The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee: Happiest of Holidays to You

The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee: Happiest of Holidays to You

Thanks for nothing, FEMA!

W. Craig Fugate, head honcho and chief impotentate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has again denied federal aid to the flood victims of the June 17th storms.

"After a careful and thorough review of all of the information contained in your original request and appeal, we reaffirm our original findings that supplemental federal assistance is not necessary or appropriate."

Ole Craig was President Obama's pick to head FEMA, not wanting to 'repeat the mistakes of the past'.

Surely you all remember Michael "Heck Of A Job" Brown...he of the infamous Katrina fuckup? That's who Florida-boy Chief Cracker in Residence Fugate replaced.

It looks like FEMA is still pissing on the hopes of everyone affected by the storm.

Hey Craig...since you bent us over without warning and boned us up the ass, can we at least have $20 bucks for a taxi home?

Way to go!

In case you hadn't figured it out yet, I'm a scrappy little thing.
Let's place more emphasis on the scrappy and less emphasis on the little.

I like a good "fight for what's right".
I'm also a huge fan of underdogs, voiced by Wally Cox or otherwise.
When a friend of mine needed my help in the recent elections that were held in my area, my friend didn't need to ask me twice.

My friend, who is an educated and decent man and who had been through the political process once before, was the object of a vicious smear campaign by his opponent. His opponent is a rather doltish, crude and slovenly creature, totally in the dark about how things operate and what limits certain political offices have.

In other words, he's a idjit.

I'm happy to report that the dirty campaigning didn't work, and The Great Karma Wheel seems to be in full motion.

As Confucius say:

He who sling mud soon lose ground

(I'm not really sure if it was Confuse-us who said that, but doesn't it seem aged and wise when you leave out a few prepositions?)

Anyhoo...I was able to help my friend circumvent the outright lies that were being spread about him by his opponent, who shall henceforth be referred to simply as Fatass.

While my friend worked hard and campaigned and knocked on doors, and shook hands, I made telephone calls and I knocked on doors.
While my friend held voter luncheons and answered questions, I spoke to members of the media and I called in favors.
We both looked people in the eye and we told them the truth.

And, my friend was blessed to have a lot of good friends helping him with his campaign, people who truly held his best interests close to their hearts.

I knew deep down, that in this instance, at least, the good guy had to win. I think that the majority of people in my hometown are pretty smart, and not nearly as gullible as Fatass would like to think that they are.

Well, I was correct.
The good guy won.
When you only have about 30% voter turnout, you don't a huge margin of victory.
But we had enough.
It was victory nonetheless.
And it sure was sweet.

It's just orange juice, for crying out loud...

For the love of Mike, would someone with some sense please discontinue the commercial for Tropicana's new Trop 50 orange juice.

The commercial that features Kyra Sedgwick 'dancing' all around a kitchen to a Tom Jones audio track.

Who does she think she is, Ellen Degeneres?
If that's what their new orange juice does to a person, I'll pass.

It's just embarassing - she's doing what she thinks is dancing and vamping and shaking her groove thang all around a kitchen and up and down a step stool and she just needs to stop it right now.

She's making Tom Jones uncool.

What the hell is wrong with Jamie Foxx?

I mean, seriously. What the hell is up Jamie Foxx's behind?

Why the sudden attacks on Miley Cyrus? Did he hit on her and she shut him down?

This is a grown-ass man taking potshots at a CHILD.

Regardless of who she is, what she does for a living, or how much money she makes, SHE'S A CHILD.

The latest news is that he's telling her to make a sex tape.
I think you're begging for an ass whoopin' from her daddy.
I'd pay good money to see that, too.

Should I make some popcorn in preparation for Jamie Foxx to have a Dave Chappelle-esque meltdown?
It seems like it's coming, doesn't it?
Jamie got himself some well-deserved respect for the acting chops he's shown since leaving In Living Color.
Things have been kind of quiet for him lately, though, haven't they?
Is this how you get back into the news?
Come on, dude. If you want to do that, just go make a sex tape.
As Wanda.

Musings on Earth Day, garbage, and the everyday landscape.

Earth Day is April 22 - be sure that you do something nice for Mother Earth.

It seems to me that we should be doing these nice things everyday, not once a year. I'm just sayin'.

I despise trash/garbage/refuse/detritus.
I also despise the attitude that a lot of people have that 'someone else will clean it up'.

At least weekly, I need to go outside and pick up fast food waste that someone has deposited in the street.
I can only assume that the mega-bass that these vehicles pump chucks the food bags out of the window.

I have no dog, yet I need to de-poop my property.
I can remember that when I was lucky enough to be owned by a dog, I cleaned up after him.
I didn't allow him to use my neighbor's lawns and sidewalks as his toilet. Why? Because it's rude.

I need to clean up the recyclables that blow out of a certain neighbor's bin, and end up tangled in my hedges.

I pick up the beer cans and bottles that the patrons of the bar on the corner throw away as they stagger home.

I keep my recyclables where they belong. I cleaned up after my own dog. I don't throw trash out of my car window. I keep my property neat.

Why am I in the minority?

Oh, and by the way...

I apologize for not posting anything for a while.

That, my friends, will change.

:^)

People and their posts: an observation.

So, a friend of mine is running for local office.

He's very well-qualified, an all-around good guy, and a community leader.

His opponent, the incumbent, is also a good guy, but not as qualified, and not as much of a community leader as he'd like people to think, at least not by anyone's standards that I've spoken to.

There is an article posted on the internet about yet another candidate who has thrown his hat into the ring.

Said article has a comments forum, and as soon as you post your well-thought out comments, forum trolls with an oppositional stance attack you with their curse words, poor spelling, ignorance and horrendous grammar.

Why? Because that's the only ammo that they have.

I was told that I have a big mouth and that I'm a busy body.
Well, HELL to the YEAH, douchebag.
Thanks for recognizing just a few of my strong points..

There are also insinuations of an improper relationship between my friend and myself, which I think is beyond ridiculous.

I hate to disappoint, folks, but I don't troll bait.
I stated the facts as I see them, in clear and concise language, and I'm through with that forum.
I have more important things to do.

New chapters, but not as they apply to a novel

So, I got me some downsizing on February 27th.

Yep...the powers that be 'n 'nat at my former employer decided that I had served my purpose/run my course.
I guess, that in attempt to be 'green' , they're recycling me.

It wasn't unexpected at all, let me say that much.
I paid attention to those little voices in my head, my own little virtual herd of forest creatures that run when they sense doom. They were right on the money this time...no pun intended.

I was given a nice severance (emphasis on 'sever') package, and was let go in time to have lunch.
I can't seem to be depressed or upset, no matter how hard I try.
My closets are getting cleaned out, and I'm spending alot of time taking care of things I didn't have time for previously.

My attitude is that the harder you fall, the higher you bounce.

I will take advantage of this time to relax, refocus, and re-energize.
And blog.
And bounce. :)

Welcome to the new blog-o-mine

Well, this is the new blog.

Woo.

Feel free to kick the tires once or twice, and take it out for a test drive.

I should be posting at least weekly, you poor unfortunate souls.

Ta.