliefs and practices as politicians.

But like many if not most people, I am very skeptical of politicians. Not all politicians mind you, I honestly do believe that some are not corrupt and really do get into the 'game of politics' to improve the welfare of others and not for personal gain.. Clearly not all are of that ilk.

Which brings me to the point of this blog.

I will start with the most recent incident.

As some may know Bruce Golding has announced that he will resign as part leader of the JLP and Prime Minister of Jamaica within the next few months....I actually honestly have very mixed views on the subject as contrary to my surname, apart from the Dudus affair I think he did a pretty decent job and quite frankly apart from one other individual in his own party, I personally don't see any other person in either party being capable of doing a better job. But that's not the point of this blog.


The opposition PNP has demanded that the JLP call elections now...

What utter crap/bullbleep/gall.....In 2006 when the Rt Honourable PJ Patterson resigned from the PNP as Party Leader and PM it was a PNP internal election that designated who would be the next prime minister of Jamaica without it ever going to a popular vote... Was there no ""so as to resolve the crisis of governance in the island." crisis of governance at that time..... It is do as I say not as I do.......It is these self serving double standards why so many people are leery of politicians and don't trust them.


The second event that comes to mind is what happened a few years ago in my home country of Guyana. The party that is now in opposition, PNC held power for well over twenty years...certainly in the last decade of those years, they set out to rewrite the constitution of Guyana and won in 'free and fair referendum' the right to do so... Key Tenets of that new constitution, were specifically constructed so as to demean and belittle the opposition party and its leaders. Of course at that time the PNC clearly envisioned there would be in power for the rest of human existence. Alas in 1992 the PPP won the elections and the PNC became the main opposition party. Of course all of a sudden they no longer liked the constitution that they themselves were the architects and constructors of, and of course vehemently and vocally demanded that key parts be changed, which was done in 1996. If that is not another clear example of do as I say not as I do, and why people in general have a great distrust of politicians, I have no idea what would be.
rsp

Why really is prostitution illegal?

I happened to be glancing through channels on cable today and there was a TV show called The Client List..... About yes, prostitution.. It got me to thinking.

Let's be clear, I am not speaking about human trafficking or prostitution by minors or forced prostitution, but two adults consenting. One offering a service and the other paying for that service. It is like my views on so many other things like homosexuality. I really don't think a small minority should determine what two consenting adults can or cannot do in the privacy of their home, once it is not hurting innocent bystanders. I have to think that somewhere religion and only religion has played a part in making many nations if not most nations have a law making prostitution illegal. Clearly I don't agree with the law, just never really thought of it before today.
Searches in Google led me to this quote from George Carlin:
"I don't understand why prostitution is illegal. Why should prostitution be illegal? Selling is legal, f@#$%^^ is legal. Why isn't selling f@#$%^& legal? After all, giving somebody an orgasm is hardly the worst thing you can do to them!" - George Carlin

Of course it may become a slippery slope, this argument of mine that what a consenting adult does, once it isn't affecting innocent bystanders, should not be set by a minority, when one thinks of selling body parts....that will have to wait for another blog :-)

rsp

p.s.
you got to love Google and Wikipedia, I found these links informative, and I am sure there are thousands of others:

What Countries is it legal

Prostitution.org? (ok dokey)

Wikipedia

for the record I have never knowingly/explicitly/overtly paid for sex.

rsp

UN for me not for you.....

Is the memory span of the Israeli government and many of its supporters really that short? Wasn't the United Nations, the entity that granted Israel statehood?

I read with increasing anger for the last few months, of the intentions of our wonderful neighbour to the North to join Israel in vetoing any attempts by Palestine to attain statehood via the United Nations.....

Today I saw this article on CNN.

From which I would like to make reference to two quotations.

Avigdor Liberman did not elaborate in his comments on Israel Radio, but said previous Israeli concessions like the withdrawal from Gaza had not resulted in peace.

Are there really a more arrogant set of inhabitants on Earth? Concessions to come out of the people's land? Seriously, are you really that arrogant?

And

"It should not come as a shock to anyone in this room that the U.S. opposes a move in New York by the Palestinians to try to establish a state that can only be achieved through negotiations," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said last week. "So yes, if something comes to a vote in the U.N. Security Council, the U.S. will veto."

Please remind us of the 'negotiations' used circa 1947 to grant Israel statehood....unless by negotiations you don't actually mean negotiations that include at the very minimum both parties involved...

These are the things that make my blood boil....

I am eagerly awaiting to hear what these 'dire consequences' are.....I will for now, say no more.