1955 with the Internet

I have finally figured out what Portland OR and the areas around them are. They are a small town in the 1950's but they have the internet. Its actually a very appealing combination of small town 1950's America living but with 21st Century advantages. The rub comes when the 21st century begins to try to speed up the 1950's. It's like watching the Leave It To Beaver show, but having it play in forwardness all the time.
Also living in this time warp makes you begin to think that we can actually solve all our social ills by simply ignoring them, as if society will simply outgrow its problems as if they were phases of maturing.

THE DONALD (DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT)

Just when I was beginning to think that the news was not providing enough things to make me laugh, I heard that Donald Trump is running for President. After I stopped laughing I realized that his candidacy would be a real boost to American Politics. The last Presidential cycle did not feature a TV reality show candidate and I know many people where lamenting that obvious missing candidate. Now, Donald Trump can fill that void. He can appeal to that segment of the American Public who can't tell you how a law is enacted but can tell you who is the last American Idol, or who was on the last cover of PEOPLE Magazine.
Donald Trump can be the Reality TV Party Candidate and we can now have our Presidential Elections done on the telephone the way that the American Idol winners are picked. Leave it up to The Donald to bring us and his hairdo into the 21st Century.

PORTLANDIA

As you may or may not know there is a current TV series on the IFC Network called PORTLANDIA. What the series does, and does very well, is to satirize the city of Portland Oregon. The funniest thing is that the city does a much better job of unintentionally satirizing itself more than the TV show does. For example the city is currently holding honest-to-goodness real live hearings as to whether or not it should join a Federal Government sponsored ant-terrorist network. The city "leaders" and the population are seriously trying to decide whether it is better to not join and have as many terrorist acts in the city as possible, or join and have to deal with reality. That ladies and gentlemen is Portland's real dilemma should it grow-up and act like an adult or should it just live in the made-up world of fairy tales and hob-goblins?

Club Mordecai

Since the Jewish holiday of Purim is coming up, it occurred to me that Jews are always trying to make this into a "happy" holiday, maybe they should start a Club Mordecai Comedy Club. The Club Mordecai would fulfill two purposes, it would give Jews and Non-Jews a place to laugh at and with each other, and it would give guilt-ridden Jews a place to expunge their religious demons in public. Actually the first stand-up should be Woody Allen, notoriously ambivalent about his Judaism, he could do at least two or three hours of one-liners about how his non-stop psychiatric analysis could have been prevented had he just be given the opportunity to tell one-liners at his Bar Mitzvah instead of having to read the Torah.

What Do We Need Cairo Egypt For ?

What is all the fuss about whats going on in Egypt? I bet you can't name one thing that we need that is made in Egypt. They have no oil, no natural gas, in fact the only thing they make in Egypt are Mummies and I don't think the world needs any more of those !!!.
Also, the Egyptian rioters need a really catchy slogan. Down with Mubarak just doesn't get it !! How about: Up with Mummies !!! or Down with Mubarak Up with his Mummy !!!
Anyhow the Egyptian riots are nowhere near as entertaining as the new TV Show PORTLANDIA on the IFC Channel. When you finally get tired of CNN & all the other cable news networks trying to make the Egyptian riots relevant to you, get your cable TV on and begin watching all the shows ON Demand or on HUlU that's where life really happens.

Random Thinks or Thoughts & Dustbins

I just saw a promo for the new James Cameron movie( maker of AVATAR and Titanic ) Sanctuary. Based on the clip the movie should be renamed Scrotum. And by the way why did it take so long for that damn Titanic to sink in the movie? The movie was way too long, as was the remake of King Kong. It seems that movie-makers are confusing length with content. Just because a movie is extra long doesn't mean its extra enjoyable.
Also whats the big deal that Keith Obermann is leaving MSNBC? Have we finally reached the point where non-news is actually now news?
Will someone please tell me from whom the angry people in this country want to take their country back from? And, why do I have to listen to miscreants like Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann from MN, who casually rewrites history to fit her current warped view of American History. As a fringe candidate for the Presidency, it really irks me to think that she and Sarah Palin get to say whatever they want in public, when they should be relegated to the dustbin of history as soon as possible. We need to speed up the dustbin process not the 24 hour news cycle.

SUGGESTIONS

Some time ago (late October early November 2010)I dropped a suggestion into the Suggestion Box at a local non-profit organization we frequent. Well, the other day 90-120 days after my drop, I received a voice mail from someone at the non-profit. The message began by apologizing for taking to so long to either acknowledge and/or agree with my suggestion, you,can guess where the rest of the message went; thanks for your suggestion but no thanks its not for our organization.
After thinking about the reply, the only thing that occurred to me is Why Do I Bother?