Tis the Season

Today, black Friday to those who care, a man was killed by a crowd of people storming a Wal-mart. The store was not to open till 9:00am but the mob broke down the doors at 5:00am killing one man and injuring at least 4 other people. Instead of helping the man up he was stepped over and those who tried to help were trampled as well. When it was announced that a man had died and the store was closed shopping continued and many people (if I should call them that) refused to leave.

This is Christmas shopping?

A man died today because a mob wanted electronics and cheap clothes. I'll bet some will even sleep without guilt tonight.

It's the Christmas season.

God Bless us, Everyone.

Socialism

Well isn't it a goof.

Now that Obama is prez I don't hear anyone calling him a terrorist, now he is a socialist. Mmmhhhh. Maybe because what they want to call him doesn't start with the letter "t" or "s".

Heck, that bright and charming mental wiz Alen Keyes even compared Obama to hitler...though, come to think of it he called Alan Dershowitz a nazi. (I hope you know Alan Dershowitz is Jewish).
Rep. Paul Broun also did the hitler thingy.
What silly fellows they are!!! Next they will be dancing with clown nose and funny shoes!!

I truly don't know if Obama is a socialist, I doubt if he will be anything like hitler, and I really doubt that Alan Dershowitz is a nazi.

I do feel both these idiots Keyes and Broun need to pick up a book and read it from time to time (past "Dick and Jane" that is). Maybe a book on hitler (what a thought)!!!

And as far as the socialist thing. Look at this......

Socialism-a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

The government buying out the morgage companies with our government owning stock...that is socialism, not capitalism.

Who is the socialist?? You, me?

I do love my country, I just worry about who we let drive it.

Sunday Night Football

How could I not have known...I can watch SNF on the internet. Hell, I am doing it right now.

This is so cool!!!

Five different camera angles too!!

That is all for now, I have a game to watch!!!

Fun at Work

Some weeks my work is just plain strange.

I give historical tours of New Orleans. I have been doing this for sometime and it helps pay the bills. I also do a couple of ghost tours. They are the big pay with tips if you can put on a show. What a ghost tour breaks down to is telling ghost stories with up to 28 people (the legal limit) for two hours through the streets of New Orleans. When I say the streets I mean right there with drunks, crazies and madmen. Rain or not, holidays, festivals and full moons. Sometimes the drunks, crazies and madmen are on the tour.

Monday was a slow day, I had one person on the tour. (Old tour guide rule-a single person on the tour is off in the head, and they don't tip!!) This woman was nice enough but she informed me her dead husband was on the tour too. Now I want to point out that I do believe in things like that, you can't live in New Orleans and not but....I am about to spend two hours with a woman for somewhere else and I have to entertain her and her dead hubby. What made it even more interesting was that she hit on me a couple times, nothing rude but I tried to send all the "not interested" vibe I could muster. Sometimes my super powers are not up to the match. I was also uncomfortable in front of her dead husband.
The tour was OK and it ended tip free.

This week I did a history tour with a history teacher that didn't know anything about the Louisiana Purchase.

This isn't as bad as the five teachers that I took on a history tour. I stoped to show them the place William Faulkner lived while in New Orleans. Three of these teachers didn't know of him. One informed me she was a first grade teacher (though I have no clue what that had to do with anything). I mentioned that he liked to imbibe and another asked what that word meant. I worry for our youth.

I think there is a full moon this week, I'll let you know how it goes.

Master Liu

I have studied Martial arts under Master Liu for almost two years. Starting with Tai Chi for over a year before adding Kung-fu. Right now I miss going to class, I miss the training and funny enough, I miss saluting.
When I first started school I though saluting was a bit demeaning. I am a grown man with skills of my own, I should respect his skill (since he could snap me like a dry twig) but saluting?? Really??
Now I miss it. Saluting. The showing of respect.

Not only to him but to his senior trainers George and John. Both are just good people. OK, maybe George isn't people. He works a full time job and then trains us 4 days a week. I have never seen him angry or even a bit grumpy. Either he is on some very strange drugs or he's not fully human.

Due to other life things I am unable to take class, still practicing though. I look forward to attending class soon.

I look forward to showing my respect.

Wind after the Storm

Why, oh why is Sarah Palin (throw your hat Sarah) still talking. My God, go home and look at Russia from your roof.