and way over on the other side of planet......lest ye think i am allowing the antics in DC to get me down in the dumps...i am not........until they ban booze....then i will take one for the team and head south myself.
But i am sitting the desk on Weds.......swampy waters busy i was....but i found time to search the internet....what for pray tell ? stock quotes? Finra rules and Regs ? soemthing work related ?? nope....i searched for and found a download of the last Dead show I was privilieged enough to attend....Fathers Day 1995.....2 months after my own Dad passed, I found myself on the field of Meadowlands....Bob Dylan was the opener for the Dead........great day, great show........the Dead Encored with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.....6 weeks later the Great Jerome Kahn Garcia too would pass.......so the last tune i saw him perform.....after 97 Dead shows, and probably a dozen or more Jerry Garcia Band show.....he ends his our relationship with a Beatles Classic......pretty cool.......LSD was a big part of those 97 shows......a fitting way to say Goodbye to New York........but as i sat kistening on weds...i was surprised with the Lyrics....no mumbling or stumbling.....i had to bring the lyrics up on screen because i wasn't sure of the words.....and so i played it again and followed along...Jerry Nailed it.......no mistakes.......for goodness sakes...at this stage of the game he was forgetting the words for Tennessee Jed and singing the verses to most songs out of sequence.....but he nails the most difficult song in history.....the brain is strange organ........THE GRASS GROWS INCREDIBLY HIGH....
Saturday, June 30, 2012
once a great nation
seriously...when it does it stop ? what's next ? if the president decides we are a better planet if we all drive electric cars can he force us to do so ? apparently the answer is YES........if he decides that red meat causes cancer, can he abolish it's consumption?...according to the supreme court YES.......we are no longer a free nation......we have some liberties....but we are no longer free.....we have someone dictating very important pieces to our lifetime puzzle.....we have an elitist few determining what's best for the masses....this has never worked before friends, and it will not work this time........theres a revolution brewing.....there is a fort sumpter moment on the horizon.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
a sinkhole
so i am standing at the starting line for the George Sheehan Classic in Redbank on Saturday morning and as is customary they begin singing the National Anthem......5 , 10 , 15 seconds into this beautiful song I am increasingly aware that the people around me are still talking......mainly young girls/women......most of the men stood at "parade rest" with their hands over their hearts.....but not the girls....chatter, chatter, chatter about where they were last night and who they boffed and what time they were going to the beach......miserable, unpatriotic, miscreant slobs of the human species, ungrateful, self loathsome creatures that they are.....when the fuck did it become okay to disrepect the National Anthem of the United States of America? we know the schools would never dare teach/instruct students about Patriotism and Love of Country.....but what about manners and respect.....even if you don't wish to honor this land, at least have the decency to shut the Fuck so that others may. what about parents....do they not want to risk their "Cool" status by disciplining their offspring when they exercise poor judgement in public ?....what a sad nation we have devolved into......a veritable sinkhole, it's a wonder the Lord hasn't wiped us off the planet yet.
Saturday, June 09, 2012
dirty pool
theres a fish rotting in belmont and this ain't denmark or the euro 2012...so there.
lots of problems with Mr O'Neill .........this doesn't add up.
so your a relatively obscure trainer......you find a good horse, qualify for the Derby and somehow WIN.....you hustle off the Pimlico (earliest arrival for a Champ in history) and you soak it all in...the attention, the hoopla the fanfare........now you WIN the preakness.......holy cow,........now you are the talk of the nation....now you are on the precipice of accomplishing something that the greats, Baffert, Lukas, Zito have never donw.....you are going for the triple crown.......34 years in the making, the country is pulling for you........1 day before the race you "notice" a swollen tendon.........what do you do ?
A) put out a statement acknowlidging the injury and stating you will wait until Saturday to decide if he will go.
B) Hide the injury, and hope the swelling goes down overnight and maybe give it a go anyway.
C) start hittin the bottle and cursing your dam bad luck and leak the insider info to the wiseguys.
D) declare the horse out of the Belmont, set your sights on Saratoga, the Travers, the Breeders Classic and horse of the year honors.
E) none of the above
O'Neill immediately announced the horse was " Retired " .......WTF ? a swollen tendon.......RETIRED ??
he then went on to tell a seemingly rehearsed story about his life, his love of the sport and how he took 2 busses to get to the track when he was ten years old....almost like an audition for future hire...
he then went on to thanks all the handlers by name, pedro, felix, manny etc etc like he was accepting an Oscar.
missing was the emotion of having a once in a lifetime dream CRUSHED an hour ago......he sure seemed composed....almost as if he knew it was coming......almost as if he decided to scratch the horse the moment that Belmont announced all horses would be quaranteened for supervision 3 days before the race.
he is a convicted cheater.....but now he is also a thief......he stole the honor, oppurtunity and glory of going for the triple crown from Bob Baffert and Bodemeister.....and he should be banned for life....
not that any of us will ever run into "I'll have another" over a bowl of Oats on the Back Barns at Monmouth....BUT if you , don't blame him , this beautiful equine beast has done nothing wrong, he can't fathom what is happening around him , and now to add insult to a fake injury, they are gonna have him lead the other horses onto the track for the start of the race???? this poor Horses heart will surely break when He's not allowed in the starters Gate......there is no reason to do this, except to squeeze the last 2 minutes of fame for o'neill........disgraceful.
lots of problems with Mr O'Neill .........this doesn't add up.
so your a relatively obscure trainer......you find a good horse, qualify for the Derby and somehow WIN.....you hustle off the Pimlico (earliest arrival for a Champ in history) and you soak it all in...the attention, the hoopla the fanfare........now you WIN the preakness.......holy cow,........now you are the talk of the nation....now you are on the precipice of accomplishing something that the greats, Baffert, Lukas, Zito have never donw.....you are going for the triple crown.......34 years in the making, the country is pulling for you........1 day before the race you "notice" a swollen tendon.........what do you do ?
A) put out a statement acknowlidging the injury and stating you will wait until Saturday to decide if he will go.
B) Hide the injury, and hope the swelling goes down overnight and maybe give it a go anyway.
C) start hittin the bottle and cursing your dam bad luck and leak the insider info to the wiseguys.
D) declare the horse out of the Belmont, set your sights on Saratoga, the Travers, the Breeders Classic and horse of the year honors.
E) none of the above
O'Neill immediately announced the horse was " Retired " .......WTF ? a swollen tendon.......RETIRED ??
he then went on to tell a seemingly rehearsed story about his life, his love of the sport and how he took 2 busses to get to the track when he was ten years old....almost like an audition for future hire...
he then went on to thanks all the handlers by name, pedro, felix, manny etc etc like he was accepting an Oscar.
missing was the emotion of having a once in a lifetime dream CRUSHED an hour ago......he sure seemed composed....almost as if he knew it was coming......almost as if he decided to scratch the horse the moment that Belmont announced all horses would be quaranteened for supervision 3 days before the race.
he is a convicted cheater.....but now he is also a thief......he stole the honor, oppurtunity and glory of going for the triple crown from Bob Baffert and Bodemeister.....and he should be banned for life....
not that any of us will ever run into "I'll have another" over a bowl of Oats on the Back Barns at Monmouth....BUT if you , don't blame him , this beautiful equine beast has done nothing wrong, he can't fathom what is happening around him , and now to add insult to a fake injury, they are gonna have him lead the other horses onto the track for the start of the race???? this poor Horses heart will surely break when He's not allowed in the starters Gate......there is no reason to do this, except to squeeze the last 2 minutes of fame for o'neill........disgraceful.
Saturday, June 02, 2012
quites off infidels....contd
keep in mind...this was 1983....a lot of peole that Bob was silly.....not so fukin funny anymore.
"democracy don't rule the world.....ya better get that through your head"
"this world is ruled by violence, but i geuss that's better left unsaid"
Well, the job that you used to have
They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador
The unions are big business, friend
And they’re goin’ out like a dinosaur
They used to grow food in Kansas
Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw
I can see the day coming when even your home garden
Is gonna be against the law
Noontime, and I’m still pushin’ myself along the road, the darkest part
Into the narrow lanes, I can’t stumble or stay put
Someone else is speakin’ with my mouth, but I’m listening only to my heart
I’ve made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot
Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
He's a great humanitarian, he's great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you honey, and how you like to be kissed
He'll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married ? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he's following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
He's a great humanitarian, he's great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you honey, and how you like to be kissed
He'll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married ? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he's following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
"democracy don't rule the world.....ya better get that through your head"
"this world is ruled by violence, but i geuss that's better left unsaid"
Well, the job that you used to have
They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador
The unions are big business, friend
And they’re goin’ out like a dinosaur
They used to grow food in Kansas
Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw
I can see the day coming when even your home garden
Is gonna be against the law
Noontime, and I’m still pushin’ myself along the road, the darkest part
Into the narrow lanes, I can’t stumble or stay put
Someone else is speakin’ with my mouth, but I’m listening only to my heart
I’ve made shoes for everyone, even you, while I still go barefoot
Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
He's a great humanitarian, he's great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you honey, and how you like to be kissed
He'll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married ? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he's following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
He's a great humanitarian, he's great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you honey, and how you like to be kissed
He'll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married ? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he's following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
barry and dylan-revisited
"they say patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings"
"Steal a little and they throw you in jail......steal a lot and they make you King"
now that's probably what barry was sooo influenced by........yassir....that jew boy Dylan might just be right, ol pot smokin hussein probably said to his classmates...
I had to listen to INFIDELS this morning....in it's entirety.......strong considerations for Dylans greatest work,,,,,,1983 it was written , and it carries more weight now then it did back then.....give it a listen.
"You know sometimes Satan......he comes as a man of peace"
"Steal a little and they throw you in jail......steal a lot and they make you King"
now that's probably what barry was sooo influenced by........yassir....that jew boy Dylan might just be right, ol pot smokin hussein probably said to his classmates...
I had to listen to INFIDELS this morning....in it's entirety.......strong considerations for Dylans greatest work,,,,,,1983 it was written , and it carries more weight now then it did back then.....give it a listen.
"You know sometimes Satan......he comes as a man of peace"
the Gods are Cruel
"i spend my life waitin for a moment that just wont come"
well sort of...........47 yrs of my Life thinking every day/night could the night of the 1st ever NY Met no-hitter....sooo many heartbreaks......sooooo many close calls.........and when it finally happens....it's a vile, rapist , creeton of a sloth that gets the honors......ohhh the beisbol Gods are cruel to me.....i refuse to say his name....but after he shutout the padres I went on a 5 day rampage insisting that the wilponzi's trade him now for prospects, use the xtra cash to sign D.Wright long term.......he is the last remaining miscreant from the minaya Los Mets error....and now we are fukin stuck with him........these dumm ases will probably be too afraid to trade him....they will probably enshrine him in the mets hall of fame , or even retire his number, and in my final days roaming the planet, whenever i go to Shea Stadium in all it's future renditions, i will be forced to remember that rapist pig dog,
it is quite ironic that my 2nd most hated Met of all time....meester carlos beltran......the great no swinger....mister called 3rd strike himself......a living monument to inaction....actually broke up the no hitter in the 6th and the ump blew the call......and i found myself wishing he would get a hit...
yes, the baseball Gods are cruel to me.
well sort of...........47 yrs of my Life thinking every day/night could the night of the 1st ever NY Met no-hitter....sooo many heartbreaks......sooooo many close calls.........and when it finally happens....it's a vile, rapist , creeton of a sloth that gets the honors......ohhh the beisbol Gods are cruel to me.....i refuse to say his name....but after he shutout the padres I went on a 5 day rampage insisting that the wilponzi's trade him now for prospects, use the xtra cash to sign D.Wright long term.......he is the last remaining miscreant from the minaya Los Mets error....and now we are fukin stuck with him........these dumm ases will probably be too afraid to trade him....they will probably enshrine him in the mets hall of fame , or even retire his number, and in my final days roaming the planet, whenever i go to Shea Stadium in all it's future renditions, i will be forced to remember that rapist pig dog,
it is quite ironic that my 2nd most hated Met of all time....meester carlos beltran......the great no swinger....mister called 3rd strike himself......a living monument to inaction....actually broke up the no hitter in the 6th and the ump blew the call......and i found myself wishing he would get a hit...
yes, the baseball Gods are cruel to me.
Friday, June 01, 2012
your words come back to haunt you
As I have been documenting on my blog for the past 14 months, and some folks have challenged my accuracy…(what ?? Fabrications on the Sweater Nite Blog? SACRE BLEU! )..here is the transcript from "Face the Nation" March 2011………..
Leading from the REAR…...
SCHIEFFER: But I mean, how can that be worse than what has happened in Syria over the years, where Bashar Assad's father killed 25,000 people at (inaudible). I mean, they opened fire with live ammunition on these civilians. Why is that different from Libya? This is the friend of Iran, an enemy of Israel?
CLINTON: Well, if there were a coalition of the international community, if there were the passage of a security council resolution, if there were a call by the Arab League, if there was a condemnation that was universal. But that is not going to happen because I don`t think that it`s yet clear what will occur, what will unfold.
There is a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer. What's been happening there the last few weeks is deeply concerning. But there's a different between calling out aircraft and indiscriminately strafing and bombing your own cities than police actions which frankly have exceeded the use of force that any of us would want to see.
SCHIEFFER: Secretary Gates, you have strongly condemned Bashar Assad and said he must learn from Egypt. I think it's fair to say he didn't pay much attention to you.
ROBERT GATES: Well, that's not a surprise
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