Bash

Wasn’t it nice of Hillary Rodham Clinton to celebrate John McCain’s service to the nation by having that birthday party/fundraiser. When Elvis Costello sang, Hillary seemed not to be on the stage. Bill was a few paces front, Chelsea was nearest the audience, Hillary had triangulated herself out of view, only the bowing of her head, as to except an imaginary crown, allowed her to be seen at all.

But for McCain’s anniversary, she’d have partied on her own birthday. Sure she kept the funds raised for herself, but let’s not be snitty about that. After all, she did have Chelsea wear an adorable designer “Dorothy dress” to honor all our service men and women. Anybody who says that outfit was meant as a wink to the gay and lesbian community is just being mean. There’s nothing Hillary can do about that. I did not see video of heels actually clicking together.

Queen Hillary’s real birthday was Friday, the 27th. I remember almost two years ago, a couple of months after her 58th birthday, she was spotted wearing a new ring. It wasn’t a pretty ring, it wasn’t a big ring, it was almost exactly like the BLING! Kobe Bryant bought for his own wife. A statement was released, saying that her husband had given her months earlier for her 58th. Usually, Bill Clinton obligates the nation to compensate his wife for his personal conduct, kind of a high stakes game of dine and ditch. It was a welcome change, him reaching into HIS OWN pocket to buy his wife a birthday gift. My question, what did he buy her for this birthday?

Drivers

So Gov. Spitzer (D) has decided that illegal immigrants in New York should be granted driver's licenses and car insurance. Does Hillary Clinton have a position on this? She has lots of opinions, she should have an opinion on this, being a junior senator from NY.

Oh dear, my back is aching again.

Disasters

I just have to say something about CA, and the recent troubles there, that's the way to play! Using Jack Murphy stadium as a way station, just to get folks clean, fed, and oriented so that they can take care of themselves, right on! People are drawing inappropriate comparisons to the CA wildfires and what happened in New Orleans, I think there are some important similarities, and differences.

Both communities knew what was coming. New Orleans had at least twenty years of foresight, and funding. Unfortunately, they also had dishonest people pocketing the money. The CA people, didn't have as crystal ball, but instead they had years of constant practice, albeit on a smaller scale.

The people are different. Those in New Orleans were poor. Yes also black, but that doesn't matter nearly as much as the money factor. Those who were working, were raising families on the kind of money made by unskilled workers, cleaners, sous chefs and other positions positioned on the low end of the totem poll. Most of the residents of New Orleans were born there, surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins. They made no deliberate decision to live in New Orleans, although it was home, it was really, just the place they happened to be.

The residents of southern California moved there on purpose, because that's where they wanted to be. The affected area of CA is very expensive, therefore those who are working regularly had high paying jobs, skilled positions, positions that required decision making. People accustomed to living with the consequences, both positive and negative. Unlike those in New Orleans, they were used to problem solving, and replacing workers when they weren't doing right. Ray Nagin would not have been reelected mayor in any town whose constituents were executives, regardless if the town were chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch, or tutti-fruity.

Parts of New Orleans will never be the way they were, but there is something okay about that. The French Quarter is already back and strong. CA will return just fine. In a few days, the heavens will open, the rains will come, and they'll be securely and happily in mudslide season.

Pledge

So Bill Clinton was absent when the other candidates' spouses got together for a public show of civility. He did raise funds for Hillary's campaign in Florida, a state where she signed a pledge that she would participate. We all know, that Hillary Clinton couldn't draw a crowd with a stencil. What was the point of the pledge, as she sent the party's rock star in her stead? Do we not think this is a little bit telling? It looks like somebody is not respecting the standards they agreed to live by. Does anybody remember Michigan? Clinton signed a pledge, along with the other Democratic candidates, to not participate in Michigan, but she left her name on the ballot there. The other candidates honored their pledges. Does Wolfie have a comment on this? By the way, Bill Clinton never got a majority of the vote, never. He never reached 50%, never.

Women don't dig Hillary...

How do I know that women don't dig Queen Hillary...because Mark Penn said so. I know that he said he did a private survey, and Republican women favor Hillary, so you know what he's saying.

Tricky Dick

We often think that Hillary Clinton would not be where she is without her marriage to Bubba, a fair ponderance. But I’m wondering where she would be without Richard Nixon. It was Richard Nixon who started the health insurance industry.
It was Richard Nixon who opened China, where later, she and her husband got all that lovely money. It was during the Watergate investigation that she got close to Bubba. It was during that investigation of illegal wiretapping that she researched every inch and angle of the impeachment process.

Queen Hillary apparently listened in on illegally taped conversations her husband’s political rivals had. Not only is that stated in a new book, but it was also outlined in the “Primary Colors” movie, making it at least two sources. I don’t agree that she should get a pass on that. I don’t care if those rivals had been discussing political strategy regarding her husband’s girlfriends. I don’t see her as an innocent bride, emptying her husband’s pockets in preparation for the dry cleaner, finding a woman’s phone number and dialing it. I don’t agree that this is any way on par with a mother going into her husband’s wallet, just to get cash for their daughter to buy her weekly school lunch ticket, and accidentally finding a receipt for a florist, or the Hyatt. She was not eavesdropping on her husband, she was eavesdropping on a political rival.

Nobody ever accused Richard Nixon of personally breaking in and planting listening devices, and I don’t see any distinction between what Richard Nixon did, that cost him the presidency, and what Hillary Clinton did. Why shouldn’t it cost her something?

Definition Friend

I know the definition of the word friend. I don’t appreciate being contradicted by those who pollute everything around me, displaying their arrogance, ignorance and condescension. I know the exact value of my experience, and I don’t appreciate it being defined by those who only know the propaganda put out by a professional con team, resentful of refunding this mark’s money. The truth is, getting my money back was easy, and I think they're scared of other marks getting their money back too. The impossible would have already been done, years ago, but for my friends constantly regurgitating the aforementioned propaganda, and doing me the favor of blocking my shots. Seriously, it is not reasonable for anyone to get a proper measure of anything while they're being busied by professionals who are tricking them into doing their dirty work. I don't blame anybody for being suckered. The fault comes when they refuse to stop being suckered. If you want my friendship, be quiet, and out of the way.