My First Citi Game

To sit through a Met game these days takes some GUTS
Santana pitched well but they lost due to PUTZ
With men on the bases or loaded they SUCK
And they just cannot win when their manager's a SCHMUCK!

Citi Field is real nice and quite modern as well
If the team would start hitting then all would be swell
Come October I'd like to be able to Kvell
But we all have to wait - and see if time will tell.

Click on the photo
Then scroll or zoom in
and look for the ball.
It's amazing.

This photo was not taken from our seats but rather from behind left center field. On the cartoon look at the Mets sign at field level under the lights and go back to the rotunda. It's a good telephoto lens!



(I hope the Mets do better than CitiBank!)

Puppy Love?

How much do you love your dog?



Do you have feelings for your ferret?


Do you crave cockatiel?



Can't get enough cat?

Then take your relationship to the next level at Hymie's!

That's right, Hymie's! Now and for a limited time only you can bring your beloved pet to Hymie's Pet Chapel and vow your special love till death do you part!

Friends, for a small fee that amounts to nothing more than chicken feed you and your hen can romp through the gardens of bliss forever, or at least until the next family dinner. Mention this ad and say PETA to get a special discount and a 'pet appropriate' gift.

You say you're into goldfish?
No problem!
Hymie's offers a special service called the "Nuptials Under the Sea" (NUTS.) It's an underwater service that is sure to be admired and remembered by all, except most likely not by the goldfish.

So ladies, don't just take him for a walk down the street, walk him down the aisle at Hymie's!

Okay perhaps the above is a little over the top but I had to write it down based on a letter I read in Newsday penned by a truly frightened woman on Long Island. In it she simply states (and I do mean simply) that we should wake up and defend our marital institution against the inroads of same sex marriage. Failure to do so, she claims could forever open the door to other types of marriage. Really? Like what, Muskrat Love?


I am not sure whether to laugh or cry at this type of phobia but one must assume she has a point. After all her husband it seems may have married a pig!

(Another of Hymie's specialties.)

Drive in Peace My Child

St. Christopher medal on your dashboard?
That is so last year!

According to SB642 (click to read it) there is a bill going through Florida's congress that mandates the issuance of two license plates; one showing the crown of thorns on the head of Jesus (click and believe) and the other stating, "I Believe" in front of a large cross and stained glass window.

Forget separation of Church and State, how about freedom of religion? When and if these new plates come to pass there will be a flood of requests from all other religious groups most likely including Agnostics. America cannot show favoritism for one religion over another.

Terrorist organizations claiming a religious theme might even ask for Bin Laden plates showing the Twin Towers!

It never ceases to amaze me how stupid some of our legislators really are.
I will pray for them.

Update to the Poll on Obama

First I must say that I was not an Obama supporter. The reasons are not important since I was naturally against the continuation of the ruination of the country by the Republican leaders. I therefore would have voted for Mickey Mouse rather than another Republican. (In fact Mickey Mouse is who we had running this nation for the first 8 years of the century.)

But what I cannot understand is the hate that Conservatives have for this man. I understand that the so-called "Right" wants to regain power and control the flow of money into their pockets but what I cannot get is the way they are going about it. In other words the "Right" is WRONG! But then again they have been wrong for so long that that happens to be their right!

The poll about Obama's first 100 days, which is arbitrary at best and unbelievably stupid at worst has become a battle ground as important as any in history to these a-holes on the right! They are sending e-mails out by the thousands urging people to vote Obama an "F" grade. And just what do they think this would accomplish?

It took Bush and his cronies the better part of 8 years to totally ruin the world's economy, let alone this country. Are these moronic lovers and followers of Rush saying that Mr. Obama should have been able to fix things in just 100 days? Do they really believe in their heart of hearts that Bobby Jindal could run the country? That idiot would have trouble running for the bathroom before dirtying himself.

And how about Newt?
Could this creature on the right (literally) run America???
Give me a break!

This is the best the party can do. They ahve no leadership so they hide behind polls and attempt to stuff ballot boxes just as they did to win the previous two elections before America finally made it clear that they are no longer wanted.

I believe the next poll should be a simple one:

Does anyone believe that the Republican Party should continue? Should they be replaced by the Whigs? Or the Green Party? Or how about just forgetting about them all together? They want us to vote Obama an "F"? I'll give them an "F"!

The Czechs Duke it Out

David Duke was arrested by the Czech Police earlier this week.

So what you might say. People are arrested every day for a diversity of reasons that boggle the mind.

In America a few years ago police detained and strip searched a 13 year old girl on suspicion that she was hiding the dangerous drug Ibuprofen which is more commonly known as Tylenol. (The case is about to be heard by our Supreme Court.)

Teenagers are being labeled sex offenders and finding their names on the National Registry of sex offenders for the horrendous crime of "Sexting." For those of you with no access to media of any kind that is the practice of taking a picture of yourself in a provocative pose and sending it to your boyfriend or girlfriend over your cell phone's multimedia application. In many cases the photos were of girls in bras!
What nerve!
Now if they were wearing a bikini which is often more revealing than a bra and panty combo that would have been okay, unless of course they were hiding Tylenol in one of the pieces.

But in the case of Mr. Duke he was in Prague at the invitation of the Neo Nazi party to speak and tout his book. The book in question is the Czech translation of his 1998 memoir, "My Awakening." Right off the bat the invitation from these low brows should have raised a few eyebrows.

Now before you say that is just wrong to arrest someone for writing or promoting a book let's examine the book and Mr. Duke a bit more closely.

Louisiana's own David Duke is an admitted, card carrying if you like, member of the KKK. And the idiot's book is about his belief that the Holocaust never happened and it is only propaganda by Jews.

In America we allow this type of worm to live and prosper as long as he does not give speeches that attempt to incite riots. Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing especially for the brain dead such as Mr. Duke and friends.

But thankfully the Czech Republic is not as tolerant of such stupidity and no longer wishes to allow hateful things to go without reprimand. In the case of this particular idiot the reprimand is being attached to remand as he is being shown the inside of jail cell. His total denial of the horrible event that killed over 6,000,000 people for no reason other than hate and fear is being treated as a hate crime. I believe that among the people to buy the book will be such wonderful people as Mel Gibson and his dad, along with the current loose canon of Iran, Mahmoud Achmadinejad (Don't you just love that name?)

Anyway in the civilized country of Czechoslovakia a hate crime is punishable by up to three years in prison. So the Czech Police put up their dukes by putting up our Duke in the Big House.

I believe the punishment is way too severe and they should lower the jail time to just one day per victim of the Holocaust. But they should make the terms consecutive. That would be a mere 6,000,000 days or 16,400 years. And so he doesn't incite any riots put him in solitary!

Think of all the books the jackass could write during that sentence.

The ABCs and DFs of Obama

This is in response to an impromptu and unscientific poll asking Americans to vote on a grade for President Obama for his performance so far. The poll appeared on an MSNBC site and the results are shown on a Newsvine.com site. You may vote by linking here:
Vote A through F for Obama

The basic answer to what I found is - Wow such hate!

In a real poll there would probably be a broader spectrum of votes over the entire 5 letters but this one shows a propensity for the right and their "F"s fighting the Left and their "A"s. So who is correct? Both and neither.

This is America and by the end of the reign of terror (Bush/Cheney in 2008) the polls showed an approval rating of historic lows. But there were still more than 30% who thought they did a good job! Were they wrong? Who cares? Their opinions are theirs and they are allowed to be heard.

But the hate that is spewing from the Republican side of the aisle is way over the top. As we approach a silly milestone known as the first 100 days are we to decide whether or not this cuurent President will have achieved his goals by the end of his term? More importantly is he headed in the direction he said he would go when he campaigned and eventually won the election?

That answer is yes! So since he did win by a large majority then it stands to reason that those same people would feel he is doing a good job. And once again since he had a majority then the poll should show a higher pass than fail ratio.
It does not.
Therefore one of two things is happening;
1 - The "Right" is stuffing the ballot box as though it were Chicago and Daly was running again or;
2 - The more intelligent among us realize that it takes time to undo all the bad things that have happened over the last 8 years. And by the way none of those bad things can really be pinned on Mr. Obama.

The bottom line is that we have to let him have his turn at bat and we should be rooting for him to succeed. We should also let the Limbaughs of the world keep talking because frankly I like them making fools of themselves. That's what America is all about!

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The Beauty Queen vs. Humanity

Well thank goodness we finally have the definitive answer on this whole same sex marriage thing. With Miss California Carrie Prejean’s ''OMG answer we can all go back to the less important business at hand; that of fixing the economy.

Truth be told why would anyone, ANYONE care what an obscure beauty queen thinks in this day and age? It’s just not that important.

"Like, oh my God, if I were to, I don't know, say like another girl, uh um, you know I wouldn't want to like think of marriage, you know? I mean isn't that just like the grossest thing ever? I mean, really.

All I can say is Mr. & Mrs. P must be so proud of their bigoted small minded (assuming there) little girl with the tolerance of tree slug and the way she turned out. Thank God her teats are big because her brain sure isn't!

Carrie in all her splendor
And in her country and family
With bigotry and stupidity for all!

Teachers Teach Different Subject

William Floyd teachers have taught us all a good lesson.

According to Newsday these caring people have decided not to accept their scheduled pay raises because doing so would have necessitated the laying off of at least nine others next year.

I salute their hard decision to turn down the extra money in these hard economic times and I am certain their students will benefit from their largess.

I wish more businesses would learn from these caring people and save the jobs of those at risk. Layoffs may be a band aid for the perpetrating company but in the long run they hurt the entire economy and increase the need for future layoffs elsewhere. They are part of this vicious cycle that we find ourselves in and it is wonderful to see this courageous group attempting to head it off.

As the President keeps saying, “We are all in this together.”

(PS - THIS WOULD HAVE APPEARED IN NEWSDAY BUT THEY HAVE A POLICY THAT THEY DON'T PRINT TWO LETTERS FROM THE SAME WRITER WITHIN A 90 DAY PERIOD. - BUMMER.)