D.C. Mall

Hi Bears,

I saw the Sunday Morning segment this morning on the horrible condition of our nation's mall in Washington D.C..  The grounds, reflecting pond, the memorials themselves are in disrepair and already appear to be in the third-world shape that the neo-cons want to take us to.  The guy appointed to improve the situation said it would take 1/2 Billion dollars to fix. His Solution:? get donations from private donations  .  The Iraqi adventure spends $8 biilion a week.  We can't take 1/2  a day off from giving Halliburton and the fat cats money to kill American young people?  We could be employing the same kids to rebuild our country, yet W and Dick would rather play army since they never did it when they were young. 

Deliver us from Evil

Hi Bears,

   In my trip through the cable stations today, remote in hand and cat on lap, I went from a history special on the racism of American neo-Nazis to the mindless propaganda ofLaura Ingram on Fox to the Salem witch trials in the movie"The Crucible" on HBO.  What was striking was the seamless transitions.

   Hatred flows through our history like the wind blowing through the false patriotism of the stars and stripes standing on poles in yards and pinned on the lapels of evil men who do evil deeds in the name of god and country.  The only solution is for good men to stand, one foot forward facing the storm, in defiance of wrong-doing, no matter what the cost. 

Still Blind

Hi Bears,

I got my new glasses today.  They were supposed to correct my long vision, but they didn't.  I can still make baskets: 15 feet seems to be my focal distance.  Obviously I can see the computer screen if I hold my laptop up close(same with my Kindle or the newspaper).  I need a 15-foot golf tee and for cars to stay 15 feet ahead of me.  A good friend (Bud Flugan) has been finding my golf balls for me but breaking 100 is difficult for me which is like saying that dunking is difficult for LeBron or that being retarded is difficult for George W.  The good news is that it looks like I'm getting paid for second semester-I'll be able to pay for my latest glasses!

papa Bear

Rove is an evil genius

Hi Bears,

The right-wingers have figured out that their policies are hated by the majority of Americans but they don't want to waste their 24-hour a day propaganda machine(fox network).  realizing that Bush's 28% popularity failed administration means defeat forever for the thugs, Karl Rove came up with the brilliant idea of blaming all of his mistakes on the Democrats.  If enriching his oil buddies makes people mad, we'll just say it's the liberal environmentalist's fault.  If Americans get tired of war, we'll say they're unpatriotic cowards.  If there's global warming, we'll say it's Al Gore's fault for watching too much TV.  All that matters is that Republicans can lie as much as they want, as long as they repeat them often enough (Goebbel's theory of propaganda).  And if W can win this summer's SPECIAL OLYMPICS (bullshitting event), maybe we can get his face on Mt. Rushmore before the next cocaine expose' comes out.

old fartness

Despite my background in computer programming, my current tech literacy is sadly lacking.   I think that eventually I could get used to some devices and maybe even learn my cell-phone number.  But a simple thing that still alarms me is when I'm in a store and someone starts shouting at me.  I'll look to see if a friend has noticed me and wants to gab or if I've knocked over a display and a worker wants me to pick up the latest two-piece swimsuits.  Invariably however, it's someone, usually a woman(sorry about the misogyny,ladies) talking loudly on a cell phone.  It's usually an emergency,a mother at Wal-Mart who needs to know how many boxes of Rice Krispies are left in the kitchen cabinet or a girl at the drugstore who wants to know what size condoms to get.  But sometimes it's just a frivolous   call.  Regardless, the tone of voice is not just loud, but full of urgency.  Even though this occurs every time I go shopping, you'd think I'd eventually  get accustomed to it, but just as when I bought a gun to shoot every mountain lion that attacked me in the back yard, it looks like I'll need to take more drastic action in response to this situation because I just don't seem able to adjust to the modern world.  A visit to south L.A. should provide me with the appropriate solution for under $100.00. 

blind golf

although Tiger is undeniably the greatest golfer of all time, his wincing irritated me somewhat in that my knee surgery is the least of my physical ailments.  Besides my stroke and heart problems, I've played with a broken left hand and was blind the past two weeks.  If you're a golfer, try hitting a ball with your eyes closed sometime (or running as fast as you can on wet ground for that matter).

     On the nike commercial, Tiger's dad says that he will never meet someone as mentally tough as he is.  Well, better stay away  from me.  And I don't get paid $44 million from Nike. 

NOT RUINED GENERATIONS

Hi bears,

Too hot to golf so I spent most of the day watching PBS.  First I watched a show where they played the music of the greatest generation (Glenn Miller).  A little corny but all recognizable and great musicianship.  Then after a long walk in the hot sun, I came home and cranked up RAIN (a beatles impersonation group.  Even though I can't sing, I had to try to hit the McCartney high notes of "Let it Be"  We were the generation that was going to save the world but the bad guys got control again, at least for a while.  Unfortunately, this time the bad guys may have screwed things up so bad that we won't be able to fix it.  Gallows in the Rose Garden!

a ruined generation

Hi bears,

I watched "the 300" on HBO the other night and it struck me that in its grisly realistic depiction of war as it was for 100's of years, one on one, personal murder with disembowelment, stabbing,decapitation,gory and bloody, it was much more honorable than the cold-blooded bombing and automatic weapon killing of today.  Our cousins the chimps are more civilized in their murderous mayhem of one another for territory and food.  Last year 113 US servicemen from the war in Iraq committed suicide after 100 the year before. Obviously killing, particularly of civilians takes its toll on our young people.  past experience shows that it will get worse with time and return to home.  Besides the horrible loss of 1000's of lives and the mangled bodies of tens of 1000's more, there will be the mental anguish and disabilities of a generation of young people all because rich old white men wanted to get richer and play army with other people's lives.

Stock tips

Hi bears,

I hate to promote fossil fuel companies when it will lead to our demise but if you want to get in on the ground floor of some oil sands companies, surge (SRGG) and Deep Well (DWOG) are some cheapies (8 cents and 68 cents a share).  Be prepared to lose all your investment because these companies can go bankrupt or hit it big.  They take oil-caked sand out of the ground in Canada and try to figure out how to get the oil out cheaply.  I'm also looking at Vespa and Scwinn (They make scooters) to try to make money out of the high price of gasoline.

losing a daughter but gaining a cub

Hi bears,

Jan and I went to Cindybear Vickers' daughter Hannah's wedding reception Saturday.  Boy cubs were all in attendance as well, although not a rope or ten-gallon was in sight.   Hannah, like mom, a palindrome, also didn't fall far from the tree in the brains or beauty department.  I do have to report that it appeared one of the boy cubs has made someone a grandmabear.  grillmaster Brett and his lovely wife were there and may join in the summer reading fun.   We agreed on a couple items of importance: "looking is okay" and as former(current?) nerds, we have an obligation to help young geeks  figure out how to find and attract one of those opposite sex type people.  The survival of the species is at stake.