CANDIDATES, STATE PROPS AND LOCAL MEASURES

I fully understand that next Tuesday there is a central reason for casting a vote...but I am also quite aware of how many people vote who don't really know who or what they are voting for.

THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AWARENESS depending on what OR whom one might be voting for.

Let's put 10 as the top awareness number and 1 as the lowest.

PEOPLE AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR AS PRESIDENT.........10

(I have to believe there is ample awareness for this office but I know I'm being generous)

PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE VOTING FOR IN STATE PROPOSITIONS.....5

PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE VOTING FOR IN LOCAL MEASURES....4

PEOPLE AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR IN CITY COUNCIL RACES....5

PEOPLE AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR AS JUDGES........MINUS 1000

THIS LAST CATEGORY MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE VOTE FOR AND NOBODY KNOWS WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE....ON ANY LEVEL.

Now it's important to clarify what AWARE means. Being AWARE of something or someone means you have researched, independently, the issues and or rumors and or allegations and or policies of said person or proposition....before casting your precious and valued vote.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME PUT INTO RESEARCH CAN DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS ONE HAS REGARDING THESE MATTERS.

MY GUT FEELING IS THAT 5% OF THE VOTING PUBLIC SPEND MORE THAN 50 HOURS RESEARCHING PEOPLE AND PROPOSITIONS.

MY GUT FEELING IS THAT 95% OF THE VOTING PUBLIC SPEND LESS THAN 50 HOURS RESEARCHING PEOPLE AND PROPOSITIONS.

ON TOP OF THAT SILLY GUT FEELING, IS THE FEELING THAT 75% OF THAT 95% SPEND LESS THAN 10 HOURS RESEARCHING ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE VOTING FOR.

SIDE-BAR.....THE INTERNET HAS PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO REDUCING THAT PERCENTAGE FROM 95 TO 75 BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO SPENT TIME ON THE COMPUTER....Microsoft, Apple and Google are who they are because of the time spent in their world.

But what that also means is that people can be duped by what they find on the Internet...especially if they don't go beyond the obvious constructed dupe techniques that are put in place in order to create dupiness.

I therefore have decided to offer my picks for the upcoming election... people and propositions and measures and city council and school board and judges.

I can officially state that being duped is not something limited to dupes but on the other hand

I might be the biggest dupe of them all.

My sincere hope is that you have researched the people and the issues and have decided to vote a certain way because of the information formulated in your noggin.

PRESIDENT: Are you kidding me? Even though I do find it hard not to vote for Nader..but I made that error in 2000

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE.....NOBODY IS RUNNING AGAINST WAXMAN?

STATE SENATOR....COLIN GOLDMAN.....How could I not for for a screenwriter?

STATE ASSEMBLY.....JULIA BROWNLEY....I guess!

JUDICIAL....The only interesting person here is ROCKY CRABB.....but Hilleri Merritt probably has some legacy involved in her history.

STATE MEASURES
1a....YES....even though I think the proponents of 8 are pushing this so they can get to San Francisco faster....which becomes my only gay joke of the campaign

2...YES....seems like common sense...even though it will raise the price of eggs to $10 a carton.

3...YES...talk about a guilt trip

4...NO....

I'm just against anything to reduce a women's right to choose....even if she's a teenager.

A teenager in America is a mother of two in many
other countries. I also believe 16 year olds should be able to vote.

5.....I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE MANY MANY MANY MANY TIMES....AND THEN THIS MORNING JERRY BROWN CAME OUT AGAINST IT BUT HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO ARNOLD WHO IS ALSO AGAINST IT AND THE PRISON GUARDS ARE AGAINST IT AND THEREFORE I GUESS I'M AGAINST IT.

BUT IN REALITY....I AM FOR LESS PRISONS AND MORE TREATMENT CENTERS FOR NON-VIOLENT DRUG USERS SO THEREFORE I AM VOTING
YES....but it probably won't pass

6.....YES....the gang related sentence in the bill got me....all gangs should be in prison....everyone not in a gang should be out of prison unless they committed a violent crime.
The gangs could then take care of the violent criminals and all's well that ends well.

7...YES....but 2010 seems rather quick

8.....NO...I still can't believe this got on the ballot....in California????? Texas and Oklahoma I get....California???????

9....YES....VICTIMS SHOULD HAVE INPUT....but not final say.

10.....NO....let the big boys spend their own money

11.....YES....This seems like something that should be done by a Bi-Partisan Commission.

12......YES...another effective guilt trip

AND THEN FINALLY.......
LOCAL SANTA MONCIA CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD AND MEASURES

BOBBY SHRIVER
SUSAN HARTLEY
KEN GENSER
JERRY RUBIN

YES ON T

YES ON SM

YES ON R

AND FINALLY THE ONLY PERSON I ACTUALLY KNOW RUNNING FOR ANYTHING

BEN ALLEN FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
This young man was a smart kid when he was 8 and now he's a smart adult trying to help with school board issues.

AND THAT RAPS UP THE MOST BORING BLOG I'VE EVER WRITTEN
SORRY

IT
JUST
NEEDED
TO BE
DONE

OH YEAH.....AND BY THE WAY

BOO

Michael Timothy McAlevey

BIG THINGS COMING

BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK....SOME BIGGER THAN OTHERS....

.... BUT IT'S NICE TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE.

NO MATTER HOW IMPORTANT SOMETHING MIGHT BE

ON OUR PLANET

IT'S TINY WHEN YOU LOOK

AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

and

all

you

have

to

do

is

look

up

before

you

hook

up

Michael Timothy McAlevey

CHANGE OF PACE

Are you the valley I should photograph
Or the mountain I can climb
Are you a song that I must sing
Or the poem I can't rhyme

Are you the painting I want to do
Or the design I cannot see
Or
are you
really
just
love
that cannot be

Are you a movie I might write
Or a melody just lurking in my mind
Maybe just a memory
Of something I can't find

This thing that you are
That I can't seem to know
Just lingers very softly
Somewhere inside my soul

It's a peaceful image
And incredibly beautiful to see
But it is also very strange
That you are not lying next to me

The energy that fills this void
Is strong and seems so real
But when I reach to touch you
There is nothing I can feel

Are you the valley I should photograph
Or the mountain I can't climb
Are you a song that I might write
Or a poem that I will rhyme

Are you the painting I have to do
Or the design I cannot see
Or
are you
really
just
love
that cannot be


If it's just a dream
With no physical reality
Then it becomes a cosmic joke
That Heaven plays on me

The laughter that is heard
From angels, demons and in between beings
Explains very clearly
Why no one hears my screams

HA HA always overshadows BOO HOO
No matter where you live
A good strong laugh is better
If that's all you have to give

And I understand the truth
Why you can't come to me
Even though I think
It's somewhere you might like to be

I'm not real
In the space that is your dream
Just a whisper in some illusion
Of what love might really mean

But I know you are out there
As I am in here
And sometime it would be nice
If this vision could be clear

Maybe just a quick flash
That lights up my damaged heart
And lets me know that you know
That something just might start

I can't make you come to me
No matter what I say
Just like there is nothing I can do
To make you go away

Are you the valley I should photograph
Or the mountain I can climb
Are you the song that I must write
Or the poem I will rhyme

Are you the painting I want to do
Or the design I cannot see
Or
are you
really
just
love
that cannot be

THE PROCESS OF WRITING A LOVE SONG...A LOVE STORY...A LOVE LETTER or A POEM ABOUT LOVE REALLY DOES ENTER THE REALM OF ILLUSIONARY TRIANGULATION...
and I fully understand that illusionary is not a word but I like it.

One knows what one knows
One hopes for what one hopes for
And then everything in between controls the reality

We can attempt to understand when something might not be happening and yet there is that place that lives inside our minds that lets us know that we don't really have a clue.

AND THAT MAYBE SOMETIMES...WE AREN'T SUPPOSE TO KNOW

WHICH REALLY...PISSES ME OFF!

It's one thing if I can't find the answers to questions that determine my state of being, and it's another thing if I'm not suppose to play inside that type of dream.
That is where the Universal joke starts to take shape and somehow dominates my time, and always leaves me wondering with something I can't rhyme.

Why should I care
if the games not fair
I'm not the one who set the rules
Can't I just ignore the facts
and simply laugh
just like other fools

Does something need to happen when searching for the truth? Does a lighting bolt of insight need to strike through the roof? Does an inspirational moment need to break inside my mind? And does it really matter if you get drunk on beer or wine? Has anything ever taken the place of love since the dawning of mankind? And of course has anyone ever really seen inside my twisted little mind?

I share things that then get put down on solid molecular matter...but does it matter?

I create colorful designs that seem to have designed
themselves
in spite of using my hands
my time
and
my imagination

I feel very little control
when creating
THE FLOW

and then the real work begins...filling in the colors

CHOOSING COLORS doesn't require energy
and some might say that's quite apparent
and others might feel that I ponder long and hard over hues and shades

IT'S ACTUALLY FUN TO WATCH WHAT COLORS MY HANDS SELECT
and the words
I choose to use.

IT'S A PART THAT SEEMS TO BE OUTSIDE OF ME
MUCH LIKE THE LOVE THAT I JUST DON'T SEE
AND IS THE SOLE REASON
I CREATED
THIS SIMPLE
LITTLE
PLEA

Are you the valley I should photograph
Or the mountain I can climb
Are you the song that I can write
Or the poem I will rhyme

Are you the painting I want to do
Or the design I cannot see
Or
Are you
really
just
love
that
cannot
be


Michael Timothy McAlevey

REALLY?

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IT'S A LITTLE BLURRY DON'T YOU THINK.

I SINCERELY WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THE FACTS AND FIGURES BUT I KEEP REMEMBERING THAT THEY AREN'T FACTS AND FIGURES

THEY ARE POLLS...

AND WHEN THE BRADLEY FACTOR IS CONSIDERED

THE

POLLS

MEAN

NOTHING

IF THERE IS A 10 TO 15 PERCENT VARIANCE DUE TO THE BRADLEY FACTOR

THEN WE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THIS ELECTION.

IT IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL IF OBAMA ONLY HAS A 10 POINT LEAD.

I'm nervous

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Interresting Development

I had planned on leaving my last blog ( Level Playing Field) up for an extra day just because I thought it was important.

GOOGLE'S BLOGSPOT was not working properly for the last few days so I was unable to write any new articles...so therefore my special letter to The Creator was able to stay up a few days longer than originally planned.

I presume God doesn't read yesterday's news since it is always The Now in the realm of eternal non-physical reality.

The concept of time really seems trivial when ETERNITY is involved...or when Cub fans are rooting for a World Series appearance.

The election is now 8 days away and the tension is mounting. Especially the tension that seems to be focused on what INCIDENT is going happen this week that makes American Voters hesitant to change political parties in the White House.

Yesterday the United States had a skirmish 5 miles inside Syria...claiming that insurgents had retreated into Syria (where apparently they actually came from) and we needed to whoop some ass across the border.

I would hope this doesn't grow into THE INCIDENT but it does have potential for concern.

Another important issue to keep in mind...while waiting for THE INCIDENT.

THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY WILL NOT BE HAPPY IF A DEMOCRAT

WINS THE WHITE HOUSE

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION PLEASE LOG ON TO THEIR WEB SITE AND NOTE THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE BOTTOM OF THE "DECLARATION."

Of course we all would like America to prosper and flourish on a global scale but the method for prospering and flourishing seems to be a primary area of debate.

What doesn't seem to get addressed is the amount of munitions being manufactured by three primary super powers of the world (and yes Russia is very much a player)....and then what really doesn't get mentioned is the distribution of those munitions to third world countries.

ARMS MANUFACTURING IS A MAJOR BUSINESS IN THE

UNITED STATES

CHINA

RUSSIA

MAKE THE TOYS AND THEN SELL THE TOYS AND THEN THE TOYS

GET

USED

THERE NEEDS TO BE A REDUCTION IN WEAPONS MANUFACTURING ON A GLOBAL SCALE....AND PERHAPS EVEN A RECALL WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

I haven't actually seen the numbers but it would be my personal guess that since 1970 the amount of weapons created and sold on the global market has increased by 500 percent....AND IT'S PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER.

1968-1972 was a time when PEACE and LOVE were basically being demanded on a global scale.

BOY OH BOY... DID THE ARMS AND MUNITIONS PLAYERS HAVE AN IDEA HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT NONSENSE.

I read a figure regarding how many AK-47's had been sold to African countries by Russia and it's one of those numbers, like Butterfly wing beats a second, that defies belief.

I THINK THE FIGURE IS 100 MILLION BUT I NEED TO LOOK IT UP AND GET BACK TO YOU.

Imagine THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA SEEING THOSE NUMBERS AND DECIDING TO PUT THEIR BEST SALES REPS ON THE JOB.

EVENTUALLY EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN AFRICA WILL OWN A HAND HELD WEAPON THAT CAN FIRE 100 ROUNDS A MINUTE.

HAND HELD ROCKET LAUNCHERS WOULD SEEM LIKE A MAJOR REQUEST FOR CHRISTMAS.

WHO THE FUCK IS MAKING THOSE...AND HOW MANY ARE BEING SOLD AROUND THE WORLD?

ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION THAT NEVER SEEMS TO BE BROUGHT UP IN THE DEBATES.

WHY DOESN'T ANYONE EVER DISCUSS THIS ISSUE?

Even the NRA would seem to have an issue with hand-held rocket launchers and sub-machine guns...wouldn't they?

THE WORLD HAS BEEN ARMED TO THE TEETH SINCE 1970 AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE...AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I CAN SEE IS THAT THE ARMS AND MUNITIONS LOBBYIST ARE IN THEIR OWN LEAGUE.

And of course we understand Russia's situation because they had nothing else to sell, because the leaders of that country didn't have the foresight and ingenuity to create manufacturing facilities that could complete with China.

SOCKS FROM RUSSIA COULD BE AS CHEAP AS SOCKS FROM CHINA, COULDN'T THEY ?

AND WAL-MART WOULD BE A LOYAL CUSTOMER....WOULDN'T THEY?

Instead the leaders of Russia decided to sell every citizen in Africa an AK-47....AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED....it just made the United States and China angry and determined to get some of that market share.

I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME

THERE ARE TOO MANY FUCKING WEAPONS IN THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE CAN HOLD IN THEIR HANDS...and I ain't talking pistols or hunting rifles.

THERE ARE PROBABLY TOO MANY SOLDIERS IN THE WORLD BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY...FOR ANOTHER DAY.

I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE....AND GOD FORBID IT WOULD BE THE UNITED NATIONS.

WHY ON EARTH...WOULD THE UNITED NATIONS WANT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF TOO MANY WEAPONS?

WHY ON EARTH......NOT?

It's one of those issues that later someone with a global voice and a global sense of integrity will simply say...

HOW DID WE LET THIS HAPPEN?

IT'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE THAT THE POPE SHOULD ADDRESS BECAUSE THE VATICAN DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THE ARMS RACE...or am I just being naive.

Italians aren't into weapons...are they?

THE SAD PART OF THIS WHOLE DEALIO IS THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER, SUCH AS YOURS TRULY, ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE....

...AND THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE...

THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY are not only pushing for confrontations but helping to supply anybody who wants to join the party.

IT'S A PARTY THAT ENDS LIKE IT ALL STARTED.....WITH A VERY BIG
BANG.

I'D LIKE TO ADD THIS ARTICLE TO MY PREVIOUS ARTICLE AS AN EARMARK TO THE LETTER AND AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST TO THE CREATOR

to perhaps help slow down the distribution of weapons...

and maybe even curtail the need to create the weapons.

PERSONALLY I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN
I sure know I can't turn to
THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY.

Talk about an idealistic dream sequence.



Michael Timothy McAlevey

CREATE AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD

Dear God,
I realize how time consuming it must be to keep expanding the Universe and I also understand that neutralizing Black Holes with more and more matter and light can really test one's metal, but I was wondering if you could turn your attention to the heart and mind of the American Voter on November 4, 2008 and simply eliminate anything that resembles the slightest hint of RACISM.

I honestly feel that the Presidential Election would be far better served if the idea and concept of Racism was simply eliminated on that day.

It could then be restored on November 5, 2008 and everything could go back to normal...unless of course you decided that the elimination of Racism should be a permanent dealio and that would be fine with me...and a hundred million other people by the way.

It's just a one day favor and I think you would be pleased with the overall results...both for America and for the general world viewpoint of America...which in turn would be good for the general overall nature of political and social ramifications throughout the entire planet...known in the cosmos as....EARTH.

THE PLAYING FIELD NEEDS TO BE EQUAL AND RACIAL THOUGHTS...EVEN THOSE HIDDEN DEEPLY DOWN INSIDE...NEED TO BE FORGOTTEN FOR ONE DAY.

THE DEEP HIDDEN RACIAL THOUGHTS MIGHT BE THE MOST DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY COULD RESULT IN A SUBCONSCIOUS DECISION BEING MADE INSIDE THE VOTING BOOTH. THE TYPE OF DECISION THAT ONE SIMPLY MAKES AND THEN WONDERS LATER WHY IT WAS MADE AND THEN CASUALLY DISREGARDS IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO WELL HIDDEN.

THE NOT WELL HIDDEN RACIAL THOUGHTS ...the ones that have turned to hatred...WILL BE HARDER TO SUSPEND BUT SINCE YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL COVER ALL THE BASES.

I THINK THIS IS DOABLE BUT THEN AGAIN I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN ALL OF YOUR GOD OBTANINED ABILITIES.

If this small favor was granted then I think the result would make you pleased with the direction mankind would be taking. I understand all the stuff about Free Will but sometimes people need a jolt...and I'm not talking about an earthquake so please don't misunderstand me. I'm simply talking about a mental and spiritual freeze for one day where no thoughts of racism are allowed. And I'm not talking about the whole planet just 50 combined states in North America and the Pacific Rim.

It shouldn't be that hard for a being of your talent.

I would highly appreciate it and in the long run so would 6 billion other people.

Thanking you in advance for this small favor, I remain your humble supporter in all matters both physical and spiritual.

Oh and by the way... I love the string theory thing and it really seems to work well. How clever to have all creation connected by teeny tiny strands of light.

YOU ARE THE BEST.

MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY

Two weeks from yesterday

After 20 months of pre-election gibberish...the actual moment is only 13 days away.

The problem is remembering 2000 and realizing that results can be deceptive. But the odds favor a non-repetitive experience because there was nothing like it in history so there's a good chance that 2000 was a freak of nature.

It's so odd that a strange result...resulted in a strange President.

Like...we didn't know something goofy was going to happen from allowing somebody to be President with 500,000 LESS votes than the guy who lost.

The ELECTORAL COLLEGE should have new entrance exams and a new campus and a new set of bi-laws and new fraternities and new sororities and new sports facilities and a new school newspaper and so on and so on....

13 days from now America has an opportunity to show the world that we are capable of great things...it might be only symbolic in nature but guess what.

PERCEPTION COUNTS

And since we are in a society where PERCEPTION might be everything and substance might be a silly sidebar...there's nothing wrong with creating the PERCEPTION that AMERICA is the land of ultimate opportunity for EVERY CITIZEN.

EVERY CITIZEN WHO IS BORN HERE HAS A CHANCE TO PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Of course it hasn't happened yet but if Senator Obama does win the election it will do more to elevate the status of American ideals than any single event in the last 60 years.

KICKING THE CRAP OUT OF GERMANY AND JAPAN DID A LOT FOR THE STATUS of AMERICA... but there were quite a few other players involved.

THIS ELECTION EXPERIENCE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS AMERICA'S MOMENT....and it can stand up an bask in the sunlight of awareness or it can scrunch down behind a history of nothing really changes.

I'm excited but I'm also truly not confident in the American people...and I will be the first one to stand up and salute the American people if they have the balls to elect the more intelligent of the two candidates.

IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHO THAT MIGHT BE....but then again...

...recent history has shown that intelligence is not the primary reason for selecting a President.

AND THAT SCARES ME.

How about you?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

JESUS, BARACK and JOHN

I just finished reading a book called AMERICAN SAVIOR.


AMERICAN SAVIOR by Roland Merullo
Publisher Algonquin Books, August 2008
What if Jesus suddenly appeared and announced that he planned to run for President of the United States? Yes, that Jesus. And what if a well-meaning but utterly inexperienced band of disciples not only helped him mount a seat-of-the-pants campaign but ran it well, getting millions of people to support him and, in the process, throwing the two major-party candidates—as well as the world’s news media—into a frenzy as they scramble to discredit him?Roland Merullo’s bitingly clever satirical novel about politics follows the campaign of one man to bring goodness and kindness (real goodness and kindness this time) back to a country that has fallen into a divisive state of fear and hatred. Merullo takes us into the heart of “a nation in grave spiritual danger” as the Son of man sets out to make everyone realize that “politics as usual” is no longer an acceptable alternative.American Savior challenges our perceptions and beliefs while it wags a finger at the folly of our self-righteousness. It is sure to cause controversy among those for whom politics itself has become a kind of religion.

The expression that one could use at this point in time is...

HIGHLY PERTINENT TO THE PRESENT SITUATION

Roland Merullo knows how to make one think. Of course our present candidates are trying to do the same thing but they just don't cut the mustard compared to Jesus Christ of the Divinity Party.

I know that I am an idealist and I have a certain way of looking at the world in which WAR and POVERTY and GREED and VIOLENCE do not dominate our daily lives and in fact are elements of society that should simply not exist.

I KNOW THAT IS UNREALISTIC BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF HUMAN ENDEAVORS AS WE TRY TO ESTABLISH A FOOTHOLD ON THE THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.

OUR HUMAN FOOTNOTE IS ABOUT 25,000 YEARS OLD IN REGARDS TO INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER.

5000 YEARS OLD IN REGARDS TO RECORDING THOUGHTS ON PAPER AND OR STONE.

AND ONLY 450 YEARS IN REGARDS TO PRINTING MULTIPLES OF ANYTHING.

I AM NO LONGER A BELIEVER IN ORGANIZED RELIGION AND I'LL EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE ORGANIZED RELIGIONS MAKE THE CREATOR LAUGH....or at the very least giggle.

BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPINION AND I CAN ( AND DO) ATTEMPT THROUGH MY WRITING TO TELL STORIES THAT SOMEWHAT EXPLAIN MY BELIEFS.

Roland Merullo's idea to have Jesus Christ run for President is a brilliant idea and not only does he give us the serious lessons but he also gives us the humor that would be involved if and when the SON of MAN, as he puts it, decided that he wanted to be President of the United States.

I seriously don't want to give away the story line but you can pretty much rest assured that a liberal idealistic human being would truly enjoy listening to the lessons of Jesus Christ as he explains how things should be different than they are.

I TRULY ENJOYED THE BOOK and highly recommend it to anyone who likes to read and to anyone who is somewhat interested in the political process.

17 days left until our election and this morning Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama. The same Colin Powell who served as Bush's Secretary of State from 2000 to 2005.

THAT WAS A HUGE ENDORSMENT AND HOPEFULLY A FEW MORE REPUBLICANS WILL STEP FORWARD AND CROSS THEIR PARTY LINE AND HELP ELECT THE APPARENT HEALER OF A BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Final thoughts on boys in blue

I'm a baseball fan who has never booed anyone playing the game.

I've yelled and booed at umpires but that's part of the game.

Anybody who has ever played the game realizes how hard it is and when things go wrong then things go wrong and that's baseball. Sometimes it is so strange how wrong things can go that there is no reason to even think about.

Rafael Furcal does not need to drop his head in shame after making three errors in one inning.
He is such a good shortstop and overcame so much this season (including BACK SURGERY) that he simply needs to look at that strange inning as a freak inning...and probably caused by some voodoo fan in Philly.

I honestly think the Dodgers should resign him...keeping in mind how he performed before his back problems, which no longer exist because of the surgery. The fact that he was even playing at the end of the season shows his true warrior mentality.

BRING BACK RAFFY

Brad Penny needs to hit the highway. It has nothing to do with him being hurt...it has to do with him being present during the playoffs. I don't obviously know all the inner workings behind the scenes but if you are being paid $ 15 million dollars then you need to be with the team...unless you are in hospital.

SAY GOODBYE TO BRAD

Jeff Kent struck out in his last at bat for Dodgers and it was a horrible call. The ball was almost in the dirt. I can't believe that he would still want to play in Los Angeles because he is a Texas boy and the truth is...the dude can still hit and perhaps a final year or two with the Texas Rangers would be the best thing for Jeff Kent.

I am extremely thankful that he played in LA and no matter what people thought of his personality...he always came to play...and on top of that he is a first round Hall of Famer and
we were lucky to have him.

SAY GOODBYE AND THANK YOU TO JEFF KENT

GREG MADDUX SHOULD BE HIRED AS A PLAYER COACH

Nobody knows more about pitching and the Dodgers have some young arms that need Greg to be around...and he can still throw.
I like Rick Honneycutt as pitching coach but there could be a new position on the team as his assistant and that position should be filled by Greg Maddux.

BEG GREG TO STAY IN SOME CAPACITY

NOMAR SHOULD SIMPLY TELL THE DODGERS THAT HE PLANS ON WORKING FOR THEM UNTIL THE DAY HE LEAVES TO VISIT THE GREAT DODGER IN THE SKY.

NOMAR MIGHT BE THE FRIENDLIEST PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL...AND HE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE SMARTEST. HE WILL BE A MAJOR LEAGUE MANAGER AND PROBABLY HAVE A MANAGERIAL CAREER EVEN MORE DISTINGUISHED THAN HIS PLAYING CAREER...WHICH I DON'T THINK IS OVER.

IF HE CAME BACK TO THE DODGERS FOR A REDUCED NUMBER, SAY LIKE $ 5 MILLION A YEAR...HE WOULD BE A BARGIN. THE GUY CAN PLAY ANYWHERE AND WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT HE HAS BEEN INJURY PRONE IT'S STILL NOT EASY TO FIND A PLAYER OF HIS CALIBER THAT LOVES PLAYING IN LA...AND IS A HOME TOWN BOY.
HE IS ON THE EDGE OF BEING A HALL OF FAMER AND I THINK HE HAS A FEW MORE HEROICS UP HIS SLEAVE.

IT'S NOT A SECRET THAT NOMAR IS MY FAVORITE PERSONALITY ON THE TEAM. WATCHING HIM TALK TO OPPOSING PLAYERS WHEN THEY GET TO FIRST BASE IS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN.

DO ANYTHING TO RESIGN NOMAR

AND NOMAR...MAKE IT EASY FOR THE DODGERS TO SIGN YOU

I don't know what you do about Juan Pierre...nice guy...good player...but it looks like a trade for a pitcher.

The Derek Lowe situation is probably the strangest.

Derek Lowe should get whatever he wants and most likely he will get whatever he wants but it doesn't appear to be something that will happen with the Dodgers.

The rumors have Derek not wanting to play anymore in LA and the rumors say he doesn't feel like he was appreciated.

THAT'S INSANE DEREK. YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR AND EASILY THE MOST RESPECTED PITCHER ON THE STAFF. THE FANS SIMPLY RELIED ON YOU TO ALWAYS BE THERE AND ALWAYS GIVE IT YOUR BEST. WE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN YOU FOR GRANTED BECAUSE YOU JUST DID YOUR JOB...BUT PLEASE NOTE THE REAL FANS OF DODGER BASEBALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT TO WERE TO THE DODGER TEAM AND IF YOU DO DECIDE THAT YOU WOULD RATHER PLAY SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN WE WILL MISS YOU...BUT YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS WHO, IF AND WHEN YOU WOULD RETURN TO DODGER STADIUM IN ANOTHER UNIFORM...... WOULD RECEIVE A STANDING OVATION.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS EFFORTS AND I WOULD PREFER TO SEE YOU RETURN TO DODGER STADIUM IN A DODGER UNIFORM...BUT IF NOT...THAT'S BASEBALL.

TRY TO SHOW DEREK THAT HE IS APPRECIATED

JOE TORRE....it's obvious that Joe brings a certain calmness to the club...but he needed to utilize the veterans more during the playoffs and learn to move guys around when things aren't working. There was too much pressure on some of the kids and Joe should have seen it...but the young talent is great and I'm sure he thought they would respond...AND THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF BASEBALL THAT NEVER GETS MENTIONED.

THE HUNCH THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT

JOE SHOULD BE EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR...because he will have his hitting coach for the entire season.

FRANK McCOURT SHOULD MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO BE THE WEST COAST VERSION OF THE YANKEES AND BOSTON. HE SHOULD SPEND AS MUCH AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE AND SIGN MANNY RAMIREZ TO A FOUR YEAR DEAL WORTH $90 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT SEEMS FAIR FOR WHAT MANNY BRINGS TO THE DANCE.

FOUR YEARS...$22.5 A YEAR...AND LET HIM HAVE ACCESS TO THE LAUTNER BEACH HOUSE THAT HE BOUGHT FROM COURTNEY COX FOR $33 MILLION DOLLARS.
and if he has to go to $100 million to beat out the Yankees then he needs to do it.

PARKING CAN BE RAISED TO $25
BEERS CAN BE RAISED TO $15 A PIECE and should be when you read about the goof balls getting drunk and fighting and somehow making Dodger games like Raider games.
THE PREMIUM SEATS BEHIND HOME COULD BE RAISED TO $1000.
EVERYTHING COULD BE BRANDED
EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE NAME....DODGER STADIUM

LOS ANGELES IS THE NUMBER TWO MARKET IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BE THE NUMBER ONE MARKET WITH A FEW MORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MANNY IS THE MAN WHO CAN HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

MAKE MANNY STAY AND DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

Besides all that off season stuff that we have nothing to do with...I want to thank the Dodgers for their most successful season in 20 years.

IT WAS FUN

Michael Timothy McAlevey

OCTOBER 15th

Yesterday was a big day for many people in America...especially a big day in a very important swing state.

PENNSYLVANIA IS ROCKING TODAY....and it has nothing to do with the Election but maybe in some strange way it does.

IF OBAMA CAN CARRY PENNSYLVANIA THEN THAT WILL TAKE THE STING OUT OF THE DODGERS LOSING TO THE PHILLIE'S.

I'M FAIRLY REALISTIC...(huh)...and I would rather see a Democrat in the White House than have the Dodgers in the World Series.

I'm serious.

A Democrat in the White House means more to this country than anything that could happen in the world of sports.

The problem is that there are about 100 million people who don't agree with me and would much rather see their sports team win the big prize...whether it be Dallas in football or Boston in baseball or Los Angeles in basketball or hockey wherever they play it and so on and so on....

POLITICS at this stage of our history is extremely important if not totally broken. But it's the only game in town and having a two party system means that half the population doesn't give a crap...which is evident by the voter turnout year after year after year.

THIS ELECTION WILL PROBABLY SEE THE HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS WAS DURING THE EARLY 1800s BUT I'D BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT IT WAS MORE THAN 50 PERCENT.

I'll look it up and get back to you later.

Anyway...this election will be a record breaker as far as turn out... and right now I'm not confident with a 10 to 12 point lead.

People lie about race and gender decisions and that's the fact....but the economy is on such shaky grounds that maybe the common sense decision to change political parties at the top will simply outweigh all the personal stuff that seems to be involved.

I sure hope so....for the sake of all Americans and perhaps all humans on the planet.

COMMON SENSE says we need a change at the top

COMMON SENSE

Dear GOD,
Please allow for COMMON SENSE to be the element that matters most to the American people on November 4, 2008.
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEASE

and one more little thing...maybe in 2009 the Dodgers could win three more games in October than in 2008...three lousy little games

THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN SPORTS RELATED EARMARK

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Matt Stairs?

Over the years the Dodgers enemies have had historical names.

Names that you will always remember

Juan Marichal
Joe Morgan
Ozzie Smith
Reggie Jackson

and now you can add the name

MATT STAIRS

Matt Stairs? It doesn't even make sense...in fact I'm not sure it's actually a real story.

IF the Dodgers win the next three games then Matt Stairs will be a small footnote in the folklore of Dodger history....and being a true Dodger fan, I have to believe that winning three games in a row is exactly what will happen.

Of course I'm also a baseball realist and it appears that we might have to live with the Matt Stairs name for the rest of our lives.

MATT STAIRS?

Does he have children named Steep, Up and Down?

Does he know anybody on the team considering that he just joined the Phillies on August 30th?

Three guys at the end of the dugout turned to each other when he hit the home run and said
"Who is that guy?"

His wife, when she was watching the game, said"I thought he was still playing in Toronto."

His agent forgot that he had been signed by the Phillies and had him scheduled for a Super Market opening on Monday afternoon....he was pissed when he didn't show up.

MATT STAIRS?

MATT STAIRS JUST BECAME THE KIRK GIBSON OF PHILADELPHIA

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?

Something is wrong with this picture...next thing you are going to tell me is that on the day Matt Stairs broke the Dodger players and fans hearts, the stock market had its single largest gain day in history.

936 POINTS!

Yeah sure....MATT STAIRS and 936 POINTS!

By the way....that is the first home run given up by Jonathan Broxton since 2006.

Baseball is a great game and in my mind wonderful ballplayers names float around from time to time...images are easy to formulate when I think of....

Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig ( except of course he looks more like Gary Cooper)
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Ty Cobb( and of course he looks like Tommy Lee Jones)
Pete Rose
Sandy Koufax
Cal Ripkin
Bob Gibson
Don Drysdale
Kurt Gibson (because of one moment in time)
Ted Williams
Sean McAlevey ( probably my favorite player, even though he had a short career)

and now the name Matt Stairs somehow has squirmed into the historical crevices of my baseball memories...and I don't think I can eliminate it...

UNLESS of course
....the Dodgers win the next three games.

BUT THAT SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY AND IT APPEARS THAT
I will have to live with it until the very last out of the very last inning
of
my
life.

Wow

Matt Stairs?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

The Prince is leaving

While DOONESBURY is considered the KING of political and social comic stripes...OPUS by BERKELEY BREATHED can easy be considered the Crown Prince....and I guess it's better to lose the Prince than it is to lose the King.

By NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 8, 7:05 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in Sunday comics pages after nearly 30 years because he wants to save his strips main character, Opus, from being dragged down in the current political climate.

As an added bonus to the ending of the strip Mr. Breathed is offering a contest to determine where his Penguin will end up. Go to www. BERKELEYBREATHED.com and try to win $10,000 dollars.

The Opus strip only appears on Sunday and for years I simply read one strip....THE KING....

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau.

Trudeau has been running, for over a week, the lobbyists who work for John McCain, who in turn claims he has no connection to Lobbyists...and continues to amaze me with its insight.

Many times over the years Doonesbury has revealed something that appears in the news after it appears in his comic strip.

OPUS on the other hand seems to interpret moods and temperament of the general public in ways that I always found quite...spot on.

UNFORTUNATELY I'VE ONLY BEEN READING THE OPUS STRIP FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS and that is due to the elitist attitude I had regarding Doonesbury.

I DON'T READ COMIC STRIPS.....I READ DOONESBURY AND THEN PROCEED TO THE REST OF THE PAPER.

DISCOVERING OPUS WAS STRICTLY AN ACCIDENT AND ONE OF THOSE ACCIDENTS THAT ENHANCED MY SUNDAY MORNINGS.

Thank you Mr. Breathed for the wonderful artwork and smart interpretations of what a certain segment of the American population...feels and thinks about the politics in Washington.

I suspect we will see more of you in a different format....and I apologise for never having read Bloom County....but I only read the King for years and years and years...

....and when Mr. Trudeau retires that will most likely end my interest in comic stripes which appear in the newspaper.

NOW GRAPHIC NOVELS.....THAT'S ANOTHER STORY!

WATCHMAN IS BEING MADE INTO A MOVIE AND

ALAN MOORE IS A TRUE ORIGINAL ICON IN THE WORLD OF GRAPHIC NOVELS...and I'm not really sure they can make a movie of Watchman and do it justice....but anything is better than nothing.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ART....and OPUS was beautifully constructed and will be sorely missed.

GOODBYE LITTLE GUY AND HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT ON THE EXOCTIC ISLAND PARADISE OF.....???????????

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Taking Stock

Since I was crushed in the dot com market collapse of 2000 and 2001...I personally don't feel the sting taking place on Wall Street...but I have friends who are locking their windows and most of them are in single family homes so the jump won't really kill em. There could be some twisted ankles and broken finger nails...but if we've learned anything from these type of experiences the one thing that truly happens is...

THE STOCK MARKET WILL REBOUND

When is the question because the bottom does not appear to have been reached.

It looks like a great time for people with cash and since Saudi Arabia and China seem to have all the cash then let's sell them some more "stuff".....like Alaska.

IMAGINE HOW MUCH ALASKA WOULD SELL FOR ON E-BAY?

AND HAWAII? WOW!

PRICES WOULD BE HUGE and since I've always heard that when one is having a slow down in their business then the last one's hired are the first one's fired and that leaves Alaska and Hawaii as the first to go.

IT COULD BE THE TICKET OUT OF THIS MESS.

JAPAN would pay a ton for Hawaii.....in fact they might trade Toyota straight up.

TOYOTA for HAWAII.

Now that's a big picture business move....call Danny Duestch!

Creative financial answers are needed.

RUSSIA would love to have Alaska but they don't have anything to trade except Nuclear weapons.

ALL RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR ALASKA

THAT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TENSION IN THE WORLD and SARAH PALIN would be living in Russia.

There are some good things and there are some bad things that just happen along the road to understanding the economics of a Free-Enterprise System.

I truly don't know anything... but MICROSOFT at 20 dollars seems like a steal.
There are some amazing opportunities out there and Warren Buffet must be drooling.

OIL JUST HIT $76 DOLLARS A BARREL and the oil companies just raised the price of gas to $8.00 A GALLEON! They claim that they can't afford to operate with oil under $100 a barrel.

OIL SHOULD BE AROUND $60 A BARREL!
GAS SHOULD BE AROUND $2.00 A GALLEON

MICROSOFT SHOULD BE AROUND $30 A SHARE.

which is what it was before all the speculators entered the arena.

THE DODGERS LOST A GAME IN OCTOBER
THE DODGERS LOST A GAME IN OCTOBER
THE DODGERS LOST A GAME IN OCTOBER

Just saying that sounds cool.

THE DODGERS DOING ANYTHING IN OCTOBER ...OTHER THAN BARBECUING IS A VERY GOOD THING!

The second game of NLCS will be starting a few hours and maybe the Dodgers can win a game in October.

From my lips to God's ears...
oh and if God is listening maybe a little stability in the stock market would be appreciated....just a little....like 1800 points on the Dow!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Where are the BIG questions?

We've watched two debates and I'm still waiting for the big questions.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION?

ARE YOU A MUSLIM?

DO YOU THINK INFIDELITY SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN?

DO YOU BELIEVE A WOMAN HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MORMON RELIGION?

DID YOU AGREE WITH THE SUPREME COURT REDUCTION OF THE EXXON-VALDEZ JUDGEMENT?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN STEM CELL RESEARCH?

WHEN DO YOU THINK LIFE BEGINS?

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE CERN PROJECT IN GENEVA?
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CERN PROJECT.

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER AND THE LOSS OF MILLIONS OF BEES?

DO YOU THINK ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR TESTING DONE IN 40's and 50's HAS ANY CONNECTION TO THE MASSIVE THYROID PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND ARIZONA CITIZENS?

DO YOU THINK BI-POLAR DISEASE HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND?

DO YOU THINK QUANTUM TIME TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE?

ARE YOU THE LEAST BIT INTERESTED IN HOW DAVID BLAINE DOES HIS TRICKS?

DO YOU THINK RUSSIA CAN RESUME ITS STATUS AS A WORLD POWER?

DO YOU THINK CHINA AND SAUDI ARABIA WILL SIMPLY PURCHASE THE REST OF THE WORLD?

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN THE LAST 40 YEARS?

DO YOU THINK OSWALD WAS THE LONE GUNMAN?

DO YOU REALLY THINK REAGANOMICS IS A POSITIVE THING?

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS?

DO YOU REALLY THINK LARGE CORPORATIONS HAVE ANY GOAL OTHER THAN EXCESSIVE PROFITS?

DO YOU THINK THE NORTH SHORE OF MAUI SHOULD BE DEVELOPED?

WHO WAS THE BETTER TEAM LEADER....MAGIC JOHNSON OR MICHAEL JORDAN?

ARE MERMAIDS REAL?

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON SCIENTOLOGY?

DO YOU EVEN KNOW THAT THE BEES ARE DISAPPEARING?

DO YOU THINK WHALES SHOULD BE PROTECTED?

WHO WAS A BETTER BASEBALL PLAYER THAN WILLIE MAYS?

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?

ARE YOU A MUSLIM?

That last question seems to be the deciding factor in the upcoming election....and I keep seeing the rumors and hearing the nonsense and if the Islam faith was able to plant a individual cell that grew into a Presidential nomination then I would have to say that we've already lost the battle and they are way smarter than any Judea/Christian society on Earth.

Not to mention the 700,000,000 non-religious people on earth.

And that means smarter than the Catholics and every form of Christianity....and all the Jews
COMBINED .

YEAH....RIGHT.

But the questions being asked are the same things over and over and I'm not sure if the economy or health care or Iraq can take anymore scrutiny.

TIME TO MOVE TO BIGGER AND BETTER QUESTIONS

DO YOU LIKE RAP MUSIC?
DO YOU LIKE COUNTRY WESTERN?
DO YOU KNOW ANY SHOW TUNES?
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SINGER OF ALL TIME?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE SOUL?
DO YOU BELIEVE THE SOUL IS ETERNAL?

Those last two could determine who really is ready to lead this country in a time
where ignoring our true nature, The Soul, seems to have taken a back seat to war, greed and aggressive religious conversions.

Less WAR and more LOVE

pretty simple really

and I'm not being
idealistic


I'm being....
Realistic

........deal with it!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Second Debate and Scorecard

Tonight is the second Presidential Debate and there are only 28 days until Election Day.

I think back to the beginning of this process when in March of 07 I wrote on my blog that Barack Hussein Obama should change his name to Barack Joseph Russell...

He wasn't that well known at the time and while being a ridiculous suggestion I now think he should have definitely made that move.

I keep talking to people who think he's a Muslim.....I sure hope they aren't registered voters.

I think I need to upgrade the quality of people I talk to...and for sure the strangers I meet... because most of my friends and family don't think he's a Muslim....except of course for those die-hard Republicans who just enjoy getting a rise out of the rest of us.

I'm thinking Barack should announce that he's converted to the Jewish faith...and he should do it tonight during the debate.

It would end the Muslim thing once and for all.....and then when people started to complain about his inability to stick with one religion...he could answer by saying that he was only joking and his real belief is that there is only one religion and it's the religion of....

LOVING GOD

Plain and simple.

He then tells the American public that he "subscribes to the act of LOVING GOD and all the religions in the world need to back off and relax and let each individual LOVE GOD without trying to influence anyone else into doing it the way they do it."

If he said the following NEO-ILLUMINATION the election would be over.

" Organizations, by their very nature, must discourage individual enlightenment and behavior.....

especially
when
it
centers
on
Spiritually
Directed
Growth"

of course I'm not sure what I mean by over...because we are a Judea/Christian society and the uproar would be huge.....but I also believe that there are about 50 million people who would understand the common sense and vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

Something needs to stop all the religious nonsense taking place on our beautiful blue/green planet....and I sure hope it's not the CERN project taking place under Geneva.

The debate will be interesting to watch but it will probably just be more of the same.

I'd actually rather see Michelle and Cindy duke it out...after all we get the first lady in our face for the next four years.

My suggestion is to watch it on CSPAN so that you don't get all the silly commentators trying to explain what they think needs to be explained.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Did you know?

I suppose everybody already knew this...

The current Tresury Secretary of the United States is Henry M. Paulson

Henry M. Paulson initially opposed the part of the bail-out that would limit on executive pay.

Between 2003 and 2006...Henry M. Paulson received $111 MILLION from Goldman-Sachs Group Inc.

Gee...I can't understand why he would oppose that certain aspect of the bill.

HE HAS CHANGED HIS MIND.....BUT I WILL STILL BE INTERESTED IN HOW THE LIMITS ON EXECUTIVE PAY WILL BE STRUCTURED

I bet Scott Boras wishes he had worked on those contracts. In case you don't know Scott Boras is a super agent for sports stars....mainly Baseball.

Scott Boras is the agent of Alex Rodriquez who Alex went behind to sign his last contract with the Yankees.

Of course Scott still got his fee....but Alex felt he wasn't as concerned with Alex's future as he was with the money being sought.

Alex still gets around $27 million a year.

Now the LAWYERS that are handling these Corporate Dudes must be quite upset knowing that there will be limitations....but again I'm going to have to read how those limitations are structured.

KNOWING THAT IT IS LAWYERS WHO ARE DOING THE STRUCTURING...MAKES ME FEEL ASSURED THAT THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHA
HAHA


HA

It is Seriously time to consider the GREED factor in a Free Market Place and in a Capitalist form of Government.

IF REGULATIONS DON'T LIMIT THE GREED THEN THERE WILL BE NO LIMITS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WILL NOT DO IT TO THEMSELVES.

THAT WOULD BE SOCIALISM AND WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO.....GOD DON'T SAY THE WORD....COMMUNISM

Well...that argument doesn't mean dick anymore because nobody really believes that would happen....except the people that like to use it for an argument on limiting the amount of money they can make.......

AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID TO CEO'S WHO LEAVES A COMPANY IS JUST SILLY.

AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID TO CEO'S WHO LEAVE A COMPANY THAT HAS LOST RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF THEIR MARKET VALUE
IS WAY BEYOND SILLY

YOU MIGHT SAY....WHAT EXACTLY IS EXCESSIVE?

And my answer is.....
that's what the Congress gets paid for.....it's their job to determine what that number will be.
And you can rest assured that it won't be a low number...but it will be a number that at least hits the salary cap.

I sure as hell don't want to hear the old story.....

if you don't pay them they will go to other places....and we will lose the best of the best.

what...like China....Russia.....India?

Well....seriously....don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!

Being rewarded with Stock Options if and when you have personally been responsible for huge gains in market share
is an entirely different story.

If the stock has tanked...then you should receive a small fish tank and a note
stating that you sucked at this job and don't even call us. In fact make sure you tear up all of your business cards and don't use us for a reference unless you need a new asshole.

REWARDING SOMEONE FOR DOING A HORRIBLE JOB
seems counterproductive to the goal of business.

Maybe that's just my take!

Henry Paulson received $111 MILLION dollars from 2003 to 2006

I wonder how much he paid to get job he has now?

Last time I looked the United States was bigger than Goldman-Sachs

Of course I haven't looked this morning....so maybe things have changed.

$111 MILLION

but you probably already knew that.

Michael Timothy McAlevey