Catpaw – diary of an angry cat

Found this fun page that tests to see if you cat is trying to kill you. Bad news… mine likely is. And here I thought all that attention was affection, but it was just a sneaky way of checking for weaknesses.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905

Peggy Noonan, Republican speechwriter and pundit, made this statement on the weekend concerning the Obama administration’s release of torture documents:

“Some things in life need to be mysterious,” “Sometimes you need to just keep walking. … It’s hard for me to look at a great nation issuing these documents and sending them out to the world and thinking, oh, much good will come of that.”

If the Republicans had discovered the Democrats were sanctioning torture, you bet your ass they would be releasing all the documents.

I’m a bit baffled how any member of the human race can maintain torture is just one of those little mysteries in life – it implies the torture somehow enriched someones existence. Her statements also have this little worm of deceit lurking in it that is saying by facing up to the nation’s use of torture and letting the light of day in, somehow, the Obama administration is being UnAmerican. True American’s would “just keep walking”.

Yes folks, turn a blind eye to what went on, “Move along, nothing to see here. It’s all over. Just keep moving along folks”. Don’t stop too long or you will see just how heinous the use of torture is. And when that moment arrives, there will be a reckoning. After years of employing torture, the Bush administration had bugger all to show for it. Torture someone long enough and they’ll tell you anything to stop it. Doesn’t mean you are getting the truth, just hearing what you want to hear.

The Republican party expended far more energy on Clinton’s extra marital affairs than they did protecting Americans from the erosion of freedoms and assaults on the US Constitution. They just marched in line with the Homeland Security fear mongers rather than risk questioning what was happening. Torture was just the cost of doing business.

It takes more courage for a nation to face up to it’s dark past. It takes none to bury it.

I have a question about Wonder Woman… You know the super hero who battles evil while dressed in short shorts and a rather impressive bustier. In a short digression, I must say that alone makes her the bravest of all super heroes! Seriously, would you do battle with horrible evil villains while wearing high heeled boots and skimpy clothes? That’s brave.

But that isn’t what I was going to write about. My ponderings today deal with her mode if transport, her invisible plane. For the uninitiated, she zips about planet earth in a nifty invisible jet. That’s right, a jet that you cannot see. So… If her airplane is invisible, one can assume so to are all the flight instruments. All the tools needed to fly a modern aircraft are invisible to the naked eye. If you follow my logic, you can now anticipate my question – how does she read the instruments? I’ve heard of flying blind, but this is a bit extreme. Come to that how can she even find the seat let alone the compass?

And another thought, when Wonder Woman is seated in the cockpit, flying up there, do all the young boys that look up get a thrill of a life time? She isn’t invisible, just her jet which means when she flies over you would see this seated, bustier wearing woman free floating over head. Can’t you just imagine all the whiplash cases each time she does a flypast?

Just another random thought that struck me while waiting for the subway.

Ah spring has spring at long last. After an epic struggle with the bitter cold and snow, the past few days of blissful sun and warmth seemed like heaven. It was so warm, only a light jacket was needed! Sidewalk cages are open and all seemed right with the world. I’m still amazed at the number of turtlenecks, fur-lined boots and winter coats that were still in use. I periodically felt on the verge of heatstroke just looking at the grossly over dressed. Here’s a hint: if the temp climbs to 20 celcius it’s a pretty safe bet you don’t need Ugg boots … Well in my obnoxious opinion, Ugg boots should never be sen, along with crocs….

It’s a chilly very wet day today. I like days like this. Best spent sitting in a cafe sipping mattes and blogging. The rain is coming down hard. Which brings a haiku to mind

It is spring
The warmth makes cats happy
I feel better

The water flows
My fur is soaked with unhappiness
I seek warmth

The rain falls
Crocuses spring in clusters
They cheer us

The bus shelter
I wait for my connection
It will not arrive

The bus shelter
It let’s the weather through
I despair of getting home

Yea … I’ll never be published but they are fun to write when you are standing in a bus shelter waiting for a bus that never seems to arrive.

Well done Burger King. Nothing like sleaze and degradation to sell kids meal hamburgers. Your latest mis-entry into the advertising world, featuring a Sponge Bob spoof, does nothing but degrade women. In this age of enlightened thinking, it’s always nice to know there are still some knuckle dragging Neanderthals still at work in the corporate world.

What in hell are you thinking allowing this sexist, obnoxious travesty to promote a CHILD’s MEAL. What do scantily clad girls, having their butts patted by some creepy ass-ed, plastic faced cretin, have to do with a child’s meal promotion? Or should I say pornmotion? Who are you kidding with this? It’s not edgy, it’s sad and pathetic. Edgy is creative. It does not try to degrade women who are a large portion of the buying public.

What? Did you forget that women have been allowed to go out in public all on their lonesome for quite some time now? Did you not realise women buy hamburgers, often for the family? Liberation must be such a bitch to you! I mean, women treated as humans? Heavens! What next? Allow them the vote? NEVER you say!  Bad enough you’ve alienated an entire country with your insulting Texmex commercials, now you’ve succeeded in insulting over half the world’s population – ohhhhh good marketing strategy there boys! What a busy, busy week you’ve had.

I think Burger King needs to stop hiring 14 year old boys with boob and ass fetishes and grow the hell up.

… and you wonder why your shares are falling! You think it might have something to do with the sexist sleaze you are churning out. You are selling food not prostitution or have you forgotten what your own product is?

Boycott Burger King!

Jamie Foxx has made a king sized jackass of himself for his latest comment on Miley Cyrus. Now, I recognise Miley is not to everyone’s taste – her market is young teenage girls. I’m an adult and don’t spend anytime listening to her. I’m not part of her demographics. Nor is Jamie Foxx, so why all the hatred aimed at her? Jamie Foxx deserves a hard smack upside the head for stating Miley should:

make a sex tape and grow up! Get like Britney Spears and do some heroin. Do like Lindsay Lohan … and get some crack in your pipe…. That’s what I want.

Wonder what Mr Foxx would say if someone said the same thing about his teenage daughter? Would he find it amusing? This was a cheap, sordid shot at three young women who don’t deserve the venom I see spilt out all over the Internet towards them. To actually suggest a young girl “make a sex tape” is the height of arrogance and ignorance. Was this meant to be amusing? Are we supposed to laugh at his sly humour at suggesting a teenager degrade themselves so he can get a cheap and dirty thrill?

This was in poor, poor taste.

I’m getting a little tired of idiots making tasteless and harmful comments and then when they are confronted with their egregious words offer lame ass apologies for their lack of morals/manners/common sense. How many times have we heard in the past year, “I’m sorry, IF I caused offense”. IF??? I’d like, just once, to hear a proper apology that doesn’t qualify the comment. How about “My comments were unfunny and ill thought out and for this I offer an unreserved apology”.

Somehow I don’t think we will be hearing this type of up front courage any time soon from Foxx or any other so called adult.