AUGUST 13, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
August 13 is … Blame Someone Else Day
You know who you are, Carlos.
Carlos Zambrano, your padded room is ready. This is the excuse the Chicago Cubs ownership, management and field coaches have been waiting for to blame another disastrous season on. They just do not seem to grasp the fact the entire organization is dysfunctional.
It is unfortunate that Sesame Street even has to issue a statement. Let the Gay and Lesbian Right activists bother someone else. Leave American traditions alone. Isn’t it enough you have destroyed the concept of marriage. Bert and Ernie will not be getting married. To each other, or anyone else.
Things are not always as they seem. The rich and powerful also have warts and secrets, Camelot was not. There are reports that secret recordings offer stunning revelations into Jackie Kennedy, in particular who she thought was involved in her husband's assassination.
Never-before-released audio recordings allegedly indicate that Jackie O believed then-Vice President Lyndon Johnson and a group of Texas businessmen were behind the Dallas shooting that left John F. Kennedy dead on Nov. 22, 1963, The Daily Mail reports.
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The tapes -- which feature conversations between the first lady and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. shortly after Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald -- also address extramarital affairs, including allegations of the president's involvement with a 19-year-old White House intern, and Jackie O's relations with actor William Holden and Fiat mogul Gianni Agnelli, according to the British tabloid.
ABC, which plans to air the tapes next month, has described the recordings as "explosive." But network officials deny that there's evidence of an LBJ-orchestrated hit on Kennedy.
"The tabloid reports about content of the tapes are total nonsense," a network spokesman told The New York Post. "ABC isn't releasing any content from those tapes until mid-September, at which time it will be clear how off base these reports are."
The recordings were supposed to remain in a vault at the Kennedy Library until 50 years after Jackie's death. But according to The Daily Mail, Caroline Kennedy gave the tapes to ABC just 17 years after her mother's death in a swap that would keep the network from airing its recent miniseries, "The Kennedy’s."
The demands of a petition calling for Bert and Ernie to get married, which has become an internet obsession in the last few years, has been gently denied by the Sesame Street Workshop, who issued this statement on their Facebook page:
“Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.”
This isn't the first time the organization has moved to deny a sexual relationship between their two roommate puppets; in June 2010, a tweet sent from the Sesame Street Twitter account from Bert that said his mohawk was more "mo" than "hawk" was suspected by bloggers and conspiracy theorists of being some sort of coded acknowledgement of their relationship. Bloggers also took as a hint the large number of gay guest stars from that season, to which Sesame Street responded, "We've always reached out to a variety of actors and athletes and celebrities to appear on the show, and our programming has always appealed to adults as much as children."
Thank God for sanity among the normal people.
This atheist dressed in a Christian’s clothing must be out of money. He is once again praying on the heart strings and bank accounts of the disenchanted. Controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones, who sparked international outrage for plans to burn a pile of Qurans, will visit Ground Zero on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Jones told MLive.com he will hold a rally Sept. 10 at a yet-to-be announced location in the middle of the city, where he will speak to the dangers of radical Islam. It's a pet subject for Jones, who made national headlines last year for declaring Sept. 11 "International Burn a Koran Day," encouraging Americans to burn the Islamic holy book.
Jones said the event was a one-off occasion, and he sees no reason to advocate another Quran burning. "It's not something we're looking to repeat," he said. After the Sept. 10 rally, Jones and his associate, Pastor Wayne Sapp, are planning several events, including a stop at the site of the proposed Park51 Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, and an appearance at Ground Zero.
Jones said he doesn't believe all followers of Islam are radicalized, but does draw a link between strict interpretations of the Quran and violence.
"I personally believe there are moderate, peace-abiding, peace-loving, constitution-respecting Muslims," Jones said. "We're definitely not aiming at them in any form, even though I understand that some of the things we do can be insulting to them."
Jones told MLive.com he will hold a rally Sept. 10 at a yet-to-be announced location in the middle of the city, where he will speak to the dangers of radical Islam. It's a pet subject for Jones, who made national headlines last year for declaring Sept. 11 "International Burn a Koran Day," encouraging Americans to burn the Islamic holy book.
Jones said the event was a one-off occasion, and he sees no reason to advocate another Quran burning. "It's not something we're looking to repeat," he said. After the Sept. 10 rally, Jones and his associate, Pastor Wayne Sapp, are planning several events, including a stop at the site of the proposed Park51 Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, and an appearance at Ground Zero.
Jones said he doesn't believe all followers of Islam are radicalized, but does draw a link between strict interpretations of the Quran and violence.
"I personally believe there are moderate, peace-abiding, peace-loving, constitution-respecting Muslims," Jones said. "We're definitely not aiming at them in any form, even though I understand that some of the things we do can be insulting to them."
At least this jackass knows he is a jackass but he wants more money.
Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too or at least think about.
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