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Janet Fauble at home
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Shooting of Congresswoman Gifford in Tucson
Saturday morning, a young man, only 22 years old, decided to make a name for himself by going to a Congress on the Corner rally held by Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford, a rising star in the Tucson area, according to Democratic party leaders. The young man, name of Jared Lougher, has had a history of interesting rants and raves about politics and is a constituent of Gifford's as he is a part of her district. He had wanted to talk to her, according to some news reports, but was told to go back to stand in line with everyone else there but he returned to take out a 9 mm glock pistol and shot Gifford in the back of the skull pointblank. She survived due to the fact that the bullet entered the rear of her skull and went directly through narrowly missing the right side. Somehow or other, Ms. Gifford's guardian angels were able to have her situated so that her intern came directly to her, tried to relieve her pain by having her sit up, and he applied pressure to the wound, stemming the bleeding, and relieving the pressure upon the brain itself. She is in intensive care, as ordinarily, any other human being (90%) would have died instantly.
So she is a most fortunate young woman, but a judge who came to see her, was killed instantly, a young man who was one of her aides, and a young child, who had come especially to meet her, as well as three senior citizens were killed in the melee that followed.
The sorrow of all of this is that the Congresswoman was doing what good congress people do, greeting and meeting with her constituents. Why on earth this young man would think to take a weapon to a political rally is more than anyone can know. His action is an insult to the principles of America. It is especially hurtful when an open assembly for the purpose of communication between elected representatives and citizens is so blemished in the cause of democratic lifestyles.
All we can think is that the young man is psychologically disturbed, incompetent to be a part of the democratic lifestyle, since he has taken it upon himself to take matters into his own hand, choosing to kill rather than to reason with officials within the government.
I sincerely hope that he does not become some kind of antihero to the malcontents who love to sling words of hatred around so free and easily. Government has become a known evil amongst the citizens of the nation when the wrong way politicians continue to self aggrandize themselves, forget their constituents altogether, and reward themselves with great salaries, benefits, and perks that include free vacations, trips, gifts, etc. so that they have all become career politicans whose only interests appear to be self- serving rather than representatives of the citizens who have so foolishly elected them to office.
It is with sorrow that we lament the actions of one long gunman. It makes it difficult for all those who want the democratic lifestyle to work right. We must continue to believe in the promises of government for, of, and by the people and the people themselves must help to make it work.
So she is a most fortunate young woman, but a judge who came to see her, was killed instantly, a young man who was one of her aides, and a young child, who had come especially to meet her, as well as three senior citizens were killed in the melee that followed.
The sorrow of all of this is that the Congresswoman was doing what good congress people do, greeting and meeting with her constituents. Why on earth this young man would think to take a weapon to a political rally is more than anyone can know. His action is an insult to the principles of America. It is especially hurtful when an open assembly for the purpose of communication between elected representatives and citizens is so blemished in the cause of democratic lifestyles.
All we can think is that the young man is psychologically disturbed, incompetent to be a part of the democratic lifestyle, since he has taken it upon himself to take matters into his own hand, choosing to kill rather than to reason with officials within the government.
I sincerely hope that he does not become some kind of antihero to the malcontents who love to sling words of hatred around so free and easily. Government has become a known evil amongst the citizens of the nation when the wrong way politicians continue to self aggrandize themselves, forget their constituents altogether, and reward themselves with great salaries, benefits, and perks that include free vacations, trips, gifts, etc. so that they have all become career politicans whose only interests appear to be self- serving rather than representatives of the citizens who have so foolishly elected them to office.
It is with sorrow that we lament the actions of one long gunman. It makes it difficult for all those who want the democratic lifestyle to work right. We must continue to believe in the promises of government for, of, and by the people and the people themselves must help to make it work.
The Three Videos of William Shatner
I posted three videos of Shatner in a t.v. pilot that did not work for the producers. It also features Adam West at the end of the film who later became Batman character. These are interesting and amusing depictions of a Hollywood Alexander who once again would probably have turned Alexander into a character joke. So happy that they decided to opt for outer space and Startrek so that Shatner could be Captain Kirk.
I put these on here since Maria D put the 30 minute video on the Alexander-Macedon blogspot which has to have a special activation. These are from Youtube which can be seen without having to download or make additions to the computer. I get tired of always having to add something to see a video so I thought that for my own personal comfort and ease in viewing I would simply place these here.
They are seen in three parts. Anyone who is interested can either use them at this blogspot or go to youtube to see them. I thought William Shatner a very amusing type of Alexander. Alexander should never be likened to the Lone Ranger or any other stock Hollywood type. He is not fit to be cast in that kind of role. He is a very serious man whose real image cannot ever be captured by cinema or video.
While I do believe that I have had the luxury of knowing Alexander in a way that only I will ever be able to understand, I am aware of how many different kinds of people are attracted to him. None probably for the right reasons,but I will say this much. So long as they are attracted to him, they can leave me alone which is great for me. A lot like diversions of any kind to prevent too much excessive interest in the present state of soul and flesh.
I am having to decide whether to actually publish my draft novel now that I have written this much of it, and I deliberately wrote it as I did to give myself lots of exits should I decide to keep it to myself only.
I will do the revision so that I can get the novel printed as promised, but I will be careful about what comes out in published form. Drafts can always be changed. Once published, all is done!
I put these on here since Maria D put the 30 minute video on the Alexander-Macedon blogspot which has to have a special activation. These are from Youtube which can be seen without having to download or make additions to the computer. I get tired of always having to add something to see a video so I thought that for my own personal comfort and ease in viewing I would simply place these here.
They are seen in three parts. Anyone who is interested can either use them at this blogspot or go to youtube to see them. I thought William Shatner a very amusing type of Alexander. Alexander should never be likened to the Lone Ranger or any other stock Hollywood type. He is not fit to be cast in that kind of role. He is a very serious man whose real image cannot ever be captured by cinema or video.
While I do believe that I have had the luxury of knowing Alexander in a way that only I will ever be able to understand, I am aware of how many different kinds of people are attracted to him. None probably for the right reasons,but I will say this much. So long as they are attracted to him, they can leave me alone which is great for me. A lot like diversions of any kind to prevent too much excessive interest in the present state of soul and flesh.
I am having to decide whether to actually publish my draft novel now that I have written this much of it, and I deliberately wrote it as I did to give myself lots of exits should I decide to keep it to myself only.
I will do the revision so that I can get the novel printed as promised, but I will be careful about what comes out in published form. Drafts can always be changed. Once published, all is done!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Editorial on N word
I was a language teacher. My students loved to trick me into writing words on the board so that they could go home and tell mom and dad that Miss F had taught them the F word today...that was a cute one...No other word seems to continue to bewitch youngsters than the f word, and no it is not FUN.
So now I read at CBSnews a story about Huckleberry Finn being edited to eliminate the word "nigger" in the classical tale that Mark Twain wrote describing life in Missouri in his age.
The word "nigger" became controversial at a time when Negroes not then yet known as blacks but usually as "colored" started to grumble about the word being considered hurtful and painful to them since it was often used in a tone that was condescending and patronizing.
Tone is everything in a word. People can use the same word lovingly and tenderly so that it is considered highly desirable. In Twain's case,the word was used to specify and identify an individual the same as the term Injun was often used to describe what we today call "native Americans". Nigger Joe or Injun Joe are used in the same way so as to distinguish their characters from others in the novel.
Had a black person written it, it might have been called Whitey Huck Finn, or other designated words which were used by black people to designate the difference between them and the white people around whom they lived.
The word should be kept and retained to always show what life is like in that time period. Times change. Today he would be called the black kid...it is all that simple. Some people object to the use of colored or black but people being what they are call people by names of some kind to identify them and set them apart. Shorty is used to designate a man of smaller stature, and fatty speaks for itself. Faggot, putah, whore, slut, and many other slang words are used to designate people of a particular group and behaviour. The town whore is different from the town slut,and the faggot is often different from the queer guy or the gay guy...depending upon which person is using and saying the word.
In the movie Carousel, the song "You're a queer one, Julie Jordan, did not mean that she was a gay or lesbian woman. It meant odd one, left out one.
We live in an age where people say and use words as weapons against one another. Every child learns this as he grows for he can only learn it from adults who teach it to him. How one handles it in his home is dependent upon the members of the family. Too late people learn that it does not take a genius to have a child as children are born from the ugly, the stupid, the insane as well as the cultivated classes,the educated, and the respectable. The home bears the burden for the education and learning of the child.
Let Twain alone as he is speaking of his own time period and in his own language. Take it for what it is! A period piece!
So now I read at CBSnews a story about Huckleberry Finn being edited to eliminate the word "nigger" in the classical tale that Mark Twain wrote describing life in Missouri in his age.
The word "nigger" became controversial at a time when Negroes not then yet known as blacks but usually as "colored" started to grumble about the word being considered hurtful and painful to them since it was often used in a tone that was condescending and patronizing.
Tone is everything in a word. People can use the same word lovingly and tenderly so that it is considered highly desirable. In Twain's case,the word was used to specify and identify an individual the same as the term Injun was often used to describe what we today call "native Americans". Nigger Joe or Injun Joe are used in the same way so as to distinguish their characters from others in the novel.
Had a black person written it, it might have been called Whitey Huck Finn, or other designated words which were used by black people to designate the difference between them and the white people around whom they lived.
The word should be kept and retained to always show what life is like in that time period. Times change. Today he would be called the black kid...it is all that simple. Some people object to the use of colored or black but people being what they are call people by names of some kind to identify them and set them apart. Shorty is used to designate a man of smaller stature, and fatty speaks for itself. Faggot, putah, whore, slut, and many other slang words are used to designate people of a particular group and behaviour. The town whore is different from the town slut,and the faggot is often different from the queer guy or the gay guy...depending upon which person is using and saying the word.
In the movie Carousel, the song "You're a queer one, Julie Jordan, did not mean that she was a gay or lesbian woman. It meant odd one, left out one.
We live in an age where people say and use words as weapons against one another. Every child learns this as he grows for he can only learn it from adults who teach it to him. How one handles it in his home is dependent upon the members of the family. Too late people learn that it does not take a genius to have a child as children are born from the ugly, the stupid, the insane as well as the cultivated classes,the educated, and the respectable. The home bears the burden for the education and learning of the child.
Let Twain alone as he is speaking of his own time period and in his own language. Take it for what it is! A period piece!
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