ideationbaby

ideationbaby @ 2007-05-06T19:13:00

2007-05-06T11:14:08Z

I	Influential
D	Delicious
E	Exhausting
A	Amorous
T	Talented
I	Important
O	Organic
N	Nutty
B	Boisterous
A	Astonishing
B	Brilliant
Y	Yummy

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

Oh yea, and by the way....

2007-05-02T12:11:55Z

The Japanese - talk about the sun also rising... are hot on the trail of Cold Fusion...

Tesla if you can it, has a free energy system that some Aussies pray t but where is it is a great question... word is... maybe both might work which will be great for trains, etc....

Why this needs to be said publicly is a strange story...

2007-04-10T08:15:29Z

But when you Google Harvard-Westlake, you might come up with THIS link...
http://constantpated.blogspot.com/2005/04/harvard-westlake-lawsuit-archive.html

Take off the back-end and you have moer....

Specifics

All orders to and from Combatant Commanders to avoid enforcing the laws of war are not lawful.

All contracts, agreements, and direction from Congress to avoid enforcement of the laws of war are not lawful.

Any direction the President gives to thwart enforcement of Geneva is illegal.

Any e-mail, message, or other communication from the DNC and GOP related to blocking enforcement of the laws of war; or not implementing impeachment is illegal.

When these orders come down, your job is to question why these are consistent with the oath, the Constitution, and laws of war.

Things will be fabricated to make you react to an illusion. The goal is to get you to distract your attention from the real problem: The GOP's war crimes; and get you to focus on an illusory problem.

Compel the leadership to explain why you should believe them. The issue is their lack of credibly.

If this was "such a surprise" why did they have this memo prepared in advance of the event?

This is being orchestrated not to do the right ting, but to get you to quickly react without thinking. Challenge the leadership to explain why you should have confidence that what they are saying is real, to be believed, and why there is such an "urgency" yet they had the time to coordinate their response.

It's being orchestrated to distract attention and avoid accountability for war crimes.

Is this a Blog Sociology Event?

ideationbaby @ 2007-04-09T12:13:00

2007-04-09T05:14:52Z

"Your assertion that the Commissioner was wrong cannot justify the wrong of leaving the city unguarded. That furnished the opportunity; the criminal element furnished the action. There is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone, anywhere, any time. ... I am equally determined to defend to sovereignty of Massachusetts and to maintain the authority and jurisdiction over her public officers where it has been placed by the Constitution and laws of her people."

E.T., meet Al Bundy

2007-04-09T04:33:47Z

And HOW do you FEEL? Is this not a question for Obama?

   This seems like such a simple question. However, if one looks more closely, simple it is not.

   For example, let us consider that it is a culturally loaded question - people is Asia, for example, don't ask this question upon meeting up with someone again. It is almost considered invasive!

   Instead, a frequent question would be: Where do you go?

   For example, if you go to the dumpster to throw out damning evidence, then this is a really interesting question.   Perhaps, for example, on the contrary, you are busy gathering evidence which reveals your motivation. Or perhaps you are simply trying to get the hell away from such an environment because it is dangerous. One yogi told ME: "The first rule towards living a long life is to not live in a violent place" I suppose lies could be considered a violent act. This seems to be in the news lately.

But the question I would like to consider is much more geared towards presidential hopefuls and those interested in fine-tuning political systems. People well oriented towards this type of work clearly have some personality traits that lead to success. Calvin Coolidge is not known for his great speeches.

As a leader, posturing is not essential, but it is helpful. Lincoln, however, carried his charisma proudly, and this posturing came across as natural and consistent. Wavering people are often not concerned with the issues at hand, but rather with creating a good public impression, or their own unsatisfied interests.

   The question becomes more profound when you consider that, on the one hand, elected candidates often espouse a credo of adhering to their constituents, offering a wide swath of leeway to simply state "oh, well the voting public made me re-think this issue", while on the other hand, candidates are expected to rise above common morality and create leadership amongst chaos.

   Another method would be to listen strictly to the research available on such matters, suspend judgment on various personality quirks, and get busy addressing the more central issues of what creates good governance. While I would postulate that charisma is a necessary ingredient, the simple, straightforward application of questions such as "how does this help YOU" might help candidates be introspective enough to rise above the glaring character deficiencies that ALL humans possess.

Consider it a type of inner 'checks and balances' system for the moral compass. What shocks ME is how few times this question is brought up in debates. OBVIOUSLY Cheney owns a huge share of Hallbutron - is it so difficult to imagine how this business helps HIM? People in debates seem so keen on talking - but what about better QUESTIONS? Like: HOW do you feel. It entails: what is it you are capable of feeling and why?    Clearly Cheney asks himself this question, but he hides the answer. What an interesting thing!

   Or, for a moment, let us consider the question from standing just outside a sociopaths perspective: Do you have the capacity to understand these things?

For example, if you are not a doctor, but rather a codependent that is creating a pattern of eating disorder within your family, how are you to judge someone's eating disorder? It is, in fact, part and partial of the same sickness.

   None-the-less what seems simple is often the most over-looked, especially by the ignorant American public. Chalk it up to a lack of experience! Sadly, rather than create healthy extended families, we are busy dragging Mathew Sheppard behind a pick-up truck as an example to our kids. Some family members of mine think this is funny.

On an unrelated note, I am conceptualizing a school which is fashioned out of shipping containers and once again combines trade with culture. That a few corporate citizens are responsible for the distribution of goods through large corporations which are strictly function-oriented represents, to me, a tremendous waste of resources and opportunities for richer exchange.

Students would live on tankers and containers would be outfitted with important equipment. As a 'semester at sea' program it would give students a service component and international exposure. Furthermore, as the program is scaled, mixing groups based on research interests and relationship-building will undoubtedly create new nodes of information and research into educational methodologies.

12 family members, one gay

2007-04-08T06:20:17Z

Does anyone know what happens in Australia if you DON'T vote? You get fined!
   Strangely, in Ohio, a SUPREME COURT CASE leveled that, indeed, it was LEGAL to go out and register voters and then throw out all the registrations that are for a different party.

NOW LISTEN TO THIS, ASSHOLES...
Why do people have to identify ANYWAY from the outright? Shouldn't we ALL be automatically REQUIRED to vote? I like that one, from 'the man' down under.

If we look closely at the sitation, it's easy to see double. George Sr. is wanted on War Crimes in Cambodia, yet it's ok for the Goverer of Texas to authorize, or at least be complicit (actually, he did issue a 'memo') in the execution of a retard.

Do I have to discuss why this is disturbing?

   Apparently, yes. It has to do with Supreme Court Judges and the former head of the CIA, Bush Sr.

If anyone could steal an election, wouoldn't you fault THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCE? I mean I nevah....

    And WHY do they have to be so secret?

Obviously the Pentagon is all divided up so that Rumsfeld can come out front and carry out bodies.  The whole thing was simply
CONVENIENT to them!

Jon Swain's book River of Time notes:

For myself, there are certain things I shall never forget: the bodies I saw being tossed about in it's violent eddies near a ferry town 32 miles south of Phnom Penh in the early morning mist when the Mekong is at its most majestic and mysterious; or the dawn tragedy of the B52 bomber of the US air force which prematurely unleashed it's cargo of high-explosives on the same little town, turning it's center into a flattened mass of rubble under which many people lay dead. 'I saw one stick of bombs through the town but it was no great disaster,' Colonel Opfer, the American air attache, told a press conference. Opfer had not understood a thing. The bombing had killed or wounded some 400 people. One man lost twelve members of his family.

Now, if THAT was on your permanent record, how would YOU handle it? Lie, Cheat, Steal? What if you paid for the whole thing?

My parent's accountant was in the news today...

2007-04-08T03:24:18Z

Apparently he like to eat babies. Yes, babies. This is only a little satirical - I donno - we'll see!

Miyamoto Mel & Associates

Categories:

Neighborhood: Mid Wilshire
444 N Larchmont Blvd Ste 208
Los Angeles, CA 90004

(323) 462-4845

OMG they're doing the SAME thing in IRAQ they did to CAMBODIA! WOH!

2007-03-31T02:13:42Z

You know, creating several factions that will fight each other to the death, screaming AL QUEDAH wtf and then hoping at the end to set of some version of a neutron bomb, so that in the end, you're little walk-man doesn't work and besides, you just shot at your neighbors so there will never be peace. Add METH to the mix, and forget about Cambodia, and guess what!

One fine morning in the middle of the night,
two dead boys got up to fight

Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other

The deaf POLICEMAN heard the noise
and CAME and then killed those two dead boys

If you don't believe my story's TRUE
ASK THE BLIND MAN...

He saw it....
twice...

FUCK YOU VETENARIAN - i went to the other VETS OFFICE. THE REAL ONE. thank you!

2007-03-31T01:13:43Z

11. Berenson, Sampson, and others in the Republican party had no meaningful information in their suitcases. This was a ruse designed to create the impression that they were well prepared. However, information from the weekend shows counsel was preparing to cover issues wholly unrelated to the hearing.
________

ACTUALLY, what the suitcase contained was tons and tons of execution letters implicating the CIA in brutal murders.

ideationbaby @ 2007-03-28T09:53:00

2007-03-28T03:09:34Z

December 2006

Dear Camp Galileo Alumni,
We can’t believe we’re about to embark on our 6th summer of Camp Galileo!

Lisa and Curtis in the news?
THEY LIKED ME!

t sounds like you are in a good place....and solitude is something we will always have to confront in life because ultimately we are all alone and we cannot look to others to bring us comfort, first we have to learn to be alone and to find peace in that. Of course, the loneliness of being in a foreign country can be a different kind of experience, but like you said, you need to own your choices and remember why you choose the path you are on and then live it fully and grandly in all it's splendor....new experiences...meeting new people....it's all a process of learning about yourself and through those encounters slowly you begin to define what really matters to you and what your priorities are....and it may just be that what you originally thought you wanted is no longer what is calling you....If you are feeling drawn to be back in Santa Cruz with your sweetie...then you need to follow your heart.....love can wait, but you also need to honor love and grasp the moment and let it be a priorty to you..., if it is the right time in your life for that love, as scary as it may be.... There are many times I feel overwhelmed and full of fears with my relationship with merche...we are from 2 distinct cultures...different languages...different backgrounds....different continents and hemishperes.....and then the whole international homosexual relationship comlplications are confusing and wearing, but I'm not willing to give up....and if one of us or both of us were the type of person to say fuck it, this is too much of a struggle and life will be easier if i say no to this realtionship, then sure my life would simplify tremendously...but neither of us are willing or capable of being that selfish....we fell in love....despite challenging circumstances....and I'm prepared to fight, to struggle, and to celebrate all the beauty of being in love.....but clearly we both have fears....fears of getting hurt again...fears of external factors that make life complicated because society still doesn't recognize homosexual love as exisiting.... As for you, well, So, it seems to me that a common thread I've heard you talk about and struggle with for years now is a desire to be at peace.....And the more you move around the harder that peace will be to encounter because changes are harder to live the older we get....a certain stability in life brings a certain securty (I imagine....not to say that i've found that yet either...but I know I am leading toward it...although I still see some years of figuring it out....). So if your peace is being in Thailand, then live it fully and LIVE IN THE PRESENT while learning from the past and preparing yourself for the future....but don't tortue yourself replaying the past over and over again in your head while planning 20 different futures.....I hear some of that in your e-mail below..... And as for entering the work force, that means commitment to a place to live, to a job, to a commuinty, to yourself.....and it also can bring a certain inner satisfaction because work should be pleasing, but it also doesn't have to be the center of life....ya know??? So James Perry.....Live and Be and feel good about yourself.....Only YOU can create struggles, end struggles, create your own peace and share it with others..... I hate to see you constantly struggling..... Listen to your heart.....and own each moment you are blessed with in this lifetime....

thinking about what else to tell you I've been doing... lots to do with seeing temple s- it's been a serious hobby this last two weeks. Also I went to a wood-carving village a little ways from here to see someone shop for their store - which was some thing to see! Ummmm but ti's massage central up here... Also spent some time with these two guys from my home-town of Santa Cruz - one is the father the other the son - the father was a Mary Prankster if you know what that is, and quite the story teller... CRAZY! Old dead-head, etc....

hmmm what else... some time meditating, dreaming, not working! My classes at the uni are over, and hung out with this guy who's going to ordaine as a monk - so fun and interesting there. Also I hang with this 71 year old Thai lady who's lots of fun and is very interesting... Thinking some about spending time in Hawaii, but... WE'll see!

ok, there's some more...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee

2007-03-27T05:15:19Z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee

BUSH THIS, kodak wannabeez
"You can punch your way out of a wet paper bag with sissors in your hands."

Refugee =
A person who is seeking asylum in a foreign country in order to escape persecution, war, terrorism, extreme poverty, famines, and natural disaster. Some regional legal instruments further include those seeking to escape generalized violence in the definition of a refugee. Those who desire refugee status are sometimes known as asylum seekers and the practice of accepting such refugees is that of offering political asylum. The most common asylum claims to industrialized countries are based upon political and religious grounds. According to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who

“

owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country.

Survey: are you a cult leader?

2007-03-27T04:24:55Z

I'm mostly too worried about my credit card account to think about going to JAIL.

I had better stop teaching at a jail because I now understand what mandatory reporting is.

You had to work at an underfunded Youth Center to really grasp the concept of 'mandatory reporting'.

You had to quit the youth center because of your school's 'checkered past' and being afraid of cameras.

I'm too lame of a teacher to believe in my own studets.

I am too lame of a dean to do the same

I make mistakes with Cris Ekstein.

I have no idea how to help the people I hurt, especially to give them freedom.
           This last question is so important and a good way to separate wheat from Chaiff.

You only sometimes hurt the ones you love.

You feel regret.

You would like to offer care and concern for those around me.

A cult has crazy laws that are SO difficult to follow and besides every which way you turn someone rips you off, or a new asshole, or whatevah.

You would rather control a military than yourself.

After you successfully pass this quiz, you can write the essay questions, but if the Bush girls were here I might even let them take me to lunch. I kind think they're cute!

One time on my college trax, Chesea Clinton came to see "Smith" and maybe MH colleg?   Not sure about tht one, but she at at one of my FAVORITE RESTAURAUTS in Noho. Noho is suspicously like nomo but why not make it her "Name-Sake" for her father?

Hmmm, would they preform for me, you know, lobester an' stuff. Look, you got Prince Harry twice, I need some real intelligence once, but times 3 is ok, too, you know.

                                         Pillow.

This was a game we played as a kid....

2007-03-25T13:49:31Z

ideationbaby @ 2007-03-25T17:31:00

2007-03-25T10:12:49Z

Will Smith - I don't think "Flavah Flav" quite just know how to play the movie "Amazon Women on the Moon in 3D" do you think you can help? Besides, my hands are kinda tied up right now....

ideationbaby @ 2007-03-25T17:29:00

2007-03-25T10:11:25Z

Anyone have the REAL Garibaldi Story of Coke, etc?

And the State Flag?

THANK YOU!

Also: Special thank you for the guys at the COURT:

HW, please record your answers in the street...

2007-03-25T09:49:26Z

Section A (Cloze Passage) (20 marks)
Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the list provided:

like more always treats trait
both arrives chores agitated merely
considers leaves angry duty care

The relationship between Gopal and his elephant is (1) more than that of a master and a servant. Gopal, the mahout (2) treats his elephant as his own son. It has all the features of a good elephant and its master (3) considers it as the most beautiful animal in the world. Its long trunk touches the ground when it stands up and it is believed to be the (4) trait of a beautiful elephant. They live in a forest area. Gopal’s wife and baby also (5) like the elephant very much. When it is not performing its routine (6) duty of carrying huge logs of wood, it likes to play with its master. It takes (7) care of the baby when Gopal and his wife are busy with their household (8) chores Sometimes Gopal (9) leaves the baby with the elephant when he and his wife are out. Once it saved the life of the baby from two hyenas. The elephant crushed (10) both of them to death.

Section B (Grammar) (20 marks)
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets.

The presence of air and water (1) helps (help) to make life possible on the earth. Ever since human beings (2) appeared (appear) on earth they (3) have been using (use) these resources for their survival. However, it (4) seems (seem) that man does not give adequate attention to preserve these natural resources for the future generation. His unlimited wants and the thirst for a more polished way of life (5) place (place) man above animals. In this venture to meet his needs, he (6) pollutes (pollute) the air and water and thereby upsets the balance of life on earth. The worst form of negligence (7) is seen (see) in the way people (8) contaminate (contaminate) the air. Vehicles, factories, oil refineries and nuclear power stations (9) give (give) off poisonous gases into the air. This (10) is (be) dangerous to human beings, plants and animals.

Section B (Transformation) (20 marks)
Rewrite the sentences below using the words given.

1. A thief broke into my house. The police arrested him.
The police arrested the thief who broke into my house.

2. He eats a lot. He never gets fat.
Although he eats a lot, he never gets fat.

3. We closed the door. We did not want to disturb the sleeping baby.
We closed the door since we did not want to disturb the sleeping baby.

4. “I plan to join a language class. I want to learn French,” said Mr. John.
Mr. John said that he plans to join a language class as he wants to learn French.

5. Mala likes to read novels. She always goes to the library.
Mala likes to read novels so she always goes to the library.

Section D (Comprehension Passage) (40 marks)
Read the following passage. Then use your own words to answer all the questions in complete sentences.

It was a starry night. The moonlight seeped into his room through the half-opened window. Jack, who was lying is bed, suddenly work up from his sound sleep. A full two hours were left for daybreak. He tried to run over and go to sleep, but could not.
He slipped back in time, a favourite pastime of his. He was living with his parents who struggled all their lives to make both ends meet. As the eldest of three sons in the family, he always had to assist his father in the food-stall. He used to wake Jack up early in the morning even though he did not like to do so. His duties varied form cleaning the stall to serving the food sometimes. The stall was situated in a junction where people came to catch buses to get to their offices. The food had to be ready by 8 o’clock.
Jack loved his father, but not getting up early. One day he overheard his father telling his mother, “Jane, I really don’t like to disturb our son. He is only a boy and he needs rest. However, I can’t manage alone”.
Hearing this, his mother said, “Please don’t be upset. He isn’t a child anymore. It’s time for him to bear some responsibilities”.
“Yes, I know, but I still feel sorry for him,” he said.
Jack sobbed silently. The thought that he did not realise his parents’ love earlier agitated him. He decided to do something that might become a token of his love for his father. Thinking about it again and again he laughed to himself.
“I have hardly saved up any money. How can I think of buying something expensive for my father?”
He gazed at the stars as if he wanted them to come up with a solution. “It’s father’s birthday tomorrow. I will give him an unusual present”.
He could not sleep that night. At last it was 4 o’clock. He got up from his bed and put on is clothes. He got out of the house stealthily and walked towards the food-stall.
He cleaned the stall first. Then he cut the vegetables and bought the milk from the nearby stall. He found his job which was usually tedious, pleasing that day. By then his father had come for his routine work.
“Happy Birthday, Daddy!” exclaimed Jack.
He turned to the direction from where the sound came.
“What! It’s Jack. I can’t…”
“Yes, father. I’ve almost done my duty. This is my birthday present for you,” said Jack.
Tears welled up in his father’s eyes. He stretched his arms out and hugged his son. He felt that he was the happiest father on earth. “I want you to know that I am a good boy, father”, Jack said. “Yes, my boy, I am so proud of you” he replied.
The sound of the creaking door roused him from his dream. Now, his father was not around anymore. Before he passed away, he used to narrate this event to his other children every year on his birthday.

1 (a) Suggest a word from the first paragraph that shows Jack had a good sleep.

The word ‘sound’ suggests he had a good sleep. (1m)

(b) What time do you think Jack got up from his sleep?

He probably got up around 4 o’clock. (1m)

2 (a) What do you understand by He slipped back in time (line 4)?

It means he began to remember things of the past. (1m)

(b) What did Jack always do?

He had a habit of going over his past in his mind. (1m)

3 (a) Did Jack’s parents have a smooth life? Justify your answer by giving evidence from the
story.

No. They had a very difficult time. In the passage it says that they struggled all their lives
to make their children’s lives comfortable. (2m)

(b) Why did Jack’s father get up early in the morning? Give two reasons.

He had a lot of cleaning up at the stall and had to prepare food before 8 o’clock. (2m)

(c) What did Jack’s father not like to do?

He did not like to wake Jack up early in the morning. (1m)

4 Why do you think that the food has to be ready by 8 o’clock?

Those who go to work around that time can buy some food from the stall. (2m)

5 What changed his attitude towards his father?

When he heard his father talk about him to his mother he realised that his father loved him
very much. This changed his attitude. (2m)

6 (a) Thinking about it again and again (line 17). What does it refer to here?

It refers to a way to express his love towards his father. (1m)

(b) What did Jack decide to do for his father finally?

He decided to give an unusual present to his father on his birthday. He did not wait for his
father to wake him up on his birthday and completed his duties at the food-stall before his
father woke up. (2m)

7 (a) Why do you think jack could not sleep that night (line 23)?

He was probably very excited about the surprise for his father. (1m)

(b) Why did he leave the house stealthily?
He did not want others to know that he was leaving the house. (1m)

(c) Why did he find his job pleasing that day?

This time Jack did his job sincerely and happily for his father and so he found it
pleasing.(2m)

8 (a) Why did Jack’s father narrate this event to his other children every year on his
birthday (line 36)?

He was very proud of Jack. (1m)

(b) What impression do you form about Jack’s parents from the story?

They loved their children very much. They were very dedicated parents who worked very
hard for them. (2m)

9 Choose five of the following. For each of them, give one word or a phrase of not more than
seven words, which has the same meaning as it has in the passage. (7 marks)

(i) struggled (line 5) : tried very hard

(ii) overheard (line 10) : heard someone talking without the person’s knowledge

(iii) agitated (line 16) : disturbed

(iv) gazed (line 21) : stared

(v) tedious (line 26) : dull or boring

(vi) routine (line 27) : regular duty

(vii) roused (line 35) : awakened

10 Briefly state in not more than 130 words how Jack felt when he understood that his father had
loved him very much and what he did to please his father. (10 marks)

1. Jack’s father ran a food-stall to earn a living.
2. His father used to wake him up early in the morning to help him at the stall.
3. Jack never liked getting up so early.
4. He thought that his father did not love him.
5. Once he heard his father tell his mother that he felt bad about waking him up so early.
6. This totally changed Jack’s attitude towards his father.
7. He wanted to do something that would make his father proud of him.
8. He had no money with him to buy a present for his father.
9. So, he thought of a plan.
10. On his father’s birthday he got up early in the morning and did his duties before his
¬ father came to the stall.
11. This pleased his father so much that tears rolled down his cheeks.
Jack also felt so happy.

For HW younger years bring mp3 recorders and ask people on the street why this is important...

2007-03-25T09:45:55Z

Prince Harry: Songs in the Key of Life

2007-03-25T09:38:31Z

This may contain confidential and attorney-client privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete this thing from your eyes.

Pursuant to the IRS, please be advised that, to the extent this communication contains any tax advice, it is not intended to be, and in fact, it was not written.

I used to move bottles of coke around for Garabaldis, think Mexico, and who is the representative. Also, any of the below are cool with me: Swaziland, and the guys in THIS photo:

Four Love Songs for Prince Harry:

"(Ella)
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No they can't take that away from me
The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can't take that away from me

We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love
Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away from me

(Louis)
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can't take that away from me

The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can't take that away from me

We may never never meet again,
on that bumpy road to love
Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away from me.
(Swing it, boys)

(Ella)
We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love
(Louis)
(Swing it, Ella)
(Ella)
Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
(Louis)
The way you changed my life
No, no they can't take that away from me
(Louis & Ella)
Noo...they can't take that away from me.
(Loius)
Could you repeat that again, deary, please?
(Louis & Ella)
Noo...they can't take that away from me."

I was a stranger in the city
Out of town were the people I knew
I had that feeling of self-pity
What to do, what to do, what to do
The outlook was decidedly blue

But as I walked through the foggy streets alone
It turned out to be the luckiest day I've known

A foggy day, in london town
Had me low, had me down
I viewed the morning, with much alarm
British museum, had lost it's charm

How long I wondered,
Could this thing last
But the age of miracles, hadn't past
For suddenly, I saw you there
And through foggy london town,
The sun was shining everywhere

For suddenly, I saw you there
And through foggy london town,
The sun was shining everywhere

Everywhere
Everywhere
Everywhere

I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never new my heart could sing
I never missed a warm embrace
Till april in paris, chestnuts in blossom
Holiday tables under the trees
April in paris, this is a feeling
That no one can ever reprise
I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never new my heart could sing
I never missed a warm embrace
Till april in paris
Whom can I run to
What have you done to my heart

Ella:
Pennies in a stream
Falling leaves of a sycamore
Moonlight in Vermont

Icey finger waves
Ski trails on a mountain side
Snowlight in Vermont

Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road
People who meet, in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

Evening summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in Vermont

Louis Armstrong:
Instrumental Solo

Ella:
Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road

Louis:
People who meet, in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

Ella:
Evening summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in Vermont

You and I and moonlight in Vermont

Back on the back of the back of PLANET EARTH... Rod and Harry. Rod and Harry. Rod and Harry

2007-03-24T02:50:24Z

The State Governors will have an important role in the unfolding national drama. Members of Congress are subject to removal and prosecution for felonies, failing to assert their oath, preventing violations of Geneva, and failing to protect the Constitution. After US members of Congress are indicted for war crimes, the Governors will decide replacements in the House and Senate.

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Despite controlling all three branches of government, the GOP refuses to do its job:

Enforce the law; or

Prevent violations of Geneva.

Whether the voters do or do not do “their job” is irrelevant. The Republican leadership needs to be prosecuted. Regardless the voter apathy, election results, or makeup of Congress, International War Crimes prosecutions can affect the US power balance.

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Themes

Members of Congress are not immune to war crimes indictments.

International players have jurisdiction, which reasonably affects American politics, especially when domestic politics and rule of law are insufficient catalysts to comply with Geneva.

State Governors influence Congress. Regardless whether voters pick new leaders, prosecutions and Governor-replacement decisions will appoint new leaders.

Legislative-Executive smokescreens over the military commissions are irrelevant to whether war crimes indictments are or are not prosecuted.

The Future of the American Republic is not decided in the 2006 election. The 2006 election isn’t the final showdown. There will be ongoing war crimes indictments, and the election of 2008 can still tip away from the President.

Voters do not trump the law, or whether the President is or is not subject to prosecution by the States for crimes.

Whether the 2006 elections are or are not a specific result has no bearing on whether there will or will not be investigations or impeachment proceedings against the President. The New Congress takes its seat three weeks before the President’s term is over in 2009. With a new Senate in 2008, and possible war crimes indictments and removals, the first three weeks of 2009 could be the conviction and removal phase against the President.

The Phase II report shows there was no imminent threat and the US has committed war crimes and grave breaches of Geneva. It means nothing that the US wanted to have a nice intention or that Saddam may have speculatively desired to do something. Prospective, speculative threats are not reason to engage in certain, war crimes today.

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The issue for serious debate is what will be done to ensure this legacy of war crimes is shut down earlier, prevented all together, and that the illegal plans are thwarted well before they are put into effect. It is one thing to talk about pre-emptive war against terrorism. Putting aside whether that approach is or is not lawful or prudent, a balanced discussion is needed on pre-emptive government oversight of potential war crimes.

Legal scholars will have to debate what should or should not be done to punish members of the legal community who exploit their positions, mislead the public, and otherwise fail to protect the Constitution and rule of law.

Regardless the convenient excuses to ignore Geneva, Geneva requirements are on the detaining power – the United States. Whether the opposition does or does not appear to, or in fact, meet some arbitrary or specific standard in no way elevates the burden on the United States to comply with the Geneva Conventions.

There need to be meaningful sanctions on Members of Congress, outside voter action or inaction, which sends a clear signal: These are the requirements, you shall enforce them, and permitting grave breaches of Geneva subjects you to war crimes. The fastest way to educate the Congress on their legal requirement is to subject them to War Crimes Tribunals. Their legislative stalling is evidence of their breach of the Geneva Conventions, and not protected legislative acts. Without lawfully sanctioning the Congress and reminding Members of Congress, especially the perpetual Senate, of its legal obligations under Geneva, there’s no basis to expect Members of Congress to enforce the law, regardless how they twist their legislative weapons to the design of the Executive.

There need to be some meaningful rewards for reporting war crimes and preventing illegal activity. This does not mean that in the absence of reward there is no requirement to comply or enforce the law. The oath to God over a Bible has proven to be a meaningless standard and worthless public testament, promise, or security.

War Crimes Trials can be a wonderful education process. They will remind the US contractors, government agents, and US officials they can be prosecuted for war crimes. The range of possible indictments range from supporting illegal activity; providing funds for illegal activity; and failing to prevent or remove oneself from the illegal war crimes. It remains to be understood when prior to Sept 2001 illegally acquired information was used to unlawfully violate Geneva or engage in human rights abuses.

What is curious is that despite the US Supreme Court striking down illegal procedures for violating Geneva, the Congress is at it debating the requirements, not the crimes. It’s one thing to feign confusion over whether the procedures do or do not violate the law – they do violate Geneva; quite another to pretend the clear requirements are unclear, despite the prohibition against outrages and abuses.

How one does or does not define torture is meaningless. Abuses are not permissible. Rather, by asking that evidence from abuse be admissible fatally admits the illegal abuse had occurred. The correct approach is to punish those who engage in the abuses, not to craft rules that would put the burden on the court to decide which violations were or were not rewarded. Despite the threat of war crimes indictments – and lawful penalty of death – these Members of Congress have done little to demonstrate they are serious about the law, their obligations, the rule of law, or the courts. Rather, they prefer, it seems, the alternative forum – the battlefield – to which they are equally ill prepared to enter, much less exit in victory.

The question is what is to be done -- despite the prospect of death -- to remind the Members of Congress of the legal obligations. We could go on and on about how the GOP is or is not reckless; and whether the evidence of their recklessness was or was not a failure of their oath; and when they should have acted to end the illegal activity. Regardless our debate or position, the core truth is known: Congress knows it has a problem, but refuses to face it, much less end what is knows is illegal.

Please indulge me as I take a detour back to the days of 2001, just before and after Sept 2001. Then the decision was whether the country would or would not respond; how it would respond; and what would be the objective. Putting aside the rashness of a decision, the speed of action, or whether the plan was or was not well crafted, the central point not to be lost was that there were legal requirements attached to each decision. The core lessons are regardless which option, the leadership had committed to plans which defied the law.

One option was to declare war. Rather than do that, Congress authorized force. Yet in deploying combat troops in 2001, this attached with it the obligation on the United States to comply with Geneva. Again, it makes no difference what the enemy allegedly did or did not do; whether they were or were not illegal combatants – the requirements were on the United States to comply with Geneva.

All arguments about why the United States should or should not treat the enemy at a certain standard were irrelevant. These obligations were not, and are still not obligations. They are requirements. The error in 2006, as with the Military Commissions Debate, is to pretend that the Geneva requirements can be waived, or that they are subject to bending based on the nature of the enemy. This is an incorrect and perverse notion of the law. The law is there as a guide and standard for the detaining power, and how the alleged criminals or enemy does or does not behave has no bearing on whether those requirements exist; what the Untied Stats must or must not do. The mistake in 2006 is to frame the debate in terms of the enemy, rather than focus on the requirements of Geneva. Rationalizations to follow or not follow Geneva are meaningless. The excuses to ignore Geneva are frivolous, illegal, and uncompelling.

The United State leadership incorrectly believes they can delay judgment, and this will make their situation better. This if flawed. The GOP incorrectly believes that the voter action or inaction will be the final judgment. Rather, the courts have final say; whether the voters do or do not get it has no bearing on whether the member of Congress is or is not in violation of the law. The election outcome has no relationship to the criminal procedures Members of Congress are subject to.

The US is engaging in phony debates for three general reasons.

(1) Abuses have occurred

How one defines torture is irrelevant. Geneva simply prohibits outrages against prisoners, which would include physical abuse. How that information is obtained, or what justifications there are for that abuse are irrelevant.

(2) Procedures have not been followed

The Geneva Conventions require that the procedures, rules of evidence, and trial access be the same for US military. The time to debate this is not in 2006, but should have been part of the debate in 2001. The US chose to engage in war, and attached with that was the agreement to comply with Geneva. It makes no difference what the status of the prisoners was, or what alleged crimes they may or may not have committed. It was the abuse of the Civil War at Andersonville which, in part, contributed to the Geneva Conventions of 1929. Relying on precedent of the Civil War is meaningless; the 1949 Conventions were known requirements in 2001.

Despite Geneva being fully promulgated and well known to the White House counsel like Brad Berenson in 2001, it took almost five years until the White House accepted what was always a requirement: The Geneva Conventions.

(3) Violations have not been prevented

2001 was an interesting year. Before the events of Sept 2001, the NSA was already engaging in illegal surveillance. Whether the targeting was or was not at specific or illegal targets is meaningless. The FISA courts were ignored.

On top of that, after Sept 2001, Congress did nothing to prevent violations of Geneva. Congress has done nothing to prevent the transfer of illegally acquired information to or from prisoner camps; and has done nothing to timely investigate the rendition sites; nor shut down the illegal surveillance.

Rather than stop illegal activity, Congress wants to debate the issue. Congress has no power to ignore its oath or its Geneva obligations. The power of debate is not something that is a lawful excuse for inaction on treaty violations. Rather, the debates itself, and the failure to act are admissible evidence the Members of Congress are individually reckless in their disregard for Geneva. The debates are not protected legislative acts; nor are they sufficiently important to justify priority over Geneva violations. Congress has the time to craft bills to explain away Geneva, but apparently no time to enforce the law, investigate violations, or ensure the Executive enforces the law and lawfully investigates war crimes committed by Americans.

Congress has illegally debated undebtable requirements; rather than prevent violations of Geneva, it continues to fund what it knows or should know are illegal violations of Geneva. The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals imposed judgment on the Japanese Cabinet for failing to prevent the war crimes.

American government has shared power. Policymaking is not unique to the Executive Branch. Congress has the power to shut down funding, promulgate legislative acts, and otherwise impose the legislative weapons at the throat of the Executive. This Congress has failed to do that. This is not a discretionary item, but a requirement. Indeed, the same Congress in 2006 that whishes to debate the Geneva requirements as they apply to the nation, executive, and prisoners of war have a larger objective: Pretending that the Geneva requirements as applied to them are also debatable. This is incorrect. Congress knew this prior to Sept 2001.

The interest in debate, over prosecutions, is one shared by lawyers, lobbyists, and contractors. Appealing to confusion and ambiguity is a popular method to confuse the public, but does little to impress either the courts, or war crimes prosecutors. At best, the frivolous statements are evidence of lack of comprehension of the seriousness of the issue, and are fleeting excuses to avoid accountability. This conduct warrants an upward adjustment of the sentencing.

Despite the prospect of war crimes indictments, the American contractors, legal community, and lobbyists pushed for illegal war, wanted immunity to prosecution, then a grant a Presidential pardon to seal their immunity. Not satisfied with that promise, they pushed for Congressional funding for their defense, and changes to the Geneva requirements to retroactively legalize what they know were war crimes.

The changes are evidence that the contractors, lobbyists, and legal community know they have a problem. But unlike a civil court where the change in position makes the issue moot, the problem is the reverse in criminal court. The change is an admission that the original crimes were known; but the failure to address those crimes with debate is evidence that the long-standing crimes cannot be self-regulated. Other parties are required to impose lawful justice.

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Irrelevant Reasons To Debate

There needs to be a War Crimes Tribunal to adjudicate: Fact finding, litigation, and punishments. However, rather than face war crimes litigation, the American leadership has one goal: To do everything but face the reality of war crimes adjudication. An international war crimes tribunal is needed. It will recalibrate the United States Government.

Geneva is a requirement. The standards are not debatable

http://esthera.blogspot.com/2007/03/you-would-never-seen-such-uncommon.html

2007-03-24T02:16:32Z

WOULDN'T you LIKE two NO?

http://esthera.blogspot.com/2007/03/you-would-never-seen-such-uncommon.html

http://thankyoutheman.blogspot.com/

2007-03-24T01:53:05Z

Well I was born an original sinner
I was borne from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill
There'd be a mountain of money
Piled up to my chin...
My mother told me good
My mother told me strong
She said "be true to yourself
And you can't go wrong."
"But there's just one thing
That you must understand:
You can fool with your brother
But don't mess with a missionary man."
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Well the missionary man
He's got God in his side
He's got the saints and apostles
Backin' up from behind
Black eyed looks from those Bible books
He's a man with a mission
Got a serious mind
There was a woman in the jungle
And a monkey on a tree
The missionary man he was followin' me
He said "Stop what you're doing
Get down upon your knees
I've a message for you that you better believe."

LexusLenixLLlesbian Dike, like Nike, needs to sit by HERA so ZEUS CAN WATCH

2007-03-24T01:38:48Z

Me and Ella, that's an AD for the saviour....

2007-03-24T01:22:54Z

ideationbaby @ 2007-03-25T00:14:00

2007-03-24T01:17:28Z

Makin' Whoopie

Written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn
Available on the album "Sweet Tracks 2004"

Another bride, another June
Another sunny honeymoon
Another season, another reason
For makin' whoopie
A lot of shoes, a lot of rice
The groom is nervous, he answers twice
It's really killin' that he's so willin'
To makin' whoopie

Picture a little love nest
Down where the roses cling
Picture the same sweet love nest
Think what a year can bring

He's washing dishes and baby clothes
He's so ambitious, he even sews
But don't forget folks, that's what you get folks
For makin' whoopie

Another year or maybe less
What's this I hear, well can you guess
She feels neglected, and he's suspected
Of makin' whoopie

She sits alone most every night
He doesn't phone her, he doesn't write
He says he's busy, but she says "is he?"
He's makin' whoopie

He doesn't make much money
Only five thousand per
Some judge who thinks he's funny
says you'll pay six to her

He says, "now judge suppose I fail?"
The judge says, "budge right into jail"
You'd better keep her, I think it's cheaper
Than makin' whoopie

You'd better keep her, I think it's cheaper
Than makin' whoopie

New for the OAD

2007-03-21T07:46:32Z

Attention Crazy:
"Wheels" are like "Horses"

Andy would bicycle across town to bring you
candy
in the rain
and John would buy the gown for you to wear to the
prom
with Tom
the astronomer
who'd name a star for you

But I'm the luckiest guy on the Lower East Side
cause I've got wheels if you want to go for a ride...

Harry is the one I think I'll marry
but it's Chris
that I kissed after school....
I'm no fool, there's a doubt
but when the sun comes out
and only when the son
comes out...

The day is beautiful
and so are you
My car is ugly but then
I'm ugly too

I know you'd
never give me
a second glance
but when the weather's nice
all the other guys
don't stand a chance

I know Professor Blum
makes me feel like a woman
but when the wind is in your hair
you laugh like a little girl

So you share secrets with Lou
but we've got secrets too

Well, for One: I only keep this heap for you... (it's true)

cause I'm the ugliest guy
on the Lower East Side
but I've only got wheels
if you want to go for a ride

Prince Harry:
Want to go for a ride?