HYPOTHERMIA (SIC)

"There is no free lunch."Milton Friedman,cold blooded GOP economist guru
(unless of course you're rich then...)

aloha again, i have strained or maybe torn several muscle groups in my lower back atop my spinal arthritis so this blog may end abruptly, be warned.

FAILING UPWARDS
other than a sweetheart deal with the Texas Rangers baseball club, George W.Bush has bankrupted EVERY BUSINESS he has been associated with (check it out). you would think this would disqualify him from being President of anything,right? there is the EVIL GENIUS OF GROVER NORQUIST, MILTON FREIDMAN et al who aim to STARVE THE BEAST (govt) and MAKE GOVERNMENT SO SMALL YOU CAN DROWN IT IN THE BATHTUB (actual quote).so start a few unnecessary wars, disrupt or abolish all regulatory guidelines and agencies,rape the economy and pension funds mercilessly then subvert the Constitution as an added incentive then leave , frankly i thot they would never leave voluntarily. so look what we have now...an economy in the crapper, a coldhearted philosophy (Friedman's) of cutting back education and social services while maintaining outrageous prison budgets and populations (thanx to Three Strikes overkill). KALIfornia is the poster child for this mess, the eternal budget stalemate here focuses on no new taxes for the rich while shredding the safety net for the poor,disabled and elderly and the stealing of $11 BILLION from education funds ( Prop 98) while Gov.Anus seems to fighting NOT to ever repay it. when i was a child KALIfornia was in the Top Five educational systems, now it is 48th to 50th depending on survey methods. apparently this is not bad enough, while some schools here decry class sizes of 20 to 25 i heard on NPR yesterday an LA school district when the class size is 42, let me repeat that 42! what kind of learning can take place in total chaos? our state bonds are hovering around JUNK BOND STATUS,just wait...

ANOTHER PET PEEVE
this one makes my blood boil too.BRINKS HOME SECURITY ADS.sample scenario, a white woman of varying ages is alone or with a girl child at home and two miscreants (all white in the commls i've seen) kicks in a door, the alarm sounds and the felon is scared off then the BHS pepes call & promise to call the cops.
1.this promotes FEAR IN WOMEN ( is BHS owned by the GOP?)
2. this assumes one has time to reach a phone before trouble strikes.
3. this assumes the cops will come.

a true story.
this happened in Washington DC about a dozen years ago. three or four women shared a house and they heard, what they thot was someone breaking in downstairs.they called the cops then a woman went downstairs to investigate, she was raped then tied up. they called again, another woman went downstairs to be raped then tied up and so on.end result THE COPS NEVER CAME (sic) so the Women Sued in federal court AND LOST! apparently the cops are NOT obligated to protect you merely report crimes and accidents. so much for BHS promises...

SUICIDE AGAIN
thanks PAGANI for your observations & opinions.i agree (see prior blog Comments)
a story i forgot to mention,when i lived in the Haight (SF in the 70s) i had an English friend who decided to walk across the world famous Golden Gate Bridge one day.she was walking behind two friends who chatted casually then walked mostly in silence...about halfway across one turned and suddenly leapt off the bridge, the other kept walking as tho nothing had happened while my friend began freaking out! i assume the CHP looked for a body after my friend reported it.
which reminds me, i drove cab from about 1975 to 1980,also in SF, you become pretty calloused by the job and your life experiences.one night a newbie, in his first week on the job, was crying copiously.apparently he took a ride from the Marina Distirct to Sausalito with the passenger in the front seat chatty.halfway across the GGB the passenger grabs the wheel and tries to ram the cab off the bridge, the newbie fights him off and jams on the brakes at which point the passenger opens the door and leaps over the railing into the night.our reactions varied from NEXT TIME HAVE THEM PAY IN ADVANCE! to ASK-TOURISM OR JUMPING? the newbie was horrified then quit never to be seen again.

a personal experience
-daytime,Kearny Street in the Financial District heading toward the Bank of Ameirca World HQ (in those days) with a male passenger.i have green lights for several blocks ahead when i notice a tall white man in a grey suit standing on a street corner ahead,no problemo until he steps out ahead of me and stands right between my headlights...my passenger screams! utilizing the 360 degree training a CHP safety manual recommends i swerve and take the lane of a brand new Mercedes on my left and miss the guy by the width of a button (no exaggeration) at which point he then does the same with another vehicle...blocks later my passenger regains his composure.I THOT HE WAS DEAD. THOT HE WAS COMING THRU THE WINDSHIELD!
i gave some taciturn macho response but my hands were shaking...i have also had several dear friends committ suicide,so this is not merely hypothetical,maybe another time.

in other news,
i have no new websites to offer and i hear a cold ice pack calling my name.aloha Mahayana...


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