I got this in an email from Joelle recently, and it made me smile.  Then I read this, and my smile was replaced by a gasp.  I hope they catch this lowlife scumbag.  If you live anywhere near Riverside, CA, beware, there’s a dog killer on the loose.

VALLE VISTA, Oct. 16, 2007 (CNS) – Riverside detectives need your help, hoping a tip will lead them to the driver of a   pickup truck they say intentionally struck and killed two dogs. Along this stretch of the 44,000 block of Florida Ave. in Valle Vista, eyewitnesses tell us they couldn’t believe what they saw happen to an Alaskan malamute named Lucy and a black Labrador retriever named Buddy. It was Saturday night around 9:00 when Travis Domenigoni saw a white- or silver-colored four-door pickup truck speeding along Florida Ave. and going after the two dogs.

“He hit the dog and slammed on his brakes, turned around and came back like he was going to the store or something, then turned around and hit the other dog,” said Domenigoni. “I know he had to have seen them. The other dog was standing there in the middle of the road. He swerved in the middle lane.”

Residents who heard the screeching tires and the dogs yelping came out to try to help. “I was trying to get the dogs out of the street. They were running loose. One had a big long chain,” said eyewitness Melissa Green. “They started coming towards me and then the truck came out of nowhere and hit them, like 90 miles per hour, and he turned around and came back and ran the other dog over. It took off down the road and I was screaming. And they saw it across the street, too. One guy said he almost swerved and almost hit him.”

According to investigators and eyewitnesses, the driver went after the dogs a third time. That driver is now facing some very serious charges. “There are two levels of animal cruelty. This one classifies as a felony. So he’s looking at felony charges of animal cruelty. Plus there was a neighbor who came by to help the dogs. This man, it appears, tried to intentionally run the guy over, so we may be looking at possible assault with a deadly weapon,” said Jerry Franchville, investigator for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept.

I didn’t blog for 2 days last week and I got 3 separate emails asking where I was, which led me to think about “blogger’s block”.  Like its cousin “writer’s block“, blogger’s block can be debilitating.  Unlike writer’s block however, the effects and aftereffects of blogger’s block can be felt almost immediately:

• Regular readers keep checking their favorite blogs for updates, all for naught.  Eventually they give up hope, and move on to the “next big blog“. (I wonder who thought of “Random Musings” first?  I suspect it was her.  Rats!)
• Google “crawls” or trolls your blog constantly, in hopes of you gaining the coveted #1 search result (Like this one for example.  Rest assured if you ever Google the winner of England’s X-Factor in combination with bestiality, I will be #1.  Take that to the bank!  While I’m on the subject, how much do you want to bet that “Gay Thai Geckos” (try saying that three times fast) produces another #1 hit once the trolls come??).  When bloggers stop writing, Google stops trolling.  The life of a blogger ends as we know it.
• Sites that aren’t updated regularly are like last year’s Playboy.  You may still look at the pictures, but who will bother to read the articles?  (Is anybody even reading this?  Prove it!) 

If you don’t have enough “Random Musings” or you don’t have a “Storied Life”, all is not lost.  Wikipedia offers these tips:

• Scheduling time to write and working, regardless of the quality of the output^[2].
• Engaging in brief periods of “freewriting” or “mindwriting,” in which people impulsively write whatever comes to mind^[3].
• Using writers’ exercises such as “chunking“. They use many websites that contain numerous creative writing exercises. Writers read an exercise, and do it.
• Taking a break, meditating, or doing relaxation exercises to relieve any pressure on oneself and on the writing.
• Doing something out of the ordinary. If writer’s block comes from a lack of new ideas, attempts to spark creativity by going somewhere new or doing something different can be useful.
• Returning to the writing after a lapse of a day or two.
• Write a basic plot outline of the story, if having problems keeping the story on the rails.
• Brainstorming at the beginning of the writing can help the writer by relating every point to another.
• Reading, watching movies or plays, or similar activities that might bring inspiration.

So, don’t give up on you favorite bloggers!  Even those of us with “storied lives” need a break!  P.S.  If you think all of this is serious, perhaps you’re reading too many blogs!   BTW, I may not be blogging tomorrow or the next day.  Don’t leave me!  I beg of you.

Why is it that the following groups of people must constantly LIE about their homosexuality??

• Politicians like Larry Craig, who today defended his “wide stance” once again to Matt Lauer:

Matt Lauer: Were you aware at all, senator, of the reputation of that specific bathroom?
Larry Craig: Well, I certainly am now.
Matt Lauer: According to the airport police and according to some gay blogs, and here go those blogs again that I know you love so much, this particular bathroom in Northstar Crossing is described as a hot spot for anonymous sexual encounters between gay men. And you had no idea of that?
Larry Craig: No, I did not know that. I had no reason to know that.
Matt Lauer: Has anything strange ever happened to you in that bathroom that you can remember over the years? Has anyone ever gestured to you, solicited you in any way that you would describe, come onto you in that bathroom?
Larry Craig: Well, it–
Suzanne Craig: I asked him that question, too.
Matt Lauer: What was the answer?
Larry Craig: Matt, I use bathrooms for bathroom’s sake.
Matt Lauer: But so do I. But if someone– if I were in a bathroom and someone winked at me or something like that, or slipped me a– a note, I’d remember it. Had anything like that–
Larry Craig: No.
Matt Lauer: –ever happened–
Larry Craig: No.

 

• Priests like Vatican Monsignor Tommaso Stenico who was recently filmed in a TV sting in Rome telling a young man he saw nothing sinful in having gay sex, and then asking the man if he “liked him”.  He then assured the media that he was only doing “research” on homosexuality in the church.  Dude, is that the best you can come up with?  Pretending  to be gay??  I like wide stance better!  LOL (He even looks like a queen!)

Monsignor Tommaso Stenico says he was conducting research on the spread of homosexuality through the clergy. (ABC News) 

• Right wing Evangelical meth-smoking nutjobs like Ted Haggard who think they can pray the gay away.

Anybody for a threesome??

And so I pose one final question….

Why can’t gay politicians, priests and preachers be like geckos & otters??

Screw Geico commercials.  This is brilliant.  (May not be suitbable for younger kids though!)

OK, to be fair I have no idea if the cleverly animated geckos in the Thai ceiling tile commercial or the hand holding otters at the zoo are gay, but it’s a nice thought isn’t it??  As long as they’re not having sex in a public bathroom, I’m good.

It might be fitting to close with a quote from Machiavelli’s “The Prince“

“Because how one ought to live is so far removed from how one lives….it is necessary for a prince, wanting to maintain himself, to learn how to be able to be not good and to use this and not use it according to necessity.”

We had breakfast at Hugo’s this morning and then I dropped Ly and Jeff off in San Pedro so they could board their gay cruise. 

I think this picture is hilarious. Note the Indian on the left and giant disco ball.  God love the queens.

I’ll be interested to hear how they liked it.  I’ve never been on a cruise, and personally have no desire to ever take one.  I’d much rather see places instead of a vast ocean.  I know there are ports of call and all, but it just doesn’t appeal to me.  Never say never though.  Here are a few photos.  Have a good week everyone!

These first three are unremarkable, except for the fact that I took them out of my sun roof while driving 70 mph (FAST shutter speed!).  It was a pretty day in downtown LA.

Where are Isaac & Doc??

Don’t have time to write much now, but wanted to post these photos.  Ly is visiting from Chicago and Jeff is visiting from New York City.  We had a good time exploring Weho.  Hope everyone’s having a nice weekend!

The view from the Hotel Careyfornia

Our Christmas Card.  LOL

You have no idea how appropriate this photo is.  LOL

The obligatory spot for visitors of late

Can I take this on the ship?

Relaxing at the Hotel Careyfornia

Free Wi-Fi

Thanks to everyone who wrote in support of the last post.  As support for the war wanes, it’s nice to know that people are starting to take notice of some of the hypocrisy and atrocities of the Administration.  In the meantime, in the interest of being fair and balanced, I offer you the Hillary nutcracker (or ball buster if you prefer)! 

Not much else new for a change.  My friend Ly is coming tonight for a stay at the Hotel Careyfornia.  He as his best friend are going on a gay cruise that leaves out of Los Angeles.  I haven’t seen Ly in years and I’m really looking forward to his short visit.  Pictures to follow.  Until then, here are some photos of the boys last night at dinner.  We were celebrating Lisa’s birthday (yet another family birthday) at Fuddrucker’s.  The boys were treated to a performance of me, in the car, channeling Jennifer Hudson as I tried to leave.  LOL.  Good times.

Kissing Nana

Yes, his finger is where you think it is!

I love you I do

Update:  I got this message on my myspace today.  It’s nice to hear this come from a real Marine.  Again, it’s comforting to know that people like Jimmy are out there trying to preserve our way of life.  God love him!

From:	Jimmy Shea myspace.com/jimmydshea
Date:	Oct 10, 2007 5:24 AM
Subject:	RE: War
	Carey, I am also completely against the war…I know that might sound hypocritical, but joining the Marine Corps had nothing to do with the war. Thank you for all your compliments, although I don’t see my videos as anything more than me trying to make my siblings back at home laugh, maybe someday something a little bit bigger will come out of it. Either way, I’m happy. It’s people like you, who support the troops despite how they feel about the war, who keep us going. Thank you. Jimmy Shea

391 days until the 2008 election!!

Ruin seize thee ruthless King!
Confusion on thy banners wait
Though fanned by conquest’s crimson wing
They mock the air with idle state.– Thomas Gray, The Bard

“Betrayed Bush Said to be Seething Over Britain’s Iraq Troop Withdrawal”  Read more…

The “Coalition” continues to erode – including Iceland’s 2 troops (one female) that have since been withdrawn. (Source: Wikipedia). 

The numbers are telling:

•  United States: 250,000 invasion–168,000 current (9/07)
•  United Kingdom: 45,000 invasion–5,250 current (10/07)
•  Poland: 194 invasion–2,500 peak–900 current (2/07)
•  Australia: 2,000 invasion–638 current (2/07)

TOTAL INVASION DEPLOYMENT, REGULAR TROOPS
297,494

•  South Korea: 3,600 peak – 1,200 current (5/07; deployed 5/03)
•  Romania: 730 peak – 405 current (5/07; deployed 7/03)
•  El Salvador: 380 peak – 300 current (8/07; deployed 08/03)
•  Czech Republic: 300 peak–89 current (5/07)
•  Azerbaijan: 250 troops (2/07)
•  Georgia: 2,000 troops (10/07)
•  Denmark: 545 peak – 55 current (9/07, deployed 04/03)
•  Mongolia: 180 peak–100 current (2/07; deployed 8/03)
•  Albania: 120 troops (2/07)
•  Armenia: 46 current (2/07; deployed 1/05)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: 36 troops (2/07; deployed 6/05)
•  Estonia: 35 current (2/07; deployed 6/05)
•  Macedonia: 33 troops (2/07; deployed 7/03)
•  Kazakhstan: 29 troops (2/07; deployed 9/03)
•  Moldova: 24 peak–12 current (2/07; deployed 9/03)
•  Bulgaria: 485 peak–155 current (2/07; deployed 5/03)

TOTAL CURRENT DEPLOYMENT AS OF AUGUST 2007
177,953 Regular Troops
~182,000 Private military contractors (118,000 Iraqi, 43,000 Other, 21,000 US)

NATO Training Mission – Iraq
Countries involved with the NATO training mission, NATO NTM-I

•  Latvia: 136 peak–(deployed 4/04 – withdrawn 08/07)
•  Lithuania: 120 peak (withdrawn 08/07)
•  Slovakia: 110 peak (deployed 8/03 – withdrawn 01/07)
•  Italy: 3,200 peak (deployed 7/03 – withdrawn 11/06)
•  Ukraine: 1,650 troops (deployed 8/03 – withdrawn 12/05)
•  Netherlands: 1,345 troops (deployed 7/03 – withdrawn 3/05)
•  Spain: 1,300 troops (deployed 4/03 – withdrawn 4/04)
•  Japan: 600 troops (deployed 1/04 – withdrawn 7/06)
•  Thailand: 423 troops (deployed 8/03 – withdrawn 8/04)
•  Honduras: 368 troops (deployed 08/03 – withdrawn 5/04)
•  Dominican Republic: 302 troops (withdrawn 5/04)
•  Hungary: 300 troops (deployed 08/03 – withdrawn 3/05)
•  Nicaragua: 230 troops (deployed 09/03 – withdrawn 2/04)
•  Singapore: 192 troops (deployed 12/03 – withdrawn 3/05)
•  Norway: 150 troops (withdrawn 8/06)
•  Portugal: 128 troops (deployed 11/03 – withdrawn 2/05)
•  New Zealand: 61 troops (deployed 9/03 – withdrawn 9/04)
•  Philippines: 51 troops (deployed 7/03 – withdrawn 7/04)
•  Tonga: 45 troops (deployed 7/04 – withdrawn 12/04)
•  Iceland: 2 troops (deployed 5/03 – withdrawn date unknown)

I’m not a big fan of the traditional news outlets by any stretch, but for a truly excellent overview of the regional powerplay in the Middle East, take a look at this.  So many Americans are ignorant to the centuries of conflict and geopolitical strife in that region.  Yes, for Bush & Cheney it’s about oil, but for the millions of citizens of the Middle East, it’s about geography (and sadly, religion, but that’s another topic).  If you don’t understand a Sunni from a Shiite, take a look at this presentation.  Click to begin:

Haditha - Not easy to read, but important.

The Resistance in Iraq is now filling their improvised explosive devices (IED’s) with human feces so that if our soldiers don’t die in the explosion they will die from infection.  Who did they learn this from?  Ask Donald Rumsfeld.  It is so clear that we are not wanted there…by ANYONE, Shiites, Kurds or Sunnis.

TALES OF UROLAGNIA AND COPROPHILIA

Malcom Lagauche

 

Don’t let the words of the title confuse you. They are the technical terms for an affinity for human urine and feces. I’m not talking about the practices as sexual fetishes of some people but as weapons in U.S. military operations. Currently, a court case is being held at Camp Pendleton in California that concerns the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The incident was buried in officialdom until a U.S. Marine came forward to challenge the party line that the dead were resistance fighters. All were innocent civilians. Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz, who took part in the bloody massacre, has been granted immunity for his testifying as a prosecution witness. According to a Reuters report, “Marine Says Urinated on Dead Iraqi at Haditha, “published on May 10, 2007:  Read More…

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The Terrible Killings in Haditha  – The Few, The Shamed, The Marines

 

 

I just don’t know what to make of this interview, but I think every serviceman in Iraq or Afghanistan should see it.  And for those of us here, (especially the 110 pound soccer moms driving their 6 year old kids to school in a 3 ton, $45,000 Ford Expedition that gets14 mpg), it’s a rude awakening (and we wonder why they hate us so much!?). These ”soldiers” are children  playing war games.  Many of them are 18 or 19 with only a GED.  One of the most frequently asked questions on the Marine Corp. website is “How far will I have to run?”. This is George W. Bush’s dirty little secret (well, one of them).  My first reaction to the brutal slaying of innocent women and children is that this “soldier of misfortune” should be in prison for the rest of his life for his bloodthirsty rampage.  Though when you watch the interview (Scott Pelley did an excellent job I thought), you can practically see this soldier’s demons haunting him, as I’m sure they will forever.  The question then however, is who’s responsible?  Obviously as the battalion leader he was responsible for ordering his men to “shoot first, ask questions later”.   

But why was he a battalion leader if he had never seen combat?  Though he had been in the Marines for years, he asked  to go back to active duty,because, he wanted  to see combat (??).  The men under him had combat experience while he had none.  So where does the ultimate blame lie?  The Marines who train these kids, many of whom can’t get into college or find a decent job?  The September11th hijackers? (We all now know, that Iraq played no part in that!).  Donald Rumsfeld?  George Bush?  I think Bush’s reaction to this massacre in the interview is absurd (what else is new?).  He has more blood on his hands than anyone in this “nation destroying war” (ours and theirs). When will it end??  Will we even make it to November 4, 2008?? 

This 2005 family photo provided by attorney Mark S. Zaid shows Frank Wuterich of Meriden, Conn. Staff Sgt. Wuterich, a Marine Corps squad leader, was charged with murdering 12 people and ordering Marines under his command to kill others during an incident that left 24 civilians dead in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005. (CBS)

“He fired and killed everybody. The American fired and killed everybody.”

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“I have Karl Rove’s emails”

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