Saturday, September 29, 2012

Debate and other stuff

The first Presidential debate is Wednesday October 3rd.

These are the following questions that need to be asked.

What is your view on Nuclear Waste and what do you think should be done about the Nuclear facilities that were only built to last 40 years?

Is Global Warming a priority of your party and if not.....why not....and do you think the entire issue is created by the liberal media and tree hugging socialists?

What's your favorite color?

Should Clint Eastwood and George Clooney have a debate on network TV?

Would you watch it?

Do you listen to Rush Limbaugh?

Do you believe in evolution?

Should Bill Clinton have a small office in the White House?

Do you think the Universe was created 5700 years ago?

Do you think it is possible to create a Democracy in Afghanistan?

Do think women should be in charge of their own bodies?

Should Africa have 500 million AK-47's....with a high percentage being  owned by teenage males?

Are Veterans entitled to a job and a place to live.....and if they are, then why are there so many homeless vets?  And why are there empty buildings at the VA facilities in West Los Angeles and homeless vets on the streets of Santa Monica?

What's your favorite movie of all time?

Do you think the national debt is a President's waterloo?

Do you think Lipitor should be prescribed like candy?

Do you know what a statin is?

Would you ever invite the Pope to the White House?

Do you have a current favorite musical group or individual? 

Who is your favorite actor and actress of all time?

Why is pot illegal and alcohol and tobacco  legal when millions of people get sick and die from the later and nobody dies from the former?

Is there any form of rape that is not considered legitimate rape?

Have you ever personally bought a piece of art?  How much did you spend?

Have you ever french kissed another women since you've been married?

Do children going hungry in America make any sense at all to you?

Do you believe the debt ceiling should be raised whenever necessary?

Do you think Allah is the one true God?

Do you think God is capable of having more than one name?

Do you think that modern revelations to Joesph Smith were the absolute final word
of God and that he is through revealing himself to the human species?

What is more important to your existence.....your religion or your country?

What's your favorite ice cream flavor?

Who is your favorite author?

Name the last five books you've read?

Have you ever had lunch with Karl Rove?

Can you explain HGH and why it is bad for treating injuries?

Do you think there is another stage of human evolution taking place at this very moment on the planet earth?

Do you believe in non-physical reality?

Do you think that China is a true Communist country?

Is it a good idea to outsource manufacturing to a coumminist country?

Do you think there are more than five senses?

Do you think the Koran should be updated from the 7th Century?

Do you have any interest in quantum mechanics?

What type of underwear do you prefer and if it's magical....can we see it?

Do you have an opinion on what is causing Colony Collaspe Disorder?

What's the population of Belgium?

Have you ever seen naked pictures of your mom?

Would you like to buy some?

Do you side with the Sunni or the Shi'a faction of the Islamic faith?

If you could end anything in the world....what would it be?

If you could create anything in the world....what would it be?

Do you believe in reincarnation?

Do you think people in America would work in their home for $12 an hour doing service sector jobs?

If yes, then how many jobs could be brought back from India and Indonnesia?

Can you only get to Heaven by going through Jesus Christ?

Do you think God wants you to be President of The United States?

Has God ever spoken to you?

Do you think whales should be saved?

Have you ever seen the Golden Tablets?

Can someone be arrested or audited for calling you a fucking idiot?

What is your personal opinion of the Prophet Muhammad?

How often do you eat pizza?

How often do you read the Bible?

Can I borrow $10,000?

Did you read comic books as a kid?  Do you still read comic books?

Do you read Doonesbury?

If you could own any car....what would it be?

Do you have a favorite TV show of all time?

If you could be a superior professional athlete what sport would you choose?

Do you think cancer can be cured in your lifetime?

Do you think Lance Armstrong should apologize for anything he's done?

If you had to have a three way who would be the third?

END OF FIRST DEBATE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

Michael Timothy McAlevey


















































Monday, September 24, 2012

CVA, RNA and longest break since I started

I entered the blogosphere on Christmas Day 2006 and this was the longest I've been away from it.  I think I have a fairly valid  excuse.  I'm not going to go into too much detail but if you are interested simply Google CVA.........and look for the topic having to deal with health related issues.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke

Suffice to say, the final words from the Neurologist, as I was leaving the hospital were.....RESUME NORMAL ACTIVITY.  I told her I was a marathon runner and she replied that at least I still had my sense of humor....I then started to explain that it was irony not humor and she called security. 

After three days in the beautiful new Santa Monica Hilton Hospital (all rooms are single and the wing just opened a year ago) I finally got to see the pictures of my incident.  I will be able to get a disk of all 188 pictures captured by the MRI machine when I pick up my records this week.

The incident happened at the golf course on 9/11/12 and was entirely visual related.  No fainting no blackouts....just blank spots and lots of color patterns.  I think it was a terrorist attack but I have no concrete proof.  One week later I returned to the same course and played 18 holes.

I shot 238 but I finished the round. 

Seriously I shot 84....which is considered normal for me.....I shoot lower but I also shoot higher so 84 with a CVA incident is quite acceptable.

I have a left side peripheral vision issue and an occasional Christmas tree light show in that same area.  I can read and I can write.....well, maybe not write right but then again there's always been a question regarding writing well or writing right or whether what I do is considered writing. Probably the most important thing is that.......I can still dance.

I do know that what I'm able to do, with letters, is convey my point of view and over the last six years MIND JAZZ has, at the very least, proven to be an extension of what I find to be true.

Yes that line rhymes and you might want to read it again and a little faster....or never read it again.

It's possible that everything could get much more colorful in my life and if you have seen my artwork than you might simply ask.....HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE?  If you haven't seen my artwork than what are you even doing here reading this blog?  Get outa here.....go away or I call the Blogspot Google Police and have you apprehended.

Having a CVA incident is kinda like being 90....you can say anything you want and just follow it up with.....oh excuse me I had a stroke.

To be honest I think I had my first CVA incident at a Rolling Stones concert in 1968

I will use the CVA term much more often than the word stroke.....for obvious reasons.  Very similar to the Changing Levels vs Dead phraseology.  Soft stroking language games....no pun intended.

I start optical therapy next week and perhaps the left side peripheral vision will improve but the way neurons work in the brain I have a feeling that the therapy will be focused on how to deal with my new visual reality.

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I'm happy to report that my boycott of watching NFL regular season games is still going strong, although I'm pretty sure I might be going solo.  I think Tom Sullivan might be on board but it's a small movement.  Watching football games on Monday night, Thursday night and Sunday day and night really is a tremendous waste of time.  I can be running down the beach having another CVA incident instead of couped up inside.  I think about the time watching Concussion City over the years and I feel somewhat ashamed.  I have done many pieces of art while watching the games so I have a slight line of defense.....obviously much better than the Rams.  My boycott has not been tested by a televised Ram game so I still have that hurdle to encounter. 

I do look at the scores in the paper on Monday morning.

I JUST REALIZED THAT I DIDN'T WRITE A BLOG ABOUT WHY I'M BOYCOTTING THE NFL REGULAR SEASON. 

OMG...... I WOULD HAVE SWORN I WROTE ABOUT IT.....BUT THEN I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I'VE HAD A.........A) CVA
                                                                             B) STROKE

I'm boycotting the watching of regular season NFL games because the owners of the teams, of which 90% are extremely wealthy Republicans, decided to start the season on a Wednesday night for the first time in the history of the NFL.

THAT WEDNESDAY JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.....WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON WAS GIVING HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS.

The powers that be in the Republican party say that they moved it from Thursday in respect for President Obama......and the reason they didn't move it to FRIDAY???????????????

THOSE YOKELS HAD FOUR YEARS TO BE AWARE OF WHEN THE CONVENTION WOULD CONVENE AND ADJOURN.

TO SCHEDULE THAT GAME ON A THURSDAY OR A WEDNESDAY DURING AN ELECTION YEAR IS A BLATANT ACT OF DISRESPECT AND SMELLS LIKE A KARL ROWE MOMENT.  I'M SURE THERE'S AN ARMY OF REPUBLICAN KARL ROWE WANNABE DICKHEADS WHO JUST SIT AROUND THINKING OF HOW TO DISRUPT THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND TILT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE VERY WRONG RIGHT.

All I can do is make a very small statement. The playoffs will occur well after the election and if the Republicans win the White House I might never watch another professional game.  I really do have better things to do with my time.....and so do you....because after everything is said and done.....the amount of time we do have in this physical reality portion of our life.....can be much better spent than watching well conditioned fully armored athletes try to avoid being injured on every single play.

College football is another story and where my entire 2012 football focus will be centered.  Of course it's only centered on one team located across the street from the LA Coliseum.

Go Trojans

Stay back CVA's

Michael Timothy McAlevey










Saturday, September 8, 2012

Deja vu two


A few years ago I wrote a piece about Voyager leaving our solar system.  I realize there are two Voyagers but they were both launched in 1977 so they can't be too far apart even though V2 is on a slower trajectory.  Keep in mind 100,000 miles is a very short distance when dancing through space.

Obviously I'm quite confused because yesterday it was reported that Voyager 1 is getting ready to "leave the bubble."

The "BUBBLE" refers to the hellopause which sits outside the hellosheath which rests outside the termination shock zone.

I THOUGHT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT OCCURRED A FEW YEARS AGO and if I take time to research my archives I'm pretty sure I can locate the story.

OF COURSE I COULD BE EXPERIENCING A HUGE SLICE OF DEJA VU....but it's so hard to tell during election years because EVERYTHING seems to be a deja vu.

In fact....I think I wrote that line 5 years ago.

Voyager 1 is 11.3 BILLION miles from the sun and apparently is getting very close to exiting our teeny tiny solar system,  BUT (AND THIS IS HUGE BUTT....EVEN BIGGER THAN J'LO) scientists don't know where the edge of the solar system is......BUT....(lots of butts here) they think the spacecraft MUST be getting close.

HUH?

They don't know where the edge is but Voyager must be getting close.

There appears to be some scientific guessing involved in when the actual event might happen so I don't feel so bad about thinking that it already happened because maybe it did happen and those brainiacs just forgot.  No one ever said science was an exact science.

One of the nice sidebars to the traveling Voyager show is that IT carries a record of human experiences on the planet Earth.....and maybe a little moon tale. 

It's a GOLDEN RECORD and it looks like this......



...........and I swear to God that I've never seen this image before and I can show you a few paintings of mine that look quite similar.

Of course anyone suffering from repeated sessions of Deja Vu could be potentially stealing anything and everything over and over and over.

A few years ago I wrote a piece about Voyager leaving our solar.....OMG it's happening again....I am so sorry and I am so sorry and I am so sor------------stop it!

I'm pretty sure this anomaly is caused by the election frenzy that is just heating up.

THE BEST THING I'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM EITHER PARTY IS THE DEAL PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE WITH THE AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES WHEN HE BAILED THEM OUT.

THE DEAL CONCERNS THE MILES PER GALLEON THAT NEW CARS MUST REACH BY TWO DIFFERENT DATES 

34 MPG BY 2016 AND 50 BY 2024

THIS IS A HUGE STORY AND ONE THAT DOESN'T GET TOLD ENOUGH.

I HAVE HEARD THAT MITT WOULD GET RID OF IT IF HE IS ELECTED.

WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANYONE WANT TO REVERSE THAT AGREEMENT?

WHY?  (it's not that hard to answer)

I MUST BE WRONG......THE REPUBLICAN PARTY COULDN'T BE THAT STUPID
COULD THEY?

Since they don't believe in Global Warming maybe they don't believe in good gas mileage....and it follows that they don't believe Voyager will ever leave our solar system. They don't know why so many people are on food stamps and they don't believe health care should be available to everyone....and they don't believe rich people should pay higher taxes....and I hate to say it....but they don't seem to think an African American could, should or would ever be elected President of the USA.  There appears to be a certain type of hate that is much different than how we felt about GW.  Democrats thought Bush goofy.  Republicans actually seem to hate Obama.  BIG DIFFERENCE in how the two parties operate.  I remember actually hating Nixon so I remember the attitude....but I grew to be a more loving and tolerant person.  The Republican party sppears to be headed to a place that I would describe as.....ugly.

I really believe I've written all of this before so maybe it's.....

deja vu two too......

A few years ago I wrote a piece about................

Michael Timothy McAlevey



Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Pay very close attention to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odawwsxa1mU



I told someone to download the speech by Clint and tell me what they thought of the throat cutting gesture from his RNC speech.

I was told it was not in the speech. 

I had taped the entire evening on my DVR machine so I went back and watched it, and lo and behold, IT WASN'T THERE.  I started wondering if I had made it up and then went on YouTube and typed in the actual phrase....
Throat cutting gesture by Clint Eastwood  and wham bam...there it was.  I replayed my recording once more and at the moment where he does the gesture............there's a shot of the crowd.

MY DVR VERSION HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH AND THEN I REALIZED IT HAD TO BE DONE IN THE CLOUD OF DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING FOR EVERYONE WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE RECORDED THE LIVE EVENT.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES!

MY LIVE RECORDING WAS ALTERED!

I TALKED TO FIVE REPUBLICANS TODAY THAT CLAIM THEY DIDN'T SEE THE GESTURE DURING HIS SPEECH.

It's like a giant cloud conspiracy and it extends to every Republican in the land.

OUR RECORDINGS CAN BE ALTERED WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION

WHO DO YOU THINK CAN CONTROL THAT TYPE OF ACTION?

Secret Service, NSA, FBI, CIA......Jason Bourne, Microsoft?????????????????????????

I'm in shock and this is so much bigger than Clint's irresponsible gesture.

This type of action would even surprise Mr. Orwell

WOW!

Michael Timothy McAlevey






Sunday, September 2, 2012

Get off my lawn

Grand Torino might be my favorite non-western Clint Eastwood movie and his stand up routine at the RNC might be my least favorite performance.  I'm not saying it wasn't entertaining because when all is said and done, it was easily the most compelling moment I've seen at a national convention in a very long time.  There use to be a tension as votes were cast but I can't remember the last time that happened.

Clint stole the show and the proof of that was in the after shows on various networks.  The only thing they were talking about was Mr. Eastwood.  Mr. Romney was an afterthought.

It was great prime time television but I found one moment very disturbing.  When Clint said we should get rid of the man in office who wasn't doing the job....he made a slice the throat gesture.

Knowing how whacky fans can get, I immediately thought of 10,000 Clint stalkers wondering if that was a sign to get the President.

It was an extremely irresponsible gesture coming from a man who appears to be rather level headed. I'm wondering if he appeared simply because his wife needed a boast for her reality TV show, which I haven't watched and probably won't watch.

I will go see his new movie about an aging baseball scout because I love baseball and have always found Clint's movie to be well worth the price of admission.

I wonder how many people on the political fence will alter their vote because of Clint?  My gut feeling is that a lot of movie crazy fans probably don't vote....and then how many people were actually watching the convention?

I've heard that Clint is Pro-Choice and more of a Libertarian than a Republican...and he's obviously a union supporter so his differences with the party seem to be vast so I'm thinking he's really got a bug up his ass about President Obama.

I wonder if it's just a Clint Eastwood/ George Clooney clash?

George seems to have a wider range of planetary interest than Clint so I'm siding with the Clooney model.

MAYBE CLINT AND GEORGE COULD HAVE A DEBATE

THAT WOULD BE GREAT TELEVSION!

DOES ANYONE HAVE MARK BURNETT'S CELL PHONE NUMBER?

Let's make it happen, in this most interesting political season.....which offically starts Friday after the DNC
meets in North Carolina.

Things are heating up with a special thanks to a Hollywood legend.
Who would have thunk?

Michael Timothy McAlevey