And I thought the Ryder Cup was entertaining

I've been watching the Congressional hearings on whether or not to bail out the financial institutions to the tune of $700,000,000,000...

I think about the AAV (Average American Voter) and if they are paying any attention to this historic bail-out....keeping in mind that the other day in a Mexican restaurant I asked a middle age woman who she was going to vote for and her direct answer was....."well, I'm sure not voting for a Muslim."

I paused for a second waiting for her follow up laughter and then noticed that she wasn't telling a joke. I answered by saying that he wasn't a Muslim and where did she get her information....she said....

" I saw him dressed in all that GARB."

Of course I answered by explaining that he had visited his father's homeland of Kenya and was simply dressing in the ceremonial robes as a gesture of respect....and in truth he is a Christian.

The sad part of this is that I have to argue why a person of any religion would be excluded in America from being President, but that's so far down the rungs on the ladder of political reality that it's not even available for explanations.

The radical elements within any religion are radical and no religion is without it's radical elements.

But I've traversed off of point and steering back into the original direction of my thoughts...I think how uninformed the average voter probably is regarding Obama and I realize that the financial bail-out is so far off the charts of awareness...that it can't even be calculated.

There are 300,000,000 people in this country. I estimate that 5,000,000 people might be watching the Congressional hearings and of those 5 million there are probably 3,000,000 who are directly tied into the financial markets and are waiting for an answer so they can jump into the market and buy or sell depending on the decision reached by Congress.

A few things about Congress. I'm still amazed at how Ron Paul seems to keep making sense even though I know I don't subscribe to his basic political belief system. He used to be a Libertarian and now he's a Republican and neither of those parties play a tune that I enjoy....but when Ron Paul keeps asking where all the money is coming from....HE'S GOT A GOOD POINT.

But one other thing about Congress.....IF WE LET EACH MEMBER OF CONGRESS ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE THEIR OPINION...WE WOULD BE LISTENING TO THEM LONG AFTER THE CUBS WON ANOTHER WORLD SERIES. THOSE FOLKS CAN TALK AND THEY ARE SEIZING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CAMPAIGN....while explaining how they view the economic situation of a free market place system.

THE TRUTH IS...OUR SYSTEM OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE ENTERPRISE IS STILL FAIRLY YOUNG AND SINCE THIS IS THE FURTHEST WE'VE TRAVELED ON THIS PLANET AND THE FURTHEST THAT A SYSTEM SUCH AS OURS HAS FLOURISHED, THEN WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW IT WILL PLAY OUT.

AND EACH AND EVERYONE OF THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE NO IDEA HOW A BAIL-OUT WILL AFFECT THE ECONOMY

IT WILL BOLSTER THE STOCK MARKET IN THE SHORT TERM

A SHORT TERM BAND-AID IS GOOD FOR THE MOMENT, BUT WHEN STITCHES ARE NEEDED THE BAND-AID DOESN'T WORK.

A MUCH STRONGER BAND-AID WOULD BE THE REDUCTION OF 10 BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH BEING SPENT IN IRAQ IN ORDER TO CREATE A DEMOCRACY THAT WILL NEVER BE A DEMOCRACY AS WE VIEW THE TERM.

THE RELIGIOUS FACTIONS IN IRAQ ARE ALSO THE RELIGIOUS FACTIONS IN IRAN AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON....and DEMOCRACY is not the answer in Religious Tribal Societies.

I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER... EXCEPT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS IN THE WORLD AND TRY TO APPLY LOVING SOLUTIONS TO THE ON-GOING TASK OF LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER AS A HUMAN SPECIES.

Pretty simple....but probably too late....especially when your AAV thinks Barack Obama is a Muslim.

The Karl Rove Doctrine is in place and working extremely well.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

7 hundred BILLION

THAT'S 700,000,000,000
and
since
there
is
NO
gold standard

then I have to assume that 700 BILLION is backed up by
multiple
PRINTING PRESSES
running
24/7

THANK GOD FOR GUTENBERG

Printing truly changed the world and
the latest
example
really works great

UNTIL
SOMEBODY
SOMEWHERE
SOMETIME
SAYS

"HEY...PAY UP."

and that somebody
somewhere
sometime
will
be
of
a
different nationality than
AMERICAN

and then there will be a real problem
that
probably
will
only be solved
by
a
new
bigger
WAR

THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY WEAPONS IN THE WORLD
AND
TOO FEW EXCUSES NOT TO USE THEM

ONCE THERE ARE TOO MANY DEBTS TO COLLECT THEN THE ONLY ANSWER
WILL BE TO USE
THE
WEAPONS

Does that sound bleak?

Keep supporting a McWar attitude and it will get bleaker and bleaker and bleaker

I think this negative feeling came about because the Dodgers lost 2 out of 3 to the Giants and were shut out 1-0.

I should be feeling upbeat because of the Ryder Cup victory by America but the Dodgers have to keep playing and the Ryder Cup is over until 2010.

But really

700,000,000,000 DOLLARS

al I need to be bailed out is around $85,000.....chump change
Tip money for the asshole's who shorted all the financial stocks
and
made
millions

AND THE MOST DEPRESSING LIST IS THE LIST OF CEO'S WHO WALKED AWAY WITH MILLIONS AFTER TOTALLY WIPING OUT THEIR CURRENT COMPANIES

I'LL PRINT THAT LIST IN A FEW DAYS

IT SUCKS LIKE 700,000,000,000 TIMES

Michael Timothy McAlevey

BIG THINGS

The small picture above

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. Skeletal tentacles of dust can be seen extending beyond the small galaxy's disk of starlight.

When we think about all the things going on with our small planet...we should pause every so often and consider the BIG THINGS going on in our Universe.

IT JUST MAKES LITTLE THINGS...LIKE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS...SEEM REALLY REALLY SMALL.

I HIGHLY SUGGEST GOING ON THE HUBBLE http://hubblesite.org/ SITE ONCE A WEEK JUST TO KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE....it just cleans the soul.

And with all the "stuff" that is going to enter our lives in the next 45 days I think an occasional cleansing of the soul is extremely important.

ENJOY

Michael Timothy McAlevey

DRUGS AND SUPREME COURT

During the last Supreme Court session they ruled in favor of BIG BUSINESS by ruling that an individual could not sue a company for making a faulty medical device IF THAT DEVICE WAS APPROVED BY THE FDA.

The little guy (you ) got slammed thanks to the RIGHT LEANING SUPREME COURT MAJORITY.

NOW IN THE UPCOMING SESSION THEY WILL APPARENTLY BE DOING THE SAME THING REGARDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE and then write your congressman.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

I DIDN'T WRITE THIS BUT

someone sent me this and while I didn't write it I'm pretty sure I've had most of these thoughts

I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....

If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."
Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story

If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim
Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick

Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable
Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded

If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive

If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian

If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society
If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you're very responsible

If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America's
If you're husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.

OK, much clearer now

Michael Timothy McAlevey

MAGIC NUMBER AND NUMBER ONE and then the RAMS

Dodgers magic number is 10 and USC number is ONE and then we have the RAMS.

Anyone who says coaching doesn't matter has never been a coach or known a coach.

The Trojans might have the greatest college football coach that ever lived.

THAT'S A WOW....but when one weighs in on coaches being able to motivate players and then explain almost every aspect of life then one has to consider Pete Carroll as one of the greatest coaches in history.

LA has been incredibly fortunate to have some of the greatest coaches of all time....starting with John Wooden who didn't win a championship until after 16 years of coaching.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING. IT'S ABOUT TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO COMPETE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE WORLD.

Pete Carroll credits John Wooden with being the motivator in how he approaches the art of coaching. And then after everything is said and done...the guy can throw a football 55 yards.

HE APPEARS TO BE A PERSON WHO WILL PLAY CATCH...ANYTIME...ANYWHERE....WITH ANYONE WHO CAN CATCH AND THROW.

I can't imagine how a family feels when he shows up in their house and wants their kid to play at USC. IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHAT SURREAL.

He is a major positive motivational human being and if he stays at USC for another ten years then I am fairly certain that he will be regarded as the greatest college football coach who ever lived.

It's the best time to be a USC football fan and I never though I'd say this....IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN WHEN JOHN McKAY WAS COACH.

I LOVED JOHN BUT HE COULDN'T THROW THE BALL 55 YARDS....he was funnier but humor only matters when you are losing...and so far Pete Carroll doesn't subscribe to that scenario.

THE DODGERS ARE 12-2 and I'm just holding my breath...only five games over .500 so there's always the chance that things could go south...but it looks good and once again I ask you to say a little prayer for a

FREEWAY WORLD SERIES

and then there's the Rams

wow and ouch and wow and ouch and how could a team be so weak in a sport where all players are somewhat the same....except for the superstars....

I HAVE TO POINT TO THE COACHES.....there's no other answer.....

TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

They are painful to watch but at least I got to watch them and that's not going to happen very often this year....which might be the best part of this story.

AS GREAT AS THE TROJANS ARE....THE RAMS ARE THAT BAD.
and
that's sad

and on top of that... I have to watch Kurt Warmer throw for 300 yards and lead Arizona to a victory....that's just not right.

I wish there was something important going on politically so I could take my mind off of sports.....

Hummmm...let me think....there must be something going on.....hummmmmmm

Michael Timothy McAlevey

This might be as close as we get

Being a basic homer for LA and surrounding areas, in football, baseball and basketball, I better write this quick because this might be as close as we get to the

FREEWAY SERIES
The Los Angeles Dodgers are in first place

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have already clinched their division....and it is the earliest clinching in the history of the franchise

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in first place


I JUST LOVE BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT ON SEPTEMBER 12
The Dodgers have been in Los Angeles since 1958

The Angels have been in Southern California since 1961

They have both won the World Series....DODGERS FIVE TIMES/ANGELS ONE TIME

THEY HAVE NEVER PLAYED EACH OTHER IN A WORLD SERIES

The town deserves to witness a true FREEWAY SERIES.

DODGERS FANS DESERVE IT

ANGEL FANS DESERVE

I DESERVE IT

YOU DESERVE IT


Being a Dodger fan since 1954 ( I was eight and just starting to pay attention and for some reason the Dodgers were my favorite team) I didn't realize that my loyalty was going to be rewarded with a franchise move to my backyard in 1958 but I've always had very good intuition so that might have been an early sign.


The fact that I've been able to listen to Vin Scully the entire time has been covered in previous columns....but it's still the best part of the Dodger loyalty story.


IT'S TIME FOR VIN SCULLY TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE A WORLD SERIES BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS AND THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS AT ANAHEIM

HE DESERVES IT MORE THAN ANYONE ON THE PLANET

So many things have to happen for that event to take place...and we all know that the ball bounces oddly at certain times.

IT IS A POSSIBILITY

BUT

this might be as close as we get.

First the Dodgers have to win their division...and that's still a BIG IF...and then they have get past teams like THE CUBS or THE PHILLIES or THE METS or THE ASTROS or THE BREWERS

1988 is undeniable proof that anything is possible.

BUT 20 YEARS SINCE EXPERIENCING THE SACRED GROUND OF A WORLD SERIES EVENT IS NOT A GOOD THING

THEY ARE OVERDUE

BUT IF THEY ARE OVERDUE

THEN

THE

CUBS

ARE

BEYOND

OVERDUE

AND BEYOND OVERDUE BOTHERS ME BUT I KEEP REMEMBERING THAT THEY

ARE

THE

CUBS

I'm sure the Universe isn't really focusing on who wins the World Series but if there are some entities out there that might be looking down on our National Pastime...and I do know a few that truly do care, one in particular...then I'm simply going to ask a big favor.

MY DEAR SON SEAN....

If you could do anything to affect the small bad bounce or the tricky fly ball....I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW GAMES ARE AFFECTED.....so I'll just flat out ask

PLEASE SON....

PLEASE GIVE THIS GIFT TO VIN SCULLY

and of course your GRANDPA BILL who loves the Angels, as much as I love the Dodgers.......I know you know that he's 89

so

a

DODGERS/ANGELS WORLD SERIES

would be a great gift for him

I don't think it's asking too much...and I've always heard....what's the harm in asking.

I fully understand if it doesn't happen but it's nice to know that we've gotten this close

especially after how medicore the Dodgers looked for most of the season....and since 1988, if one wants to be realistic.

OBVIOUSLY BEING REALISTIC ISN'T THE THEME OF THIS PIECE

BUT

ONE

CAN

DREAM



Michael Timothy McAlevey

TEST COMPLETED

By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
GENEVA - The world's largest particle collider passed its first major tests by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.

After a series of trial runs, two white dots flashed on a computer screen at 10:26 a.m. (0826 GMT) indicating that the protons had traveled clockwise along the full length of the 4 billion Swiss franc (US$3.8 billion) Large Hadron Collider — described as the biggest physics experiment in history.

Champagne corks popped in labs as far away as Chicago, where contributing and competing scientists watched the proceedings by satellite.
Five hours later, scientists successfully fired a beam counterclockwise.
Physicists around the world now have much greater power to smash the components of atoms together in attempts to learn about their structure.
"Well done, everybody," said Robert Aymar, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, to cheers from the assembled scientists in the collider's control room at the Swiss-French border.


The organization, known by its French acronym CERN, began firing the protons — a type of subatomic particle — around the tunnel in stages less than an hour earlier, with the first beam injection at 9:35 a.m. (0735 GMT).

Eventually two beams will be fired at the same time in opposite directions with the aim of recreating conditions a split second after the big bang, which scientists theorize was the massive explosion that created the universe.

"My first thought was relief," said Evans, who has been working on the project since its inception in 1984. "This is a machine of enormous complexity. Things can go wrong at any time. But this morning has been a great start."

He didn't want to set a date, but said that he expected scientists would be able to conduct collisions for their experiments "within a few months."


The collider is designed to push the proton beam close to the speed of light, whizzing 11,000 times a second around the tunnel.

Scientists hope to eventually send two beams of protons through two tubes about the width of fire hoses, speeding through a vacuum that is colder and emptier than outer space. The paths of these beams will cross, and a few protons will collide. The collider's two largest detectors — essentially huge digital cameras weighing thousands of tons — are capable of taking millions of snapshots a second.


The CERN experiments could reveal more about "dark matter," antimatter and possibly hidden dimensions of space and time. It could also find evidence of the hypothetical particle — the Higgs boson — which is sometimes called the "God particle" because it is believed to give mass to all other particles, and thus to matter that makes up the universe.

The supercooled magnets that guide the proton beam heated slightly in the morning's first test, leading to a pause to recool them before trying the opposite direction.


The start of the collider came over the objections of some who feared the collision of protons could eventually imperil the Earth by creating micro-black holes, subatomic versions of collapsed stars whose gravity is so strong they can suck in planets and other stars.
"It's nonsense," said James Gillies, chief spokesman for CERN.


CERN was backed by leading scientists like Britain's Stephen Hawking , who declared the experiments to be absolutely safe.

Gillies told the AP that the most dangerous thing that could happen would be if a beam at full power were to go out of control, and that would only damage the accelerator itself and burrow into the rock around the tunnel.


Nothing of the sort occurred Wednesday, though the accelerator is still probably a year away from full power.

The project organized by the 20 European member nations of CERN has attracted researchers from 80 nations. Some 1,200 are from the United States, an observer country that contributed US$531 million. Japan, another observer, also is a major contributor.
Some scientists have been waiting for 20 years to use the LHC.


The complexity of manufacturing it required groundbreaking advances in the use of supercooled, superconducting equipment. The 2001 start and 2005 completion dates were pushed back by two years each, and the cost of the construction was 25 percent higher than originally budgeted in 1996, Luciano Maiani, who was CERN director-general at the time, told The Associated Press.
Maiani and the other three living former directors-general attended the launch Wednesday.
Smaller colliders have been used for decades to study the makeup of the atom. Less than 100 years ago scientists thought protons and neutrons were the smallest components of an atom's nucleus, but in stages since then experiments have shown they were made of still smaller quarks and gluons and that there were other forces and particles.

SINCE I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE SOME WHO HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THE POSSIBLE
DANGERS I SUPPOSE YOU THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO APOLOGISE FOR BEING A
"NAYSAYER"

WELL.....NOT QUITE YET.

If you read the story you will notice a few areas of concern.

WILL NOT BE UP TO FULL POWER FOR ABOUT A YEAR
AND
STEVEN HAWKING SAYS NOTHING CAN GO WRONG

now don't get me wrong....Dr. Hawking is a very smart guy but the last time I checked it would not surprize me to learn that he won't mind being sucked into a man made BLACK HOLE.

I'm sure he feels that a part of his physical existence has already been living in that abstract.

WILL NOT BE UP TO FULL POWER FOR A YEAR
shows me that the champagne poppers still don't really know if
the
naysayers (like me)
are
wrong

BUT LIKE I'VE SAID ALL ALONG......IF THE NAYSAYERS ARE RIGHT AND A MINI BLACK HOLE IS CREATED THEN IT IS LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT THE MATTER SURROUNDING THE BLACK HOLE WILL BE ABSORBED.

IN THIS FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE...THE MATTER SURROUNDING A MAN MADE MINI BLACK HOLE CREATED UNDERGROUND IN GENEVA WOULD BE

EARTH

I'M STILL CONCERNED

THEN THERE'S THE PART ABOUT A BEAM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND DAMAGING THE MACHINE....WHAT ABOUT THE BEAM NOT STOPPING

Oh well.....Dr. Hawking says not to worry...and of course he's infallible.

So lets focus ourselves on the Presidental Election....where man made black holes are being created on an hourly basis.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

I hope she doesn't drive

This is a picture of the next Chinese Gymnastics Olympic champion.....oddly enough she will be 16 during the London Olympics in 2012.

Must be something in the rice.

Now that the Olympics are over and the Conventions are finished it's time to turn our collective attention to BASEBALL.....and College Football and oh yeah...Professional football....which just seems to have dropped off my personal interest scale. That could have something to do with the Rams never being on TV and finishing last in the entire league. But I would watch them if they allowed them to be on TV.... so maybe it's better this way.

September baseball is the best......I realize October Baseball is playoff and World Series time, but the real battle is getting to October....October is a reward for the long season and right now there are some teams on the proverbial.....bubble.

Last week the Dodgers managed to win two games from Arizona (in Arizona) after losing the first game of the three game series. I started telling people that the Dodgers could winout after the game on Sunday. Then I BECAME REALISTIC AND STARTED SAYING THEY WOULD WIN 85% OF THEIR REMAINING GAMES.

SO FAR THEY ARE STILL ON THE WINOUT MODE....(no loss since August 29th)

I'm fairly realistic when it comes to the Dodgers and for some ungodly reason I think they will finish the season with a flourish.....and even get to 86 or 87 wins.....(today they have 71) and there are only 21 games left.

JUST A FEELING

But keep in mind that I'm a guy who had a feeling that McGovern could beat Nixon in 72

which might be my all-time worst "feeling"........of course I was really caught up in the moment and wasn't following the polls.....more like following the feeling of knowing that Nixon was going down.......turns out I just had the down part mistaken for the election not the resignation.

All's well that ends well.......

And then there is the current election.

My "feeling" is........I don't know. I know who I'm going to vote for

but......

I don't have as much confidence in the American voter as I once had and the ROWE tricks of trade have proven to be extremely successful in shaping the minds of the voters.

And then there is the INCIDENT that will happen before the election. The INCIDENT, which I predicted well over 16 months ago, is the thing that will happen to make people afraid to change course. I have no idea what the INCIDENT will be but my instincts point toward something in IRAN or SOUTH KOREA or GEORGIA (we saw a small preview during the Olympics)

Too much repeating of the word FIGHT in John McCain's acceptance speech.....indicates to me that he's letting us know that once again WAR is the central issue....and American will go anywhere to protect American interests......which are extensive to say the least.

I've decided that he is no longer McBush

HE

IS

McWAR

AND THUS THE BATTLE BEGINS

and in the year 2008 the world sits on the edge.

THE EDGE OF WHAT....... IS THE QUESTION

IS THIS A PLANET THAT WOULD PREFER TO CONDUCT IT'S BUSINESS IN A PEACEFUL WAY OR DO WE ALL JUST WANT TO KICK FREAKIN ASS.....ALL THE TIME?

I'M AFRAID THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THE AMERICAN VOTER WILL RESPONSE ON NOVEMBER 4th 2008

I thought this election would be extremely interesting because of the OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES of the two candidates but I think it's going to get UGLY instead of interesting.

I HOPE NOT....and I hope the issues can rise to the top and that both Presidential candidates can conduct themselves with grace and dignity.

I hope the two VP candidates can conduct themselves with grace and dignity.

I HOPE THE TWO PARTIES CAN CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY

I'M PROBABLY OUT OF MY FREAKIN MIND

ISSUES

ISSUES

ISSUES

and issues do consist of how people think beyond their political beliefs.

and those issues should be addressed......along with all things political.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

The White House could have a different look

So here's the dealio.....

One of the babes shown above was in the Olympics as a Javelin thrower

One of the babes shown above is running for Vice-President of The United States

and the other two babes are in my dreams on a consistent basis.

I'm not opposed to hot looking women in the White House but I am opposed to people

who don't believe in Evolution, who don't believe in Stem Cell research, who don't think that HUMAN BEINGS have anything to do with Global Warming, who say they are against EARMARKS and then somehow obtain $197 MILLION dollars for their state, who don't think women have a right to choose and who don't think HATE-CRIME laws are legitimate parts of our legislation.

I understand that $197 million for Alaska projects is not all EARMARKS but she has been extremely vocal against any earmarks and a small bit of research shows that $2 million of that 197 is going to the research of crab productivity in the Bearing Sea....which sounds like an EARMARK to me.

The Creationism part of her belief system really scares me.

I believe GOD CREATED THE UNIVERSE

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK IT HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 10,000 YEARS

FULLY UNDERESTIMATING GOD'S ABILITY TO INCLUDE EVOLUTION IN THE MIX

I MEAN SERIOUSLY.....IT'S GOD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED

GOD COULD DO ANYTHING

WHICH I THINK IS THE POINT OF BEING GOD

and there isn't a HUMAN BEING alive that knows exactly when the soul becomes part of equation in HUMAN LIFE....but there sure are a bunch of people who claim to know and those same people claim that STEM CELL RESEARCH is EVIL.

AGAIN....I like hot women and I don't mind seeing them in the White House.....

but how someone looks shouldn't be the reason for voting...

I

THINK

IT'S

MORE

IMPORTANT

HOW

SOMEONE

THINKS

But that's just the way I roll

Michael Timothy McAlevey

REMINDER

JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO REVISIT THE REAL GENTLEMEN BEHIND THE CURRENT ADMINSTRATION AND THE POSSIBLE NEW ADMINSTRATION UNDER JOHN McCAIN

PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE NAMES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY



PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

June 3, 1997
American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century.

We aim to change this. We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership.

As the 20th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's preeminent power. Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge: Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievements of past decades? Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?

We are in danger of squandering the opportunity and failing the challenge. We are living off the capital -- both the military investments and the foreign policy achievements -- built up by past administrations. Cuts in foreign affairs and defense spending, inattention to the tools of statecraft, and inconstant leadership are making it increasingly difficult to sustain American influence around the world. And the promise of short-term commercial benefits threatens to override strategic considerations. As a consequence, we are jeopardizing the nation's ability to meet present threats and to deal with potentially greater challenges that lie ahead.We seem to have forgotten the essential elements of the Reagan Administration's success: a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities.

Of course, the United States must be prudent in how it exercises its power. But we cannot safely avoid the responsibilities of global leadership or the costs that are associated with its exercise. America has a vital role in maintaining peace and security in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. If we shirk our responsibilities, we invite challenges to our fundamental interests. The history of the 20th century should have taught us that it is important to shape circumstances before crises emerge, and to meet threats before they become dire. The history of this century should have taught us to embrace the cause of American leadership.

Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw their consequences for today. Here are four consequences:

• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;

• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;

• we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;

• we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.
Such a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity may not be fashionable today. But it is necessary if the United States is to build on the successes of this past century and to ensure our security and our greatness in the next.

Elliott Abrams Gary Bauer William J. Bennett Jeb Bush Dick Cheney Eliot A. Cohen Midge Decter Paula Dobriansky Steve Forbes Aaron Friedberg Francis Fukuyama Frank Gaffney Fred C. Ikle Donald Kagan Zalmay Khalilzad I. Lewis Libby Norman Podhoretz Dan Quayle Peter W. Rodman Stephen P. Rosen Henry S. Rowen Donald Rumsfeld Vin Weber George Weigel Paul Wolfowitz

Anyone sound fimilar?

This seems to go beyond a "think tank" concept. More like an "Action tank"

LOTS OF ACTION

Have a nice convention!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

THE PRESS NEEDS TO BACK OFF

The only people who seem to be concerned that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant is the
PRESS
and they need to back off immediately.
THIS IS A PRIVATE FAMILY MATTER THAT SHOULD NEVER BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN
AND I APOLOGISE FOR BRINGING IT UP THIS TIME BUT AFTER WATCHING VIDEO'S FROM CERTAIN NEWS CHANNELS I NEEDED TO POP OFF ABOUT THE PRESS.

DEAR NATIONAL PRESS CORPS.....

STOP TRYING TO MAKE SERIOUS NEWS CHANNELS LOOK LIKE STAR MAGAZINE

IT'S EMBARRASSING
AND
IT'S
STUPID

AND THERE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES IN THIS COUNTRY AND PERSONAL STUFF ABOUT CANDIDATE'S CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER BE
ADDRESSED

YOUR TRUE COLORS ARE SHOWING AND THOSE COLORS ARE
UGLY

oh yeah and one more thing.....
Sarah's husband's issue about receiving a DUI when he was 22 years old is really really really unimportant......it would be news if it happened twice.....OR IF IT HAD HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

IT'S NOT PART OF THE ISSUES
DROP IT
AND ASK QUESTIONS THAT MATTER


Michael Timothy McAlevey

GUSTAV AND BUSH KICK GOP'S ASS

GUSTAV just kicked the GOP's ass but he couldn't have done it without George's help.

It's not like the GOP Convention was being held in New Orleans....in fact it was being held about 1500 miles north of the gulf coast cities...and the only reason the opening day was MOSTLY postponed was because of how George W. Bush handed KATRINA.

HAD HE DONE HIS JOB AT THE TIME AND HAD HE MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS PUT BACK TO NORMAL IN THE LAST THREE YEARS...THEN THE GUILT OF STARTING A CONVENTION WOULD NEVER HAVE SURFACED.

GUN-SHY is the word.

HAD GEORGE W. BUSH SPENT ONE MONTH OF THE IRAQ WAR FUNDS ON NEW ORLEANS THEN WE WOULD SEE A NORMAL OPENING FOR THE GOP BIG MOMENT.

But the good news for the GOP is that George will not be attending the convention...

He's on his way down to the gulf states to oversee the carnage...

The old expression.....a little bit late to the dance....seems to fit nicely in this case.

SO while everybody is looking at Gustav....there are some of us that know exactly why the convention was basically put on hold until tomorrow.

The only thing more ironic would have been to name the storm....."GEORGE"

but I'm sure Cheney would have nixed that!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

TRYING TO TRUMP THE MO WITH HUH?

The first move by John McCain to undermine the momentum from the Democratic National Convention was made this morning in Dayton, Ohio.

John McCain and all of his supporters have been moaning and groaning about the lack of EXPERIENCE in BARACK OBAMA'S life....and that there was no way he was qualified to be President of the United States after only four years of being a United States Senator. That argument is now off the table.

JOHN'S FIRST MOVE WAS TO SELECT

SARAH PALIN

My first reaction was......I didn't even know Michael Palin's wife was in politics.

Then I discovered she is the Governor of Alaska
and
all I can say is.....

HUH?

Is this a move to start drilling in Alaska?

I'm looking forward to the debate between
SARAH PALIN and JOE BIDEN
BUT
FIRST
I NEED TO LEARN
ANYTHING
ABOUT

SARAH PALIN

WOW......I bet Mitt Romney is sitting in his office right now saying the exact same thing.

wow

Michael Timothy McAlevey

PERFECT QUOTE

There are so many things happening right now.....both personally and universally.....which I'm not sure is even a word but you get the general idea.

I stumbled upon a quote by MACHIAVELLI......from The Prince.

IT SEEMS TO BE A PERFECT QUOTE FOR THE TIMES

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in it's success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things"

On a personal note.... that quote would completely summarize the attempt to introduce LED lights to the general public.

On a Universal note.... that quote could completely summarize the attempt by Barack Obama to become the first African American President of the United States

I pause to contemplate my situation and realize that when one compares the two attempts one sees that one of the attempts appears to be a bit more on the strenuous side.

Getting people to recognize a new form of energy saving light bulb is much more difficult.

Unless of course one harbors racial prejudices.

BUT IF ONE HARBORS RACIAL PREJUDICES AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS THEN ONE WILL NEVER ACCEPT THE IDEA OF A AFRICAN AMERICAN BEING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THUS THE COMPARISONS END BECAUSE ONE OF THE ATTEMPTS BECOMES A TOTAL IMPOSSIBILITY AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE COMPARED TO AN ATTEMPT THAT DOES HAVE POSSIBILITIES FOR SUCCESS.

ATTEMPTS HAVE TO HAVE SUCCESS OR FAILURE AS AN END RESULT OR IT'S NOT TRULY AN ATTEMPT....JUST MENTAL MASTURBATION.

CHANGING A PREJUDICIAL POINT OF VIEW IN THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF A PERSON WHO IS PREJUDICE TOWARD AFRICAN AMERICANS....

.....IS A CHANGE THAT MOST LIKELY WILL NOT TAKE PLACE.

BUT IT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED ON THE BARACK OBAMA CHANGE CAMPAIGN......IT JUST CAN'T BE ADDRESSED BY BARACK.

He is the last person who can bring up race issues during the next two months.....but everybody else can bring it up.....even Joe Biden.

IT SEEMS TO BE RIGHT BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WORD CHANGE

THE IDEA OF CHANGING FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF BEHAVIOR TOWARD THE AFRICAN RACE BY THE COLONISTS IS A VERY HARD CORE CHANGE.

IT MEANS SUPPRESSING AN ATTITUDE OF SUPERIORITY

A SUPERIORITY
THAT DROVE WESTERN EUROPEANS TO THE SHORES OF AMERICA

A SUPERIORITY
THAT DROVE EASTERN AMERICANS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

A SUPERIORITY
THAT DECIDED HUMAN BEINGS COULD BE HARVESTED LIKE CORN AND THAT HUMAN BEINGS LIVING IN UNDEVELOPED AREAS DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING IN THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE WHO FELT SUPERIOR

IT'S AN ATTITUDE THAT HAS TO CHANGE
IT'S AN ATTITUDE THAT HAS TO DIE
IT'S AN ATTITUDE THAT MUST BE A PART OF AMERICA'S PAST

IT'S A CHANGE THAT MUST TAKE PLACE FOR BARACK OBAMA TO BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

And the superior attitude that lingers just under the core values of a person's moral fiber is probably where the balance of the election lies.

THE TOTALLY PREJUDICED ASSHOLE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE...you know the ones that hate everybody who don't look and think like them .

The change is going to have to be done on the people who don't really think they are prejudice toward African Americans but as you listen to them speak about Barak and his Muslim ties and his ties to a pissed off minister and his ties to Farakon and so on and so forth you start to hear the truth.

THE TRUTH OF PREJUDICE IS A TRUTH OFTEN DISGUISED

I admit to being homophobic but I believe the gay community has equal rights on all levels and would vote accordingly.

It's that type of attitude that must emerge within the community of people who might suppress their prejudices.....just slightly...... and just enough to prevent them from voting for an African American in November.

It's a attitude of superiority that built this country
but the 20th century proved that all races could come together in order to save this country.

ALL RACES AND ALL RELIGIONS (EXCEPT FOR THE QUAKERS) BONDED TOGETHER TO STOP THOSE FRUITCAKES IN GERMANY AND ITALY AND JAPAN.

IT'S TIME AGAIN TO BOND TOGETHER AND GIVE A MAN OF EXTREME INTELLIGENCE , GIFTED ORATORY TALENTS AND HUMBLE BEGINNINGS A CHANCE TO
CHANGE
HOW THE WORLD VIEWS US
but more importantly
HOW
WE
VIEW
OURSELVES.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

IMPRESSIVE

These are two very impressive women and while one is trying to get into the White House the other moved in when she was four years old....and lived there for almost three years. She should have lived there for 8 years but.......SH.T HAPPENS......as if you didn't already know that.

The coolest thing about Caroline Kennedy is the way she looks while she speaks....I'm referring to the look that indicates she is always smiling.....which I know can't be true but it's just her natural style.....and personally I absolutely love it.

As far as Michelle Obama is concerned......she could probably be running for something....besides First Lady....The Woman is brilliant and knows how to deliver a speech. I wonder where she learned that?

I would love to see a debate between her and Cindy McCain.

It doesn't appear at this moment in history that it would be a fair debate....but then again maybe Cindy has been saving up for her big moment next week at the Republican Convention.

I flat out predict that she doesn't give a speech.

Just a hunch....we'll see.

BUT THE CHICKS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RULE.......and Hillary speaks tonight and she was the main chick until about two months ago.

I STILL HOPE THERE IS A PLACE ON THE CABINET FOR HER....

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

Is there still a Secretary of Health and Welfare?

Obviously something I need to look into.

There's always Secretary of Education for Hillary!

AND CAROLINE HAS TO HAVE A JOB IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION....

MAYBE SHE COULD BE THE FIRST SUPREME COURT JUDGE THAT BARACK GETS TO APPOINT.

But she deserves something and something HUGE.

She is truly a star on the rise.....and on top of that......she's a Kennedy.

WOW

Michael Timothy McAlevey

ELI STONE

For the last two months I have been "working" with a friend on a script idea. The idea is unique and centers around original songs that he has written.

Of course my favorite genre is the musical.

About a 5 weeks ago my friend told someone about his idea and that person responded by saying...."It sounds like that ELI STONE television show."

I had never heard of the show and neither had my friend but apparently there was some confusion about the show and the person mentioned that it had been cancelled.

I looked up the show and discovered that it had been on ABC during the second half of the last televsion season. We then discovered that it was being replayed during the summer on Saturday nights at 10 pm.

That seemed odd for a show that was cancelled and then my friend told me that the show had been picked up for the fall season.

I JUST WATCHED THE FINAL EPISODE (after watching each show) OF THE FIRST SEASON AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS SHOW THAT YOU GO TO ABC.COM AND WATCH THE FIRST EPISODES ON YOUR COMPUTER....BEFORE THE NEW SEASON STARTS.

IT IS EASILY MY FAVORITE SHOW ON TELEVISION

AND I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW SEASON

AND

OF COURSE

IT WILL BE CANCELLED

BUT

AT LEAST THERE WILL BE

SOME SHOWS THIS FALL....MAYBE 6, OR 13 OR ????????

I'm going to watch it like each episode is the last.

I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU ALLOW THIS SHOW INTO YOUR LIFE

THE LESSONS

ARE

HUGE

Michael Timothy McAlevey

PHYSICAL OLYMPICS TO MENTAL OLYMPICS

For the last two weeks the world has watched physical excellence in Beijing and now over the next two weeks attention will turn to the city of Denver and Minneapolis-Saint Paul...where we will HOPEFULLY watch mental excellence.

I REALIZE THAT IS A LARGE WORD

HOPEFULLY

and I fully understand the large segment of our population (50%)that thinks that the Democratic and Republican Conventions are just plain examples of

BULLS..T

But my answer to them is.....

IT'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN

and all things come forth from what this two party system projects.

LAWS

TAXES

WAR

and all other things that might be deemed important......but after LAWS, TAXES and WAR it seems everything is further down the list.

So while we get ready for organized political mind altering speeches I thought it would be nice to simply remember the last two weeks in Beijing.

Special kudos to Kobe....he started talking about the Olympics three years ago and he probably had the greatest time of his life....(except for births of daughters)

It turns out that he's probably the most popular athlete in China

(who isn't Chinese)

but his jersey out sells Mr. Ming's and that blows my mind.

It was wonderful Olympics

and on to

LONDON in 2012...with a winter stop over in Vancouver in 2010

Michael Timothy McAlevey

THE GREATEST OLYMPIC MOMENT

DOUBLE GOLD

END OF STORY!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

GOOD AND BAD BOLTS

Usain Bolt stunned the track world by running 19.30 in the 200 meter....breaking Michael Johnson's record that some thought might stand for another 20 years.

The other bolt, which was more of a jolt, struck the USA woman's softball team as they lost the gold medal to Japan 3-1. USA had already beat Japan twice but pool play makes previous losses meaningless.

The Japanese pitcher threw over 400 pitches in the last two days.....

I actually think the softball team losing was a result of BEING OVER CONFIDENT.....AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

I

FULLY UNDERSTAND

WHY THEY WERE OVER CONFIDENT

But today they probably feel a tad bit confused....not to mention pissed off because Softball won't be in the next Olympics.... because the USA appeared invincible....and the rumors circulated that it was removed from the Olympics because the USA appeared invincible.

APPEARED INVINCIBLE is the magic phrase.

But Mr. Bolt is the fastest running human being on the planet......and he appears to be invincible.......but we know how those appearances can reverse themselves......but at this moment in time, the dancing Jamaica man is on top of the world.

He's also very entertaining and a breath of fresh air......

Now let's see how the testing goes.

and while they are testing check out those Japanese women on the softball team.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

BUILT FOR WHEATIES BOX and Lolo's low low

Shawn Johnson and LoLo Jones typify the Olympic experience....

Shawn's face was built for a Wheaties box but without GOLD it probably wasn't going to happen....and then on the final event she balanced her way into immortality.

The world is her oyster and as long as she passes the drug tests she can name her price.

AND THEN THERE IS LOLO JONES

Oh poor Lolo....two hurdles away from having her glamorous mug on the cover of numerous adult magazines.....two lousy little hurdles and then wham and her world crumbles and at the age of 26 we probably have seen the last of her.

That pack of smokes that fell out of her shoes might explain something.

ONE RISES THE OTHER FALLS AND WE EXPERIENCE THE ULTIMATE OLYMPIC CYCLE

Maybe Shawn will hire Lolo to handle her press releases.....or drive her to banquets.

Michael Timothy McAlevey