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OMG....could this clown get any more deranged?
GORE: CIGARETTE SMOKING 'SIGNIFICANT' CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL WARMINGThis is beyond stupid. So stupid in fact, that I'm nominating Al Gore for the Butt Monkey Launcher of the Week.Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a "significant contributor to global warming!"
Gore, who was introduced by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said the world faces a "full-scale climate emergency that threatens the future of civilization on earth."
Gore showed computer-generated projections of ocean water rushing in to submerge the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, parts of China, India and other nations, should ice shelves in Antarctica or Greenland melt and slip into the sea.
"The planet itself will do nicely, thank you very much what is at risk is human civilization," Gore said. After a series of Q& A with the audience, which had little to do with global warming and more about his political future, Annan bid "adios" to Gore.
Then, Gore had his staff opened a stack of cardboard boxes to begin selling his new book, "An Inconvenient Truth, The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It," $19.95, to the U.N. diplomats.
Developing...
Hell - my 12-year old daughter knows that smoking is bad and even she realizes the 'smoking-Nazi' stuff is beyond stupid.
Honestly, I'm waiting for that small aspect of the 'global warming' crowd to bring back the notion that because most people eat meat that all of the cows on the planet significantly contribute to the problem because of all the methane they release.
And it'll shortly be followed by a global effort to reduce farting in public.
Just wait for it.
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Okey I have a question for mikey on a other website I was on it says your only 26 but here it says you have a 12 year old daughter and that would mean she was born when you were 14. What the hell is going on here.
|| Posted by nikki, September 30, 2006 02:41 PM ||Other web site?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
The 'About Me' section on the right-hand side says I'm a thirty-something U.S. Navy veteran and that still stands. In fact, I'll be edging closer towards 40 this month.
So, to sum up: I'm in my late-30s and my 12-year old daughter was born when I was 27-years old. Mkay?
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, September 30, 2006 03:42 PM ||Welcome Back!
|| Posted by Tetzman, October 1, 2006 03:19 PM ||"OMG....could this clown get any more deranged?"
Yeah I know, right? I mean, GOP congressmen sending messages to underage boys (ya know, the ones who write laws about that kind of stuff and preach on their moral high ground) has NOTHING on Gore talking about global warming.
I mean, Gore, what a psychopath. Typical being a VP of a guy who lied about a blowjob in officer. I mean, these guys need to take cues from how family value oriented God dearing christians handle themselves. Tom DeLay is a perfect example of that.
|| Posted by nunya, October 3, 2006 06:02 PM ||Um.....yeah, right.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, October 3, 2006 07:19 PM ||I am curious, mikey - why don't you ever mention the scandles going on in the GOP? Where is the mention of Foley? Where are mentions of the leaks in the Bush Administration? Where is any mentions of Tom DeLay's debacle?
Are you THAT much of a party faithful that you are turing a blind one to everything that is going on? Are you still going to buy into their BS that they are the party of values and morals?
|| Posted by nunya, October 4, 2006 02:14 PM ||The Foley stuff isn't interesting to me.
If the guy was IMing Pages with sexual stuff, then he should have been investigated. Sorry, but I don't think it's something to foam-at-the-mouth about.
Additionally, there's still too much happening and the smoke hasn't cleared. Even if I were to jump on the bandwagon about this, it's still too early to start making arguments based on the info available.
And I'm not a 'party faithful' - I changed my party affiliation a few months back.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, October 4, 2006 07:39 PM ||"Additionally, there's still too much happening and the smoke hasn't cleared. Even if I were to jump on the bandwagon about this, it's still too early to start making arguments based on the info available."
Kinda like Bush did with the Iraq war, huh?
And yes it is something to foam at the mouth about because the GOP knew about this for quite a while. When other congressmen told the pages "Just look out for Foley, he is very friendly with the pages" doesn't that tell you something?
I mean, I am sure you were real quick to jump all over Clinton for lying about a blow job. But yet, none of this shit the GOP is getting caught for is "interesting" to you. I bet if this were a democrat you would be all over it.
|| Posted by nunya, October 5, 2006 10:14 AM ||I mean, I am sure you were real quick to jump all over Clinton for lying about a blow job.
To be honest - I was supporting Clinton back when that was all that anyone talked about.
At the time, I couldn't understand what Monica had to do with the Whitewater investigation. I did fault Clinton for lying, but overall, I was a good Democrat that looked past it.
And if this guy was a Democrat.....I dunno if I'd be all over it. Frankly, there are too many little blips like this popping up and the only thing that IMO explains it is that it is nearing election time and both sides will be digging up anything to see if it sticks to the walls.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, October 5, 2006 04:18 PM ||Stick to the walls? Digging uo dirt? WHat Tom DeLay did. What Duke Cunningham did. What Foley did. All the outright lies and misinformation and mishandling of information the Bush Administration has done are not just little bones in the cloest. There are full blown corpses.
And changing your party affiliation from republican to libertarian is like going from the nazi party to the facist party.
You want to help fix things? Put the checks and balnces back into the 3 branches of government. Takkw the ruling party out and go back to a real balance of power.
|| Posted by nunya, October 5, 2006 04:36 PM ||Oh please - these are not indicative of President Bush. Only President Bush is indicative of President Bush.
I could go back and dig up all sorts of incidents like these where a Dem was at the center of it, but it wouldn't prove squat.
Cunningham got what he deserved as I'm sure that Foley will too. Tom DeLay? I believe that that whole mess went away.
And switching to Libertarian? Hardly. Go back into the archives and find that post and read it - my party affiliation is NONE.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, October 6, 2006 05:38 PM ||Tom DeLay? I believe that that whole mess went away.
Of course it idd, he resigned in disgrace and decided not to re-run. But it really isn't over for him. Resigning does not absolve him of the criminal charges. Face it, the GOP has proven to be he greater of the two evils.
|| Posted by nunya, October 9, 2006 11:28 AM ||So why did you jump ship? It certainly wasn't because you still beleive the GOP and BushCo is doing such a fantastic job (you can head over to dogsnot for that argument).
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September 28, 2006
The Cliché that Applies
Ever heard of the phrase 'when it rains, it pours' ? Well, I just happen to be the living example of that phrase.
My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. She went through kemotherapy and the other standard treatments. And while the treatments seemed to shrink the tumor in her lung, it also spread.
In the last few months, she's experienced more and more difficulty in simply living and taking care of herself. Keeping track of her medications became increasingly difficult....remembering if she had eaten lunch or dinner was a guessing game. All in all, it was just plain misery for her.
A few days ago, the doctors and my family back east thought that she'd be better off in a hospice where she wouldn't be alone and would be cared for by the medical staff right there. Plus recently having a seizure was the 'final straw'.
The phrase 'when it rains, it pours' comes in here: while she was sitting in a wheelchair while getting checked into the hospice, my mother decided to get up to walk to her new room. Just at that moment, the nurse that was helping her had her back turned getting my mother a cup of ice chips and had her back turned; my mother took one step and promptly took a header into the floor.
The medical staff rushed her to the nearest shock/trauma unit to check her out; there wasn't anything in the x-ray or CAT scan (at least, that's what I remember from by brother telling me the details). So they took her back to the hospice.
When she was returned to the hospice, the staff there noticed that she was unresponsive and that the left side of her face was 'dooping'; it was concluded that she had suffered a stroke.
For the last few days, friends and family have been sitting with her and talking to her; she appears to take notice of the familiar voices but isn't talking or moving. Actually, the only movement is a slight tremor that moves her head a little.
When I asked my brother whether she had weeks or days to live, my brother replied days.
So now the added 'bonus' of when it rains, it pours is for me trying to figure out how to get back east quickly, either to be with her while it's still possible or to attend her funeral and help my brother take care of her personal affairs that haven't been 'taken care' of.
And the only thing I can say for the moment is: F-U-C-K.
UPDATE: As Da Goddess mentioned in the comments, I was able to get back east. Unfortunately, it wasn't quick enough.
My mother passed away Wednesday, September 13 in the morning and I found out that afternoon.
By the extreme graciousness of my friend "Bob", both my daughter and I were able to get on a flight to Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning; my wife wasn't able to come with us as her business is still in it's infancy and needed her tender care.
My mother's funeral was the following Monday.
We just returned this afternoon and I wanted to post something quickly while it was still in my mind.
Thank you to all for the prayers, good thoughts, and well-wishes.
I'll post more later after I've gotten back on California time.
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I have 10,000 Northwest miles that are yours...I have NO idea how to transfer them or what to do...
Does anyone out there know?
You or Mrs. Mikey call me tonight...or I'll call you.
|| Posted by Gracie, September 12, 2006 01:48 PM ||Oh Mike..... what can I say. I'm sending you lots of love and good wishes. I wish I could do more.
|| Posted by caltechgirl, September 12, 2006 03:48 PM ||i am sorry dude-prayers are with you and yours
sf j
|| Posted by j, September 13, 2006 02:25 AM ||I'm so sorry, Mike.
|| Posted by timekeeper, September 13, 2006 06:28 PM ||I'm so sorry - it's never easy to be in this situation. I hope you're able to get out there. I'll pray for you.
Minnie
|| Posted by Minnie, September 13, 2006 06:28 PM ||Mikey-- thoughts and prayers with you and your family. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help get you out there, monetary contributions included...
Seriously.
|| Posted by nathalie, September 13, 2006 08:30 PM ||Wow. I follow a link from Stacy's blog and
:::::WHAM:::::
I live in the world of "Mom/stroke/nursing home/I have two young kids at home/working/going through "when it rains, it pours."
It's agony........whether you are the sibling there day in and day out or the one that can't be.
God be with you and yours. May you all have peace.
Shannon
|| Posted by Shannon, September 18, 2006 07:10 PM ||I heard from Mrs. Smash you made it back east. Call me when you return. Prayers for you and your family, Mikey
|| Posted by Da Goddess, September 19, 2006 02:31 AM ||Mikey,
Let me know if I can help. Will send you my cell phone number under Private Messages at aww.
However this works out, I wish the best for you and your family.
d.
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September 09, 2006
On The Way
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Yeah, but they saw ice on the wings/fuselage on takeoff.... Could be something, could be nothing....
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September 05, 2006
Still Here
(Via PDA) I'm still here - just busy dealing with some of the nastier aspects of life.
More soon....as soon as I'm able to write about current events without any 'whining'.
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do tell?????
|| Posted by Tetzman, September 8, 2006 12:00 PM ||How's your health holding up, big guy?
|| Posted by The Liberal Avenger, September 9, 2006 05:57 AM ||do tell?????
I'll be doing that soon...
How's your health holding up, big guy?
Short answer: decently with the exception of my blood pressure keeps 'spiking' at night; I've been staying up until the wee hours of the morning monitoring it and trying to get it down below the 'safe' level and sometimes that involves going to the ER.
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September 01, 2006
All Your Bowflex Are Belong to Us
Normally, I loathe comment spam, but this one is funny because of the great care put into the wording of it:
Yes indeed - All Your Bowflex Are Belong to Us!!Trackback Information for All Your Bowflex Are Belong to Us
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