Land of Oz

Terminator School?

I was wandering through the Detroit News web site and noticed this ad for a career site. Is it just me or does that look like one evil woman? I think she'd give T-X from Terminator 3 a run for its money. Imagine her sitting in front of a bank of monitors watching your every move. And who's that shadowy dude in the background. Gives me the shivers...

Labels: crime, government, religion

U-pay, I-pay

We all pay... It seems that today's government punishes those who try to live right. The government is vomiting money for a wide variety of bailouts and rescues but only for those who've screwed it up. Drive an old gas-guzzler and put in for government money. If you've been driving an efficient car - tough. Revamp the credit card laws to help those in over their head - while those who spend responsibly get stuck paying for those who don't. Mortgage yourself into a deep dark hole for a mcmansion and we'll help; live in an affordable home, and too bad, you don't need any help. I'm not asking for help and I don't mind helping those who really need it, but I also shouldn't be expected to foot the bill (not that we'll ever pay it off) for all those too greedy or stupid to control themselves fiscally. By the way, can you really imagine a trillion dollars of debt? If you spent $1.3 million a day since Christ died, you still wouldn't have spent a trillion dollars! Our government spent that much this year and it's only June.

Labels: government

Susan Boyle

Let me put in my two cents about Susan Boyle. She's gone into some clinic for exhaustion which pretty much covers just about anything from actual physical exhaustion to drug rehab to give my career a boost time outs. The biggest result of this is that so many are now complaining about her being exploited.

Well, jeez, of course she's been exploited. That's the whole purpose behind these reality shows. Take some relative unknown (or all-but-forgotten celeb) and exploit their foibles to the world. These shows are hoping for a train wreck. The more spectacular the fall, the better the show is going to do. If that wasn't the case why show the no-talent disasters at all. Weed them out during off-line auditions and only show the acts that are acceptable. Which would destroy the basics behind all these shows.

To get the full force behind Ms. Boyle, one had to hear her first, then see her after. I actually listened to an .mp3 of her earlier recording before I saw her image. To hear the voice, one thinks of Diana Krall or Kathleen Turner or Demi Moore -- and let's just say that when you do see her, she isn't anything like those. I know it's chauvinistic, but that's the world. Anyway, good luck Ms. Boyle in whatever happens for you.

Labels: celebs