The #MeToo Oscars Celebrate Kobe Bryant’s Short Film, Ignore Past Allegations

 

So let me get this straight. This #METOO is a movement that was created to give those that have suffered sexual or physical abuse a voice to come forward and identify their abuser(s). To place them under a microscope and to be outed for the slimeball slugs that they are. The trash that needs to be shunned by the masses. The person that as my grandmother used to say are "lower than whale shit and that is at the bottom of the ocean". They are to be reviled when their name is put out there even before they are given an opportunity to defend themselves from this accusor because she/he deserves empathy right away for the tragic event(s) that has been thrust upon them.

 

But wait. I missed that these rules, this criterion only applies to SOME of the listed uglies...... So now I'm confused. According to the actions of the elite, some from the dreaded LIST can receive a pardon and have an Oscar bestowed on them. 

 

I searched the internet to no avail to find this exception criterion. This has me thinking that it MUST be on the dark web somewhere. All you need to access it a secret password and be totally devoid of any semblance of a conscience. 

 

So Kobe Bryant wins an Oscar? If Harvey Weinstein could average 30 points a game, would they welcome him back, too? Furthermore, if you’re going to honor a film about a teenager being initiated into gay sex by a man in his 30s, then why ban Kevin Spacey? 

 

        

 

     

 

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Seth Fleishman, Tony Krucinski, and Frank DeBonis

It's Sunday and many are attending church or just sleeping in and planning their hangover remedy to attempt a return to the real world after painting the town last night with a brush that no longer has any bristles. 

 

I'm doing neither. But I heard a tune yesterday that I just can't get out of my head. Since misery loves company I will now plant that tune in your head too. It is a band that was formed in 1995 in Sussex County in New Jersy by Tony Krucinski. They are a cover band that released this song in 2014 and it went viral. 

   'I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore'

Drinking the hangover remedy, wink wink, 

and eating aspirin while listening is optional.

 

 

How many will do the right thing?

The Oscars are to be awarded in a few days, Sunday, March 4 to be exact.  One of the traditions is the swag bag that is given to the nominees. So as these deeply concerned citizens that lend their faces, voices, and opinions to the woes of the current state of affairs in these United States of America I was wondering what they may do with the $100,000 worth of gifts in their swag bags.? 

The following opinion employs hyperbole, a rhetorical technique that dates to ancient Greece, in which the author deliberately and wildly exaggerates for the purpose of entertaining, informing, exciting and persuading. Certain statements in it should not be taken literally.
 

 

Astute reporter: I can't help but notice that you are carrying your swag bag,

Nominee: Yes and let me tell you no one has seen the troubles that I have seen to earn this bag of crumbs!

Astute reporter: Oh, can you extrapolate on the horrors so that your dedicated slobbering idiot followers can know those normally unspeakable things that I am sure has left permanent scars on you.

Nominee: (chocking back crocodile tears) Why should I waste my valuable time! Empathy is NOT something they could EVER understand. They could never walk a mile in MY ruby studded moccasins.

Astute reporter: That may be true but I believe an understanding would help them worship you even more.

Nominee: Well in that case. The rivers are deep and the mountains are high. You can never know how many times I was forced to sigh. The studios insisting that I do interviews and readings and casting calls. The very nerve of the casting piss ons expecting ME to show up before noon!! Have you ever? Don't get me started about the director. What a total nim wit.

Astute reporter: That does sound like a nightmare on Elm Street. How you survived I'll never understand. I'm sure that everyone wants to know what you plan to do with the $100,000 worth of goodies. At this time I should make it clear to all that you will have to pay taxes on the goodies in the bag.

Nominee: You see!!! The tribulations hoist upon me never ends. I have to pay taxes on gifts!

Astute reporter: But we all have to pay taxes.

Nominee: That's what's wrong! We need to become a socialist society. Then there will be no taxes and everyone will be equal.

Astute reporter: In that type of society the Government takes things away from the achievers and spreads it around to everyone so that all are equal in their possessions. So what you are saying is that you will donate all the things in the swag bag to charity.

Nominee: What planet are you from? I earned these things, they are mine!

Astute reporter: But you said at the beginning that they are crumbs and that you want a socialist society. One that helps their fellow man and has what you have. You know, your sacrifice is THEIR sacrifice.

Nominee: You are miss quoting me!! Their pleasure is watching the crap I play in for their entertainment. I sacrifice for them!! Hey, I really like that suit you are wearing. Guards, pull your weapons and strip him. That suit will look better on me at the next Oscar presentations. And remember kids, don't be a Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. DON'T GET CAUGHT fooling the dumb masses. You know, like your parents.

 

  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheriff Scott Israel

 

Fourteen children and three adults dead. Four of his deputies stood by hiding while a 19-year-old kid did the mass shooting. Yet he believes that he should not resign because of his "excellent leadership". The sheriff’s theory of leadership apparently doesn’t extend down to the people working for him. “I gave him a gun,” he said of the deputy in another interview. “I gave him a badge. I gave him the training. If he didn’t have the heart to go in, that’s not my responsibility.” The buck doesn’t stop with the sheriff, in other words; it stops with whomever he happens to give a badge and a gun. The guy says that he has 39 years in law enforcement. However, he does not understand that as the 'leader' this tragedy does reflect on his 'leadership' abilities. 

Let's turn this around. Does this mean that if the outcome had been that the deputy(s) had charged in and killed the shooter BEFORE he killed anyone that he, the sheriff, would not have any responsibility for that outcome as well? Or would his tune be different? Such as, they followed my leadership by doing the right thing. The thing that reflects his leadership. 

 

Sheriff, you can't have it both ways. In the real world, you don't get to pick and choose when you should be responsible for your leadership and when you aren't!!  

 

For a guy that is 61 years old, he sure hasn't taken the time to teach himself through experience that you either are a leader through your actions and not just through your ego. 

 

This must be his underlying motto

ONLY, DAMNIT!!! 

 

This is not a post about the gun control controversy or the or the abortion controversy or illegal immigrants or corrupt politicians or any other of the myriad of controversies. No this is about one of my pet peeves. What I affectionately call brain burps. 

 

When someone is talking and they constantly pepper their colloquy with 'you know' or 'like'. Example: Glad you ask that question. Like I think that like people should you know like not try to you know berate people that you know can't think in full thoughts so they interject like other useless words so you know they sound smarter. 

 

First of all when did like become a word to be tossed in at leisure where it fits as well as a paid woman of pleasure fits into leading a traditional tent revival meeting. 

 

Also. if I knew then I would not have to ask the question, would I? You know. 

 

When conversing why can't you just convey your thought, opinion, or position without trying to insult me by saying I know or that I should like it. Like, you know what I mean? 

                                                            BRAIN BURPS

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

Billy Graham

November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2018 

 

When I was a child my grandparents had a tremendous influence on me. Probably because I lived with them a lot. My grandfather, Paw Paw, was devoutly religious and made sure I was there when the church doors opened or the revival tent was pitched. 

 

Billy Graham was next to a saint. Or at least you would think so the way that my grandparents talked about him. On the rare occasion that he was on a broadcast the TV was blaring and like the Christmas story, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.  Paw Paw was a chain smoker but I noticed that when he was engaged in Pastor Graham's sermon even the cigarettes were extinguished for that brief time and his eyes were glued to the image emanating from the small black and white screen. 

 

Later in life, I too took up the nasty habit of smoking. Never to the extent of chain-smoking but none the less puffing away with the little burns in clothing and other places that smokers are known for. But I digress. 

 

Billy Graham has now moved into his place there in heaven and will always be one of the greatest preachers of all time. I just hope that Paw Paw doesn't let his cigarette ashes burn Pastor Graham's robes.  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham

 Rest in everlasting peace

Pastor Graham 

 

Over the course of his career, the Rev. Billy Graham capitalized on modern communication technologies — from television to satellite to the internet — to give his ministry a global reach.

https://nyti.ms/2BEitN7 

 

 

  

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones 

 Read the article here. 

 

I learned a long time ago that there is always more than one way to skin a cat. Using this old time saying many times when I was dealing with departments and companies that were in need of big changes in their paradigms that were simply not working anymore.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

It means there is more than one way of achieving an aim. 

 

The biggest challenge then as well as now is the "that's the way we have always done it" comment, with the unsaid ".......and we're not going to change it". To that the reply is always, are you stocked up on life preservers or anchors? The ship is sinking and I don't see a bailing bucket in your hands! 

 

There are a number of ways that the school shootings can be addressed to reduce or maybe have them become a thing of the past. In my last post I addressed one, here is another. See article referenced above. 

 

The school bully is an example. He/she is allowed to run amuck and mentally and physically abuse those around him/her. Their ego is fed and bolstered by the inaction of the many that simply are afraid. Why? Could it be because no one has the gumption to pick up the nearest item and bash it into the bullies body? Oh, there is nothing around to grab. You knew that the bully was around and that you could be his/her next target. So, alas you find yourself exposed and eventually in the crosshairs. But what about your friends? What about the teachers? Oh yeah, they can't be around all the time. If only you could put one of them in your pocket or carry a baseball bat around. Not possible or practical. 

 

Now if the teacher was properly trained in the use of a handgun and had it close at hand when that bully/shooter came into the school the odds would be even. But more than likely the bully would think again before even putting themselves in that lose/lose situation. Just like if you had that baseball bat in your hand or friend/teacher in your pocket. Wait you say. Just ban guns, that will solve the problem. Ah, you have been drinking that kool-aid again, haven't you? It's like changing the emission levels allowed for cars. It can happen but it will take a number of years to take effect and there will ALWAYS be those that ignore the law and/or find a way around it. 

Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection. 

-- Mark Twain

Yes, there is a growing problem with school shootings and there is more than one way to skin a cat. Including the quick way, train and arm, and pass common sense laws about kids and kooks gaining access to firearms. 

 

But then there are those like some of the college kids that protest and want law enforcement off their campuses. So have them sign an agreement that law enforcement is not to be on the grounds at any time. Including when a kook comes around killing them with knives or baseball bats or running them down with a car or raping them. 

 

There is another old saying, 

"You can't have your cake and eat it too"!! 

It means you can't continue to possess the cake once you've eaten it.

 

 

Teachers flock to concealed carry permit class

By Mike Huckabee

We’re seeing a number of protests involving school children demanding more gun control laws to prevent school shootings. I don’t blame them because they’re young and naïve and don’t realize how they’ve been misled into thinking that the solution to all problems is more government and less freedom. But at least some of their teachers seem to understand enough about reality that they do not want to become statistics in the next attack on a “gun-free zone” school.
For proof, consider that an Ohio sheriff offered a gun safety class for teachers who want to qualify for a concealed carry permit. The initial class had room for 50 teachers. It filled up in 20 minutes.
I would ask even those parents who are most repulsed at the idea of armed guards at school to think hard and answer this question with brutal honesty: If your child was in a school that came under attack, would you really prefer that he or she be in a class run by a teacher who circulated a gun control petition or a teacher who has a concealed carry permit?