FOUNTAIN OF WINE

Today I had the pleasure of driving my son over to a small village where celebrations were taking place to give thanks for this year's bumper crop of grapes. The method they use is simple: They fill a huge fountain in the middle of their downtown area with wine and everyone fills their cup. The fountain spews the crimson liquid out of an angel's mouth straight into the air about a yard above it's face, then drains into the huge 2nd story bowl where bunches of concord colored grapes hang off the edge allowing the current bounty to drain into the lower-much larger-bottom level of the fountain. There is no cost. There are no fights. No body gets drunk-unless some stupid American tourist happens to stumble into the city accidentally. There are 40 to 50 booths available along a shaded promenade providing various items one might find at a flea market. The fiesta celebrates, however, it also promotes the local wine industry and provides a great excuse for everyone to get out in the street and relax in a world so full of violence that everyone is sick of hearing about it. What a pleasant Sunday, I think I even heard the church bells ringing as well while I sipped on a taste of the first red wine of 2006. I hope you will also find a way to relax your mind wherever you are, and turn off the tube long enough to smell the wine.

AMERICANs & GEOGRAPHY- DOESN'T MIX

I AM PISSED! Did you hear what happened in the upper regions of Hesmaklamcha? When I first read it, I thought it had to be a miss print. How could a nation of Lamsemions treat their own people like that? It was openly admitted by the cabinet of international nations for peace, that the borders of Hesmaklamcha would be securely guarded by troops from the peace keeping forces in Europe until their people could evacuate the country. During this period of exodus, the Tramposeenie faction attacked it's own people with hand made Molotov cocktail bombs, burning innocent women and children trying to race to freedom. Shots rung out in the air during the skirmish and disaster ruled the streets when finally a car bomb went off and cleared the trail of freedom seekers in half. The bloodbath went on for only a few minutes, but little time is required to quench the thirst of disaster. The Hesmaklamcha released a DVD to the press and will be aired tomorrow night on the evening news. I guess what gets me the most is why would a people attack their own kind in order to make a point? How could someone murder their own people for whatever they did? And most of all, WHERE THE HELL IS HESMAKLAMCHA?
The news is smothered in reports about people being attacked here, and killed there, and even with their simple maps they use to EDUCATE US STUPID AMERICANS IN GEOGRAPHY, the majority of us could give a rat's ass where Hisbalue or Peshbachan is located. We don't have family there, nor investments, or anything else there except maybe a family member fighting a war to free some bunch of foreigners that will only turn around when we leave and start cutting each other's throats again as soon as the last soldier gets on his transport home. The only reason we are fighting anywhere is so easily understood by the common person, that the nightly news insults us more than the occasional middle finger one points in our general direction on the occasional traffic close-call, IT IS ABOUT MONEY!!!!
Do you see American soldiers fighting in Africa down in the jungles to supply all of the starving tribes with food, technology, etc? Are we fighting in the jungles of South America to end the production of plants creating cocaine, heroine, etc? No way man!!!! Are you shittin me????? Capitalistic rich only go where the benefits are. If I take over your country and get petroleum, then watch out cause I'm going to kick your ass!! If you can provide me some type of geographical advantage, watch your back!!!! Those with power have always-throughout time-bullied their way into more and more riches.
When America falls, and every super-power which has ever existed on our globe has fallen to either time or other more powerful nations, it will do just what my father always told me growing up as a young man:
Son, if you get in a fight to protect yourself, and the other guy is twice your size, looks mean and maybe even growls at you while punching his fist in his hand, always remember this, THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL, AND TAKING OUT THEIR KNEE WILL ENSURE THAT THEY SQUALL!
My dad was generally a pacifistic person, but he hated bullies, and always prepared me in self defense while growing up. I grew up during predestined wars among blacks in the south, school district separations, and many other social changes that added fuel to the fires of life. My dad was a veteran from WWII and only taught me techniques resulting in immediate results-non of this Haaaaa, Heeeee, shit you see on the Chinese movies where Kung-Fu experts fly in the air and walk on water. More like Stephen Siegal moves-Break first and talk later. I am just around the corner from 50 years old now and during my life, I used those techniques to save my life and the life of a friend 3 or 4 times. It always worked, and I always walked away-Thanks DAD.
Anyway, back to the issue-America is the biggest Giant to ever emerge in the history of mankind. Rome had many roads built, but I don't think they competed with the Interstate infrastructure the USA has. Our nation is powerfull-without going into detail, SAM'S GOT SOME POWERFUL SHIT! BUT, The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and I don't know who's gonna take the knee, but I hope I'm not around to hear it SQUALL.......

How Much Time Do Our Senators Waste?

I was scanning a little info today referred by a friend and discovered that our Senators have been quite busy over the last year proposing bills for various reasons and realized why our system is so coagulated. How do they have time to do anything if they are proposing hundreds of bills-which must go through the process of a bill to become law, (Remember Bill on Capitol Hill?), instead of spending time trying to better the area they have been given responsibility for-the state their constituents live in FOR EXAMPLE?! First let me say that I am not a graduate of political science and my opinion probably means absolutely nothing whatsoever, however, I would think that the people that read this are capable of READING and can come to their own conclusion, so here is only one example out of thousands which exist at http://thomas.loc.gov/ and can be reviewed at your own discretion.

102. S.AMDT.1660 to H.R.2862 To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/8/2005) Cosponsors (16)
Latest Major Action: 9/14/2005 Amendment SA 1660 ruled out of order by the chair.

Maybe I'm just completely in the dark on political issues, but what does a senator in NEW YORK have to do with problems in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama? Don't those states have their own elected Senators? Isn't it their responsibility to create the paperwork for bills dealing with their specific states? I just made a simple mathematic equation to estimate how many bills must be reviewed and it is simply 50 x 100 = 5000. Poor Bush, no wonder he makes such FU$^@D up decisions-he's busy vetoing, signing, or passing over 20 bills a day.

While I'm on the subject, have you written to your Senator or Representative today, yesterday, ever in your life? You have the right-as a free American citizen-to write to your representative and find out exactly what they are doing for you and how they represent what you THE PEOPLE want done for you!!!!!!!!!