Time out and reflect

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/hurricane-sandy-1351517288-slideshow/

Sandy turned out to be a real BIG bitch!

A different direction from the election

Never broken ©


I listen to the latest swift and I wonder why
The words aren’t mine and they make me laugh and cry
I used to write songs with similar type lines
And yet our world is gender divided by multiple strange times

It’s odd it’s crazy it’s a universal joke
But at least I know now that I can’t be broke
Oh yeah I can be harmed and cut to the bone
But never broken and never alone

It’s been years since someone made me write a rhyming line
I thought I had moved past the silly and sublime
But then I listen to swift and it makes me recall
That what I used to do wasn’t silly at all

It’s just a hidden part that came out naturally
And then tucked itself just as fast back inside of me
It never went away because it wasn’t really there
It just didn’t want to play out in the clean fresh air

Stuck behind a script an article a piece of art or a blog
The rhyming timing events were just sleeping like a log
Hoyt used to summon the lines by just being himself
And now from nowhere swift shares the wealth

It’s odd it’s crazy it’s a universal joke
But at least I know now that I can’t be broke
Oh yeah I can be harmed and cut to the bone
But never broken and never alone

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Electorial Collge and SAPER RATTLING

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground

Click on the above link and you can get an idea of where the country stands with ten days left in the 2012 Presidential election.

I'M MUCH MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE COUNTRY BELIEVES TO BE FACTUAL INFORMATION
AS
OPPOSED
TO
FLAT OUT
SABER RATTLING AND REPUBLICAN
BULLSHIT

Our defense budget is $901 BILLION annually.

PEOPLE THAT HEAR ROMNEY CLAIM OBAMA IS CUTTING A TRILLION DOLLARS FROM THE DEFENSE BUDGET THINK THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

OUR ENTIRE FEDERAL BUDGET IS SLIGHTLY OVER $3 TRILLION......

A CUT OF A TRILLION DOLLARS WILL TAKE PLACE OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD
UNLESS
THERE
IS
A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
AND
THEN
IT WILL
GO UP
AGAIN

ROMNEY IS TELLING PEOPLE THAT OUR SAFETY IS AT RISK BECAUSE OF THE CUTS

OBAMA'S DEFENSE SPENDING SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE IS THE HIGHEST IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/draghi/defense%20budget.jpg

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/defense_chart_30.html

ROMNEY IS TELLING PEOPLE THAT OUR NAVY IS WEAK AND THAT IT WAS BIGGER IN 1916

SERIOUSLY!

AND PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT BULLSHIT AND I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IT THINK THE WIZARD OF OZ WAS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

In 1916 the Department of the Navy had O aircraft and 0 navy seals and 0 aircraft carries and o submarines and o nuclear bombs and 0 satellites and EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT AND YET THEY THINK OUR NAVY IS SMALLER THAN IT WAS IN 1916 BECAUSE MITT ROMNEY SAID IT WAS AND HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND HE WOULDN'T BULLSHIT US.

GUESS WHAT?

HE'S USING A TACTIC THAT APPEALS TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION EXCEPT FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE AN ELECTION.

HE IS USING OLD FASHION
BULLSHIT!

The truth of the matter is that we are so vastly superior to everyone else that we actually sell our weapons to other countries. at international trade shows. We don't need millions of foot soldiers anymore because we have drones and fighter jets and stealth bombers and anyone that is worried that we can't put the same amount of soldiers on the ground that China or Russia could, needs to wake up and realize that ground soldiers don't matter anymore.....unless there are 15 of them and they are called Navy Seals.

OUR NAVY IS LARGER THAN THE NEXT 13 NAVIES COMBINED.....AND 11 OF THOSE NAVIES ARE FRIENDS OF OURS.

TO SABER RATTLE IN THE YEAR 2012 LIKE ROMNEY IS DOING TRULY MAKES ME WORRIED ABOUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.

THE ONLY REASON HE IS DOING THE SABER RATTLING IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE NUMBERS INVOLVED

AND
I'M
SCARED
TO
DEATH

BECAUSE HE MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT THE AMERICAN VOTER'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.......AND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS IN THIS ELECTION WILL VOTE FOR MITT ROMNEY BECAUSE
THEY DON'T WANT A WEAK
DEFENSE SYSTEM

WE DON'T HAVE A WEAK DEFENSE SYSTEM
AND
WE
NEVER
WILL

Electing someone who uses this out dated cold war tool of persuasion is ludicrous!

AND HONESTLY.....MITT ROMNEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED!

I, on the other hand, am ashamed that a large portion of the American public is actually being swayed by well groomed Mormon snake oil salesman.

I thought collectively that the people of the United States were much better informed.
60 years of television didn't really seem to help educate the masses.

I suddenly feel like it's 1972.....but looking at the Electoral College Map I have to believe that Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida have enough educated people to tilt this election in a direction that allows for our obvious economic recovery to continue after the great recession of 2008.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE.......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

It seems like yesterday

In 1972 the mood of the country had a slight edge....or better yet....edgy.....feeling.  It seemed that the entire youth of America was generally pissed off.  YOUTH BEING ANYONE UNDER 30. The President of the United States appeared to be the most unpopular person in America. The candidate running against him had a reputation as a peace-loving liberal who generally cared about his fellow human beings.

The Democratic candidate was George McGovern and I and millions of other young people were positive that the country knew what a RealDick was, and that George was the type of person to change the direction of our war hungry nation.

POSITIVE!

We had just finished the decade of assassinations, moon landings and student upheaval and everything just screamed at the new direction our country would take. A time of peace and a time of love....and most important a time of no more war.

POSITIVE!

WOW......THE MARGIN OF DEFEAT WAS DEVASTATING AND SENT THOSE OF US WHO WERE POSITIVE INTO A
SLUMP
THAT IN MY OPINION HAS LASTED TO THIS VERY DAY.

IT BLEW OUR MINDS

The margin of defeat simply stunned an entire generation into shock.

HOW COULD THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOT SEE WHAT RICHARD NIXON WAS.....
A PARANOID SNAKE EYED CRAZY DUDE

AND HOW COULD THEY NOT SEE THAT GEORGE MC GOVERN WAS A HONEST INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING WHO WANTED ORDER RESTORED THROUGH COMPASSION AND LOVE.

WE WERE POSITIVE THAT GEORGE WOULD KICK DICK'S ASS AND AMERICA WOULD BE BACK ON TRACK.

POSITIVE!

I'm fairly certain that George was aware of polls and numbers and realities that gave him no chance in hell of winning but I don't remember anything that indicated what the margin of defeat would be.

I THOUGHT EVERYBODY HATED RICHARD NIXON

I THOUGHT EVERYBODY LOVED GEORGE MC GOVERN

OBVIOUSLY I AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM MY GENERATION WERE SIMPLY
WAY
TOO
HIGH

There's no other explanation.

George McGovern passed away yesterday. 

I've used the following expression 500 times in my life and will continue to use it every time I make a sports or political prediction

...."but keep in mind that I thought McGovern would kick Nixon's ass in 72, so obviously I have no idea what's going on."

George McGovern lived a full and involved life and I'm sure he changed levels with no regrets..

He shall always hold a special place in my life....but then again always and positive are words that might originate from the same source.

That source might be the Land of Fantasy!

I know that land quite well

RIP George!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Polls are not jokes but they also aren't exact science

Study these for a few minutes and then ask yourself why does it matter
when undecided voters seem to be the crucial participants....AND THEY DON'T
EXACTLY POLL WELL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE UP THEIR FREAKIN MINDS.

Please note..... there is always a 3-5% error in polling.  The pollsters don't call it an error but an error is an error and we are the final scorekeepers.


Latest Polls

Election 2012 Presidential

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Gallup Tracking Romney 52, Obama 45 Romney +7

General Election: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Tracking Romney 49, Obama 47 Romney +2

General Election: Romney vs. Obama IBD/TIPP Tracking Romney 46, Obama 46 Tie

Iowa: Romney vs. Obama NBC/WSJ/Marist Obama 51, Romney 43 Obama +8

Wisconsin: Romney vs. Obama NBC/WSJ/Marist Obama 51, Romney 45 Obama +6

Ohio: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Reports Obama 49, Romney 48 Obama +1

Ohio: Romney vs. Obama SurveyUSA Obama 45, Romney 42 Obama +3

Michigan: Romney vs. Obama EPIC-MRA Obama 52, Romney 46 Obama +6

Michigan: Romney vs. Obama LE&A/Denno Research Obama 44, Romney 41 Obama +3

North Carolina: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Reports Romney 52, Obama 46 Romney +6

Colorado: Romney vs. Obama PPP (D) Romney 47, Obama 50 Obama +3

Minnesota: Romney vs. Obama KSTP/SurveyUSA Obama 50, Romney 40 Obama +10

Washington: Romney vs. Obama The Washington Poll Obama 52, Romney 43 Obama +9

Connecticut: Romney vs. Obama Hartford Courant/UConn Obama 51, Romney 37 Obama +14

President Obama Job Approval

Gallup

Approve 50, Disapprove 44

Approve +6

President Obama Job Approval

Gallup

Approve 50, Disapprove 44

Approve +6

OBAMA APPROVAL RATE   GALLUP   50 APPROVE 44 DISAPPROVE
I took a poll the other day at the golf course and it turns out that most golfers are Republican which would explain the enormous balls that must be involved for that party to blame Obama for ALL our financial woes.  A recession was in affect when he took office and it was so large THEY called it the Great Recession.

I still haven't heard anybody give a specific time table for how long a recovery takes from a Great Recession. 

3 1/2 years seems short.

The Republicans don't want the recovery to take place NOW

And all of their actions make that statement very very clear.

Of course they want the White House because the recovery IS taking place and the next two years will see a huge surge in unemployment reduction AND debt reduction.

CYCLES OCCUR
IN ALL ASPECTS
OF LIFE

EVEN  ECONOMICS.....and maybe
ESPECIALLY in
ECONOMICS

BUT LET'S TAKE A POLL AND FIND OUT FOR SURE

What's your guess on how long a recovery takes from a Great Recession?

AND WHY DOESN'T ANYONE ASK THAT QUESTION DURING A DEBATE?

Let's take a poll and find out why?

And the nonsense continues for 17 more days

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Just a Chart that needs viewing

STUDY
THIS
UNTIL
IT
MAKES SENSE

then realize that the 2012 chart has moved back toward the top line

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Sun is setting on intolerance but its still a little tilted

I listen to lots of different people when it comes to election issues and I think I see beyond the numbers and the statistics.  I think I see the core and the morality of arguments better than many of the people I hear speak. I do not listen to talk radio or TV commentators.

It doesn't really do any good to hear what the candidates have to say because they have to be so guarded in their opinions that everything gets watered down with doublespeak and spinverbiage.
LISTENING TO THE DEBATES MAKES ME CRAZY...but I do it. They never actaully answer
the questions.

I judge action and am cautious of verbalpoliticalbullshit. 

I read more than I hear.

I most definitely am not smarter than anyone else......I just see a little deeper.

What I truly notice, that nobody seems to be bringing up, is that INTOLERANCE is moving toward its final resting place.  It might take another 100 years but it really is going to be a thing that people remember....not experience.  Especially in countries that have chosen to emphasise the importance of each individuals freedom and liberty.  And by each I mean...........every man, woman and child.

As the next stage of human evolution continues to develop there is truly no place for INTOLERANCE.

Of course I'm referring to INTOLERANCE that is directed toward personal human behavior that harms no one other than the person conducing the behavior.

I see and hear things in this election that border on the edge of REALLY UGLY.

UGLY applies to hate, intolerance, revenge.

I suppose previous elections have had bits and pieces of UGLY but this seems different.

WHY IT SEEMS DIFFERENT MUST BE VIEWED FROM THE VERY CORE OF OUR NATURE. 

THE CENTER OF OUR BEINGS.

THE PLACE WHERE LOVE IS BORN AND WHERE IT RESIDES EVERY SINGLE WAKING MOMENT OF OUR LIVES.

AT THE CENTER OF OUR BEINGS IS THE CREATOR
AND
THERE IS NO
SPACE
IN THE
CENTER
FOR
HATE
INTOLERANCE
AND
REVENGE

When hate, intolerance and revenge tries to exist at the center.....everything gets
discombobulated, fuzzy and strange.

We get glimpses of both perfection and chaos because we are human and there's a whole bunch of area outside of the center that make up our entire mass.

WE
ALL
END
UP
IN
THE
CENTER

SOME JUST GET THERE SOONER THAN OTHERS

SOME NEVER GET THERE UNTIL PHYSICAL REALITY IS GONE

EVERYBODY GETS A PEAK FROM TIME TO TIME
and
everything works perfect
every time

sometimes

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Joe handles Eddie Munster by just being Joe. Always keep in mind that the Vice-President could become President in a split second and Mr. Biden seems much more qualified to fill that role than Mr. Ryan.

This is really strange and maybe a little funny

The other day I made my first face since the CVA.  Keep in mind that when I make one of these images it's done in a matter of seconds.

No thought....just design.

Matter of seconds!

(I do female faces that are a bit more serious and side views of male faces that are cartoonish, but this style of face emerged during the same time period that Mark Zuckerburg was developing Facebook in his Harvard dorm in 2003.  I ended up with 75 silly faces and Mark ended up with 25 billion dollars.....thus the difference between algorithms and art)

I looked at the face and was rather stunned.  The CVA has left me with no peripheral vision on the left side.

That almost completely closed eye in the drawing is my left eye.

When I showed my physical therapist the drawing she immediately said that I should do more because they were a good exercise.

I explained about the series I had done in 2003...and that the one above was simply created on a whim in one of my journals.  She stated once more that as a physical therapist she couldn't think of a better exercise then to do this type of work.

The fact that she called it work made me feel really really good.

I honestly thought that I had exhausted this particular period of "goofy faces" but perhaps I should listen to the medical expert and start another series. 

Maybe go much much much BIGGER.

There is a moral to this story and it centers on the fact that when one has a negative experience which affects physical or mental abilities, it is very important to re-enter the arena

of experience and make it happen captain.

I'm really going to try and make a mountain out of a molehill.

Things could get very interesting.

Michael Timothy McAlevey



Detroit, Oakland, New York, Baltimore, Dallas/Ft.Worth,Atlanta,Washington D.C.,Cincinnati and St. Louis

The cities listed above are not as concerned with the Presidential debates because for a few more days their attention is turned to something much more important. Hopefully their attention won't end until late October and early November but that privilege will only be shared by the two cities who get to experience the World Series.

My silly prediction is.......Washington vs Detroit....but it will probably be New York vs San Francisco

POST SEASON BASEBALL...or as Derek Jeter says, "The REAL season now begins."

Of course there is a large contingent of people in each of those locals that couldn't care less about baseball but I'm guessing those people who don't care about baseball.....are commies and idiots....or convicted felons and the fanatics of the religious right.

Obvioulsy I place baseball fairly high on the list of things people should like.

My guess is that not too many Mormons care about baseball and that won't change until Salt Lake City gets a franchise and that won't happen until the Elders decide they need a team to go along with their Mormon President and that won't happen unless Barack Obama forgets to explain why things are they way they are.

EXAMPLE:
Romney keeps saying the following fact:
47 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ON FOOD STAMPS
23 MILLION WHEN OBAMA TOOK OVER

REASON

Because after the fiscal collapse of 2008, millions of people were hurting and the reason they are on food stamps is because
THEY NEED FOOD

IS ROMNEY GOING TO REJECT ALL FOOD STAMP REQUEST FROM THE 24 MILLION PEOPLE WHO NEED FOOD JUST TO GET BACK TO 2008 NUMBERS?

This is just small excerpt from one study:

Every day, children in every county in the United States wake up hungry. They go to school hungry. They turn out the lights at night hungry.

That is one of the stunning key findings of a new study to be released Thursday by Feeding America, a network of 200 food banks and the largest hunger charity in the country.
As many as 17 million children nationwide are struggling with what is known as food insecurity. To put it another way, one in four children in the country is living without consistent access to enough nutritious food to live a healthy life, according to the study, "Map the Meal Child Food Insecurity 2011."

www.feedthechildren.org

Anyone who has their eyes open knows that hunger is a problem in this country and especially for children.  There shouldn't be one child going to bed hungry at night in The United States of America and there are MILLIONS

OBAMA NEEDS TO JAM SOME FOOD INFO DOWN MITT'S THROAT

and then Mitt keeps saying that Obama plans on cutting 2 TRILLION dollars from the military budget.

The annual military budget is around $700 BILLION AND THAT IS TEN TIMES WHAT THE CHINESE SPEND so any trimming from the military will still leave us with a massive and aggressive edge on any other country.

Since we are officially the Wyatt Earp of planet Earth we need to have the biggest and best of every military toy....AND WE DO.....WITH PLENTY LEFT OVER.

THE MILITARY SPENDING CUTS THAT OBAMA ANNOUNCED IN 2011 WOULD TOTAL $400 BILLION AND WOULD TAKE AFFECT OVER A 12 YEAR PERIOD.

WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT OVER BILLING IN THE MILITARY AND REDUNDANCY SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A RANK.  Have you forgotten about the $700 hammers and the $12,000 toilets?

REDUNDANCY OFFICER should be right behind Major.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WAR COST ARE NOT PART OF THE MILITARY BUDGET so when those events finally do end there will be a huge savings to the overall debt numbers.

OBAMA NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE!

He truly acted like he didn't want to be in Denver last night and Mitt on the other hand was pumped and ready to go......but it's not a one debate game.....it's a three quarters game and I have to believe that Barack has the conditioning in place to finish extremely strong......BUT

PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY THINGS ARE THE  WAY THEY ARE!

In the meantime.....let's

PLAY BALL!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

10 2 12

10 to 12 once this morning
and then one more time tonight
10 to 12
on 10 2 12

ONLY TIME THIS CENTURY

I'm so excited about the debate