Meanwhile on the Rock of Eternity (Chapter 1) …

Hello my peoples, sorry I have been an absentee blogger for the past 2 weeks or so, however I have had a little hiccup in the game of life that we are dealing with, as well I have been writing a thesis and it has taken a bit of my time (to make it worse some fool stole my lap top).

Since I have missed some interesting topics over the past 16 days or so, I thought I’d share my thoughts on a few random things:

Hater of the Month: Andrew Young:

You all know how I generally feel about the “usual suspects” in the civil rights hustle movement. Holding on to the tired “march / pray / sing kumbya” model of action, still trying to play checkers when the game is now clearly chess. But Andrew Young took it to a whole new level. With his silly attempt to be a comedian, talking about how Barak Obama should run in “2016” because he is “too young” to run for president, yada, yada. Utterly inane.

JFK was younger, and damn, maybe that’s what this country needs some young blood in the White House? Obviously, Young is dedicated to the Democratic machine, and that’s his prerogative, and obviously this causes a problem because Barak is the first African American running who stands a snowballs chance in Muspelheim of winning and a civil rights icon (one of many) can’t support him because of their Party loyalties to the Clintons.

Just man up and say that Mr. Young, if you had, I might still have some respect for you. What’s really sad, is I haven’t decided who I will vote for, but Hillary and her kindergarten comments has really made it clear to me it won’t be her, Mr. Young only solidified my position.

Green Dot Schools in Los Angeles:

I got mixed feelings on this one. I think the public school system in most major metropolitan urban areas are fiefdoms of some seriously corrupt individuals (i.e. Chicago Public Schools), but I am not one to trust the free market with certain things Tovarisch (schools, medical insurance, prisons, etc).

There has to be some uniformity in curriculums (at least a common standard), and money needs to be utilized in the right places, but again, I am not sure charter schools are the answer. Thoughts on this folks?

President Bush and Iran:

Again, you were wrong, admit it, man up a bit, sheesh. Sure, I think Iran is dangerous, but your administration has undermined the credibility of the United States of America with you pointless posturing.

Justice Society of America issue 11 (kinda spoilers warning):

Oustanding. Power Girl needs family, I hope that Superman (Kingdom Come) can be the surrogate family she needs. However, I am curious to how he got in the regular DC universe. Could he be working WITH Prime? Stay tuned…

Season Finale of DEXTER (warning, REAL Spoilers):

Doakes got blown up! And Laila (Dexter’s psycho ex girlfriend) did the dead. She goes down to that cabin in the everglades were Doakes is being held, Doakes gets excited about being freed, he makes the mistake of saying that Dexter has him captive, Laila tells him Dexter is her soul mate and decides to kill Doakes! Anyway, this really sets up Doakes as the Bay Harbor killer (since there is a body of a drug dealer that Dexter killed in the Cabin as well).

Dexter decides that Laila has to be killed, but Laila finds out and tries to kill Dexter and his current girlfriend Rita’s children! Dex and the kids escape, Laila escapes to Paris, however, Dexter catches up to her and puts a knife in her chest. Happy Ending!

BTW, I’ll be on NPR News and Notes again Wednesday December 19th, check us out.

Comments

[Tyrone]

I'll be tuning in, brother! Make us all proud...

[Thom]

When it came to the kindergarten comments, I felt neither Hilary nor Barak (remember, the kindergarten comment was specifically in response to Obama pointing out a "20 year plan to be president" on Clinton's part)had a leg to stand on. Neither should accuse the other of having long time presidential aspirations, when both clearly, well, have presidential aspirations. I mean, do we really think either candidate woke up on the morning of announcing their intention to run with that day being the first time they thought of running for president? A light shone through their windows a year ago and divinely told them they should run for president...even though they had NEVERR in their ENTIRE life even THOUGHT about running ONCE?

Good grief. That would be foolish.

[DJ Black Adam]

I agree withyou Thom, it is a bit disingenous for either candidate to act as though: "....all of a sudden...A Bat with a Nixon mask came through my window...since voters are a cowardly, superstious lot...I knew what I had to do!" lolololololol

[DJ Black Adam]

@Tyrone:

Thanks man! You did well when you were on, I hope to do the same. I love listening, I find out about all the great blogs out there!

[John Foley]

Man I felt so bad for Doakes. I was really starting to like that irascible bastard by the end there. He really got a raw deal. It's funny, while watching this show you can't help but think to yourself "why is Doakes such a jerk to Dexter all the time, what's up with that?"
But of course, Doakes was right the whole time. It's part of the beauty of that show that you actually want the serial killer to get away with it more than you want the honest cop to get his man.
In some ways, Doakes has an even worse fate in the books.

[Will]

I personally think Obama will indeed be better suited for the presidency 4-8 years in the future, but I'm still willing to give him a shot in the here and now. He's not perfect, but he's consistently been my top pick among the Dems. The JFK connection is there.

That said, if Hillary does get elected president, she'd better be smart enough to give Barrack a position in her cabinet. I'm frankly tired of all this petty inter-party rivalry and wish they'd accept that the best way to beat the opposition is to work together.

I liked this month's JSA for the most part, but I got fed up with the oh-so-stereotypical "Japaneseness" surrounding Judomaster and her attackers. Like it's impossible that an Asian superhero could be a cape instead of a martial artist... Whatever. I also think they shouldn't have put the "Kingdom Come" and "New JSAers" together as one single storyline instead of two separate ones, because they're competing for space.

[brran1]

The issue that stands out for me out of all the ones that you mentioned was education...I personally feel as if there should be a national standard to what is and should be taught in each grade level, instead of local school districts having the say so on what is taught at what school. Im going to expand on this on my own blog. Thanks for the inspiration.

[B. Good]

Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!