Truths

Okay, the Lord has given me one more day...I get to do my best one more day.

Some people measure test scores and forget to measure a person's heart.

Standards

A North Dakota newsman says 'fucking shit' on an open mike during the intro to his first appearance at a new station. Oh my gosh! Those who have never said either, or both, of those words feel free to cast the first stone. Violation of FCE regulations. Sure. Levy a fine, sure. Firing a person for the use of common every day words, give me a break. It is time for the (as Gerry Spence's aptly named book is named) "Blood Thirsty Bitches & Pious Pimps of Power" to step down off their pedestals. The movie 'Argo' is the most recent example of the use of the word by high ranking officials on a daily basis. For example, "argofuck yourself".  For an excellent example of the many varied uses of the word 'fuck' watch Boondock Saints. Rocco displays an excellent grasp of the proper usage of the word.

So What is Plan A?

Driving to the office today I heard a radio ad. It started something like, "You are not a celebrity, you are an ordinary person, try the diet Plan 'B'... I stopped listening closely immediately because I knew that Plan 'B' was not for me...but I generally listened because I wanted to know what Plan 'A' was but they didn't say where to get information on Plan 'A'.  Now I just don't know what to do.

Maybe...

I have been giving thought to putting a new catchy quote on the old office letter head. I don't have anything in particular I am looking for. I just kind of browse. The current (old) one is from Boondock Saints:
"There are evil men, and they are to be feared. However, there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."

Today, I saw a couple of potential quote candidates in the news; something old--something new.

Old
"Death to the U.S. imperialists.”
New
"Let's rip the puppet traitors to death!"

The old one is probably to much of a worn out cliche and, well...it is old.
The new one does have a certain allure. I am not sure how 'puppet traitors' works into the message I am trying to communicate...but then again I am not sure that the North Korean head honcho guy who came up with it did either when he came up with it so that it could be mindlessly chanted by tens of thousands of his loyal, hungry, and  drab brown uniformed friends.

Perhaps, if I could come up with some generic, but relevant, category to interchange for 'puppet traitors', I could make it fit into my message.
Hmmm--
 'Let's rip the...(???)...to death' It could have some real possibilities.

I will give it some thought. Anyone have any ideas that might fit?

Bull-Pucky?

A Cda Press article today reported that Coeur d'Alene Mines was moving to Chicago and stated:

"There was a massive effort from the (Idaho) governor's office [Gov. Otter] to keep them in Coeur d'Alene," said Steve Griffitts, president of the Coeur d'Alene-based economic development group Jobs Plus. 

The word that immediately came to mind--"Bull-pucky".

Reminds me of the time Gov. Otter was to be the speaker at the Sunshine Memorial Service. Instead of attending he sent a flunky who read a one paragraph letter from the Gov. and stated the Gov. had a meeting that he just could not get out of--sorry. Curious I checked into the Gov's calendar for that day. Turns out that the meeting, that he just could not get out of, was he and the first lady were scheduled to go to a Garden Valley (e.g. Boise suburb) Chamber of Commerce luncheon that day. Guess the salad offering was better than the pot-luck put on by the community.

Yep Bull-pucky fits.

Justice

I actually had a second sighting of Justice the other day. The first sighting was on a mail box up near Priest Lake. It indicated that Justice lived there. Nobody was home, so I could not verify it. The second sighting,  the most recent one (of two), was on a U.S. Postage stamp. I am beginning to wonder if Justice is like those unidentified flying objects you hear about every now and then.

Nobody Cares

Words of complaint heard from a person being interviewed on 60 Minutes tonight.
Pogo's quote "We have met the enemy...and he is us" is the flip side of the coin.

Unless and until a large number of persons begin to care about what happens to their neighbors, whether they know them or not, universally nobody will care.