July 31, 2009
July 29, 2009
Dirty Cops....
Oh my God! This is shocking! I have never heard cops on tape befgore actually discuss how to frame someone! They should all go to jail for a year...or two! Fucking disgusting!
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July 28, 2009
Heaven is an empty theatre.
a very reliable entertainer. I can't think of a Denzel movie I hated.
But really, at this point, aren't we all just waiting for Sector 9?
The buzz is great, the trailer is great...can't wait!
July 27, 2009
July 26, 2009
July 25, 2009
July 24, 2009
Dilemma of the Day: Fear
If a "friend" of yours heard, over a month ago, that a sick person was going to try to hurt you and the "friend" didn't tell you cause they didn't think the sick person would actually go thru with it. AND when you ask the friend if the sick person had said anything and the friend repeatedly said, "no." And then the sick person actually does go thru with it a month later, a month after they mentioned it to the friend...could you, would you still have anything to do with that "friend" again? That's a question I'm dealing with it.
I don't believe the "friend" withheld the information maliciously I just think the "friend" is basically a coward and doesn't like to get involved in things that might cost him anything. But, really, how can you build a serious relationship with a coward.
I believe fear is one of, if not, the MOST destructive thing on this planet. Greed is the child of fear. We fear not having things so we get more crap we don't need, we fear silence so we fill it up with noise; shopping, clutter, entertainment. War is the child of fear. Most relationship problems grow out of fear. I know lots of married men living in fear that their wives might find out who they really are. It's sad. Why get married if you aren't willing to share your life completely? What's the point?
Money is not the root of all evil, FEAR is. We run from what we fear, we destroy what we fear, we embrace our fears and live with them and our fears eat away at us. We must of try to understand our fears, conquer them and live free of them.
I'm trying my best not to live a fear-based life though I'm not always successful. But I know I'm not really interested in having cowards in my life. So...it's a dilemma.
More about fear...
I'm sure this sounds crazy but I see alot less fear in Mexico than I do in the states. Poverty doesn't always equal fear. In fact I think the more we have the more fear we have; fear of losing our stuff. For instance I have a million books, mostly theatre-related. I never read them anymore. I never use them. But I hold on to them. Why? I'm afraid to get rid of them. They are my history in a way. I've collected them over the years. And when people see them they think I might be smart, lol. I'm afraid to let them go but they are just clutter now. Nothing I own is out of print. I can get any book I need overnight via the internet so why can't I let them go? I'm afraid I'll regret it. I'm afraid I'll miss them. Fear. It always comes back to fear. My possessions are mostly the result of fear, fear of letting go. Fear of living simply. What do I really need? My laptop. My photos. My phone. A few clothes. My car. I want to get rid of most of my possessions but I'm afraid of letting go. Things in boxes stored under the bed? What's the point? DVD's I never watch. CD's I never listen to. Clothes I never wear. Letters I'll never re-read. So much stuff! So much fear.
Sweet Dog R.I.P.
You're never too old to be happy.
Health: 77-Year-Old Gets Transgender Operation
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Renee Ramsey, 77
Recently Chastity Bono announced she was having surgery to become a man. A transgender center in Montgomery County is busier than ever. Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl has the exclusive story of one of the oldest patients to make the switch.
Renee Ramsey is recovering from the surgery that she's been dreaming of for decades.
"Since I was about 13, I always knew something was different," said Renee.
She used to be Richard; a green beret specialist in Vietnam. A tough guy who privately dreamed of wearing dresses.
"It was weird cause as much as I wanted to dress like a lady, I didn't say anything. I knew if I did I would be discharged," said Renee.
She was in the military for over 20 years and married twice. She says Richard eventually started to dress like a woman, but switched back into the uniform for official duties.
"A lot of these transgender patients who try to be men, they take on masculine jobs they become labor struck, drivers, police men, soldiers," said Dr. Sherman Leis, with The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery, says people with gender identity issues often try to over compensate.
"It was just a wonderful thing that I wanted for my whole life," said Dr. Christine McGinn, who CBS 3 interviewed three years ago. She had once been a man in the Navy. A military man, like Richard, who's now Renee.
Renee is 77, and while genital re-assignment surgery is complicated, age, as long as there are not medical problems, usually isn't an issue.
"Renee happens to be in great medical shape. She was a very physical person for many years, and she went through the surgery very well," said Dr. Leis.
Renee says she waited until her wife died to have the surgery, and finally feels normal.
"I'm happy good, as happy as any woman could be," said Renee.
The surgery can be expensive, $20,000. It's something that Renee has been saving for almost all her life. Transgender surgeries are not tracked, but Dr. Leis says his numbers are up.
RELATED LINKS: Transgender Information
Sweet, sweet video.
I cried while watching this video. After watching it I've changed my mind, I now believe straight people should have the right to get married. See once you're exposed to straight people you realize they aren't really that bad and some of them are actually really good dancers.
July 23, 2009
Pot vs Alcohol
Can someone please explain to me why alcohol is legal but pot is not. Am I stupid or what? I don't do drugs or smoke or drink. I've never even had a cigarette. But what's the difference between getting drunk or smoking pot?
What kind of upside-down country is this that has a bar on every corner and alcohol in every store,
including Wal-Mart and Rite-Aid but yet they arrest people for growing pot. I just don't get it. Getting a buzz via alcohol is OK but getting a buzz via weed is not??? Ridiculous. And no, I do not smoke pot or drink, I would prefer they both went away. I don't like drunks OR potheads. But if one is legal then the other should be, too!
Drug czar: Feds won't support legalized pot
Published online on Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2009
By Marc Benjamin / The Fresno Bee
The federal government is not going to pull back on its efforts to curtail marijuana farming operations, Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, said Wednesday in Fresno.
The nation's drug czar, who viewed a foothill marijuana farm on U.S. Forest Service land with state and local officials earlier Wednesday, said the federal government will not support legalizing marijuana.
"Legalization is not in the president's vocabulary, and it's not in mine," he said.
Kerlikowske said he can understand why legislators are talking about taxing marijuana cultivation to help cash-strapped government agencies in California. But the federal government views marijuana as a harmful and addictive drug, he said.
"Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit," Kerlikowske said in downtown Fresno while discussing Operation SOS -- Save Our Sierra -- a multiagency effort to eradicate marijuana in eastern Fresno County.
Marijuana plants valued at more than $1.26 billion have been confiscated and 82 people arrested over the past 10 days in Fresno County. The operation started last week and is continuing.
By comparison, Tulare County's leading commodity -- milk -- was valued at about $1.8 billion in 2008.
Officials say the marijuana-eradication operation will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the exact amount won't be known until agencies can add up staffing, vehicle and other costs.
In Operation SOS, more than 314,000 plants were uprooted in 70 gardens -- numbers expected to rise as the enforcement action continues. Agents also seized $41,000 in cash, 26 firearms and three vehicles.
Planning for the operation began in February and focused on marijuana crops being backed by Mexican drug cartels, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said.
Mims said many cartels are involved, but she would not name any because the investigation is still under way. All but one person arrested was from Mexico, officials said.
One hundred growers may still be on the loose, said Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Rick Ko. Many may have gotten rides out of the area, but some could still be in the Sierra, Ko said.
Last year, Fresno County deputies seized 188,000 marijuana plants.
In just one week, nearly twice as many plants were seized, Mims said, "so you can imagine how many we were missing."
Statewide, more than 5.3 million plants were seized in 2008, or two of every three confiscated in the United States, said Bill Ruzzamenti, director of the Central Valley High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
"The amount of drugs out there scares most of us," he said.
Volunteers are going into the gardens to clean up trash, dead animals and pesticides to return the land as close to its original condition as possible. But it could take years for the land to recover, because little can be done once fertilizers and pesticides seep into the ground or stream beds.
"For every acre of marijuana grown, 10 acres are damaged," said George Anderson with the California Department of Justice.
July 22, 2009
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