Wednesday, February 13, 2013

President's Speech verses the Rubio Stone Wall



The President began speaking at 6:16 and he spoke an hour and one minute to 7:17 as far as I could tell.  He was interrupted for applause but not as often as past Presidents such as Bush and Clinton have been.  Also the applause on so many issues was almost embarrassingly lack-luster.  The address itself was perhaps the best of the five State of the Union speeches this President has given, and it most certainly ended on an emotional high note, by design.  I smell a smippet of a future campaign commercial here.  The President started off drawing the same general goals and outlines as he had done previously, but they thoughtfully filled in a lot of the details of that sketch to make it a much more viable presentation.  The President wants to raise the minimum wage to nine dollars an hour, like it is here in California.  It’s pointed out that the increased income would be spent and stimulate other commerce, following the “Henry Ford” principle.  It’s pointed out that the last rise in the minimum wage six years ago under George Bush saw little controversy and sailed right through and was signed into law without question.  It’s pointed out that since 1968 that the purchasing power of those minimum wage dollars has lost some thirty percent and that if the 1968 rate had kept up with inflation it would now be ten and a half dollars per hour.  As it is now- the President states that a full time worker can only expect to make fourteen thousand dollars in a whole year, which is below the poverty line.  There is of course a whole other side to the minimum wage questioned based on the probably disruption of “market forces” that is an argument for another day.  The President wants to institute universal pre school care- - or some sort of academic nature- for every four year old in this country.  This of course is far too grandiose and expensive for today’s time.  The President once again wants to highlight math and science and technology skills and both he and Mario Rubio stated that the youth “should be retrained- - because their old jobs are never coming back”.  The President wants Colleges to prove their worth as it translates into getting a good job.  The President also wants outcome based Medicare where you don’t bill the government for every service performed.  How MANY tests a patient has is irrelivent.  The point is - - to make the patient better and get him on the road to Wellness.  There was the usual tip of the hat to foreign policy and standing behind Israel and making sure Iran does not get a nuclear bomb.   Unfortunately Mario Rubio presented a stone wall of defiance when it came his turn.  No Democrat would have dared to exhibit Rubio’s attitude tword a Presidential speech saying there was absolutely nothing good about it- - but it just represented more state socialism and bigger government.  Rush Limbaugh had stated on his morning show that the whole speech last night was something “Just to salute the failures of the government”.  The highlight of Rubio’s speech of course was that classic reach to get a drink of water and the loud “gulp” everyone heard.  Rubio falsely stated once again that he came out of Cuba under Castro and spoke endlessly of “every other nation being socialist AND having a bad economy, and the reason why immigrents come here is for our superior economy”.  I know he can’t be speaking of one of these banana republic where either a corrupt corporation or a drug based junta runs the country.   I’m a little late in downloading the President’s speech.  Everybody reading my blog should do this.  Read for yourself in review – the President’s many good ideas.  Ted Nugent was invited to and came to the Speech last night and none of the media- - wisely- - didn’t give Nugent so much as a few seconds on camera.  My only guess in his motive for even being there is to produce some sort of “threatening presence” to the President- as a distraction while he delivered the speech.

You know,  there are other things of notable concern about this Dorner case.  The first of course is that the soap opera has been preempted two days in a row.  And it would be non stop coverage without even stopping for commercials, apparently- - till seemingly after eight at night because even then CBS has not gotten back to their normal schedule.  I watched the State of the Union address on channel 4.2 because none of the major networks seemed inclined to cover a Presidential address.  I felt for sure that they would take a break from all this other stuff at five thirty for the Network news, at least, but they didn’t.  It’s the media’s ability to seemingly lose track of all Time that puzzles me.  Whatever happened to the doctrine of ten seconds of dead air on radio being fatal to ratings?  The troubling aspects of this specific case is David Cruise talking about this “double yellow line” where if you’re a civilian you can come up to the inner yellow tape line, but the media is confirmed to a more exterior perimeter around that?  And David cruise was told if he were found in this ‘no man’s zone’ he would be shot on sight”.  The police shot that mother and daughter in Torrance.  And yesterday they shot a young white surfer dude.  We are told that the police are “edgy” and therefore this excuses any and all irrational conduct that law enforcement may exhibit.  And then we have the whole media black-out.  We are told now that a telephoto lens from a distance of several thousand feet is “too invasive”.  They then got the FAA to institute a whole TFR thing, temporary flight restriction over a vast area of the San Barnadino mountains.  This is unprecedented according to David Cruise.  But then there is the whole idea of making Christopher Dorner into a martyr to begin with.  Does it really make sense for Law Enforcement to want to do this?  Because in vast segments of the Black community Dorner is an anti-hero now.  And not only that but White people themselves have come out of the shadows to relate their own abuses of various law enforcement agencies.  We’ve got all of this that needs discussion, but the memory of the media and the public is exceedingly short.  And my fear is that every insight we have gleaned over the past few days will be almost immediately forgotten by the public as if it had never taken place.  This is my fear.

This is 2:30 of Wednesday afternoon and I did not type in Word yesterday.  In fact I did not have the computer at all yesterday.  Since that stupid Rogue Cop story - - from one o clock on my time has been consumed either by that or the State of the Union message or its aftermath, or else I’ve just been busy doing other stuff.  I’d like to introduce a new term into the discussion I call “cosmic Spam”.  The analogy is one about- in this case- receiving information with an intent to “sell” something or an idea, but the information has not been properly “vetted”.  If I am going to incorporate any of that ‘cosmic Spam” in my writings I want to “vet” it myself first.  There are those who argue that since there are more sports franchises of all four major sports now, that the pool of talent among talented athletes has by necessity been diluted.  I am in the position of George Harrison doing the “All things must Pass” album ponder how, or IF I am going to handle the backlog of stuff over the past two or three weeks.  I think there are too many “Tweets” on the internet now back on this terriestrial plane.  Most Tweets are worth about as much time and thought as it took to produce them, which is zero.  I admire David Cruise pouring over the news sources for that whole Christopher Dorner stuff.  Because a lot of the information they even broadcast over the air was bogus.  For instance there were those who after the cabin was set on fire claimed to have heard a single shot and then the whole cabin went ablaze as all of the explosives Dorner had  stored in there went off.  It was around four thirty that they announced that the fire had cooled way down and was almost out and then they found a single body in the cabin.  But at eight o clock, after the President’s address, some police chief announced that the cabin was still too hot to even enter, and they were in no hurry to do so.  And even then it would take days, and perhaps longer, to identify the body, even if on Bones they do it in a few minutes.  They always talk about putting a “rush” on lab work on television.  I’d like to order that a “rush” be put on some of the meals you have to wait 45 minutes for around here.

The previous three paragraphs are in an order exactly reversed of what I wrote them.  I have decided not to do any "Cosmic Stuff" in this posting because I don't want to bore you and there are so many other pressing items to relate.  Much of the material I've learned in this area might be chalked up to "deep background material" anyhow.  I'd like to mention just two things about the Soap Opera now. Jennifer was right when she pointed out that "I didn't lie to Daniel - - i lied to You, and given your track record of your own lies you shouldn't be offended".   The whole wedge thing there is 'You aren't right for Daniel because you told him a lie and somehow betrayed his trust".  No she didn't.  We move on to the other area where Hope is giving Nick some advice.  If I were Nick Fallon I'd thank God for good friends like Hope and Julie.  When push comes to shove, these two along with Maggie may be the only three people that are still on his side should this whole custody thing end up in a nasty court battle.  I thought that Hope's point was very well taken that "There is no NEED for any official paternity test because everyone agrees that Will is the father, and Will says he's cool with giving up a claim to his biological issue.  So if the motive behind the test is NOT to establish paternity- - in other words it is NOT a fact finding exercise- - then there must be some OTHER motivation behind having the test done.  If Will is being truthful about his feelings on the matter (when is Will "straight" about Anything, if you know what I mean) then there is no issue.  It's like Jame Roe in Roe vs Wade.  If she's decided she's going to have the child and raise it no matter the outcome- - than what's the whole Freeking point of raising the Abortion issue to the United States Supreme Court?  The answer in both cases is that someone is pulling their strings, for their OWN questionable motives.  (Selah)

[my brother] called me up this morning.  He suggested that if lack of food continues to be a problem around here then perhaps he could get me a jar of nuts or some granola bars to keep around when I got hungry.  I still have that cold from last Friday plaguing me. [my brother] said that he’s been taking a lot of time off work lately.  It seems every time I talk to him lately he’s taking time off work.  Judy is having her problems.  She is dizzy and is suffering from persistent headaches.  As a diabetic, this can’t be a good sign for her.  [My brother] thinks it’s just a side symptom of having some other infection such as lymph nodes, and she’s having her tonsils out in a few days.  Of course Judy is three years older than I am and we know as diabetics advance in age they are subject to a whole host of complications I would not even want to contemplate.  I suggest that everybody remain in prayer for her.  Mom continues to have problems with high blood pressure.  She says “My gauge must be giving wrong readings because they have never been this high before”.  I’ve been down THAT road before myself.  It isn’t the gauge.  Sometimes the readings are just high as a kite and you don’t know why.  Of course I myself have a cold- - and he said I could borrow a blanket if they continue to be chincy around here with the thin bed spread.  Thankfully today is warmer & sunny.  I told him that money wise for me it’s going to be tight for me the whole rest of this month- - if not quite the disaster December was shaping up to be before Mom bailed me out.  [My brother] did not express any particular political opinion about the President’s address at all, though he did watch it.  Over-all I think the conversation was productive.


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