Mind Jazz

A life worth remembering was a life worth living

2012-01-24T21:16:00.001-08:00

William Anthony McAlevey

“Bill,”“Red,” “Dad,” “Grandpa,” “Papa” passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Bill’s oldest son Jerry was at his side.

He was 92 and had a full and wonderful life.

Born in St. Louis in 1919 to Clare and James McAlevey, Bill was one of seven brothers. Jim, Tom, Bob, Ralph, Richie have all passed away. Raymond “Cup” still lives in St. Louis and is the remaining brother.

Being one of seven brothers growing up in the Depression taught Bill the importance of hard work and discipline which would serve him well until he finally retired at the age of 85.

Joining the Marine Corp in 1942, after moving to California and working at Lockheed, Bill met Meredith Mathews at a USO dance and they were married during one of his early leaves. He then shipped out and four years later left the Marines as a Staff Sergeant. He and Meredith lived in Hollywood and had two boys, Jerry and Tim, while he tried to make a living as a photographer. As with many marriages after the war things didn’t work out and Bill’s first marriage ended. There was a serendipitous moment that occurred in his photography studio when two young brothers named Al and Len Aaron came in and tried to sell him a wedding album that they built in their garage. Bill’s photography studio wasn’t doing that well so he simply asked how many of these could they make, and the answer stimulated Bill and he said, “I can sell these for you, start making more.” A short time later Bill asked Al and Len if they knew anywhere to get picture frames because that was something photography studios didn’t have. And that’s how Aaron Brothers started.

Bill became the Vice-President in charge of the Wholesale Division and Al and Len started developing the retail chain. For the next 30 years Bill ran the division of Aaron Brothers which became a major player in supplying framed artwork to the Home Furnishings Industry. At one time he handled an independent sales force of 40 men and women and oversaw showrooms in five major Furniture markets across the country.

During that time he remarried and had two more boys, Richard and David, and then in 1961 fell in love for the third time and married Claudia Smith. They have been together for 51 years and have two daughters, Laury and Marilyn and one son, Steven.

In 1981 Bill bought the wholesale division from Aaron Brothers and changed the name to Spectra Galleries where he continued to compete in the home furnishings industry. In 1997 he altered the business model and ended his wholesale experience but started a retail custom frame shop in North Hollywood, which he ran until closing shop at the age of 85 in 2005.

Bill was an avid golfer and since 1960 has played with his best friend, artist Bill Blackman. Over the last five years, three of Bill’s sons joined him every Tuesday for a round. He had his only hole-in-one on the 9th hole of Westlake Golf Course at the age of 85. He often said how enjoyable it was to be able to play golf on a regular basis with three of his five boys. He also was very proud that he consistently shot his age or less.

Bill was an actively proud verbal member of the Republican Party and loved the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team.

He is survived by his wife Claudia, his brother Raymond, his children Jerry, Tim, David, Richard, Laury, Marilyn and Steven along with ten grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
His sense of humor, his honor and his honesty were legendary among his family, friends and associates.

He will be greatly missed by everyone who experienced his unique “personality.”

There will be a Celebration of Life at Westlake Golf Course on Sunday the 29th of January at 12 noon. Dress like Bill would.....causal and relaxed.

I sure wish he had made 100....0r 110.....but will settle for 92 and a half.

2012-01-18T19:48:00.000-08:00

1919-2012.......a full life with many life's left behind.

Love you Dad......see you on the other side.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

TEST

2012-01-15T08:59:00.000-08:00

This test is courtesy of Christian Ellis author of The Enlightened Enterprize

United States GOP Presidency Candidate Competency Test

This evaluation indicates whether a Republican candidate, after completing the form, is
sane, competent, and thus eligible, to run for our nation’s highest office, the Presidency.

Test Questions

True / False
1. Evolution has not been proven at all; school textbooks must reflect this.
2. It is okay to lie to people as long as long as telling the truth was never your intent.
3. Reagan never comprised and never raised taxes. Never.
4. Women should not have any reproductive rights or control over the own bodies.
5. It is okay to kill bad people but not okay for good people to decide when to die.
6. Climate change is a hoax, a baseless theory from people who hate oil companies.
7. Man coexisted with dinosaurs such as velociraptors and pterodactyls.
8. Our Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to abolish slavery. Tirelessly.
9. Taxes are too high for wealthy people in this country: they are persecuted victims.
10. Anyone can be rich; all they have to do is work hard for a while, just a while.
11. Poor old people, minorities, and students should not vote because they are confused.
12. Gays getting married is immoral and will cause all real marriages to fail immediately.
13. The Civil War was about state’s rights and trade, not at all about slavery whatsoever.
14. All immigrants are dirty drug dealers, mules, prostitutes, or gang-bangers.
15. The US Constitution must be followed literally, except when it comes to religion.
16. Reducing taxes does not increase the country’s deficit; in fact we don’t need taxes.
17. All Middle-Eastern countries and their people are enemies and should be bombed.
18. Paul Revere founded the NRA on his way to warning us about the British.
19. Evangelical Christianity is the only faith; the other 5 billion people on Earth are wrong.
20. Automatic assault rifles with Teflon bullets are needed to protect us from tiny rodents.
Bonus: Even though small businesses are the key, the millionaires are the job creators.
Bonus: If you come together and pray to baby Jesus, the needed rains will come.
Bonus: If you don’t have a job, shame on you; it is your own damn fault.
Bonus: Murdering our youth in the military is okay if the number is less than Vietnam.
Bonus: The key to getting elected is to trick poor people into voting for rich people.

Answer Key: All correct answers are False, including the Bonus Questions.

Answer Evaluation and Eligibility

Assessment of scores and eligibility (along with suggested action) are as follows:

Unable to answer due to severe brain damage=Bush Republican—not eligible (imprison for treason).

0 correct=Bachmann, Palin, Limbaugh, Rove, and Cheney Republican—not eligible (just imprison period).
1-3 correct=Gingrich, Santorum, and Coulter Republican—not eligible (hospitalize for mental illness).
4-5 correct=Cain, McCain, Paul, and Trump Republican—not eligible (closely audit bankruptcies and taxes).
6-7 correct=Romney and Nixon Republican—not eligible (constantly fact-check all policy reversals).
8-10 correct=Huntsman and Reagan Republican—not eligible (check for spousal plastic surgery bills).
11-19 correct=Eisenhower and Ford Republican—possibly eligible (however, ensure meds are always taken).
20+ correct=Lincoln Republican, Founder of the Party—eligible!!!

unbelievable

2012-01-14T09:41:00.000-08:00

Somethings are just unbelievable to me.......

Some Hummingbirds can flap their wings 4800 times a minute.

Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame.

There are 200 to 400 BILLION stars in OUR Milky Way Galaxy.

Reese Witherspoon does not have my cell phone number.

An Italian Ocean Liner can hit a reef after traveling the same route 52 times a year for 11 years.

Politicians really do think we should believe what they say.

Some people keep saying that Kobe Bryant has gotten old.

The Los Angles Dodgers might fetch $1.5 Billion.

The Republicans really think they have a chance to win the election.

Eastman Kodak stock is .51 CENTS a share and they own hundreds of digital patents.

Google is $624 DOLLARS a share and they have never charged US a penny to use their

core product.

The United States spent 4 TRILLION DOLLARS at the retail level in 2011.....in America.

Over 600 MILLION people do not have access to toilets in India.

The number of people going to bed hungry in America every night.

That a Mormon could run for President without showing us the "Golden Tablets."

So many unbelievable things.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

A list just because

2012-01-07T15:56:00.000-08:00

The top ten bands of all time....not in any particular order.

Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who
Band Aids
Glenn Miller or Benny Goodman( depending on who you talk to)
Queen
AC/DC
Journey
The Band or The Doors or Aerosmith (depending on who you talk to)
Led Zepplin

The top ten politicans of all time

Abraham Lincoln
no 2-10

It's amazing that I can name ten bands fairly easily but when it comes to politicans it just doesn't compute. Each and every person I consider just simply falls away when it comes to comparisons with Abe.

Mr. Lincoln would have been Ralph Waldo Emerson's equal if he had only been a writer.
Lincoln's quotes (which are readily available on Google) are beyond fabulous....they are perfect.

It's actually a great way to start the new year......read Abe's words and apply them to your life.

Happy New Year

Michael Timothy McAlevey

House of Saud and House of Obama

2011-12-30T09:58:00.000-08:00

One year ago Congress approved a 10 year $60 Billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The other day it was announced that the Obama Administration was starting to fulfill that deal by sending $30 Billion worth of F-15 Fighter Jets.

That's 84 new fighter jets in the hands of the House of Saud. If you need more information on the House of Saud.......go to the following link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud

The arms package includes helicopters, missiles, delivery systems, radar warnings and night vision goggles.

The treatment of women in Saudi Arabia should nullify any form of supplying arms......then toss in the fact that a huge percentage of terrorists funding seems to originate from that Sunni Muslim country and one has to ask.........

ARE WE ARMING OUR ENEMIES? AND ARE WE ONLY DOING THIS TO PREVENT THEM FROM BUYING FROM RUSSIA AND CHINA?

I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN SAUDI ARABIA TO BUY FROM EVERYONE.....AND THEY PROBABLY ARE.

Of course there's the oil dealio and arms for oil might be the actual reality bond.

I realize that calling Saudi Arabia our enemy might be a bit harsh....but please remember Bin Laden and 15 of the 19 terrorists from 9/11 were Saudi nationals.

Israel cannot be pleased by this action.

The fact that Congress approved this deal a year ago makes me wonder where the money ends up. Are these jets being built by the military?....probably not.....does the government contract McDonnell Douglas like a private label endeavor?

When the administration says they are selling Jets are they selling the jets or is McDonnell Douglas?

My guess is that this is one of those deals where every person in Congress gets a taste of the action....or they all bought stock in McDonnell Douglas right before the deal was finalized.

Welcome to cynicism at it's highest level.

But....... if you don't think that kind of thing goes on......then fairy tales, Santa Claus and the Easter bunny are still very much apart of your life.

I've previously warned about the amount of munitions being bought and sold worldwide and it seems to be moving toward a time when all that weaponry needs to get used in order to buy newer versions.

God help us.......and I mean it.....

Please God help us!

We seem to be out of control and America seems much more interested in oil and jets then it is in helping to secure the rights of women in countries controlled by Kings and their deeply extended families.

The House of Saud is not our friend and they sure as hell are not friends with the State of Israel.

They are simply a business partner and sometimes business should be trumped by morality and human rights issues.

I'm disappointed in the Obama Administration and Congress....but then again I'm definitely not alone in that arena.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

14 days until Christmas

2011-12-10T13:35:00.000-08:00

Just in case you can't quite decide on what to get me for Christmas....I thought I'd narrow it down for you.

I would really like to see one of the front running Republican candidates start to address issues that affect the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and the bullshit we listen to that has nothing to do with the health of ourselves....our children.....their children and especially their children's children. There is so little concern for the future of humanity within the Republican Party (and probably a majority of Democratic incumbents) that cynicism has reached an all time low among the American voters.

A recent Gallup poll put Congress into a record number.......76 percent of people polled said MOST representatives do not deserve to be reelected.

I would really like to see someone with power in the Middle East become a true humanitarian and subscribe to this one universal truth.

No one can do anything about anything that has happen before this moment right now.....so learn from he historical mistakes and make up a future that includes love and tolerance of different ideologies and belief systems. Maybe belief systems should be suspended for a few years so that the healthy acceptance portions, of those belief systems, can become fully actualized.

I would really like to see human beings stop blaming GOD for their actions.

WE DON'T KNOW GOD'S WILL AND WE MUST STOP SAYING THAT IT'S WRITTEN DOWN SO THEREFORE IT'S GOD'S WILL THAT CERTAIN THINGS SHOULD BE DONE TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO READ A DIFFERENT BOOK.

A book is a book and some are much better written than others, but please.....a book is a book.

BOOK.......what a funny word and then on top of the nonsensical sound...... it becomes an item which controls the very essence of billions of people's hearts and souls....and oddly enough there's only a couple of books that seem to have that type of mind control.

The sound advice on how to live one's life in a loving and responsible manner can be retrieved from millions and millions of books. It can also be a new book written by.............. you.

Divine inspiration is there for the asking. Just takes a bit of calm concentration and breathing.

I would really like to see a lot more calm concentration and breathing.

I would really like to see a tremendous reduction in weapons. In every corner of the planet.

This Christmas wish is so unrealistic that I hate even bringing it up but someone has to....and I sure don't hear anyone anywhere with political power......talking about less weapons.

(And the United States continues to be a huge supplier in this area.)

I would really like the Pope to take up a reduced planetary weapons position as part of his 2012 postulating.

I would really like the concept of ending hunger to become a topic of conversation in every political debate over the next 10 months. America could just start with American children and then move on to other geographical areas after taking care of business at home.

The number of children going hungry in America every night ranges from 1 million to 17 million. If you research the problem you will discover a very wide range of numbers.

THE POINT IS ................THE NUMBER SHOULD BE.......ZERO

or as close to that number as humanly possible.

I would really like the concept of Solar and Wind Power to become something less than a speculative gamble on the part of high profile energy suppliers. The truth is....they both work and they are both safe renewable sources of energy and NOBODY should disagree with that reality....and all forces, both within the government and private enterprise, should cut the crap and just make it happen......everywhere.

I realize my list is kinda short but that should make it easier to fill.

I can't wait to look under my tree on Christmas morning.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Take a look

2011-12-09T21:34:00.000-08:00

For those of you on the West Coast I highly suggest getting up at 5:30 am.... put on some warm clothes and journey outside to witness the lunar eclipse. Get as close to the ocean as you can or as high up on a mountain as possible.

The event starts at 6:06 and lasts until 6:57......but of course the process will take a few hours.

Partial stuff always looks cool and that starts around 4am.

The last natural phenomenon of 2011 should be marvelous.

Peace on Earth and goodwill to all..........

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Continuing with the smart guy

2011-12-03T08:59:00.000-08:00

Click on this link and you can read the NEW Contract with a America.

http://www.newt.org/contract/legislative-proposals

If you take each item and read it, while reading between the lines, you can pretty much determine which political party you should support. Of course it's very important to read between the lines and sentences of ANY POLITICIAN.

I'm still looking for the word environment or the phrase ecological responsibility.

Brings me back to a joke I made up years ago.

WHAT'S THE SMALLEST POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD?

Republicans to Save the Whales......one guy in Washington D.C. waiting for the phone to ring for the first time.

Back to the smart guy's contract.......

I like the first one about repealing Obamacare and putting in a replacement that saves lives and money by empowering patients and doctors, not bureaucrats and politicians.

NEWTON lEROY McPHERSON GINGRICH was a congressman from 1979 to 1999 and from 1995 to 1999 he was the Speaker of the House. I sure don't remember any REPLACEMENT idea that NEWT introduced that would have helped fix a broken health care system in the wealthiest country on earth.

Obama's health care plan might have flaws and it might be expensive BUT IT'S A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.......BECAUSE IT'S A MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION.

I'm not going to address each point of the document all at one time....but over the next few months I will take the different points of light (sic) and offer suggestions on what the content says between the lines of Leroy's contract.

Of course there's a good chance that you don't want to hear the other side of the story and if that's the case I'm glad I could link you up with the smartest man in politics.

See you on the campaign trail!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Could be a problem

2011-12-02T08:48:00.000-08:00

I saw this picture last week and it summarizes the photography portion of my artistic persona.

I used to always have a camera in my possession and now I don't even have a phone that shoots pictures. I realize this sounds absurd to most people under the age of 60 but in truth they still make phones that don't have cameras built into them.

They still build cars that don't have phones built into the sound system.

Of course if you pay more....you get more....and that's why I'm currently OMH............OCCUPYING MY HOME.

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My recent conversations with Republicans seem to focus on two issues. Obama is the worst President we've ever had....and Newt Gingrich is the smartest man in politics.

I suppose it's their way of saying that if Romney can't pull off the nomination then Newt is a great second choice because he's so damn smart.

So damn smart! Newt Gingrich helped create a Contract with America in 1994

The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. Written by Larry Hunter, who was aided by Newt Gingrich, Robert Walker, Richard Armey, Bill Paxon, Tom DeLay, John Boehner and Jim Nussle, and in part using text from former President Ronald Reagan's 1985 State of the Union Address, the Contract detailed the actions the Republicans promised to take if they became the majority party in the United States House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Many of the Contract's policy ideas originated at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. (Wikipedia)

When that Contract with America was introduced I distinctly remember reading it and noticing that the word ENVIRONMENT was never mentioned.

NEVER MENTIONED!

Some of the SMARTEST guys in the Republican Party construct a contract for their vision of America's future and the word ENVIRONMENT is not mentioned once!

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AMERICA'S FUTURE MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED TO DEAL WITH IN THE NEXT 20 TO 50 YEARS.

Somewhere in a Contract with America one would think an interest in environmental issues might at least appear within the structure of said contract.

AFTER ALL....THESE ARE THE SMARTEST GUYS....AND OF THOSE SMARTEST GUYS......SUPPOSEDLY NEWT IS THE SMARTEST.

I've just learned that Newt has made a new Contract with America for the 21st Century. I will once again read the contract and see if he has included anything related to the enviromental issues that face not only America but the entire planet.

I suggest you read the new contract and see if the smartest man in politics has started to use that brilliant mind.

The 2012 Presidential election is going to be a humdinger........families and friends will be divided like never before.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

New Talent

2011-12-01T09:39:00.000-08:00

I started Mind Jazz on Christmas of 2006 and since that time I've had at least three people read my "articles"..........

At least three............and only two of those people have left comments.

I'm understating the amount of readers I have simply to make a point.....

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY READERS I HAVE......IT MATTERS HOW MANY COMMENTS ARE LEFT.

I RARELY GET A COMMENT....WHICH MEANS ONE OF TWO THINGS.....and neither of those things means anything because you still won't leave a comment.

I'm not really sure why responses aren't included on a regular basis from my regular readers except for the fact that maybe there's nothing left to say after finishing one of my pieces....which is absurd because most people I talk to, in person, seem to be in disagreement with most of my viewpoints....so you would think that leaving a curt note or a sweet comment would be natural.

I'm not looking for strangers to leave their opinions because in truth I don't know them and don't have time to uncover their life stories.

I'm wondering why the people I know don't leave their comments.

It could have something to do with ME.

This current piece is a piece to introduce you to a new writer on the blog scene.....and this person happens to be one of my favorite people on the planet. (I have a nice long list and she's been on it since her birth)

Her name is Laura Fairly

http://lefairly.wordpress.com/

Her first entry is a request for people to leave comments. I can't tell you if she has ever read one of my "articles"....because she has never left a comment.

Most likely she might read this one because it's about her.....but I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't. I actually think her boyfriend has read more than her and I think he actually left a comment a few years ago. Yes, he also has a blog and yes I did leave a commnet or two.

Someday everyone on the planet might write a blog....and there won't be time to read them all and there sure won't be time to leave comments......but today and tomorrow there's still time.

I highly suggest you go to
http://lefairly.wordpress.com/ and read her work....and then I highly recommend you leave a comment or you'll end up with another insecure wordsmith (objective of exercise sans the grammatical license I take) asking for.....
commentcharity.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Art Break

2011-11-27T09:14:00.000-08:00

Michael Timothy McAlevey

SO.............you don't really care?

2011-11-26T09:23:00.000-08:00

IF YOU HAVEN'T LET ANYONE KNOW THAT YOU THINK ELECTED OFFICALS SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR INSIDER TRADING....JUST LIKE THE REST OF US......

IF YOU HAVEN'T LET ANYONE KNOW....

THEN YOU
THINK
IT'S
OK

AND
THEY
ALL
WIN
AGAIN

AND
YOU
LOSE

WRITE OR CALL SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO IT
TODAY!!!!!!!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Anyone 60 or older knows what today is

2011-11-22T16:31:00.000-08:00

Tragic national events are rare.

48 years ago today baby boomers suffered their first group disaster.

It was the first of three political assassinations that would dominate the 60's.

It set the tone for what would take place in the late 60's and early 70's with the youth of America deciding that their voice counted in regards to a very unpopular war and a Dickhead President.

It was the single event that buried an idyllic America that had existed from 1946 to 1963.

Whatever political point of view one may have......does not remove the stain of having lost the youngest President in the history of America.

I was 17 years old and studying for a math test in my freshman year of college when John Fitzgerald Kennedy's head was blown apart in Dallas, Texas.

48 years later we still don't know for sure if Castro, The Mafia, Nixon, The CIA, The disgruntled Cuban nationals that felt betrayed during the Bay of Pigs or just one single asshole with a rifle...was responsible.

History has shown that JFK and his brother Bobby had some powerful enemies.......and their power is so strong that no one can actually prove anything.

I predict the exact answers will be revealed in about 50 years....which would put me at 115.

Most likely I'm not going to hear the truth.....but I sure hope with all my heart that the Muppets didn't have anything to do with it.

Imagine how scared that would make my grand children's children.

Now that I've officially gone MIND JAZZ loony I think I'll just sign off and wish you a
Happy
Thanksgiving.

Michael Timtohy McAlevey

Can I have your old one?

2011-11-21T10:07:00.000-08:00

That big flat screen you bought last year will be obsolete next year IF you like your color to be more realistic.

The dealio is....I'm still in the Sony FAT BODY world of TV's so when you decide to upgrade to the newest technology....please give me a call.

You can thank nanotechnology for the visual enhancement that will be on the market by the end of 2012.

Right now your TV can reproduce about 30% of what the eye can perceive in the real world. The new nanotechnology will double that percentage. What they do to fool you is increase the brightness with LEDs but that doesn't really mean too much when it comes to color.

Of course the brains behind this new technology might be forgetting that for 40 years the American people watched TV with no technical enhancements....and were very happy campers.

I wonder how many people still have regular TV's simply because the old ones weigh more than a car and nobody wants to help move it.

I'm waiting for the flat screens to hit Goodwill and The Salvation Army before I make my move. But if you need to dump your 47 inch flat screen, next Christmas, with the old color flaws, to make way for the more realistic color version....just give me a call. I'll be glad to take it off your hands.

Of course you'll probably just want to put it in another room so that you can be one of those TV in every room families.

Is America the most wonderful place on earth.....or what?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

HAVE YOU WRITTEN YOUR CONGRESSPERSON YET ABOUT INDSIDER TRADING LAWS THAT DON'T APPLY TO THEM?

"charge-parity violation." and political insider trades

2011-11-18T10:52:00.000-08:00

60 Minutes ran a story last Sunday about elected officials being exempt from any laws or rules preventing them from conducting insider trading of stocks.

Yesterday CERN announced that matter and anti-matter aren't behaving in the way that the law of physics says they should.

Which one of these stories should be examined and investigated with the utmost security and diligence?

Which one of these stories will you never see again?

I'm going to write e-mails to my congressman, state senator and President demanding that laws be immediately passed preventing elected officials from using insider information to pad their personal bank accounts.

I'm also going to ask for a full investigation into all personal transactions done by elected officials regarding the stock market since 1946. (all behavior before my birthday is exempt)

I'm probably going to be erased within the next 5 days and 60 Minutes will be canceled after 43 years.

I highly recommend that you go on line and watch the 60 Minute segment (11/13/11) before they completely pull it off of the CBS archives.

The CERN item can be read about at
http://news.yahoo.com/physics-atom-smashers-antimatter-surprise-232412931.html

It's a much larger story but certainly not more important than the integrity questions that will be raised regarding the House and Senate.

The anti-matter/matter story amazes me......the 60 Minuted story just pisses me off....as it should you.

DON'T LET THIS FORM OF CORRUPTION SIMPLY EVAPORATE INTO MEDIA THIN AIR.....DEMAND THAT YOUR SOURCES OF INFORMATION (TV, newspapers, on-line) INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER TO THE MAX!

THE AMERICA PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND THE SIMPLE FACT THAT ANYONE WHO PERSONALLY FINANCIALLY BENEFITS FROM BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, WHILE IN THEIR ELECTED OFFICE, SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE MAT....AND COUNTED OUT. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9....YOU ARE OUT!

HIT THE ROAD

This is the type of behavior that makes people take to the streets and
OCCUPY ANYWHERE USA
.....and the interesting thing to note is that until the 60 Minute story I'm fairly certain that 99.9% of the voting public had no idea that members of The House and The Senate were exempt from any laws pertaining to insider trading.

I'M STUNNED!

HOW ABOUT YOU?

MAKE SOME NOISE!

MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY

How did this happen?

2011-11-14T09:36:00.000-08:00

In 1971 I was convinced that within 50 years all war would become obsolete. I based that reasoning on several things that were happening at the time......the main thing being the amount of young people taking the anti-war issue to the streets of America and other industrialized countries. It just made sense that as those young people grew into responsible adults that they in turn would make sure the earth had less weapons and more love.

It's 40 years later and OMG it turns out that I couldn't have experienced any larger hallucination.

How did this happen?

Did the young conscientious people of the planet all fold their tents or did certain events take place that made people extremely paranoid?

Paranoia leads to many different aggressive roads....one being the accumulation of weapons.

THE ACCUMULATION OF WEAPONS IS THE SINGLE MOST INSANE THING THAT THE PLANET HAS EXPERIENCED SINCE WW l l.

I've pointed this out before but once again it seems vastly important. In 1946 a few countries and a few citizens possessed weapons. Since 1946 not only has the munitions quantity increased a billion fold but the quality has gone completely ape shit.

Individuals can purchase hand held rocket launchers. Countries purchase them by the container load. Drug Cartels can go to industrial trade shows and buy whatever happens to be selling.

A MUNITIONS TRADE SHOW HAS TO BE ONE OF THE SICKEST CONCEPTS EVER DEVISED BY THE HUMAN SPECIES.

Take a short break and watch my YouTube video

http://www.youtube.com/user/mindjazz1#p/u/3/eMqQqSr38Yw

I'm fairly certain that small terrorists organizations have led to the paranoia that seems to rest in most of the living rooms of America. We don't get as concerned with other countries who have trained military personal because if push comes to shove we are the main shovees.

It's those assholes, without uniforms, who hide in the storm drains and then surface every so often to cause horror and havoc.

Those guys have made America accept any and all gestures that point toward a NATIONAL WARTIME MENTALITY.

40 YEARS SINCE 1971 AND WE ARE SO HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

And sadly........I'm not really sure what can be done to change that direction.

One of the first things that could happen would be to end any MUNITIONS TRADE SHOW planned for the next ten years. At least make it hard to obtain the items that cause pain and destruction.

Then The United Nations should confront the countries that are manufacturing those items and put everything on hold until the dust settles.....like in 2030.

Then a weapons collection program should be put into place.

We'll need volunteers to go into South America, Africa and Southeast Asia and ask those people to turn in their AK 47's and Hand Held Rocket Launchers.

That might be the funniest thing I've ever written.

The accumulation of weapons on a mass scale is completely out of control and the world has never been more armed than it is today.

How did this happen? Somebody wasn't paying attention and that somebody was
you
and
me.

We voted people into office ( both parties) that are on the payroll of munition lobbyists....and we did so because we wanted protection from Russia in the 50's, China in the 60's and 70's and then dickhead terrorists since 1980.

Do you feel safe and protected?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Check out Mind Jazz on YouTube

2011-11-12T12:41:00.000-08:00

Neo-Illumination awareness month.

Check out the various presentations on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mindjazz1

Start with Sean......

Michael Timtohy McAlevey

Flying close by

2011-11-08T08:57:00.000-08:00

Today at 6:28 EST an asteroid will pass between the moon and the earth. The distance from earth will be about 203,00 miles but if you look very closely you will see that it resembles a rhinoceros.

The asteroid's name is......2005YU55.

Robert McMillian discovered the approaching rock on December 28 2005 at Steward Observatory which is located at Kitt Peak in Arizona and operated by the University of Arizona.

It simply amazes me that that with all the observatories operating around the world that something the size of an aircraft carrier, approaching the earth, wasn't discovered until 2005.

The next time a known asteroid this large will come this close to Earth will be in 2028[5] when (153814) 2001 WN5 passes 0.00166 AU (248,000 km; 154,000 mi) from the Earth.[9]

Since the Mayans situation, which puts the end of the world in Dec of 2012, it appears that 2001 WN5 will simply be passing by a giant void.

Of course there's a strong possibly that the Mayans were simply eliminated by the Spaniards before they could continue working on their calender.

It seems that logical explanations don't always fit when it comes to doomsday predictions.

I'm going to walk outside at 3:28 PST and look for the rhino.

Maybe my perseverates are becoming slightly jumbled.

Oh well............... I'll just listen for the sound of YU55 passing by. I couldn't find anything about the speed it would be traveling but I'm sure it's moving pretty quick. Is there a sound outside of our atmosphere?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

New friend

2011-11-05T04:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I spent a good portion of the day at The Jules Stein wing of the UCLA hospital complex....which is adjacent to the Doris Stein wing which I will be visiting this morning.

Eyes are so complex that both Jules and Doris needed their own buildings.

Jules was the founder of MCA and his institute operates as the ophthalmology department of the David Geffen School of Medicine....who started Asylum Records and is one of the founders of Dreamworks along with Steven Spielberg and Jeff Katzenberg.

So far all this story indicates is that one should definitely pursue SHOW BUSINESS if they want to have medical buildings carry their names. It also apparently helps if you belong to a certain tribe.

That last comment is a humor tag so just relax Elvis....don't get your trousers in a bunch...................which by the way.....I have no idea if get your trousers in a bunch is actually an expression.

Yesterday was Grace Fairly's Birthday and I forgot completely because of being at the eye institute which brings me back to why I was there and who I met.

My friend Tom Sullivan. who happens to be an extremely private person and probably doesn't appreciate me writing about his situation, had to have major eye surgery. In my humble opinion any surgery to the eye is major. Cataract surgery is major major and that's what was taking place. My job was to drive him there....wait.....and then drive him home. While in the waiting mode of the experience I was sitting in the Family and Guest Holding Room.....which of course was called something else but that's how I remember the title. It might have been the little GeffenStein waiting room but probably not. Anyway while I was sitting there reading the Breeder Cub racing form I was casually listening to two adult women who were also in the waiting room. They were kinda whispering but it was a small room so I wasn't able to completely shut down my ear canals. It became obvious that they were mother and daughter and I assumed, for whatever reason, that they were waiting for the husband of the more mature woman and the father of the daughter....who was also mature.....just younger.

It's just the natural order of things isn't it?

But as you well know the natural order of things sometimes doesn't play by the rules.

What isn't natural is to discover that they were waiting for a seven year old son and grandson named Emmit. I'm pretty sure that's how you spell Emmit but it might be Emmet and it might be Emmett.....anyway, since he's the new friend I met I'll figure out his spelling later.

He and I only spoke for about 45 seconds and in that 45 seconds I learned a few important things. Maybe not so much about him but a whole lot about me. I'll learn about Emmit once he's in a more communicative state of mind. Had I been in Emmett's position at that moment I would have told the old fart talking to me to hit the f..king highway. History proves that I'm not the greatest patient and it was apparent that Emmit had much more composure than I.....and most likely is a lot smarter than me.

A small flash of the eyes of a young man going through what he's gone through is all it takes to register soul size and heart.

BOTH WERE HUGE.

I'm not going to detail everything right now because to be honest I don't know him well enough to share anything. He might not want me babbling on about his battles....but I think he would prefer to be quoted correctly instead of having me assume what he thinks and feels. Suffice to say the last few years have been a huge battle in the life of a young man...and the battle has been shared by a large extended family that also appears to have huge portions of grace and love filling their daily lives. I have no idea what their last name is but I can tell you that Mary Margaret is the Grandmother, Katie is the mother, Patrick is the father and Emmett has two younger brothers named Jack and Sean.

What this family has gone through in the last two years is beyond my comprehension.

And after saying that.... I'd also like to state that I wish it was happening with me and my son....and I'm extremely happy that it's not happening with me and my daughter.

I will find out today when I go back to Steinville (Tom has to have bandages removed to see if the surgery was successful) what the family name is, and then I will write a letter to Emmett and then I will be able to give you real quotes from the mouth of a young warrior.

Until then....no matter what you might be going through.....good or bad....it's important to share light with those who have to battle darkness. Battling illness is one of the darkest things we face and when that battle is being conducted by a seven year old boy......it simply causes pain in both the heart and the soul.

We can make it better........and the we refers to anyone who is healthy....which in my case isn't exactly correct....but compared to Emmett ( in his current state) I'm an Olympian getting ready for 2012 in London.

The concept of visiting sick children in hospitals isn't a new idea....but when was the last time you did it?

I'm going to start by communicating with my new friend and I'll let you know how that goes after I get further into the story.

I'm pretty certain that this story will have all the elements needed to simply break your heart and then lift your spirits.

You can start lifting your spirits right now by doing something for someone else who can't do it for themselves....and if it happens to be a young person that you don't even know....I think that all the inhabitants of planet Earth.......benefit.

It's a nice sound that is generated from displaying Grace and Love.

Like a soft hummmmmmmmmmmmm......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Happy Halloween and SEVEN BILLION

2011-10-31T17:31:00.000-07:00

The United Nations announced that today the population of the planet Earth reached 7 BILLION......which is kinda spooky until you look at other numbers.

Considering that there are 100 thousand million stars in our Milky Way galaxy....7 billion doesn't seem like much. Then you consider that there are hundreds of billions of other galaxies and the numbers become HUGE.

Trillions of stars in the Universe and only one United Nations. I wonder if they have an opinion on Universe population. Maybe they should start considering the bigger picture and it might make it easier to make sure that all 7 billion have a daily share of food and water.

We can handle that responsibility....don't you think?

Imagine the amount of candy that will be distributed tonight in America....and then imagine how much will be thrown away over the next ten days.

Imagine one hundredth of that amount being sent to African children living in refuge camp cities.

Hershey's should do a fly over and drop millions of little Kisses......the survivors would be addicted for life.

The fact that there probably wouldn't be a lot of survivors is the real spooky thought....but then again it's Halloween and I hear the door bell ringing.

Time to make America a little bit fatter.

Of course I always buy candy that I like to eat, so if the attendance is down I have sweets for the next two weeks. It might be the only candy I buy in bulk all year. Maybe I should take a few pieces and UPS them to Africa. Probably going to have a melting issue unless I use the cold ice packs like See's does.

Halloween is a strange event......it can't be called a Holiday because nothing is closed.

I do enjoy asking little kids on the street if I can have a piece of candy. Generally they always reach in their bag and hand it over. Sometimes they look at me like I've lost my mind.....but then I say trick or treat and they share.

Odd night to be out in the streets harassing little kids don't you think? But it's actually the only night of the year where rules get tossed and kids and adults mingle out in the neighborhoods.

BOO!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

2011-10-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

I guess it's time to chime in with the Mind Jazz opinion on OCCUPY WALL STREET.

The conservative side ( fairly lopsided in that direction) of my Tuesday golf ensemble uttered the word "Socialism" when referring to the OWS movement.

Every time the concept of controlling corporate greed comes up, The Right simply scream "socialists".........

And the same name calling applies when talking about raising the taxes on the wealthiest people in the country....along with that silly claim that lower taxes for the rich is a method of job creation.

WITH CORPORUPTIONS SENDING THEIR MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS....ALL THAT IS CREATED IS SIMPLY MORE................

PROFIT.

SO MANY TIMES THOSE CORPORUPTIONS DON'T EVEN PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO THE CONSUMERS....THEY SIMPLY SHOW BETTER PERFORMANCE NUMBERS FOR THEIR SHARE HOLDERS.

AND HOW CAN SOMEONE , IN CHARGE (CEO ETC.), WHO HAS SEEN MARKET CAPITALIZATION DIMINISH....GET REWARDED WHEN REPLACED?

AND THE REWARDS ARE SIMPLY STAGGERING.

ARE THERE NOT PERFORMANCE CLAUSES IN THOSE CONTRACTS?

I am a believer in the free market system but I've always felt that excessive greed could totally undermine the concept. If an individual doesn't regulate his or her personal level of greed then many others will suffer. Those who are in a position to affect the economics of a large portion of the population must be the ones who say...."easy does it, let's spread this around a bit." Warren Buffet and Bill Gates seem to be addressing that situation by their projects of giving back. Of course The Foundations they seem to be giving back to have their own names attached, so I'm not really sure about their greed levels.

The problem is those of us who aren't in the 1% have become extremely paranoid.

The DISPARITY IN INCOME DISTRIBUTION is a numbers game and that game is currently operating at the same level that was operating in 1928......

(NOTE THE ABOVE CHART)

The middle class of America was basically constructed after 1935. Corporate America was basically constructed after 1970. Since 1970 everything has changed.

Job creation, or lack of it to be more precise, is why those people are sleeping on Wall Streets steps.

Economic inequality is created by lack of jobs and when manufacturing and service sector jobs are being transferred (at record numbers) to other continents then sh..t will hit the fan.

HOW CAN THESE JOBS BE REPLACED?

NEW INDUSTRIES?

NEW SALARY PARADIGMS?

REDUCED PENSION ANOMALIES?

REDUCTION IN PRICE OF GOODS SO THAT SALARIES CAN BE REDUCED?

Can a Baseball team cut their ticket prices in half if the players don't cut their salaries in half?

IS THAT SOCIALISM or simply responsible behavior so that more people can participate in the process?

Would Gillette reduce the price of their razor blades if CBS reduced their advertising rates...or would they just show a higher profit margin.

I'm thinking that something radical needs to be done other than a total collapse of the system similar to what occurred in 1929.

THE NUMBERS ARE CAUSING A PANIC IN THE 99%....AND THE 1% DON'T SEEM TO CARE AND ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET EVEN MORE.

REDUCING PRICES AND SALARIES AND BONUSES IS NOT A SOCIALISTIC IDEA....IT'S SIMPLY A NEW CONCEPT TO SOMEHOW SLAP FREE ENTERPRISE IN THE MOUTH AND SAY.....WHOA NELLIE......EASY DOES IT.......RELAX.

Everything cost way too much and nobody seems to know how to control anything.

WE ARE THE FURTHEST ALONG REGARDING ANYTHING.....

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF BEING ALIVE AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE THE NOW

WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO CORRECT THINGS BEFORE THEY

EXPLODE AND COLLAPSE

Free Enterprise, Capitalism or Economic Liberalism is relativity young and can be fundamentally traced back to Adam Smith in the 18Th Century.

WE AREN'T COMPLETELY ASSURED THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE NEXT 1000 YEARS.....or even 100 years. We simply don't know because we've never been here before.

We do know that PRIVATE OWNERSHIP is the backbone of the structure and most likely any future successful capitalistic system will be operated with that principle leading the parade.

But when I'm told that I'm part owner of Microsoft with my 25 shares when there are 2 trillion shares outstanding....who is diluting who and who's the sap?

Corporuptions have convinced us that we can share in the ownership....but we've got to put up with their employee reduction program and their moving cost overseas program or the stock will tank.

WE PLAY THE GAME AND THEN WE GET PISSED WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT IN OUR FAVOR.

THAT'S THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.

IT'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN......AND THE ONLY REAL PROBLEM IS THE GREED BEING DISPLAYED BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE POWER. THE SAME GREED WHICH CAUSED REVERSE MORTGAGE DERIVATIVES TO BLOSSOM AND A COLLAPSE TO FOLLOW.

IF YOU HAD THE POWER WOULD YOU BE ANY DIFFERENT?

It seems the people barking the loudest are college grads who seemingly are being left out of the game.....and that game is the game that possibly leads to them entering the elite one percent.

EVERYONE WANTS TO BE IN THE ONE PERCENT and everybody who isn't in the one percent swears they wouldn't be excessively greedy.

POWER has a unique way of redefining one's personal moral fiber.....just like poverty has a way of making anger a defining character of one's personality.

CJC.......CREATIVE JOB CREATION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION....AND WHEN POLITICIANS CLAIM THEY CAN CREATE JOBS....WITHOUT OFFERING VIABLE SOLUTIONS....THEN THE SMOKE IS SIMPLY BEING BLOWN UP OUR ASSES.

AS AN EXAMPLE OF CJC.....SERVICE SECTOR JOBS COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO AMERICA IF CORPORUPTIONS SIMPLY SET UP INDIVIDUAL CALL CENTERS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES. THOSE SAME PEOPLE WHO USED TO MAKE $25 AN HOUR WOULD NOW WORK FOR $12.50 AND NEVER LEAVE THEIR HOMES. YOUR PHONE CALL WOULD BE ANSWERED BY SOMEONE IN AMERICA AND IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS COULD BE CREATED BY AN ORACLE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SEVER PROGRAM UTILIZED BY SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.

The OCCUPY WALL STREET movement is entirely different than the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party has numerous leaders while the OWS is just a bunch of pissed off people trying to slow down the greed train that travels right along side the free enterprise system.

THE ONLY SOLUTION TO EXCESSIVE GREED IS INDIVIDUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.....AND THAT'S PART OF THE NEXT STAGE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION.............. WHICH IS STILL A WAYS OFF FOR MOST HUMAN BEINGS.

Anger and rhetoric solve nothing.

In the meantime.....everybody has got to relax and start using creativity as a tool to solve problems.

And I truly understand that THAT is easier said than done.

DONE!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

WTF?

2011-10-21T16:02:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday and Wednesday, outside of Columbus Ohio, a whole lot of people completely lost their minds.

Every organization in the world that has interest in the welfare of animals should stand up and let those people, who completely lost their minds, know that lawsuits will be filed and there will be penalties to pay.

I'm not even an animal person....and I'm totally disgusted.

A short summary of the incident.

A man named Terry Thompson owned a wild animal farm, ranch or preserve, depending on who you ask, for reasons yet unclear, apparently opened the pens, gates and cages and let his exotic collection escape.

The community where he lived is called Zaneyville......or Zanesville if you need exact facts.

After letting his animals loose....he allegedly committed suicide. At 5:30 on Tuesday evening the first 911 call came into dispatch and 24 hours later the following animals were dead from gunshot wounds courtesy of the Muskingum County Sheriff's department.

18 rare Bengal Tigers
6 Black Bears
8 Lionesses
3 Mountain Lions
1 Baboon (who some claim might have been the ringleader)
and a few others yet to be named.

The sheriff's department says all the animals killed were immediately buried on the property.

Zanesville is 55 miles from one of the greatest Zoo's in the world....The Columbus Zoo. (Jack Hanna, famous for Late Night TV guest spots, was formerly the director)

A zoo 55 miles away could have been on the scene in two hours fully loaded with enough tranquilizer guns to stop al-qeada and yet at the end of the day 49 animals were dead and buried.

18 BENGAL TIGERS. The last time I heard there weren't even 18 Bengal Tigers left in India.

How much is a full grown Bengal Tiger worth?

My guess would be $50,000. How much is a Bengal Tiger rug worth? My guess would be......$100,000

WASN'T THERE ONE PERSON ON THAT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TEAM THAT BROUGHT UP QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED MOST OF THE ANIMALS?

Like for example...."Hey Captain Duck....do you think we could trank these things and then sell them to other Zoo's?"

I realize that when the sheriff's rode into the Thompson compound that a few causalities were going to take place.....but the second phone made after the initial 911 all should have been to the Columbus Zoo....and the Zoo people should have arrived with the Sheriff's Department so that people who knew about wild animals would be present. 49 causalities seems high to me....but then again 2500 wings beats per second by a hummingbird also causes me problems.

Getting back to the moment sheriff's arrived at the compound. I visualize a bunch of hunters...... and it's just a wild guess that most of the sheriff's department are probably duck, geese, deer, quail and rabbit hunters....... suddenly having an out of body experience.

IT HAD TO BE THE GREATEST MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES WHEN CAPTAIN DUCK SAID...."GO GET EM BOYS....AND DON'T BRING BACK ANY PRISONERS."

18 BENGAL TIGERS??????????????????????

I realize there is a sidebar story here regarding Mr. Thompson who had recently served a year in the federal penitentiary for gun possession....but I'm finding a few things hard to believe.

Why the Zoo wasn't involved from the first moment?

And are we really suppose to believe that 18 Bengal Tigers are buried on that compound without being skinned? If that's true, then I think we are going to heard some further news on this incident. Like Butch and Ernie and their cousin Jethro from Boogville Arkansas that have just decided to take a little drive up to Zanesville and snatch them some Tiger pelts.

ALONG WITH 10,00 OTHER HUNTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.....WHO WOULD KILL TO OWN A BENGAL TIGER RUG!

I see an HBO movie with all of them meeting in Zanesville at the same time and watching the fireworks unfold.

There's so much wrong with this story...including the local animal shelter who's spokesperson is named....Terri Wolfe.

49 of the 56 animals were killed. The other seven are being held for questioning but so far they all seem to be blaming the baboon.

Terry Thompson's wife, whose name is Ele' phant claimed that they didn't even have a baboon so authorities think he might have been an outside agitator recently shunned by the Ohio Tea Party.

Of course silly, I made that last thing up.........but this story could get a lot weirder.

18 Bengal Tigers?

Seriously!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

More of the big picture......

2011-10-19T18:49:00.000-07:00

It's odd when you think about much fuss and hoopla there will be over the next 12 months leading up to the 2012 election.........and how little considration will be given to REALITY.

Clowns in both parties are playing us like the fools we are.

We deserve it.

But I can honestly say that I'm also focused on the big picture......

Enjoy

http://www.hubblespacephotos.com

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Moving me.....

2011-10-14T09:29:00.000-07:00

I have a reputation regarding movies. Some people claim I like every movie. That's not a true statement. THE TRUTH IS......I CAN FIND SOMETHING WORTHWHILE IN EVERY FILM.......Sometimes the music playing over the credits is better than the film but it's something positive and whatever I can get for my buck is simply better than nothing.

The only film I've seen this year with no redeeming qualities was The Green Hornet.....not to be mistaken for The Green Lantern, which was visually entertaining.....but The Green Hornet proved once again that anyone can get a movie made if they try hard enough. Seth Rogan might be the silliest casting decision I've ever seen. I suspect we'll see no more Seth Rogan super hero adventures.

So far my favorite movie of the year is Midnight in Paris. It turns out to be Woody Allen's biggest box office success and I won't be surprised if it wins multiple awards.

The most uplifting film I've seen is The Dolphin Tale. I challenge anyone to go see that movie and not feel good about human ingenuity and resourcefulness. That story was not about a Dolphin.....it was about the human brain and how great things can be achieved. All feel good movies get a bit sappy but that's part of the ride. People who criticise extensive sappiness usually have some personal issues of their own.

Moneyball is quite entertaining but don't look for Oscar nods.

The fall season is upon us and the studios are getting ready to release their potential award winning films......I HOPE!

I'm going to go see The Way because I have a feeling.....I'll let you know if I let you know.

THREE HOUR PAUSE

Didyoumissme?

The Way is a Emilio Estevez film with his Dad, Martin Sheen, playing a father who lost his son and decides to spread his ashes across St. James Way...and complete the walk that his son didn't.
If you don't know about the pilgrimage in the northern part of Spain....then I suggest you read about it. The film is well done and the scenery is wonderful.

The idea of spreading ashes of a son is nothing new.....Sean is currently in 17 places around the globe with more to follow.

Do you personally know anyone who has done the walk along The Way?

Do you have their cell phone number?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Dark Matters unless it's Dark Energy

2011-10-06T08:19:00.003-07:00

They handed out some Nobel prizes this week and once more I need to remind those who somewhat care about the composition of the Universe....and it seems like a small percentage.....that what we can see and feel is realllllllllly small compared to what we can't see and feel.

Dark Energy makes up 73% of the Universe
Dark Matter...23%
and
all visible matter........4%

4% is our visible reality!

Dark Energy is an unexplained force in the world of physics and thus neither you or I have the slightest idea about it's true nature.

Actually I do have an idea but you wouldn't believe it if I told you.

We do know there are two fields in which things can be explained through the world of physics........the field of Quantum Mechanics and the field of General Relativity.

Basically the BIG picture and the LITTLE picture. Einstein developed the BIG picture and multiple brainiacs are credited with the LITTLE guy....with the main star being Werner Heisenberg. Max Planck actually came up with the Quantum Mechanics name but
Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli and Neils Bohr are equally important in the formulation of the theory.

Schrodinger's cat experiment......(click on title of this piece)
helped further the process of trying to understand what Quantum Mechanics was...but if that comes up at a cocktail party I think it's time to go see a movie.

Lately I've been reading about nanobots in relationship to nanotechnology manufacturing and I seriously have some questions regarding safety. The human body is very sensitive and regulating construction of products by tiny robots might not be a process left in the hands of multi-national corporuptions whose sole goal is to increase profits.

I realize that sounds like the unibomber but anytime someone questions corporate reality then the next steps are disclaimers followed by car accidents and private plane crashes. With nanobots being injected into ANYTHING then anything becomes possible and usually when anything becomes possible then someone arrives on the scene that shouldn't be involved in the process of determining what is good and not good for the welfare of human beings.

I read that 300 BILLION nanobots can fit on the size of the period which ends this sentence.

I think I've got off point but every since that Neutrino story last week....things have been wacky and moving way too fast......and now I find out that 96% of the Universe is made up of energy and matter that we can't see.

I knew the figure was high but 96%????????????

?????????????????

??????????????

?????????????????????

And then Steve Jobs dies and a big bite is taken out of the Apple. I have a feeling that in his non-physical reality he will be enjoying some amazing interaction with both Dark Matter and Dark Energy.

Please keep in mind that Dark is not a negative word.....it's just dark.

Do you personally know anyone who has won a Nobel prize?

Can I get their cell phone number?

96%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Just a physical reminder

2011-10-04T06:04:00.001-07:00

The REAL baseball season starts NOW

2011-10-01T08:42:00.000-07:00

Before I make my predictions on the World Series I need to wrap up a very unique Dodger season. And since this article is about baseball, all you nonunderstandingbaseballhaterswhocouldn't hitthecurveballorwereafraidoftheactualbaseball.....can now go do something else.

The Dodgers had one of their most interesting seasons in their wonderful history....but most of the interest was focused on off field events. Frank McCourt got more press than any player and it's not a good thing when the owner dominates the news. Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw tried to put the focus back between the lines but the fans just weren't interested in going to the games.

By lack of interest I am referring to attendance. I haven't seen the numbers yet but I'm sure this will turn out to be the worst attendance figures since coming to LA. Although most people blame the McCourt court scenes I think the economy played a major part and many people were quite happy to have a separate excuse to stay away....keeping in mind that a ball game for two can cost a few hundred dollars. It can be done for less but even a family of four in the nosebleed section can run $100 plus.

Donny Baseball finished his first year with a winning record and that's ok......but he's still a Yankee and I'm not sure the hardliner Dodger fans will ever accept him...just like they didn't really flip out over Joe Torre. It takes multiple World Series victories to swallow that Yankee tag and I'm not sure we'll see that in the near future.

I think the Dodger problems started when they didn't hire Mike Scioscia after he had been their Triple A manager in 1999.

You don't see the Yankees hiring Dodger legends and the same should apply here.

The real pain is when I jump ahead three years and have to see Clayton and Matt playing for the Yankees, Red Sox or Phillies......that's going to hurt. And it might explain why the fans are not going to the games. They realize that the Dodgers aren't in a position to spend the money to keep their best players so why bother to support someone that will soon belong to someone else?

To the positive side of the story.

Matt Kemp had one of the best offensive seasons ever by a Dodger. Obviously his break-up with Rihanna during the off season didn't affect his performance....unless the break-up was her idea and Matt decided to have a great season just to show who ruled the roost here in LA LAND.

2010 was a banner year for Matt Kemp's sex life and 2011 was a banner year for his baseball career. I wonder which one he wants to duplicate in 2012. I'm sure he'd like to have both but some people just can't pull it off.

Clayton Kershaw showed remarkable poise for a 23 year pitcher. It wasn't just the the fact that he won 21 games and led the league in ERA and strikeouts....it was the way he handled the media.
He says the right things because he seems to be having a great time and nothing appears overwhelming to him. Barring injuries he is a potential Hall of Fame candidate. Injuries are a big part of the process, so it's kind of silly to speculate on such nonsense.....but he has that kind of talent....both on and off the field.

NOW FOR THE PREDICTIONS OF POST SEASON PLAY.

My favorite World Series would be ARIZONA VS DETROIT. Since Arizona is managed by Kirk Gibson, who happens to have created the greatest moment in LA Dodger history, I see no reason not to root for them.....and since he was a star for Detroit then the whole thing makes sense.

In reality......Phillies vs. Yankees probably makes more sense.

I see something different than the obvious but then again I see a lot of things differently than most people.

Prediction.....

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia

Phillies win in 6 games.......with Chase Utley MVP

Play Ball!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Faster than the speed of light?

2011-09-24T10:53:00.000-07:00

A few years ago I was reading about neutrinos and their existence in relationship to what contributes to the laws of quantum physics. I did a small colored pencil drawing of what a neutrino would look like and it is a pleasant image to observe.
Click on the title of this piece......and you can read about neutrinos on Wikipedia.

The latest news from CERN seems to imply that neutrinos are faster than the speed of light.

FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT!

THAT, SIMPLY PUT......CHANGES EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY....AND IF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY IS INCORRECT THAN I SUGGEST YOU HOLD ON BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.

ONE CAVEAT......even though it's been three years since scientist first acknowledged the possibility of something being faster than light...they still need to do some additional testing.

But IF it turns out to be a reality than such silly things as time travel and space wrap movement throughout the universe.....will no longer be silly. It would instantly explain how beings from other galaxies come and go without being detected.

Molecular deconstruction followed by molecular reconstruction is the big one and if something is faster than light than the BIG ONE might actually be a possibility.

THE POSSIBILITIES BECOME ENDLESS IF ANYTHING IS FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

Right now in Jamaica.....Mr. Bolt is trying to figure out to make a neutrino milk shake.

Albert Einstein, on the other hand, is calling bulls..t!

I'm just simply trying to watch it all unfold....but it's so damn quick.....I don't know where to look.......

here....there....everywhere.........faster than the speed of light!

WOW!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

You know someone or you are someone

2011-09-18T09:13:00.000-07:00

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that drugs have now officially replaced auto accidents as a cause of death in the United States.

37,485 people died in 2009 from drug deaths compared to 36,284 caused by traffic accidents.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEATHS OUTNUMBER HEROIN AND COCAINE DEATHS COMBINED.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEATHS OUTNUMBER HEROIN AND COCAINE DEATHS.....COMBINED.

XANAX, VALIUM, ATIVAN, KLONOPIN, OXY CONTIN, PERCOCET, VICODIN, NORCO,DILAUDID, METHADONE are various forms of prescription drugs that are being consumed by someone you know or by you.

These drugs are being prescribed by doctors for various forms of insomnia, anxiety and whatever.

DEATHS CAUSED BY THE USE OF MARIJUANA ARE PROBABLY WAY DOWN THE LIST OF CAUSES......ACTUALLY IT IS PROBABLY THE LEAST DEATH CAUSING DRUG ON THE PLANET........and yet the voting majority seems to be hell bent on making sure pot is not legalized. I wonder how many people who vote against legalizing pot are actually taking one of the prescription drugs listed above?

Please keep in mind that alcohol and nicotine, which are both legal, cause more deaths than all the prescription and illegal drugs ever invented.

Alcohol causes around 75,000 deaths a year and estimates for deaths caused by smoking range from 250,00 to 650,000.....

2.5 million people die every year in America. Heart disease is the leader with around 700,000 and it's hard to determine how much heart damage is done by the use of alcohol and nicotine but all indications point to those two factors being huge contributors to troubles with the heart. Of course pot smoking cannot be good for the heart, or the lungs, but one usually does a lot less when toking out....usually.

Prescription drugs are another entire story. People are given these drugs by the most trusted person in their life......their family doctor.

You probably know and love someone who abuses their patient doctor relationship.

A secondary market of buying and trading prescription drugs is another entire part of this story that needs to be addressed. I'm not sure how one could ever determine the numbers involved....but I suspect it's a large percentage of the problem.

Pot seems so much less abusive than everything mentioned above....and even though I don't smoke pot anymore....I do remember how little it took to achieve a feeling of altered consciousness....and altering the consciousness seems to be the goal of any drug use.

It's amazing that extreme exercise, meditation and laughter can create the same affects and then afterwards all you want to do is drink some fresh cool water and have a nice meal.

Exercise, diet and prayer........can replace any type of drug.....but it takes a desire and an effort and popping a pill is a whole lot easier.

Easier seems to be the optimum word here. It might be the American way and if that's the case then a change must be addressed that focuses on altering a group consciousness........ a consciousness that is not working.

Good luck on that one pilgrim!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Lots of reminders and some football too

2011-09-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a abundance of remembering something most of us would like to forget but of course that's like trying to forget your own birthday. The older one gets.....the more one tries to ignore the inevitable. Of course there is an entire generation that doesn't have the images stuck in their mind except for what we feed them.

Some of the things we feed them include comparisons to Pearl Harbor, but when that happens it gives much too much credence to a band of extremists. Islamic suicide squads cannot be linked to a well armed country that was hell bent on controlling half of the world. I wonder how Germany and Japan would have gone about sharing the world if they had been victorious. I'm sure a war between those two would have taken place fairly soon after the end of WW ll. Talk about two crazy entities.

I'm pretty sure it was predetermined in the heavens that both those countries would get their asses kicked.

I'm really hoping that the same ass kicking will apply to any group of extremists who think that murder and suicide is an honorable experience.

And then after all the ceremonies were complete......... there were professional football games played where each and every one of the participants tried to knock the heads off of anybody not wearing their same uniform.

My team (RAMS) started off perfect and then everything went downhill. Not only did they lose but six of their most important players got hurt. Maybe they were just honoring the victims of 9/11 by becoming victims themselves.

I love it when professional athletes are giving and responsible.

Anyway....9/11 is behind us for another year, unless of course we had a family member taken that day....and then it's a forever hole that just sits there and hopefully gets slowly filled with love and wonderful human interactions. Some times the hole never gets any smaller and wonderful human interaction just doesn't take place.

And sometimes that's even sadder than the actual event which created the hole.

The American people seem to be a people that appear very capable of filling the hole....and for that I'm really thankful to be part of the experience....and again I feel very lucky to have been born in just such a place.

Now the real question is.......did I pick it or am I just a random accident?

I'd like to believe my true nature has something to do with where I am and who I want to be.

My true nature being.....the non-physical reality that has no time clock.

And that is really another subject for another day.

For now......have a nice 9/12....9/13......9/14....and on and on and on.......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

A moment of silence

2011-09-11T06:28:00.000-07:00

CHECK THIS OUT

2011-09-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

NASA just released a web site that lets you travel with their toys as those toys explore the solar system.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/

And while you are traveling make a note to contact your local, state and federal officals about the possible funding halt to the James Webb telescope that was intented to replace the Hubble and which is a 100 times more powerful.

Your quick simple letter, e-mail, text or twitter should read........

DO NOT LET THE FUNDING LASPE ON THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE.

In the meantime....have a nice trip with NASA.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Ten years and we've learned ???????

2011-09-03T08:32:00.001-07:00

On September 11 2001 a group of Saudi nationals flew commercial jets into three different buildings. Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility on behalf of Al-Qaeda. It seems odd that we haven't even figured out the correct spelling for those crazy son's of bitches. Sometimes it's spelled Al-Qaida or al-queda and sometimes it's just spelled....nutcases.

I think we've learned a few things about Dick Cheney and George W. Bush but we really haven't learned why Islamic radicals have literally misinterpreted their sacred book....the Koran. Which by the way, can also be spelled Qur'an or Coran or Kuran or al-Qur'an. How are they suppose to interpret the content correctly when they can't even figure out one spelling?

The bible is spelled....B I B L E........

Now please don't interpret this as some better than thou religious comparison because when it comes organized religions I'm pretty sure controlling massive amounts of people is the main goal and when the main goal is to control massive amounts of people, then the true individual relationship with the creator becomes lost in the translation.

I reckon this piece I'm writing will cause some idiot to claim that I'm demeaning the prophet Muhammad.....which is another name that seems to have ten spellings.....and put a fatwa out on my head. I was thinking of buying a fatwa at the .99 store but they currently are sold out.

The real difference between the two big religions......one stopped killing people about 800 years ago. The other seems to be hell bent on killing anyone who doesn't accept Islam as the one true religion.

Christianity's history most definitely has some major character flaws....and Catholic priests have taken those flaws to a new level in the last 50 years. If the Pope simply reversed the no-marriage rule, which was established around 800 AD, then those goofy priest, who like little boys, would simply fade away like Frank McCourt should. Martin Luther tried to make it right for the home team in Rome but was forced to start his own branch of Christianity.

I keep wondering why Jews, the Christians and Islamic scholars all think that God only conversed with their organizations. That is the problem isn't it? Each one of them thinks that God stopped publishing with each of their books. Of course the Mormons and various other splinter groups disagree with that limited publishing theory, but who really cares what the Mormons think? Now that Mitt Romney will be seriously running for President maybe some questions can be answered regarding the history of his goofy religion. The Rick Perry televangelist campaign should also prove to be interesting if the reporters ask the right questions.

Somewhere during the next 12 months one of the religious right wing candidates will make a statement that truly puts the Holy War into proper perspective. Because no matter what you think....the radical Islamic players on the other side....totally believe this is the big one......

The Holy War....or Jihad

If one simply pauses for a second and imagines that An Entity exist that has managed to create an ever expanding universe that contains billions and billions of creatures, planets, suns, galaxies and one Reeese Witherspoon than it's fairly easy to see that love is at the core.....not war.

I can't understand why any human being would underestimate the very nature of such An Entity.

It doesn't make sense.

Logic and reason must not exist in the heart and mind of anyone who thinks GOD condones violence....but that's just my crazy observation.

A Creator is a Creator.

And the fact that A Creator exist....should simply be enough reason to say thank you and

Love

You

There is no place for thank you, I love you and now I want to kill you if you don't agree with me.

The moderate Islamic leaders and scholars need to become extremely vocal and they need to do it now! They need to talk about misinterpretations of certain written words.

If they don't...then the HOLY WAR will become a true reality.

I'm almost worried that there are too many people on both sides who want a Holy War to take place.

And that's what I've learned since 9/11/2001.

How about you?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Mahmoud should be careful

2011-08-29T07:38:00.001-07:00

While certain factions, on both sides, are trying to establish a Palestinian state....certain other factions are simply trying to create havoc.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can't stop the bullshit rhetoric and all it does is cause tension. His latest quote regarding Israel was...."You have no place in our region and among our nations, and you will not be able to continue your ignominious life on even a small part of the Palestinian territories."

To say something like that is simply proof that he has no concept of history.

Jews have been a part of that region since......well, since the beginning of recorded history.

The Qur'an acknowledges Abraham and Moses as great Prophets.....where does Ahmandinejad think they lived......Miami Beach? Judaism was the first monotheistic religion and if not for that concept, Allah would be just be another of the multiple others worshiped by homo sapiens.

To say that Jews don't belong in that region is pretty much like saying Meatloaf isn't one of the greatest rock and roll singers of all time.

What doesn't belong in that region is ignorance and intolerance....and the President of Iran seems to the leader of those two traits.

By the way the Qur'an limits the amount of wives a man can have to......four.

I don't know why I brought that up other than the fact that it just seems very odd....and is probably a fact that most people don't know.

I can't imagine how much information in the Qur'an is not known by the average Christian.

Maybe both sides should be required to read each other's books of fantasy.

In the meantime...the President of Iran should try taking a vow of silence....and let people who know what's going on reach an accord that will offer some semblance of peace to a region where everybody seems to belong.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

2011-08-28T06:39:00.000-07:00

My mom, Meredith Ann Mathews, would turn 89 today if she was still involved in a physical reality. That reality ended, as far as I know, in 1980. One always has to assume that reincarnation might happen instantly for some beings. There are so many options available when one considers the reality of reincarnation. In truth....the varied options of how non-physical reality might work is simply......... infinite.

I'd like to think she figured out how to try again but I also realize that each of us has our own contract and perhaps she just got tired of physical reality.

It can happen. And it can happen fast.

Kind of like a small wind blowing over the ocean and then suddenly elements combine and a new woman is created.

The new woman in town has a name and they call her..........IRENE.

She lives on the East Coast.

IRENE is about four days old and has managed to completely shut down New York City. Now that's a powerful chick with an extreme attitude.

It turns out that a few minutes ago at 10 AM EST....on Meredith Ann Mathew's birth date.....she has been downgraded to a storm. Hurricane Irene is now Storm Irene.

I hope that doesn't piss her off and give her impetus to re-energize herself.

Irene the storm just has a nicer ring to it.....but one has to remember storms don't get named, so in truth.....we must say goodbye to IRENE.

Lots of damage has been left behind...but for now NYC has seen the worst and survived.

My mom, as far as I know, had a physical reality from 1922 to 1980. She created some storms in her life and some storms found her but she managed to raise 3 children and hundreds of animals and people who knew her will always remember a very beautiful woman who liked to have a good time and also was President of the 4-H club when I was 8, 9 and 10 years old. And she might have been the biggest Frank Sinatra fan on the planet. She loved antiques and she loved her Boxer dogs........but mostly I think she just loved us....and when it comes to moms....what beter thing to think and say.

Happy Birthday Mom........say hi to Frank....and tell Irene to keep breathing.....in and out....in and out......relax.....keep getting calmer and calmer.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Maybe tooooooo much

2011-08-24T11:07:00.000-07:00

I need to stop swearing on the golf course. The sound travels across the grass and kids and the religious right don't need to hear some freaking loud "F..K" interrupting their back swing or breaking their concentration while trying to putt.

The game's hard enough without crazy distractions.

On the other hand, I think there should be tournaments where people are allowed to yell during a back swing. Concentration is concentration and if done properly then no outside sound should interfere with the swing thought.

I only swear loudly four or five times during a round, but those moments, in which the harsh words come out, are simply a alternative to throwing my club in the lake.

One of the problems is that the course we play at is frequented by senior ladies and junior kids.

I suppose if I was playing Bel-Air I would receive a verbal reprimand from the President.....unless of course he was also a swearer.

Certain words have become regular parts of our daily language but I do realize that a large contingent of our population still cringes when they hear MotherF..ker and other commonly used dock worker and pro football terms.

Yesterday I was playing consistent golf until the 7th hole and then three huge F..ks bombs popped out on three consecutive shots.....I looked up after the last one and a gentleman I knew was on an enjoining tee and he was simply shaking his head.

I wonder why my father never says anything? He's 92 and has strong opinions on most subjects and I've never heard him swear. I think the Marine Corp trains you how to control that area of your brain.

I, on the other hand, only had the nuns making sure I toed the line and by the time I broke away from their control I was a swearing motherf..ker.

The game of golf demands a certain level of control...both mental and physically....that I obviously do not possess, even though yesterday I might have had the best shot of my life. A beautiful, extremely high, 110 yard lob wedge that landed one-half inch from the cup.

I think I said motherf..ker....but I think I whispered it.

From this day on I promise to make my verbal reactions on the extremely quiet side....or not at all. Which in turn means a six iron might end up wrapped around a certain pine tree on the 5th hole.

With my luck it might boomerang off the tree and hit me in the head.....or worst....hit my dad.

I'm working on some things.....ok?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

The mall not attended

2011-08-22T10:03:00.000-07:00

I've been to a lot of malls in my life but for some strange reason I've missed the only one that really counts.

The National Mall doesn't have a department store or a jewelry store or 16 movie theaters but it does have the one thing which truly matters.....

IT HAS THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

I feel rather silly for not having made the ultimate mall trip.

Thanks to Google Earth I can virtually take the trip.

My recommendation to you......if indeed you haven't done it yet.......is take the actual trip and make sure you spend plenty of time in the various museums.

And then stop by the Capitol Building and tell them to wake the f..k up!

I hear the best time to go is in late September or early October.

Have a nice trip.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

The new Texas good ole boy

2011-08-20T04:50:00.000-07:00

It looks like the 2012 election might be between a sitting President and a good ole boy from Texas named Rick Perry. We haven't seen one debate between Rick and Mitt but I have a feeling that the mood of the conservative voter in this country....will be wanting to elect a good looking right wing white Christian politician from the state of Texas.

It seems we've been down that road before....and Rick Perry might make GW look like a Rhodes Scholar.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's a lot more fun to be on the offense than on the defense.....as we've noticed by all the varied attacks on Mr. Obama......so I'll start the ball rolling by repeating something Mr. Perry said the other day.

"Global Warming is a contrived phony mess that is failing apart under its own weight."

I have a strange feeling that this is just the first of many things Mr. Perry will say that in turn will cause us to say......HUH?

This next presidential election will probably be one of the most contentious in the history of our great country.

I can't wait.

Let the games begin......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

My guess is that your guess is way wrong

2011-08-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

Stop for a second and take a guess on the percentage of how much money you spend on goods and services from China.

Your guess?

************

I asked someone earlier today and they said 80%.

That would be 77.5% WRONG.

Your consumption, as a United States consumer, of goods and services from China ads up to a whopping........
2.7%

2.7!

Obviously if you spend all your time buying toys and socks from Wal-Mart and shopping at the .99 Store, than you might have a higher percentage in your household. But in reality when you consider what you spend your money on....then indeed Chinese items are pretty far down the list of importance.

Think about your mortgage, rent, car payment, auto and health insurance, food, mechanics, haircuts, ball games, gasoline, utilities and entertainment......and it's easy to see why it's only 2.7% Chinese.

We then sell our Treasury notes to China and thus there is an imbalance on how much debt is incurred. China holds 26% of all foreign held U.S. Treasury securities....which has grown considerably from the 6% they held in 2000.

WE ARE OBVIOUSLY A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR CHINA.....I think.

If they decide to cash those Treasury notes then a different problem might arise. A problem that I don't wish to think about at the present moment. Selling them to Japan or Great Britain or Brazil might be ok but I truly don't know enough to offer a reasonable answer.

It just makes me want to play more golf.

Anyway.....2.7% of Made-in-China is all that we have floating around our lives....and yes that adds up to a tidy sum of money but nowhere near your original guess.

Am I right?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Where's the GOLD ceiling?

2011-08-10T06:40:00.000-07:00

With all the recent volatile stock market activity one thing appears constant. Stocks go down, Gold goes up. Stocks go up, Gold goes down. I think I could buck that trend by simply purchasing some gold bullion. At that point it would tumble back to reality, which might be in the $1000 an ounce range, and life would be back to normal.

With everything going on in the world financial markets I guess the real question is.......Is there a normal and is there a proven structure that creates harmony and calm for most of the 6 billion inhabitants of our beautiful planet?

AT THIS POINT IN TIME.........PROBABLY NOT!

Today Gold is $1773.00 an ounce. That Rolex watch your granddad left you 20 years ago is now worth 80% more than it was one year ago. On August 10 2010 Gold was $1200. In 2007 it was $600. The gold filings inside your mouth are now part of your portfolio.

Jewelry stores are suddenly becoming buyers and not sellers.
Watch stores are busy for the wrong reasons.

I think there needs to be a consistent value of Gold for calmness to exist....and that consistent value should be around $1000 an ounce.

Of course Gold fever is one of the oldest known fever's on the market and history clearly shows that people have truly gone nuts over the chance to possess the shinning mineral.

Would you rather own five ounces of Gold or five shares of Apple stock?

The pundits say.....get 2 ounces of gold, 2 shares of Apple, a few Muni's, one Treasury note and keep the rest in cash.

I think most people are just trying to pay their mortgages and their rent and keep food on the table. The optimum word is MOST. It's obviously a numbers game and when you have 300 million people in a country than most likely 30 million are going to be doing extremely well during any period of time.

The problem appears to be that 1% seems to have accumulated 90% of the wealth. That's 3 million not 30 million.....and those 3 million people are laughing and looking for second homes and trying to figure out how to avoid any tax liability.

The statistics on this problem are extremely close to the statistics of 1928. An imbalance of have and have not's is a bad thing for a free enterprize system.......actually it's a bad thing for any system.

Let's get something straight.....I think wealth is good and in our scio-economic political system...it's the thing that drives the bus. But the bus is full of passengers and those passengers can't all drive their own bus. The wealthiest people tell you that it's possible for everyone to drive their own bus but that's because they discovered some method that helped them buy a bus.

Not everyone can figure out how to own their own bus so they end up with a nice used car that holds four or five family members. And each one of those family members wishes they were driving the car......except of course for great grandma and grandpa who just don't like to drive anymore because people just won't get out of the way.

Of course then there's the people who are riding the bus because that's the only way to get around.

Do you think any of those people riding the bus give a rat's ass that Gold is $1733 an ounce?

270 Million people have no ability to buy gold at $1733 an ounce.

30 million can get a few ounces and 3 million people can do whatever the fuck they want.

If you are one of those 3 million people than you need to realize that Gold should be around $800 to $1000 an ounce. And you need to realize that people should not be starving anywhere on the Planet and you need to realize that it can all go away if more people don't participate in learning how to drive the bus....even if they can't own one.

The Middle Class appears to be shrinking and that's the worst thing that can happen to the United States of America.

An imbalance of wealth and a reduction of the Middle Class is a formula for disaster.

I think America has the fortitude and the moxie to figure out the solution. I think America will discover how to reintroduce manufacturing and service sector jobs to the American public....and do it within our borders.

I just thing it's who we are.

But I think Gold needs to calm way down......just like oil needs to be around $60 a barrel....Gold needs to be under a $1000.

Everything seems chaotic when oil is over a $100 and Gold is approaching $2000.......

Maybe everything is just basically chaotic in and of itself. In that case.......ouch!

Stock prices are based on human successes and failures.........Gold prices are based on ???????

How far is ???????? going to take Gold?

$5000?

God help us if that happens!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Cost, cutting and THE REAL PROBLEM

2011-08-03T10:15:00.000-07:00

Now that the Debt Ceiling has been raised and both parties have agreed to some form of compromise.....we can begin to learn what they did and didn't do. It will take time to sort out all the details but it appears that the wealthy and corporuptions are once again protected. The raising of additional revenue through tax increases appears to be off the table. I'll repeat it one more time. GENERAL ELECTRIC PAID NO FEDERAL INCOME TAXES IN 2010.

There will be cuts in the Military Budget but how much is still to be determined.

In 2010 the military budget was $685 BILLION. That does not include the cost of operating two military events in Iraq and Afghanistan. That separate expenditure cost $171 BILLION in 2010.

The estimate of the two war fronts since 2001 is $1,291 TRILLION.

The question being put forth by those who support American Wyatt Earp operations around the globe is......

WHO DO YOU WANT POLICING THE PLANET OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

The answer from the opposite side of the fence is.....

AREN'T THERE ENOUGH CONSCIENTIOUS COUNTRIES ON THE PLANET TO SHARE THAT INTENSE RESPONSIBILITY?

I realize that conscientious countries might be a vague term but if you apply freedom, logic, compassion, harmony, charity and wealth than you can easily name multiple players that fall under the heading of possessing a higher level of conscientiousness. Obviously there are some countries that have wealth but appear to be lacking in the other categories.

What WE seem to be doing with our current budget fiasco is attacking the less fortunate...which goes against the grain of why we are one of the good guys.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT 12 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN REFUGE CAMPS IN SOMALIA AND NOBODY SEEMS INTERESTED, THEN YOU START TO QUESTION THE BASIC MORAL FIBER OF ALL COUNTRIES.

Why can't we drop sacks of grain and rice right in the middle of those camps? Why can't we deliver millions of bottles of water to those camps?

WHY CAN'T MASSIVE LARGE CORPORATIONS PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX?
WHY CAN'T PENSIONS BE CONSTRUCTED SENSIBLY?
WHY CAN'T PROSPEROUS COUNTRIES SHARE IN THE COST OF FIGHTING TERRORISM?
HOW DO POLITICANS MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHILE IN PUBLIC OFFICE?
WHY CAN'T WELFARE FRAUD BE CONTROLLED?
WHY CAN'T OIL RICH DESERT COUNTRIES DO GREAT THINGS FOR HUMANITY INSTEAD OF JUST BUILDING RIDICULOUS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND BUYING RACE HORSES.

There are so many questions to be asked and so many not to be answered, and if I were to make a wild guess I would think all the current Budget Bullshit is simply a ploy by two similar political parties to take our focus off the target.

THE REAL TARGET THAT IS PREVENTING AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM TAKING PLACE......

HOW DO YOU REPLACE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE SECTOR JOBS THAT HAVE SHIPPED TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES AND INCREASE PROFITS?

It's like a slight of hand card trick and nobody seems to have an answer on how it's suppose to work.

In the meantime....The Global Community (and that means everyone) needs to focus on 12 million starving and dying people in Africa....and they need to focus
TODAY!

A REAL TIME EFFORT TO HELP REPAIR A PLANET THAT SEEMS TO HAVE LOST IT'S WAY ON THE ROAD TO THE NEXT HIGHER STAGE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION. (it will happen with or without you and me but it's nice to be involved in the process don't you think?)

BUT INSTEAD WE HAVE BUDGET BULLSHIT TO DIVERT OUR FOCUS!

JUST TAKE A SMALL PORTION OF THAT MILITARY BUDGET AND SEND RICE, GRAN AND WATER TO AFRICA...AND THEN USE OUR WYATT EARP GLOBAL MENTALITY TO MAKE OTHER WEALTHY COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE IN THE ENDEAVOR.

EVERYONE WILL FEEL BETTER!

TODAY WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO START

NOW
WOULD BE
EVEN
BETTER!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

2012 Olympics are just one year away

2011-07-31T11:53:00.000-07:00

The 2012 London Olympic time table............ begins now.

The United States swim team with Michael, Ryan and Missy just won 16 Gold Medals at the World Championships in Shanghai.

The interesting side note is that Michael Phelps wasn't the ultimate star of the meet....that belonged to Ryan Lochte. What it probably did is make Michael want to prove one last time that he is the greatest swimmer of all time. It's not like he didn't win a bunch of medals but he didn't break any world records, which is going to be harder since the magical swim suit ban went into affect a few months ago.

Ryan could do what Michael did three years ago but he will have to go through Michael to do it and that will not prove to be an easy task.

Missy Franklin is the new female star and she's only 19.

The London Olympics 2012 should prove to be a great event.....but then again I've never met an Olympics that I didn't love.

The track stars are next up for the World Championships in South Korea in late August.

Good time to make your reservations for London. Surprise someone you love and sail across the pond for the Summer Olympics. I just saw a Louis Vuitton trunk for $20,000 at the Santa Monica Place. Order yours and plan the trip of a lifetime.

I could actually stow away in the trunk.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

From Space.com

2011-07-28T05:24:00.000-07:00

Artist renderings by humans at www.Space.com are extremely important.

EXPLANATIONS on how things work in the universe.

Spend some time and learn about where you really live and it helps put everything in perspective.

The bottom line to this is.......you've got to love it.

"Our Father whose art is heaven.......

...................The Perfect Moment Now"

Micahel Timothy McAlevey

Wrong groupings

2011-07-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

Medicare and Social Security are not entitlement programs and they should not be linked with welfare and other social programs when talking about giveaways.

The abuse of the welfare system is legendary and yet no one in public office ever tries to expose the abuse or point out exactly how much money is being wasted. The layers are so excessive that the programs within the programs have become firewalls of abuse...... Apparently impenetrable from the outside.

I just heard a story this morning from a neighbor about a young white couple from Santa Monica. The story was a personal one because the girl is my neighbors niece. They are expecting their third child in a few months. Neither one of them works and they are both healthy. He is 22 and she is 21. They live with their grandmother in a home that is owned by grandma.

They receive $2400 a month from the welfare office and $700 worth of food stamps. There is a program within a program that sends them a $150 gift card from Target every month. They also receive an hour of free couple's therapy each week.

I fully understand the concept of social programs to help the needy and disenfranchised. What I don't understand is why investigations are not done on a regular basis and why, when somebody is receiving welfare benefits, they aren't also receiving free mandatory job training.

The 22 year man just bought an X-box with his Target card.

My neighbor has decided to write a book about the welfare programs and the programs within the programs that completely discourage young healthy people from seeking employment.

How hard would it be to employ young social workers to investigate cases in person instead of sitting in an office and writing down whatever an applicant tells them? It doesn't make any sense if the answer is .....we can't afford it. Hiring 5000 state social workers to investigate fraud would eventually save the state billions of dollars....every year.

And I'm only talking about California........multiple that by 49 more states and the problem becomes egregious and enormous.

Social Security and Medicare always get poured into the debate concerning entitlements. Again they are not entitlements and they should be left out of any debate concerning the welfare system problems. I can see restructuring the Social Security guidelines and perhaps offering young people a chance to control their own money but that's an entirely different matter.

I read the other day that Federal revenue, as a share of the overall economy, is at it's lowest level since 1950. The article was by Ronald Brownstein, senior editor at the National Journal.

HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?

I will investigate that point and get back to you later.

In the meantime...let's find out why abuse of the welfare system is not a focus of political interest....and let's stop grouping Social Security and Medicare together with programs that are freebies.

Social Security and Medicare are not handouts.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Debt Ceiling and Deficit

2011-07-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I referred to the deficit in a way that made it seem the same as the debt ceiling. After researching the subject a bit further it appears, in truth, that the debt ceiling has nothing to do with the budget and our massive deficit.

The two issues are separate and Republicans are using the budget expenditures to negotiate an increase in the debt ceiling....and Obama is participating in the negotiation by offering future cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

And then there are 87 freshman Republicans, many who claim to be in office because of The Tea Party, who claim not to be interested in being re-elected. That puts a group of people in political offices who don't really care about their political future....and while that might prove worthwhile in the long run, it also might prove disastrous in the short term. Many, if not all of those 87, say that will not vote for a increase in the debt ceiling unless the Obama Care health plan is eliminated. Actually that might be Michele Bachmann who said that, but she is a Tea Party leader....is she not?

Much of the debate also seems to be centered on increased taxation for the wealthy. What I don't hear enough about is how to close loop holes for Corporruptions. Just a reminder/ General Electric paid no corporate taxes in 2010......ZERO!

I suspect that wealthy individuals don't want their taxes raised....but at least they can deal with it.....without missing a rent or mortgage payment, forfeiting a meal or missing a doctor's appointment.

THE IDEA OF PENALIZING PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IS SIMPLY RIDICULOUS.

GENERALLY THESE PEOPLE ARE OLDER, POORER AND UNHEALTHIER.

I fully agree that spending is out of control but I keep looking toward our involvement in other parts of the world and can't understand why the cost of participating in nation building in places where we don't belong......never becomes part of the budget dialogue.

I suspect that the debt ceiling issue will dominate our news in the next 30 days.

I hope the American public takes an interest in the battle and I hope we all learn a bit more about political maneuvering and political bullshit.

IT'S QUITE HARD TO TELL ONE FROM THE OTHER.

But taking money away from the disenfranchised , the elderly and the sickly people of this country is not a solution to over spending....and if you think it is then you are most likely a proud member of the Republican Party.

IS IT REALLY A PARTY WHEN THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETED ARE THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY? Sounds more like a slow execution.

There shall be more on the DEBT CEILING because it will get uglier and uglier before August 2nd.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Deficit and other strange occurances

2011-07-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

I read somewhere that the war costs are not part of the deficit numbers....which means that the spending has really gotten crazy since Bill Clinton left office.

Social Security recipients have not had a cost of living increase in two years.....which is odd because gas, food and energy costs have spiked in the last two years.

The debt ceiling is such a strange term when you know that it can be adjusted according to who has the most votes.

I think the American public has lost confidence in both parties and that's why groups like the Tea Party can get representation in the House and the Senate. It's important to know that they don't have multiple seats in either chamber.

We give $2 billion dollars a year to Pakistan for their military operations. HUH?

Republicans failed yesterday to overturn the LIGHT BULB ACT which would eliminate 100 watt incandescent bulbs by next January.

The problem is everybody wants to replace them with mercury filled fluorescent bulbs and they never mention LIGHT EMITTING DIODES or LEDs.

A special shout out to the American babes running around in Germany trying to win another World Cup.

Peaches are currently 77 cents a pound. It won't last long. Enjoy.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

PRIORITIES

2011-07-09T12:32:00.000-07:00

THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM SINCE 1981
$192 BILLION

THE TOTAL COST OF THE WAR PROGRAM IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SINCE 1991
$3.7 TRILLION

THE POWERS TO BE HAVE DECIDED TO END THE PROGRAM THAT LIFTS OUR SPIRITS AND KEEPS US DREAMING OF A BIGGER AND BRIGHTER FUTURE.

THOSE SAME POWERS ARE KEEPING THE PROGRAM THAT MAKES MANY OF US FEEL LIKE
??????????????

I think it makes me feel like the planet is still inhabited by a large contingent of Cro-Magnum and Neanderthals...................................but that's just me.

I'd love to hear how the wars make you feel.

But 3.7 Trillion vs 3.7 Billion
somethings wrong with this picture

Michael Timothy McAlevey

First step is ending with Atlantis

2011-07-07T19:31:00.001-07:00

In 1962 a young vibrant President of the United States made a pledge that lifted our eyes toward the heavens in ways that we never considered. Not only did he say that America would go to the moon within the decade but he opened space travel for the first time.

Space Travel........leads to planet hopping which leads to alternative places to live long after our sun ceases to exist....which means the human species will forever be a part of the universe.

THE JUMP FROM ONE TRIP TO THE MOON TO LIVING IN ANOTHER GALAXY, ON ANOTHER PLANET, IS A HUGE JUMP.....BUT IT'S THE JUMP THAT OUR IMAGINATIONS TOOK WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY MADE THAT PROMISE.

Every single person that has worked on the space program since 1962 has had a larger goal than simply going to the moon and circling the earth.

The goal of making sure the human species survives is a goal that should exist inside every human being on the planet. Maybe it just sits quietly inside a small chamber of a portion of the brain not being used on a regular basis. It's part of us and although practical matters, such as food, rent, sunblock and love take a much larger role in our awareness.....IT IS THERE.

THE SPACE SHUTTLE has been intricate to feeding that goal even though most of us have never had anything to do with it and 90% of the population has never even seen a launch in person.

Tomorrow at 7:26 PST, weather permitting, the last United States sponsored Space Shuttle......ATLANTIS....will blast off and an era will end.

Private enterprise will assume the responsibility of taking mankind to destinations far beyond our present reach. It might take 20 or 30 years but we will resume our quest to make sure that we have another place to call home before our sun literally bakes all of our liquid. By all practical matters we only have about a billion years left so we better keep busy.

I realize that as you try to figure out where to make dinner reservations all of this seems rather silly.

Which brings this thought process around to

NEO-ILLUMINATION # 22

"the universe has a system of order and chaos

the human experience is a tangent of that system

which both

establishes order

and

creates chaos

belief systems directly lead to chaos

acceptance with investigation and introspection creates more order

the mysteries of the universe will always outnumber the known realities

and chaos will forever exist

our job simply might be

to avoid

extinction"

ALL HAIL

ATLANTIS.......

Michael Timothy McAlevey on 7/7/11

Back in Black

2011-07-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

I haven't written an "article" since the 23rd because that subject is so important I wanted it to have front page status for as long as possible.

It was reported yesterday that after three years of losing money, The Vatican turned a profit in 2010. Donations were down $15 million which is 18% of their normal take....but with cost cutting maneuvers they were able to move back into black.

Some of the cost cutting maneuvers consisted of turning over thousands of customers in Northern Africa to Islam and refusing to participate in the Haiti recovery which just happens to be 90% Catholic.

Pope John Paul II started the revealing of profit and loss statements in 1981 to debunk the rumor that the Vatican was wealthy.

In 2010 The Vatican only made a profit of $14.3 million.

The Catholic Church continues to be one of the largest land owners in the world and I would venture to guess that the value of relics and antiquities owned by the church might total in the billions of dollars.

I'm fairly certain that the Catholic Church is wealthy. Healthy is another question.

If a new Crusade isn't in the works than I will assume that all of Africa will eventually be Islamic and all those years of missionary work on that continent will be for naught.

I still think THEY could recover some grace by deciding to build 100 churches in Haiti and put every single person to work on that side of the island.....WITH THE END RESULT BEING A CATHOLIC CHURCH TOURIST ATTRACTION.

CALL IT......................THE ISLE OF CHURCHES

IMAGINE BUILDING 100 CHURCHES WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT STYLES EVER CONCEIVED IN THE PAST AND NEW CONTEMPORARY STYLES.

The people of the island, men, women and children, could be employed for the next 25 years. ...and it could all be financed by the sale of church BLING.

Within a few months donations would pour into the confers because people would see the upside potential for rebuilding Haiti and helping those people create a new future.

THE ISLE OF CHURCHES would be such a big tourist attraction that they might have to build another airport......not to mention hundreds of hotels and restaurants.

THE PRESENT POPE COULD GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MODERN RELIGIOUS WALT DISNEY.

I first came up with this idea over a year ago....but so far nothing has taken hold. I need to call the Pope. Does anybody have his cell phone number?

Have a safe and Happy Birthday America.

There is no excuse

2011-06-23T11:11:00.000-07:00

It's no secret that I am against war as a problem solving solution. That puts me in a position of being anti-military....which I would say is an accurate assumption. I believe much too much money is spent on military endeavors around the world but I accept the current level of our human evolution and realize that while in the relatively near future (100 - 200 years) problems will be solved with compromise and diplomacy....currently asses need to be kicked from time to time. I choose not to be part of that ass-kicking but I understand that sometimes when training the puppy it needs to have its nose rubbed in the poop. Homo-sapien evolution is not that far along and while we have truly invented some cool toys we have yet to expand the extra senses that are available to our species.

Being anti-military does not mean I am anti-people who participate in the process. Obviously the military is an important employer for millions of people and in our current retro evolutionary stage there are times when power must be exerted....and protection must be provided.

WHAT I FIND TOTALLY INTOLERABLE IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS EVEN ONE HOMELESS VETERAN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

In Santa Monica we have a council member named Bobby Shriver who is fighting to have the Veterans Administration in West Los Angeles use their empty buildings to shelter homeless vets. The fact that a vet can't simply walk up to a VA building, anywhere in the US, and find a place to sleep anytime that want is totally unacceptable!

When a soldier loses his life in combat we always hear how a family should be extremely proud that their child gave their life for our country.

Why should it be any different throughout the entire life of any veteran who signed the papers to be part of the military complex?

"TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN" should be the optimum phrase.

It's appalling how much money we spend on military endeavors throughout the world.

IT'S DISGUSTING THAT ANY PERSON WHO JOINED THE MILITARY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN SLEEP AND USE A BATHROOM.

The real question is......HOW MANY ARE THERE?

It shouldn't be that hard to find out.

Between the closed military bases and the Veterans Administration buildings every single one of those homeless vets should be immediately housed.

"TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN"

THAT PHRASE SHOULD BE USED ON EVERY RECRUITING ADVERTISEMENT.

LET EVERY YOUNG PERSON KNOW THAT IF THEY DO JOIN THE MILITARY THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING HOMELESS.

The amount of money that will be saved by reducing our military actions around the globe can be used to solve this stupid problem.

And by not taking care of the people who risked their lives to join the military....the military proves once again that they are most definitely at a lower level of the human evolutionary chain.

WE NEED THEIR STUPID TOYS AND BAD ASS ATTITUDES BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY ABOUT 100,000 YEARS OLD....AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN RECORDING OUR DEVELOPMENT FOR ABOUT 25,000 YEARS AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO CREATE MULTIPLE COPIES SINCE AROUND 1439.

And although that's an explanation for our general stupidity, it is no excuse for allowing a member of the armed forces to sleep under a stack of newspapers.

In my advanced evolutionary future reality of the human species....no one will be homeless but that's an entirely different story.

THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESS VETS NEEDS TO BE FIXED TODAY.

I'm going to call the President and the Vice-President....but I need their cell phone numbers......does anyone have those numbers?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

I expected more and that makes me angrier than before

2011-06-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

Under GW's watch from 2001 to 2009 I never expected much, so I wasn't that disappointed by the actions and the behavior....and thus I was never pissed off during those eight years when the White House was being occupied by the GOP. Of course there were many times I was nervous that somebody in the White House could say such goofy things, but now looking back I realize that he never made me angry. Constantly questioning intelligence quota's to be sure....but never really angry.

I voted for Barack Obama because I thought that certain PROGRAMS would be adjusted.

PROGRAMS consist of global military action, corporation favoritism, tax loop holes for the wealthy and corporations and environmental issues. I never really thought Universal Health Care would take hold so I didn't consider that a viable PROGRAM. I'm not convinced that mandating health care can withstand the road blocks which will be established by the courts. In fact, I anticipate the Supreme Court will end up ruling against mandated health care.

President Obama has had two great opportunities in the last few months to reassure his voters ( 2008 and 2012) that he brought a different agenda to the party. The first being a response to Japan's horrible disaster and the second being the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

First: After the Japanese Nuclear problem he should have come out and stated unequivocally that Nuclear Power was not an option for the United States and the natural renewable forms of energy; wind, solar and geothermal, would be the primary focus of our energy program.

Second: The day after Bin Laden was killed he should have announced that our mission in Afghanistan was over and troop withdrawal would begin immediately. That was our mission wasn't it.....to capture or kill the man responsible for 9/11? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

ANY TYPE OF DEMOCRATIC NATION BUILDING THAT MIGHT BE ON THE AGENDA FOR AFGHANISTAN IS NOT A RATIONAL OPTION! IT'S A TRIBAL MENTALITY AND WITHOUT AN EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IS NO CHANCE IN HELL FOR CONVERTING THOSE PEOPLE TO A DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT. TRYING TO HALT THE TALIBAN IS FUTILE BECAUSE THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTIONS OF THAT SPECIFIC ISLAMIC MILITIA THAT CANNOT AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER....SO ANY TYPE OF HARMONY WITH AN OUTSIDE INFLUENCE IS.....NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

MAYBE SOMEONE SOMEWHERE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO SIT DOWN AND REALIZE THAT 8TH CENTURY MORALITY AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS....DO NOT BELONG IN THE 21ST CENTURY......BUT I DON'T THINK I KNOW ANYBODY WHO CAN DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING A SABRE STUCK UP THEIR ASS.

The only positive thing to say about the Taliban is that......they aren't Al-qaeda....and they seem to be focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan whereas Al-qaeda seems hell bent on fucking with everybody on the planet.

I'm not unaware of the fact that I started talking about President Obama and now I'm ranting on about the Taliban and Al-qaeda.

This might all be related to the fact that I'm extremely upset with BO's focus and his lack of alternative behavior patterns......patterns that seem to parallel the previous administration.

Ron Paul is the only guy who seems to be telling America to wake up and stop nation building in places where it can't happen.

I'm not kidding when I say that Ralph Nader and Ron Paul need to join forces for the 2012 election. Maybe they could just handle the debates and create the questions.

I really don't want to hear Barack make promises that he has no intention of keeping and I REALLY don't want to hear some GOP goofball talk about what he will do different and how he or she will bring America back to the golden age of Reaganomics.

Maybe I'll just go into the mountains for the next 18 months and come back after the dust settles....or maybe I'll just work on a few of my paintings and pretend I went to the mountains.

Whatever I choose to do.....I'm a little upset with the result of my 2008 vote....and I really didn't see that happening.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

What would they think?

2011-06-17T15:19:00.000-07:00

I've lived on the corner of Washington and Lincoln since 1986 and yesterday I read an article in the LA TIMES that got me wondering what those two American Icons would think of the United States selling $46 BILLION worth of military hardware to FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS....in one year. That follows the $31.6 BILLION that the US sold in 2010.

The article by W.J. Hennigan brought up some very curious statistics. Mr. Hennigan wasn't able to call bullsh.t but it's quite often that I find myself as the one who needs to do that much needed job.

In October of last year Saudi Arabia ordered $60 BILLION (multiyear deal)of weapons from the following "great" American companies; Boeing, Raytheon and Sikorsky. The order from Raytheon focused on 2,000 pound bunker-busting bombs and from Boeing they needed some F-15 fighter jets.

Who exactly is Saudi Arabia's arch enemy? I remember that 17 of the 19 9/11 terrorists were nationalized citizens of Saudi Arabia....so MAYBE we are them????????

Egypt apparently is one of the largest customers for United States weaponry. It turns out that our toys are being used in Egypt, Baharin and Tunsia to squelch the pro-democracy protesters.

Pakistan, India and Indonesia were on a blacklist along with China and Iran, but recently were taken off of that list. If we sell weapons to Pakistan it really proves that we have lost touch with reality.

President Obama's marketing plan for weapons is making George W. Bush look like a pacifist.

It turns out that one of the major justifications for selling death toys to foreign governments is that it helps with the unemployment problem.

If you are BFF's with the US you get an even better deal. We give you the money to buy our weapons. Israel got $2.78 BILLION in aid from us...to spend on arms.

I HONESTLY FELT THAT WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING TOWARD A NON-MILITARY GLOBAL APPROACH TO SOLVING PROBLEMS. I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING FOR A F..KING FIVE STAR GENERAL.

THE "ENTIRE" PLANET IS QUICKLY BECOMING A WELL ARMED GLOBE and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight.

Why do I have a feeling that Canada doesn't participate in this deadly game?

The United States, China, Russia, Great Britain and France seem to be spiraling out of control toward who can win the weapons manufacturing award. The United States is currently the big kahuna but those other boys are busting their butts to catch up.

Is there no global vocal advocate who rejects this military consciousness???????

At this point I'd take anyone with mass appeal.....maybe Justin Beiber or Lady Gaga. Does anyone have their cell phone numbers?

Obviously politicians are part of the problem and religious leaders seem to be having their own issues....sport stars think it's all a game and my voice is limited to a very small area....on the corner of Washington and Lincoln.

I can't get anyone to even buy my artwork so there's not much chance I'll be able to alter the global weapons craze that obviously appears to be the main course on every countries plate.

Maybe I'll go to the Paris Air Show next week and order some drones and some F-15's.

INSANITY!!!!!!!!!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Bundled after long debate

2011-06-13T08:54:00.000-07:00

We are all being presented with the same dilemma.....bundle our telephone, Internet and TV connections and save money. The three major players appear to be Verizon, Time Warner and AT&T. I have not been approached by AT&T because of logistics in my immediate area....even though you would think Santa Monica could not be considered rural by any stretch of the imagination. Time Warner and Verizon have sent monthly flyer's regarding their bundle packages. Verizon's service, FIOS, was not available north of Wilshire for almost two years while they laid the foundation of their network.

Last week I finally made the decision and selected FIOS to handle my various connection and entertainment distractions. Anything that takes me away from my art is a distraction, but also a necessary part of staying informed and somewhat social. FIOS was installed in about two hours and now I am saving almost $100 a month.

The best part of the decision is that I now have a NEW television experience. The remote is new and the format of programing is new and while I still haven't entered the flat screen world I now have new channels and different ways of interacting with the boob tube.

I highly recommend when making your decision to bundle (and you will eventually do it if you haven't already) that you wheel and deal until you get everything you want. There are no term contracts and if they try to make you sign something or pay for the installation then you are not being due diligent. The more you ask for the more you will get. I didn't ask for a two year price on the promotion but I should have.

My Internet speed is faster with FIOS then it was with Time Warner and I was always under the impression that Time Warner's Roadrunner connection was one of the fastest methods other than T1 connections. Then I realized that FIOS stands for Fiber Optic Service and.......duh! Light is usually faster than MOST EVERYTHING and that's what fiber optic means.....transmitting information by eletromagnetic carrier waves through the optical fibers.

The two year delay in my area of Santa Monica was simply due to the time it took to lay the fiber optic cable. The odd part is that when they did the installation they used the Time Warner cable that was already here. Obviously outside of my building is a different connection but I was told that Time Warner and Verizon use each other's cable whenever necessary. I'm not sure how the fiber optics work with existing cable but it is working quite nicely. Of course I'm going to learn more about it, but for now it is what it is and I can see cable jockeying being a problem in the future....but for now they seem to be sharing.

One of the things about Time Warner that always bothered me is that promotions for new customers were constantly arriving in my mail and I saw that if I wanted a better deal on my cable it would behove me to not be an existing customer. It actually doesn't make any sense not to offer your customers an occasional deal just to keep them happy. I was a Time Warner customer since they took over Aldephia and now I'm not.

As soon as AT&T gets their U-Verse service up and running in my neighborhood maybe I'll give them a try. I will use FIOS for a year because that's how long I get free HBO. I will be interested to see what their price will be after the year promotion is up. At that time maybe Time Warner will be offering free dinners and Dodger tickets.

For now I'm bundled and feeling warm and cozy with FIOS.

Is anything else going on in the world?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

what's the chatter about the matter?

2011-06-06T08:39:00.000-07:00

At the CERN project scientists have managed to trap ANTIMATTER for 17 minutes. The previous record was 0.2 of a second.

Attempting to understand what happened when the universe was created 14 billion years ago is the motivating force behind the Large Hadron Collider project which sits 575 feet underground near Geneva, Switzerland.

Apparently Matter and Antimatter were created equally when the Big Bang took place....but locating the antimatter has proved to be a challenge. "The theory" says that Antimatter could have been annihilated when it contacted Matter but if there were equal amounts then there would be no more universe.

THE TRAP works when a anti proton is combined with a positron produced by radioactive disintegration to produce slowly moving anti hydrogen atoms....which then can be trapped. The problem seems to be the interaction with gravity. The anti atoms need to be cooled to a temperature less than a thousandth of a degree above absolute zero.

That initial vibration of matter and antimatter meeting for the first time and starting a chain reaction that led to this moment.....right now......is the reason the LHC was built, at a cost of MULTIPLE BILLIONS of dollars. The physicists will not be happy until they hear a voice that says....

"I'm hiding antimatter in a non-physical reality space and you can't touch it until you change realities....or learn to build machines using only antimatter materials....and that's going to cost a lot more than multiple billions of dollars."

BOO!

So much to learn.....and we only have eternity to figure it out.....

if we just had a little more time........

MIchael Timothy McAlevey

No one does it like Woody

2011-06-01T16:16:00.000-07:00

I've been a bit "unmotivated" recently and although it might be related to a few physical issues, even though that never seemed to bother me before, I seriously needed something to spark my wires or tip my scales or float my boat.....anything to get me stimulated.

Today I went to a matinee of Woody Allen's new movie "Midnight in Paris" and it was exactly what the doctor ordered....right after the antibiotics.

I'm always amazed when I read about the gross box-office results of a Woody Allen film and every time I say the same thing..............How can people not be seeing his movies?

Not only does he write with style and creativity.....he always manages to create something that no one has ever done and bring up issues that always seem to be left unsaid by regular film makers. This film is one of the greats in his long and industrious career and the best thing I thought when it was over was....please don't be over.....give us another hour....take us further into the time warp......

This film also reinforces my opinion that Marion Cotillard is in a class all by herself. It's not just the face....it's her ability to capture the screen as in the days of Garbo, Grant, Stewart and Hepburn. You can't wait to see her again and Mr. Konigsberg created a role which allows her to mesmerize our senses whenever she she steps into frame.

The fact that a Woody Allen film has never grossed more than $40 million is a statement....and it's a statement that I hate to make.

"MOST PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK WHEN THEY GO TO A MOVIE."

they sure don't want snappy dialogue to ruin their evening.

I realize there is a loyal following for Mr. Allen's film but it's just why to small.....and in my mind there's no real explanation.

$40 MILLION GROSS?????? HANGOVER 2 DID THAT IN ONE FREAKIN DAY.....AND IT WAS MINDLESS.

PIRATES HAS DONE 56 TRILLION AND IT'S BEYOND MINDLESS.

I sincerely hope that this movie becomes the highest grossing film of Woody Allen's 41 movies.....and I promise to do all I can to make that happen....

$50 MILLION PLUS..........a request to the movie gods......

Let's make it happen......

Thank you Woody for sharing your vision with us.

I'd like to call him.....does anyone have his cell number?

GO SEE THIS FILM AND THEN GIVE ME A CALL with the number.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Intern moves to the Discovery channel

2011-05-27T13:07:00.001-07:00

A 22 year old INTERN, Amelia Fraser McKelvie from Australia, discovered something that thousands of scientists have been looking for since the Hubble telescope was put into orbit.

She found the MISSING MASS which I hadn't heard of before now. I thought all the searching was for Dark Matter and lo and behold Amelia takes a summer vacation to look at the universe and becomes an instant sensation on the Discovery channel.

So the moral of this story......always keep looking, but be careful when you loan your knowledge out to some snotty little intern. SHE WILL STEAL YOUR THUNDER!

Click on the title of this piece and learn all the details.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

The Beaver and the plot against Mel

2011-05-23T09:28:00.000-07:00

THE BEAVER by Jodie Foster, starring Mel Gibson, is getting extremely short changed at the box office. After watching the film Saturday night I am further confused by the lack of attendance.

The film is important for anyone experiencing or knowing someone who is dealing with mental health problems. The film is important for anyone who has experienced the loss of a child, a brother or a sister. The film is important for anyone who has lost control of a business or a job. The film is important for anyone who has been involved in the breakup of a marriage and the destruction of a family unit.

IN MY OPINION THAT MAKES THE FILM IMPORTANT TO ABOUT 80% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION.

Pirates of the Caribbean #4 took in $300 million on it's opening weekend.....The Beaver has been in theaters for about two weeks and probably hasn't done $1 million worth of business. I can't explain why no one is going to see this film except for the fact that Mel Gibson is being boycotted by the industry.

I personally think he deserves an Academy Award nomination for his role. Not only is it a compelling and believable performance, but when one mentally blends art and life together, than the fact that he decided to make this movie creates an experience that is much more impressive than a normal acting job.

Watching him on the screen and knowing the rumors about his off screen behavior makes the the film an exceptional piece of work.

I can't believe that industry executives would be able to squash a movie because they don't like the actor.....but that is exactly what this feels like.

I've read a few of the negative reviews and all I can say is that mental health problems can obviously create a ton of denial.

The reviews didn't make any sense....which further leads me to the opinion that some type of collusion is taking place in order to prevent this movie from reaching an audience.

I recommend this film to everyone of all ages, sex, religious affiliation, minor mental issues( yes that does include you) major and minor family problems and to anyone who just might be curious to see how much Mel Gibson has matured as an actor.

If we stopped watching movies and sports because of the erratic behavior of the talent then we would be left with very little to observe.

Imagine if we applied that type of bias to our politicians and our religious leaders.

Give Mel a break and go watch THE BEAVER!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Booooooom!

2011-05-21T20:36:00.000-07:00

The LIFE magazine website has some incredible images of nuclear weapons being detonated since 1945. There have been more than 2000 nuclear test explosions, with the United States having the most at 1,054....of which two weren't a test.

Nuclear Countries
United States
Russia
United Kingdom
France
China
Israel
India
Pakistan
North Korea
South Africa

Check out the photographs and then simply accept the fact that
nothing
can
come
from
anything
related
to this type
of
energy

EXCEPT
destruction

Simple and clear.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Borders, The Rapture and other silly stuff

2011-05-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

There's been a backlash over the Obama announcement that the issue of borders in Israel, which separate Israeli's and Palestinians, needs to be readdressed based on Pre-1967 War boundaries.

Seems like pretty trivial stuff if The Rapture happens tomorrow. Of course the Jews are God's chosen people so most likely they'll be taking the heavenly trip. Of course that will cause some friction with the New Testament Fundamentalists and God will have to explain the boundaries once they all settle into Paradise. I wonder how the Islamic suicide bombers will feel about all these new people suddenly joining their multiple virgin heaven?

My take on President Obama's statement is that PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE and anything that might lead to that objective......should be addressed. I realize how important having an ally in the Middle East is, but the Jewish settlement issue goes well beyond having a friend in the region. The issue predates the United States involvement by about 3000 years. What needs to be addressed is the origins of the region....but then again Native Americans would also like property readjustments to take place instead of Casino distribution. Has anybody thought about maybe letting the Palestinians build Casino's in the Gaza Strip?

I know this sounds too basic......but the Jews are not going to be displaced again......ever! All the other non-Jewish neighbors just need to accept that fact and figure something else out. If they all didn't keep spouting "Death to the Israeli's" perhaps some boundaries could be worked out. Jewish people have been known to negotiate and if they didn't feel like everyone in the hood was trying to kill them, they most likely would make adjustments to some of the property taken during the war.

I think that's what Barry is trying to bring up. Can we have peace through the process of making a few compromises? I think any property adjustments would have to include a statement from Hamas and the PLO (do they still have an office?) that they no longer want to kill all the Jews.

Of course if the The Rapture does happen tomorrow then property rights become pretty obsolete issues to those of us who have been left behind. Since I am a huge God fan...but not so much an organized religion fan.....I feel confident that Sunday will roll around and the issue in Israel will still be an issue that needs resolution.

I think President Barry Obama and Prime Minister Benny Netanyahu can sit down today and figure some form of dialogue that gives Palestinians a sense of hope for a homeland. But of course any dialogue has to include the end of all hate messages coming from the Palestinians.

Is it possible to end the problems in Israel and have a lasting peace?

Is it possible that Fundamentalist Christians might not understand the theory that GOD IS LOVE and that THAT love extends to every man, woman, child and on the face of the earth....and every other form of life throughout the UNIVERSE.

ALL Organized religions underestimate GOD and that's simply because organized religions are always man-made.

I honestly believe that The United States and Israel can figure how some way to make PEACE a reality in the Middle East and if means giving up a little land then so be it.

Remove the barriers and establish a new harmony. Take away the verbage that keeps creating hositility and fear in the region. No more hate talk....no more death talk.

LOVE is the word and we know what it means.
It's time to start practicing the concept on a much larger scale.

See you Sunday..............somewhere.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Turn up your speakers

2011-05-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

I suggest you hook up your Bose quad stereo system to the computer and turn it to the max and simply enjoy one of the great man made sounds in modern history. The first 15 seconds of this video is like attending an AC/DC concert. In fact, on their next tour the boys should use this sound to start the show.

Step on the gas...let's go to space!

Endeavor's last ride!

Orignial Neo-Illumination pieces

2011-05-16T14:52:00.001-07:00

Didn't have Neo-Illumination name yet.

The original "Illumination" message came in less
than 20 seconds.
Painting took 4 1/2 years to finish.

The beginning of my Ne0-Illumination period.........1995 to ????????

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Thanks Phil.....

2011-05-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

Everybody knows how important a good teacher is and you don't have to like basketball to appreciate that the Los Angeles Lakers had the best teacher in the history of professional sports.

In fact, basketball takes a very deep back seat when it comes to the talents of Philip Douglas Jackson from Deer Lodge, Montana.

Professor Phil's ability to handle the ridiculously innate questions from sports reporters constantly reassured me that higher forms of intelligence could be present in the world of professional athletics.

Of course many reporters and fans regard him as sarcastic and aloof.....and to those people I simply say......wake up!

The simple gesture of giving books to players every year probably explains Phil better than anything. He taught his players how to think....on and off the court. And having 11 championship rings proves that his methods were correct. He retires (maybe) with the knowledge that he is the most successful coach in the history of professional basketball.

John Wooden holds that distinction at the collegiate level but I think everyone would agree that coaching grown men, who are making millions of dollars, could represent problems that Dr. Wooden never had to face.

Phil's nickname is "The Zen Master" and that alone puts him in an entirely different category than any coach who ever lived. I imagine in the future we will have more and more coaches using his methods and becoming "mini zen masters" but the truth is.....Phil is the original.

I simply want to say thank you Phil for bringing an intelligence and sophistication to the city of Los Angeles. I'm not sure that you won't get the urge to coach again and if you do I think the city that gets your special energy will be forever grateful....except of course for the stupid reporters who don't have the slightest idea on how to ask the right questions.

I also think your sessions with Bill Macdonald before the Laker games were wonderful and you two might want to collaborate on a question and answer book summarizing your Laker years.

Thanks again Phil.....you are the best and the brightest of all the lights in professional sports.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Just trying to figure it out

2011-05-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

I watched the first Republican debate the other night and I'm not really sure why they held it without any of the front runners and why didn't any of the front runners participate? It's so hard for me to figure out the Republican party. The hair on each of the candidates looks like it was ordered from central casting. Politicians are so good at not answering direct questions. I don't remember that class in school. "How to answer questions indirectly and still have people listen to you."

Donald Trump is the Republican Party fan favorite at this point and I would love to see him be the candidate for the GOP. How much fun would it be to riffle his feathers? And the bonus is he actually wears feathers on his head. If Sarah and Donald were the ticket for the Republican Party....I would have a full on mental woody.

The best odd part about The Donald ( and there's a nice size list of parts that lean to the odd) is that his corporations have declared four bankruptcies......FOUR TIMES HE HAS BEEN PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LOSING A BUNCH OF MONEY...and because of corporate shields he can wash his hands and feel no remorse. How can he have the gonads to stand up in front of the American people and tell us that he knows how to run a country? Maybe his first job as President would be to declare bankruptcy and relieve America of its Chinese debt.

Seriously.....that might be The Donald Plan.

Maybe The Donald could just be a moderator on one of the debates.....that would be interesting.

I will apologize to the American public right now. I watch Celebrity Apprentice on my DVR and I'm not really sure why. I love Meatloaf but not really in this format. I keep waiting for them to show a video from Bat out of Hell.......but all they keep showing is The Meat bawling like a little girl.....

Anyway, the Presidential Race of 2012 is OFFICIALLY underway.

Pull up your chair, grab a sandwich and a pint of ale or 50 liters of Tequila and let the PARTY BEGIN!

Vomit gesture duly noted!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

NPR and Rush Limbaugh

2011-05-04T11:53:00.000-07:00

The country might be divided between who listens to NPR and who listens to Rush Limbaugh.

I guess the people that cause the most concern are the ones who only listen to Rush. If all your opinions and news are formed by only listening to Rush Limbaugh than you are a complete idiot. Not a partial idiot....BUT A COMPLETE IDIOT!

At least NPR has different people covering the stories. Limbaugh covers some of the same stories but the only opinion one hears....is Rush's.

NPR is 40 years old this week and the last six months have been challenging because the Republican Party has gone overboard on trying to eliminate any federal funding that helps support NPR.

I DEFY ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO RUSH TO LISTEN TO NPR FOR THREE DAYS....I guarantee your life will be softer, kinder and smarter. Just the vocal tones alone compared to Rush will make your days brighter. On top of that you will get to hear what true investigative reporting sounds like. You might not like what you hear but that's just because you are an idiot. Once you start listening to NPR you will cease being an idiot and you will become a well rounded individual.

Now I'm pretty sure there are no idiots reading this article so I feel like I'm talking to the wall.

If, on the other hand, you are one of the 20 million people who listen to Rush Limbaugh on a weekly basis I highly recommend you switch over and listen to NPR where 27 million people tune in every week.

It's a battle.....RUSH VS NPR......WHICH I FEEL IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND. HOW DID A LOUD MOUTH OPINIONATED FATSO EVER GET 20 MILLION PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIS CRAP?

O yeah....I forgot....there are a lot of idiots out there.

I think there should be a contest. Every Rush fan must listen to NPR for one week and then take a test. And every NPR fan must listen to Rush for one week and then take acid to try and help overcome the experience.

The winner of such a contest would be the United States of America.

How much better would this country be if there weren't so many idiots?

How cool would it be if Rush started listening to NPR.

Rush has probably made, in the last five years, the same kind of money that the government gives to NPR annually........around $500 million.

I can't believe I've spent the last ten mintues writing about Rush Limbaugh....

oh yeah I forgot.....

I'm

idiot!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Tough to be a middle child

2011-05-02T10:45:00.000-07:00

So Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden bin dead for 24 hours was the 17th of 54 children. His dad, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden bin dead since 1967, had eleven wives......and this isn't a Mickey Rooney story because Mickey never had his all at one time. Osama mother's name was Alia Ghanem and she was from Syria. What we don't get to read is how old the wives were when signing up for a life of leisure. My guess is that 13 or 14 is probably the cutoff age....anything older than that is used material. When Osama was 10 years old he inherited $300 million dollars. I wonder if each kid got that kind of coin or just the future terrorist Lion King.

What really bothers me is how much he and Yusuf Islam look alike! (Cat Stevens in case you've been under a rock or hiding in an Pakistani compound)

I wonder how soon the reality show will appear on network TV? You know someone filmed the event from start to finish. Mark Burnett would never let this kind of opportunity slip through the cracks.

I hope we find out who gets the $25 million dollar reward. I would love to learn that it's a 16 year grocery delivery boy from FADAD RALPHS down the street named.......Bobby bin Good.

This really has gone on far too long and I'm not referring to chasing Osama bin dead for 24 hours.......I'm talking about the hostility between Islam and Christianity.

I recommended it 10 years ago and I'm restating the idea.

There needs to be

COUNCIL of FAITH

and it needs to be televised and broadcast on a weekly basis until the bullsh..t stops. The bullsh..t involves hundreds of years of hostility caused by someone believing that they know exactly what GOD's will is.

The Christian and Islamic faith seem to have taken that belief to another level where violence and hostility are the only final solutions.

Judaism isn't any better in their belief system but the numbers are so small that it doesn't really matter what they believe....and they seem totally focused on protecting what they have and very little time trying to convince others to join the cause.

Christianity and Islam, on the other hand, have always made it a priority to bring others into their fold.

It is a Holy Recruiting War and it causes stress on a world wide basis. We need to call a peace treaty among the two major kick-ass and take no prisoner religions of world.

A COUNCIL OF FAITH needs to be called on a neutral site......probably somewhere where a lot of Buddhist hang out. Maybe the Dalia Lama could oversee it before he officially retires.

I think I'll call him.....do you have his cell phone number?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Will's hair line is royal spot

2011-04-29T05:38:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning a little early and didn't know why until I remembered that two billion people were watching a wedding in London. I flipped on the telly, grabbed a bagel, made some tea, decided not to colonize the world and settled in to view THE KISS. I missed the actual ceremony but noticed that every news channel was live and extremely excited about the royal union between Will the Prince and Kate the commoner. Looking at the pictures I noticed quite quickly that Will got a bit shortchanged on the hair DNA. I might have thought a little spray paint would have been ok but then again that's just good ole Will. Anyone who marries a commoner probably isn't too concerned about receding hairlines and bald spots.

I think it's so cool that they are going to jet off to Florida and get a ride on the last Endeavor Space Shuttle which launches at 3:47 EST....which by the way you can watch live on NASA TV or
http://www.nasa.gov/

Two big launches on one day in April.....aren't we lucky to be alive in such a glorious time.

Have a nice weekend......and kiss your prince, princess or more importantly.....your very common frog.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

TOXIC and just outright evil

2011-04-28T16:41:00.000-07:00

Wikipedia information

TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT of 1976

The EPA's use of the TSCA to regulate dangerous chemicals is seen as a failure by many, including the EPA's Office of the Inspector General, who called the bill "inconsistent and presents a minimal presence." in a report dated February 17, 2010. [8] The agency also criticized the process bywhich the EPA handles new TSCA cases in the same report, claiming it is "predisposed to protect industry information rather than to provide public access to health and safety studies."[9] The report further acknowledges that trade secrets are preventing effective testing. Sometimes the EPA does not even know what chemical the TSCA application refers to, and cannot report any problems because "health and safety data are of limited value if the chemical the data pertain to is unknown."[10] Other groups concerned with the bill's lack of efficacy include the Physicians for Social Responsibility, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Lung Cancer Alliance, representing more than 11 million people nationwide. [11] These diverse groups, under the umbrella of the National Resources Defense Council plan to lobby Congress to revamp and rewrite the TSCA and allow the EPA to completely phase out and/or ban the most dangerous chemicals on the TSCA list. The group is also calling for greater oversight and reporting of health hazards of chemicals contained in everyday products. [12] Many businesses would also like to see a stronger bill to replace the TSCA, due to the more than 40 different state government regulations on toxic chemicals. In addition, businesses would like a standard that can be applied uniformly, rather than having to report many different sets of requirements to the individual states where the companies do business.

THE LATEST GROUP TO CALL BULLS..T IS ....THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. Apparently because children are smaller they are absorbing a vast array of substances THAT ARE ONLY TESTED BY THE MANUFACTURERS.

THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT BODY IN PLACE TO TEST INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS. Which just about applies to everything in your house that you don't eat or drink.

MANUFACTURES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THEIR INGREDIENTS and the government says confidentiality rules often times prevent them from sharing information with the general public.

That baby bottle which is made of plastic and ??????, and that carpet that is made of God only knows what could be causing serious problems for small humans.

And this is just one more example of how CORPORUPTIONS have chosen to ignore the well being of the public and focus only on the bottom line.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Maybe the Richest Man in the world and you might play on his golf course

2011-04-27T15:56:00.000-07:00

Considering that the United States froze $65 BILLION of Mr. Kadafi's money and he's still managing to operate without a problem....I think it's safe to assume that he might be the richest man in the world. Everything you read about regarding Libya's investments throughout the world are in fact Kadafi's investments. So therefore when you find out that Libya controls 60% of Bahrain's Arab Banking Corporation you actually can understand that Kadafi has the control.

Then when you start looking around the globe you find that Libya (Kadafi) has investments in every nook and cranny. African oil companies, pipelines, telecommunication firms, hotels, refineries and real estate have all seen Libyian (Kadafi) investments over the last 6 years.

Russian, China and India abstained on the UN Security Council's sanction of Libya which means that their personal involvement both ways is quite deep.

Now considering the way multi-national corporuptions do business I would not be surprised by anything that comes to light regarding Kadafi's interest.

Imagine

Libya in the last ten years has invested (through dummy corporuptions) in Jack-in-the-Box, J.C.Penny, Pebble Beach Golf Club, Goldman Sachs, Tiffany's, General Motors, Ford, Safeway, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and on and on and on and on AND ON AND ON........and I haven't gotten to the OIL COMPANIES.

How much stock in BP do you think Kadafi owns? How about Chevron?

BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUY STOCK IN ANY COMPANY YOU ARE BUYING A PIECE OF THE COMPANY.

Stock purchases through foreign brokerage houses and banks are done every single day of the year. If Kadafi has the right people working for him then he could be invested in your house and your car and your golf course and your grocery store.

I wouldn't be shocked to find out that he owns Donald Trump's golf courses....after all Donald does like to play with other people's money.

And everybody has deep and honorable principles until the cash shows up at the door step.

Therefore I am announcing right now that if Kadafi wants to buy some of my artwork I'm saying flat out.....

NO F..KING WAY DUDE!

But then some gallery owner calls me next week and wants to buy everything and nobody knows that the gallery is one of 50 that Mo Kadafi has bought in the last 20 years.

Can you imagine the collection of artwork he must own. Many auctions are controlled by telephone bids and nobody knows who they are because the purchases are made through agents.....and when was the last time you met an agent who wouldn't sell his grandma if his client would benefit?

Crap....Kadafi probably owns The Louvre and The Grand Ole Opry.

Next thing we will learn is that we still buy oil from Libya (Kadafi) on a daily basis.

Please tell me that's not possible!

Please!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

33 and still counting moments

2011-04-25T08:53:00.001-07:00

Dear Sean

33 years ago today.........you came into our lives. So many wonderful moments and most definitely not enough time. But time plays such a silly game with the human mind. There are moments that feel like yesterday.....when you would be across the street at Douglas Park throwing the baseball up in the air and making great catches....at the age of 5.

I can think of hundreds of moments that happened years ago and yet the image is like a recent Blu-ray movie. The circuits in the brain are wired quite strongly when it comes to recalling children's growing up moments. And then when those moments are abruptly ended...those circuits grow in bandwidth by leaps and bounds. The moments that were suppose to be just happy memories turn into Michael Bay action movie moments. Those wonderful report cards turn into straight A's. Those great plays at shortstop make Cal Ripken look like a nerd. Those games you pitched in Little League rival anything Nolan Ryan ever did. Your calm attitude makes Gandhi seem nervous and your writing skills approach F. Scott Fitzgerald's talent.

In other words......your physical life was perfect within the area between my two ears. And it still seems as perfect today as it did the day you were born.....which is today.....33 years later.

I will always hold you in the highest possible regard. And that happens to be a very easy thing to do because you actually did a really great job with everything you tried.

The moments you created for me to remember are some of the best moments of my life....and those moments just keep on giving.

Happy Earth Birthday Sean.........

Love

Dad

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Stone Voyager

2011-04-23T08:16:00.000-07:00

In 1977 NASA launched two unmanned probes and named them Voyager I and Voyager 2. The lead project scientist was named ED STONE.

Voyager 1 is getting very close to leaving our solar system and entering DEEP SPACE. Ed Stone is still monitoring the information that is being sent by a 1977 computer program and eight-track tapes.

Yeah....eight-track tapes!

What really amazes me is that we haven't launched updated probes with the latest technology.

I'm surprised Google hasn't sent one just to add to their incredible Google Earth site.

Mr. Stone isn't quite sure when Voyager 1 will enter Deep Space but he thinks it can happen within the next four or five years.

The edge of our solar system is determined by the fact that our sun's cosmic wind finally stops blowing.

The interstellar wind that is blowing in Deep Space will prove to be a major breakthrough in trying to understand how the universe operates.....maybe.

Voyager 1 is currently about 11 billion miles from earth. It has a device called a cosmic-ray spectrometer that will hopefully send back information about the interstellar happenings.

And then the eight track tape era will officially.....end.

I just think it's very apropos that Stone and 8 track tapes still work in harmony to create good vibes and groovy happenings.

Peace OUT

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Earth Day is Tomorrow

2011-04-21T10:43:00.000-07:00

You have one real home....do something nice for it!

NPR and the Attorney General's office

2011-04-18T11:52:00.000-07:00

I was listening to NPR this morning while driving to pay my ridiculously overpriced cable bill.....and was reminded how the current administration has dropped the ball.

Eric Holder, the current Attorney General of the United States, has not even organized an INVESTIGATION into the 2008 financial meltdown, let alone file indictments.

NO INVESTIGATION by the chief law enforcer of the United States government INTO THE LARGEST MORTGAGE FRAUD EVER PERPETRATED IN THE UNITED STATES!

Nothing can be discovered without an investigation and it appears that our current administration has declared hands off on the financial giants who created the mess.

I'll repeat it again like I did a few months ago.....watch the film INSIDE JOB and then start your own investigation and simply ask why hasn't anyone from Goldman Sacks been indicted? And why hasn't an investigation been launched by the Attorney General's office.

And then I'm reminded of the recent Republican budget proposal that says ENTITLEMENTS are creating the debt in this country and cuts need to be made to the poor, Medicare, Medicaid, the elderly and all the people who need it the most. People who are disenfranchised are being blamed, by the Republican party, for all the problems that currently exist.

The cost of operating wars in foreign countries never seems to get mentioned. And then to top it off the Republicans want the tax rate for wealthy individuals and corporuptions to go from 35% to 25%.

The tax breaks in place for Corporuptions is so out of whack that companies like General Electric paid NO federal income tax in 2010......and they made $14.2 BILLION dollars in profit.

$14.2 billion IN PROFIT......NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX!

AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE STICKING TO THE TRICKLE DOWN BULLSHIT.

NO NEW JOBS ARE CREATED....JUST HIGHER PROFITS.

AND NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE CORPORUPTIONS CONTROL THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

RALPH NADER MIGHT THE ONLY PUBLIC PERSONALITY THAT TELLS US WHAT IS WRONG....AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST WRITE HIM OFF AS.....

CRAZY!

I'll tell you what is crazy.........

it's crazy how stupid the American public really is....and how propaganda actually works on a major level in ways that people don't even know is working.

Instead of having Ralph Nader talk to us on a weekly basis about the problems, 20 million people let Rush Limbaugh and the Rush Wannabees voice their incredible bullshit.

The two parties are bound by one principle and one principle only.

DON'T FUCK WITH CORPORATE AMERICA.

THE MANIPULATION OF GAS PRICES IN THIS COUNTRY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW NEITHER PARTY GIVES ONE THOUGHT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW HIGH GAS WILL BE ONCE WE REALLY START CONSERVING?

Where is the voice of reason in all this madness?

BUT BETTER YET.....WHERE IS THE MASS VOICE OF COMPLAINT?

Please don't tell me it's the Tea Party!

might

vomit!

And now we have to get ready for a year and a half of election bullshit!

Obama was suppose to make a difference but

he seems to have been

Republicanized.

HOW ABOUT....

STOP THE WARS

TAX CORPORUPTIONS WHEN THEY OUTSOURCE SERVICE JOBS

TAX CORPORUPTIONS ON MONEY THEY MAKE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THEY DO BUSINESS.

DON'T LET THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT PROTECT CORPORUPTIONS

MAKE THE INDIVIDUAL COUNT AGAIN IN A COUNTRY THAT WAS FOUNDED ON EACH AND EVERY PERSON HAVING THE SAME RIGHTS AS EACH AND EVERY OTHER PERSON.

Don't you just love idealistic rhetoric?

And I've said it before and I'll say it agin....when did idealism become something evil?

When did the dreams of the way things should be..........become a crock of bullshit?

I want to remind everybody......that if you ignore the disenfranchised and choose to stop helping the people who really need the help then you become

cold

and

damp

and

then

frozen.

America is about something much larger than corporate success.

America

about

LOVE.

DEAL WITH IT!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Poker withdrawal and worst

2011-04-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

A few years ago I spent a week or so playing online Poker. After losing a few hands with really good cards I stopped playing and deleted the software. I'm not very smart but I realize that computers can be "controlled" by someone who understands algorithms and knows how to write code. If there is more than one player that knows one of those "someones" then anything is possible when it comes to controlling an online poker game. I know people that don't believe it can be fixed, and they spend quite a bit of time on the various sites. Those people and about 10 million other people are having major withdrawals today. The FBI seized two major sites....Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars...and are close to shutting down a third one, Absolute Poker. A federal grand jury charged eleven people with bank fraud, money laundering and violation of gambling laws. The government is seeking to recover $3 billion from the online sites.

I just want you to pause for a second and listen to the story of Unlucky Uncle Jimbo.

Uncle Jimbo has been playing high stakes online poker for three years. He had a nice personal nest egg but he wasn't filthy rich....a six figure savings account. Uncle Jimbo also plays the races and over the last few years has lost a big share of his nest egg. Uncle Jimbo had lost $45,000 over a three year period playing online poker. He is a decent player and sometimes enters casino tournaments but has never finished higher than 20th. Three weeks ago he entered an online tournament with the grand prize being a seat at the 2011 World Poker Championships. The tournament was scheduled to end today and Unlucky Uncle Jimbo was one of two people left in the mix. So far he had accumulated $85,000 and if he won the last game then he would win $125,000 and a seat in the WPC. Uncle Jimbo woke up this morning, took a shower, had his coffee and wheat toast with a poached egg and then went into his den and fired up his nice new computer with his beautiful large screen monitor and got set to finish the tournament.......... and the website read 'THIS DOMAIN NAME HAS BEEN SEIZED BY THE F.B.I. PURSUANT TO AN ARREST WARRANT." Have a nice day! Needless to say at this point in time, Uncle Jimbo has no idea about the seat in the WPC and his money, along with everybody else's, is frozen like a dead Antarctica seal carcass.

The United States government has probably created the largest single group jones in the history of our country. It is estimated that 8 to 10 million people play online poker. This is obviously a TAX attack. The government ain't getting their share therefore they are taking their ball home.

Uncle Jimbo was last seen driving the wrong way on the freeway.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Neo-Illumination reminder and some new art

2011-04-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

I'm about to step in it.......

2011-04-14T17:41:00.000-07:00

Kobe gets fined $100,000 for using the word "faggot" while jabbering at a referee and nobody ever gets fined for using the terms "motherfucker" or "Son of a Bitch." I would think every mom in America would have voiced their displeasure with those two terms, both of which truly should offend them. I would think every son of every mom would stand up and say those terms are offensive to the mothers of America. I would think the NBA and NFL and MLB would have issued fines totaling in the millions for using those derogatory phrases because there would be no players without moms. But instead a word that heterosexuals mostly use when talking to other heterosexuals is worth a $100,000 fine in the NBA? Those instances of making a off-handed remark to a non-gay person with the word "fag" in the remark total in the hundred's of thousands on a yearly basis. And before 1980 they totaled in the millions on a yearly basis. The word GAY was not used on a regular basis when referring to non-straight people until well into the 2oth century. It happened sometime around the period where gays suddenly claimed they owned the Rainbow. Seriously...I can't have a rainbow flag on my boat or my house or my car or my shirt or my pants or anywhere without it being an announcement that I am gay. And it doesn't matter one bit that I don't have a boat, a house or a car. Possession of objects is not the point of this point. I'm not gay but I want the Rainbow put back into society on a regular basis! Maybe that's why Kobi's pissed. Maybe he also thinks the rainbow should be for everyone. And how does the word "faggot" equate with the word "nigger?" Were gays being hung after being enslaved for 400 years? Were the gay cotton pickers teenage daughters being raped by plantation owners? And by the way....we all know that blacks in certain segments of our pollution call each other niggers on a regular basis. Do gays call themselves "faggots?" What if Kobi was gay? Would it then be ok? What if the referee was also gay? Then it would just be a street cred homi. I realize that the word is associated with homophobic behavior but I'm not sure how that got started and what happens in non-USA cultures where the word means other things like a bundle of sticks, a herb or a seasoning or an embroidery style on clothing...... and of course a fag in England is still a cigarette. Kobi has done more to bring GAY AWARENESS to the average sports fan in America than any other single incident. People are discussing something that they don't want to discuss and generally don't even want to hear about. Gays are excited because.....because.......because........they are gay! I'd like to hear Elton John's take on the whole thing. Maybe he could do another Saturday Night Live show and spend a bit more time being really really gay. Loren Michaels needs to have Kobi and Elton do the first show of the fall season as co-hosts.

I'm really glad I was able to solve that problem.

When I read that 1 out of every 110 children born have Autism I really don't get the entire Kobi incident. We really have other things to worry about besides silly name calling incidents by overpaid professional athletes. Do you think for one second that a gay person dying of aids gives one thought to anything Kobi Bryant says? So silly! I hope the $100,000 goes to AIDS research. And then I hope every single NBA player uses the term "faggot" in the next two weeks and each one gets fined $100,000 and it all goes to research on how to REVERSE AIDS and STOP AUTISM............COMPLETELY.

Michael Timothy McAlevey