More Vacation Blogging

When I scheduled this vacation, I didn't realize it was going to be the Kedwards Campaign Rally. But I should have I guess. The target market for Rancho La Puerta is affluent, urban females with a high interest in environmental and health issues. Or women from the blue states. My first week, I was intimidated. But I'm finding my groove. Now when they try and bring up Farenhooey 911, I say you shouldn't believe everything you hear or see. I tell them that I could read books about how Bill Clinton assassinated Ron Brown and others, but I don't. Because I know that you have to have both the prosecution and defense give their arguments before you can evaluate whether a case has merit. Then I tell them about how I read the book Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up ten years ago. And how I'll always believe that Ted Kennedy left that girl alive and just abandoned her with wanton disregard for life. I wish I'd never read it, because perhaps if I'd read a defense I wouldn't believe so strongly that he should be in prison. Since they believe he was guilty also, they give up arguing with me.

Alicia Colon speaks more succinctly

If someone dares to confront me, I'll give them the following facts: Mr. Bush liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled Al Qaeda, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran, and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist dictator who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. He may not be glib or articulate, but he's doing a great job.

The economy is booming, unemployment is down, and Mr. Bush wants to make tax cuts permanent. So why on earth would I support Mr. Kerry, who cares more about what the world thinks of us than about what's good for us?

I Love Rock 'n Roll

MICHAEL Moore messed with the wrong rocker when he charged that The Who's Pete Townshend refused to allow his classic hit "Won't Get Fooled Again" to be used in "Fahrenheit 9/11." Biting back on his Web site, Townshend said the reason the song wasn't used was not because he was for the war in Iraq (which he admits he was), but because he doesn't trust Moore's accuracy in reporting and regards Moore as a bully. "When first approached, I knew nothing about the content of his film 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' " Townshend writes. "I had not really been convinced by 'Bowling for Columbine,' and had been worried about its accuracy . . . Once I had an idea what the film was about, I was 90 percent certain my song was not right for them." The rock legend continued, "I greatly resent being bullied and slurred by him in interviews just because he didn't get what he wanted from me. It seems to me that this aspect of his nature is not unlike that of the powerful and willful man at the center of his new documentary . . . [Moore will] have to work very, very hard to convince me that a man with a camera is going to change the world more effectively than a man with a guitar."


The Who
Won'T Get Fooled Again

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

(small instrumental)

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

(instrumental)

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

(instrumental)

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

(instrumental)

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

See you in a couple weeks




Update:

Last night I shared a dinner table with Roger Ebert and his wife. I had skipped his lecture on the best movies of the year, because if he mentioned Farenhooey 911 I would have to give him a poke in the eye, and this is supposed to be a tranquil, reflective retreat vacation and no poking in the eye is allowed. But when I went as a single into dinner last night, they put me at his table. I tried to be good, and when the other person at the table rambled on about how she wasn't for Kerry but it seems like a lot of young people voting for Kerry, I said nothing. Then Roger said, Oh you don't have to vote for Kerry, as long as you don't vote for Bush. I couldn't keep quiet and said "Sorry" He looked aghast and said Bush is dangerous. I gave him the Irish eyeball and he backed off. The rest of the dinner went fine and in the end Roger, his wife and I sang Side By Side.

Side By Side
Sung by Kay Starr
Written by: Harry Woods

Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ragged and funny
But we'll travel along, singin' a song
Side by side
Don't know what's comin' tomorrow
Maybe it's trouble and sorrow
But we'll travel the road, sharin' our load
Side by side
Through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall
Just as long as we're together
It doesn't matter at all
When they've all had their quarrels and parted
We'll be the same as we started
Just travelin' along, singin' our song
Side by side

See that sun in the mornin'
Peekin' over the hill
I'll bet you sure, it always has
And it always will
Well, that's how I feel about someone
And somebody feels about me
We're sure in love with each other
And that's the way it's gonna be

Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money...
(REPEAT CHORUS IN ITS ENTIRETY)

and btw

Happy Birthday President Bush!

It's Wictory Wednesday

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Poll Numbers UP

It's Wictory Wednesday and you know what to do. Today's the day when we ask our readers to donate and volunteer in the campaign to re-elect President George W. Bush. You don't have to bankrupt yourself, send $10, or better yet, $12, the amount you saved by skipping Farenwhooey 911. And if you volunteer at the web site, you can meet your republican neighbors. It's fun and easy!

And check out these fine blogs...

Congratulations to All

I Told You There Are Some Smart Irish People

Mark Dooley says:

It has taken George Bush less than four years to clean up his predecessor's mess and restore the moral balance.

Courtesy of Lucianne, the sign in is piaps08@hotmail.com password lyinghistory

and what about Bob Geldof

Even liberals have credited Mr. Bush with doing more than his predecessor to help Africa. In May, Live Aid founder Bob Geldof said Mr. Bush is far more committed than Mr. Clinton to fighting AIDS and famine on the continent.

"Clinton talked the talk and did diddly squat, whereas Bush doesn't talk but does deliver," said Mr. Geldof, an Irish musician and activist who in 1985 staged the world's largest rock concert to combat starvation in Africa.

"You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical, in a positive sense, in the approach to Africa since Kennedy," he said." Pretty good orchestration.

The Irishlass Slept Here

Wowie! The President and Mrs Bush are staying at Dromoland Castle, where the Irishlass stayed with her mom and dad and sister in 1984.

Young Bloggers

I have a friend who would like to start blogging, and I told her about the benefits of being in a great group like the Bear Flag League. She's just 18 years old, so even our the younger members of our group (the 23, 24, 25 yr olds) are a little old for her.

Can anyone recommend any young bloggers for her to check out?

Small World, Isn't It?

I was surfing around the web for a story about a certain golfer I know, and I came across a story written by Todd Budnick, PGA Tour Staffer. I wonder if that is the same Todd Budnick who was in my english class at Kit Carson Junior High. He was smart (we were the school for the children of professors at Sac State) cute and of Hawaiian descent. Our nickname for him was something about a pineapple. Will have to look him up next year at the AT&T.

Freedom Flight to the WWII Memorial

Message from KFBK

Thanks to your generous donations, we have surpassed our goal and will send a privately chartered plane full of WWII veterans to the Memorial in D.C.!

Recognizing what blessed lives we are each living in the year 2004, it seems only appropriate that our nation pay tribute to the generation that made such freedoms possible... The Greatest Generation.

Six decades later, the brave men and women of World War II have at last been honored with a breathtaking Memorial on the Capitol Mall, dedicated just two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it comes at a season in their lives that makes cross-country travel a near insurmountable challenge for many of them.

KFBK's Kelly Brothers and Chris Lane have put together a trip to make it all possible for some of the veterans of WWII... an obstacle & stress-free trip to the nation's capitol via chartered jet, so that those who fought may see and touch the symbol of their sacrifice.

Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of you, our audience, we are now able to fill a privately chartered jet with WWII veterans and fly them to the Capitol. You came out in droves, donating over $75,000 in cash!

Alex Spanos, himself a WWII veteran, has written a generous check to cover the cost of our private United Airlines flight. In addition, Sacramento's favorite son and KFBK alumni, Rush Limbaugh, donated $50,000 to the fund, bringing our total to an amazing $220,000!


These donations ensure that a full plane of veterans will go completely free -- all expenses covered, and it allows them to bring a companion to physically assist them if need be. Perhaps most importantly, it allows them to share their history and sacrifice with a loved one.

The plane lifts off June 21st. Keep it tuned to News Talk 1530 KFBK as we bring the trip to you with live reports from the road!

Other donors we need to acknowledge with a huge THANK YOU, include: Pacific Coast Building Products, Trainor-Robertson, I.D. Marketing and the employees of Sleep Train!

For Dad

I miss you.

Strength of John Wayne
Humor of Dean Martin
Eyebrows of Don Rumsfeld
Voice of Al Jolson