It's pathetic watching the childish, infantile, spoiled brat, chicken dropping attitude on display by the Democrats at the Greedy Roundhouse. They apparently still haven't gotten over the fact that New Mexicans freely elected a Republican to the Governor's mansion and in their feeble way are trying to make life miserable for her by not confirming her nominees to run the many departments in state government, never mind that they rubber stamped any creep former governor Bill Richardson dragged into this state.
And why is that great 'gentleman' Ben Lujan blocking her initiatives like getting rid of the crooked everybody-gets-a-drivers-license law and doing something about our public schools passing third grade illiterates? In case he's forgotten, we taxpayers are paying for this sulking stupidity.
Enough's enough. This collection of crybaby Democrats needs to be thrown out this November along with a few state supreme court judges.
They work for us NOT the Democrat party.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
HEMINGWAY: The Last Daiquiri
TROPICAL SPLENDOR
For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning - Ernest Hemingway
Havana changed
forever
after you came ashore
A conga of rhythms in
ruffled skirts and
brews of pungent aromas
trailed you
The forever women
Hadley, Pauline, Martha, Mary
- and others in between - queued
For every book a romance
(Fitzgerald's quote)
Your fantasies
starting in Paris
also came. Shadows
all the way
to Vigia
In love with the Island
like Cole Porter
Always a dreamer, you
longed for and
imagined a new beginning
Unpredictable
all your hopes
sadly turned
a dead-end
© Nilda Cepero from HEMINGWAY: The Last Daiquiri
Lest I be accused of being biased here is a short review by Frank Varela, author of Caleb's Exile:
"It's fashionable now to denigrate Ernest Hemingway's reputation as a man and as a writer. That's why I highly recommend reading Nilda Cepero's homage to Papa in HEMINGWAY: The Last Daiquiri. She gives us an honest portrait of Hemingway that moves beyond stereotype to the central essence of the man."
Nilda Cepero is the editor of LSR (Latino Stuff Review) [1990 to 2005] and Ambos Mundos [2004 to the present]. Her writing has appeared in literary journals in the U.S. and Europe. She is also an accomplished photographer and singer and had her first exhibition: Paris, Poetic Images Of Night And Dawn at the Alliance Francaise in 2007. Her previous books include Sugar Cane Blues, Lil' Havana Blues, A Blues Cantata, and Bohemian Canticles.
HEMINGWAY: The Last Daiquiri (ISBN: 978-1-890953-09-6) is a perfect-bound paperback available through Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/Hemingway-Last-Daiquiri-Nilda-Cepero/dp/1890953091/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327711698&sr=1-1
Friday, December 23, 2011
THINGS TO THANK BARACK FOR
In the past few years I have been openly critical, even downright churlish, in regards to our President Barack Obama. I have lambasted his economic policies, socialized medicine plan, foreign apology statements, and inept leadership. But perhaps I have been too harsh. Maybe there are a few silver linings in the dark clouds of gloom he has blown over this nation. And I as I look over his record and its effect on my life, yes, there are many things to be thankful for these days.
Take unemployment. At the beginning of his administration, Mr. Obama boldly promised that if his stimulus plan was immediately passed, the jobless rate would never exceed eight percent, Today, as it hovers between nine and ten percent and as they count people who've given up looking for a job as employed, we reap the blessings of his foresight. Re-wording an old song, 'when I had a job, my pockets did jingle'. Now, as those pockets are empty, they last longer. No large quarters, pompous nickels, or shy dimes to tear them apart. In fact, all of my clothing from assembled-in-Mexico pants to Chinese shirts lasts longer without money or pocket protectors wearing things out.
One great thing about being unemployed, is I no longer have a job I have to go to. That means sleeping late on cold mornings and doing the siesta on hot summer afternoons. No frozen jalopies or sweltering cars for me. No, sir. And the great thing, people who DO have to get up every morning and trudge to work are working for ME. My unemployment check arrives like a Capistrano swallow every week. My only complaint is having to go down to the bank to cash my unemployment check. What a hassle to have to stand in line with one or two people in front of me.
Another fantastic aspect of the Obama Administration is that, thanks to his way of mulling over issues, you can blame others for your problems. Used to be people looked down their noses at grown-up crybabies. Now they're celebrated like foreign dignitaries. Lose your home? Blame the banks. Repossessed your car? It's avaricious General Motors fault. Can't afford a tin of gourmet coffee? Pull out your index finger from its pocket holster and aim it squarely at any grubby grocer you pass. Have to buy an aspirin? It's Big Pharma's fault you have to wait until they're on sale to bring a bottle to the checkout counter. Even if you break into your neighbor's house you'll get a pass. It's society and the economy's fault!
Finally, of all the many things I will give thanks for this year, perhaps the best of all is that I no longer have to deal with friends of the Democrat/Liberal/Progressive/Socialist persuasion. Do you know how good it feels not having to listen to their childish prattle at their dull parties? The Obama Administration is worth its weight in gold for having given me the courage to jettison the entire lot. No longer do I have to walk in to someone's home and hear them boast that they've bought a new antique roadster or Amish end table or Irish toaster. What a relief. Shee, you don't see me go all Lady Gaga every time a polyp busts out on my neck, do you?
Well, President Obama may be doing many things, he may be tanking the economy, he may be creating a whole universe of disdain for us ugly Americans all around the world but, darn it, there are still a few things he's given us that's made life worth looking forward to aside from November 6, 2012.
Bless him for that.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
Take unemployment. At the beginning of his administration, Mr. Obama boldly promised that if his stimulus plan was immediately passed, the jobless rate would never exceed eight percent, Today, as it hovers between nine and ten percent and as they count people who've given up looking for a job as employed, we reap the blessings of his foresight. Re-wording an old song, 'when I had a job, my pockets did jingle'. Now, as those pockets are empty, they last longer. No large quarters, pompous nickels, or shy dimes to tear them apart. In fact, all of my clothing from assembled-in-Mexico pants to Chinese shirts lasts longer without money or pocket protectors wearing things out.
One great thing about being unemployed, is I no longer have a job I have to go to. That means sleeping late on cold mornings and doing the siesta on hot summer afternoons. No frozen jalopies or sweltering cars for me. No, sir. And the great thing, people who DO have to get up every morning and trudge to work are working for ME. My unemployment check arrives like a Capistrano swallow every week. My only complaint is having to go down to the bank to cash my unemployment check. What a hassle to have to stand in line with one or two people in front of me.
Another fantastic aspect of the Obama Administration is that, thanks to his way of mulling over issues, you can blame others for your problems. Used to be people looked down their noses at grown-up crybabies. Now they're celebrated like foreign dignitaries. Lose your home? Blame the banks. Repossessed your car? It's avaricious General Motors fault. Can't afford a tin of gourmet coffee? Pull out your index finger from its pocket holster and aim it squarely at any grubby grocer you pass. Have to buy an aspirin? It's Big Pharma's fault you have to wait until they're on sale to bring a bottle to the checkout counter. Even if you break into your neighbor's house you'll get a pass. It's society and the economy's fault!
Finally, of all the many things I will give thanks for this year, perhaps the best of all is that I no longer have to deal with friends of the Democrat/Liberal/Progressive/Socialist persuasion. Do you know how good it feels not having to listen to their childish prattle at their dull parties? The Obama Administration is worth its weight in gold for having given me the courage to jettison the entire lot. No longer do I have to walk in to someone's home and hear them boast that they've bought a new antique roadster or Amish end table or Irish toaster. What a relief. Shee, you don't see me go all Lady Gaga every time a polyp busts out on my neck, do you?
Well, President Obama may be doing many things, he may be tanking the economy, he may be creating a whole universe of disdain for us ugly Americans all around the world but, darn it, there are still a few things he's given us that's made life worth looking forward to aside from November 6, 2012.
Bless him for that.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
Thursday, December 8, 2011
SEE THE U.S.A. THE OCCUPY WAY
As Occupy Wall Street and its myriad offshoots wind down for the winter, its presence has excited a sector of the economy that's been in the doldrums ever since gasoline hit two dollars a gallon. That sector is the domestic tourism industry.
One of the things we've learned from the Occupy Wall Street crowd, aside from civil unrest being a great way to get your face on TV, is that once you've become feared and encamped in a public place, no one wants to move you. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles issued several mild requests asking the protesters of Occupy Los Angeles to leave but few chose to heed his pleas. On November 30 he summoned the courage and threw them out. Likewise, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York tried all manner of cajolement over weeks to get Occupy Wall Street people to exit Zucotti Park. Finally, on November 17 he had to pull them out like a bad tooth. These scenes were repeated in city after city with eviction notices being backed up by police truncheons.
Now this may seem like the Occupy movement has been sent packing and in a way it has but it also means that the many civic centers, town plazas, and public parks where demonstrators milled about are deserted and ready for Re-Occupation!
Look, we've had many Occupy franchises operating like Occupy Wall Street in New York, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Baltimore, Occupy Boston, Occupy Houston, Occupy Albuquerque, etc. etc. etc. Through the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, and who-knows-what an entire recreation system has been inadvertently created. With a little tweaking we have the start of the new Occupy America Travel Reservation Network where, with a few clicks of the mouse, you'll be able to contact whatever city you want to visit and reserve a coveted downtown spot for your camping gear.
Of course, you'll want to book your destinations early. Some towns and cities fill up faster than others and at certain times of the year. For example, Occupy Phoenix may be great in the January but you may not want to be there in August. And who doesn't want to be in Occupy D.C. in springtime when the cherry trees are flowering?
Now there are many advantages to traveling under the protest banner of Occupy America. Some of the great deals include never having to clean up after yourself before you leave like you might have to in a state or federal campground. When the visitors at Occupy Los Angeles were cleared off in November, they left behind 30 tons of garbage. And get this, they didn't have to pick up a thing! Same with the 70 dump trucks of trash from Occupy Portland's campsite and 26 loads they hauled away from Occupy Wall Street's Zucotti Park. All the clean up done by grateful local municipalities glad to see them go. Is this a great country or what?
Also, you get round-the-clock security. The police are always stopping by to check things out and see how things are going. Sometimes they even go undercover and dress like an Occupy tourist just to satisfy themselves that no one is in any danger. Sweet, huh?
But, as an Occupy America traveler, you do have to act the part. You can't just pull up to some city in your Winnebago, plug your TV into a wall socket, roll out the recliner, and start enjoying yourself. No, you need to have a cause to protest against while you're there and the equipment to make yourself heard. Otherwise people might think you were a homeless person or, worse, a Tea Partier.
Get in the spirit, put batteries in the bullhorn, make a tie-dyed T-shirt or, better, break out the cardboard and write a message on it outlining your outrage against your favorite outrage. Maybe you wan to complain about the lack of bicyclists on the road, or about the outrageously high price of dog shampoo at the pet store, or, the one concern that has so many Americans up in arms these days, the use of chicken as an ingredient in the pepperoni of frozen pizzas. Chicken? What the hell are these people trying to do? Poison us?
So, for the traveler, Occupy America stands to take the stress out of vacations. And when you get down to it, isn't that what at least 99 percent of us want?
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
One of the things we've learned from the Occupy Wall Street crowd, aside from civil unrest being a great way to get your face on TV, is that once you've become feared and encamped in a public place, no one wants to move you. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles issued several mild requests asking the protesters of Occupy Los Angeles to leave but few chose to heed his pleas. On November 30 he summoned the courage and threw them out. Likewise, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York tried all manner of cajolement over weeks to get Occupy Wall Street people to exit Zucotti Park. Finally, on November 17 he had to pull them out like a bad tooth. These scenes were repeated in city after city with eviction notices being backed up by police truncheons.
Now this may seem like the Occupy movement has been sent packing and in a way it has but it also means that the many civic centers, town plazas, and public parks where demonstrators milled about are deserted and ready for Re-Occupation!
Look, we've had many Occupy franchises operating like Occupy Wall Street in New York, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Baltimore, Occupy Boston, Occupy Houston, Occupy Albuquerque, etc. etc. etc. Through the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, and who-knows-what an entire recreation system has been inadvertently created. With a little tweaking we have the start of the new Occupy America Travel Reservation Network where, with a few clicks of the mouse, you'll be able to contact whatever city you want to visit and reserve a coveted downtown spot for your camping gear.
Of course, you'll want to book your destinations early. Some towns and cities fill up faster than others and at certain times of the year. For example, Occupy Phoenix may be great in the January but you may not want to be there in August. And who doesn't want to be in Occupy D.C. in springtime when the cherry trees are flowering?
Now there are many advantages to traveling under the protest banner of Occupy America. Some of the great deals include never having to clean up after yourself before you leave like you might have to in a state or federal campground. When the visitors at Occupy Los Angeles were cleared off in November, they left behind 30 tons of garbage. And get this, they didn't have to pick up a thing! Same with the 70 dump trucks of trash from Occupy Portland's campsite and 26 loads they hauled away from Occupy Wall Street's Zucotti Park. All the clean up done by grateful local municipalities glad to see them go. Is this a great country or what?
Also, you get round-the-clock security. The police are always stopping by to check things out and see how things are going. Sometimes they even go undercover and dress like an Occupy tourist just to satisfy themselves that no one is in any danger. Sweet, huh?
But, as an Occupy America traveler, you do have to act the part. You can't just pull up to some city in your Winnebago, plug your TV into a wall socket, roll out the recliner, and start enjoying yourself. No, you need to have a cause to protest against while you're there and the equipment to make yourself heard. Otherwise people might think you were a homeless person or, worse, a Tea Partier.
Get in the spirit, put batteries in the bullhorn, make a tie-dyed T-shirt or, better, break out the cardboard and write a message on it outlining your outrage against your favorite outrage. Maybe you wan to complain about the lack of bicyclists on the road, or about the outrageously high price of dog shampoo at the pet store, or, the one concern that has so many Americans up in arms these days, the use of chicken as an ingredient in the pepperoni of frozen pizzas. Chicken? What the hell are these people trying to do? Poison us?
So, for the traveler, Occupy America stands to take the stress out of vacations. And when you get down to it, isn't that what at least 99 percent of us want?
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
Thursday, November 3, 2011
TELEVISION FOR THE AGE OF THE ANTI-RICH
As Occupy Wall Street flexes its protest muscles and President Barack Obama continues his crusade against the rich, the affect on wealth in this country is becoming more and more visible in the entertainment industry and, especially on television game shows. The wealthy, neo-pariahs in a society which used to encourage hard work, personal effort, and thrift, are cause for the re-tooling of many of today's popular give-away programs. And this displeasure with pelf will be enforced by all-Occupy Wall Street audiences.
For example this is what you'll soon be watching when you sit to wolf down that TV dinner of yours:
Meredith Viera, is the sprightly daily host of Who Really Wants To Be A Millionaire? In this game, contestants start out with a million dollars and work diligently at answering questions until their fortune dwindles to nothing. IRS agents are on hand to take them to jail in handcuffs should they have anything left.
Cash Cab has found a new voice and a new way of conducting business on the streets of New York. Driven by stand-up comedian Ben Bailey, he asks a series of questions and, should the riders reach an unacceptable threshold of winnings (the dollar value hidden, of course, from the contestants), they will be dropped off in a seedy part of town where they will be accosted by angry homeless people who have an ax to grind against society.
Pat Sajak and Vanna White continue their hosting duties at Wheel of Misfortune. Spinning a large wheel which has various outcomes such as Personal Bankruptcy, Bitter Divorce, Expensive Medical Problem, or Homeowner Lawsuit. Woe it be to those who hit the spots offering a new Kia car or an all-expensive trip to Hawaii. Irate audience members will be allowed to throw poison darts at departing winners.
You're In Jeopardy Now flings smart people against a board of clues. As players win more and more money by answering the clues with a question, electrical shocks via their hand-held buzzers increase in intensity until they reach a high enough voltage, they electrocute the wealthiest contestants. A fitting end to the greedy rich. Alex Trebek asks, "Who deserves a hearse?"
You have to guess the correct cost of items if you want to win in The Price Is Wrong hosted by the amiable Drew Carey. Time and again contestants will be asked how much an item owned and used by rich people might cost. Things like caviar, Dom Perignon champagne, Gucci shoes, Mercedes automobiles, and Picasso paintings confront and confound guests who have no idea what their value might be. Should one guess correctly, it will be assumed they are a member of the wealthy class and will be held in stocks until the show is over.
Poor Family Feud, Let's Not Make A Deal, Minute To Lose It, and the return of an old fave Just Beat Up Ben Stein And Take His Money will top off your day of television watching.
Thanks to our newfound loathing for the rich, TV will finally reach its lowest common monetary denominator.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
and: http://www.zazzle.com/SheilaDog*
For example this is what you'll soon be watching when you sit to wolf down that TV dinner of yours:
Meredith Viera, is the sprightly daily host of Who Really Wants To Be A Millionaire? In this game, contestants start out with a million dollars and work diligently at answering questions until their fortune dwindles to nothing. IRS agents are on hand to take them to jail in handcuffs should they have anything left.
Cash Cab has found a new voice and a new way of conducting business on the streets of New York. Driven by stand-up comedian Ben Bailey, he asks a series of questions and, should the riders reach an unacceptable threshold of winnings (the dollar value hidden, of course, from the contestants), they will be dropped off in a seedy part of town where they will be accosted by angry homeless people who have an ax to grind against society.
Pat Sajak and Vanna White continue their hosting duties at Wheel of Misfortune. Spinning a large wheel which has various outcomes such as Personal Bankruptcy, Bitter Divorce, Expensive Medical Problem, or Homeowner Lawsuit. Woe it be to those who hit the spots offering a new Kia car or an all-expensive trip to Hawaii. Irate audience members will be allowed to throw poison darts at departing winners.
You're In Jeopardy Now flings smart people against a board of clues. As players win more and more money by answering the clues with a question, electrical shocks via their hand-held buzzers increase in intensity until they reach a high enough voltage, they electrocute the wealthiest contestants. A fitting end to the greedy rich. Alex Trebek asks, "Who deserves a hearse?"
You have to guess the correct cost of items if you want to win in The Price Is Wrong hosted by the amiable Drew Carey. Time and again contestants will be asked how much an item owned and used by rich people might cost. Things like caviar, Dom Perignon champagne, Gucci shoes, Mercedes automobiles, and Picasso paintings confront and confound guests who have no idea what their value might be. Should one guess correctly, it will be assumed they are a member of the wealthy class and will be held in stocks until the show is over.
Poor Family Feud, Let's Not Make A Deal, Minute To Lose It, and the return of an old fave Just Beat Up Ben Stein And Take His Money will top off your day of television watching.
Thanks to our newfound loathing for the rich, TV will finally reach its lowest common monetary denominator.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
and: http://www.zazzle.com/SheilaDog*
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
IS OCCUPY WALL STREET REALLY OUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA?
In watching the drama of the Occupy Wall Street crowd endlessly drawn out over the past few weeks by TV, radio, and the press, I'm beginning to wonder if this anti-capitalist cabal isn't really our own mainstream media dressed in drag and mouthing off what they really think of this country instead of having to go to the trouble of slanting the news.
I mean, they're following them around with their cameras and recording equipment and literally egging them on in their exploits. Without media coverage, this crusade would have disappeared in a few days. Propped up by the media, it continues on ad nauseum. Curiously, this kind of attention would never have been given the Tea Party movement.
It's gotten so blatant, I wouldn't be surprised if our diligent reporters and journalists didn't have to be surgically removed from the seats of the dirty pants crowd.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
and: http://www.zazzle.com/SheilaDog*
I mean, they're following them around with their cameras and recording equipment and literally egging them on in their exploits. Without media coverage, this crusade would have disappeared in a few days. Propped up by the media, it continues on ad nauseum. Curiously, this kind of attention would never have been given the Tea Party movement.
It's gotten so blatant, I wouldn't be surprised if our diligent reporters and journalists didn't have to be surgically removed from the seats of the dirty pants crowd.
by © Clyde James Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
see more of him at http://www.zazzle.com/cja_the_humorist*
and: http://www.zazzle.com/SheilaDog*
Thursday, October 27, 2011
CORRUPTION IN NEW MEXICO. YA THINK?
Well, once again a high-ranking Democrat is going to get away with murder. In a recent plea deal with the state, Public Regulation Commission bad boy Jerome Block Jr. won't have to serve a minute in jail for his thievery. And he's managed to get his dad added to that amnesty. And, and, and he gets his criminal record expunged if he completes the terms of his agreement.
The only inconvenience for him is that he may have to pay restitution which means he'll get the standard Greg Solano (the ex-sheriff of Santa Fe) discount, a pittance of what he cost us honest taxpayers.
The worst part in this affair, though, is that the curtain behind which state attorney general Gary King operates has fallen and we see him for the glorified mafia lawyer he is.
As I say, the state motto of New Mexico ought to be: Come for an illegal driver's license, stay for the Democrat corruption.
by © Gilbert Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
The only inconvenience for him is that he may have to pay restitution which means he'll get the standard Greg Solano (the ex-sheriff of Santa Fe) discount, a pittance of what he cost us honest taxpayers.
The worst part in this affair, though, is that the curtain behind which state attorney general Gary King operates has fallen and we see him for the glorified mafia lawyer he is.
As I say, the state motto of New Mexico ought to be: Come for an illegal driver's license, stay for the Democrat corruption.
by © Gilbert Aragon
from "Full Frontal Stupidity" - http://fullfrontalstupidity.blogspot.com/
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