Crazy is as Crazy Does

Ashley Todd showed up the College Station police station sporting a black eye and a B “carved” into her cheek. She claims an Obama supporter robbed and attacked her due to the McCain bumper Sticker on her car.

Last night some people I know were talking about the incident and saying how horrible it was that a “crazy” Obama supporter would do something like this to a nice young woman. It was sort of like they were implying that a McCain Supporter would never be crazy enough to “carve” a “J” in an Obama support’s cheek. I was like; listen why in the world would a crazy supporter carve a “B” a really a big fat O would have been much easier! This was my tongue and check (excuse the pun) response to their obvious stupidity. The story sounded made up, yet they were more than willing to accept it at face value (sorry for the pun thing again I can’t help myself) because they can not stand Obama nor his supporters even though that would be moi as I have always been the lone liberal in my peer group.

Bottom line I thought they were stupid to simply assume, given their distaste for Obama that yup one of the fucking crazy left liberal socialist must have done it.

Turns out MS Todd, who took off a year from school to actively support McCain’s campaign, now can not remember how she got a black eye and a “B” scratched not carved into her cheek. It definitely was not the 6’ 4” Black male Obama supporter that she initially conjured, so the conjecture is that she did to herself.

So now I throw back to my peers, who is the crazy person in this story? Yup it is wrong to judge a book by its cover and definitely wrong to make generalized assumptions that can easily then reflect back upon oneself. These “peers” are the same people that put GW in office for 2 terms and think Obama Nation is a brilliant work of journalism. I will not get started on Obama Nation, I have read about ½ of it thus far and it is a big pile of shit stirring crap and is poorly written at that. How imaginative to start a book by trashing a person’s father then when done with him their mother.


Ms Todd is being charged and undergoing psychological analysis.

Space Between ? I dunno.

Love Acts


Rifles and Weenies


Bourbon Street Boogie



Space Between : DOCs Gallery New Orleans

DEREK CRACCO

Digital printmaker

Okay. I am an art dealer. I deal in art. In New Orleans we only have one art critic Doug MacCash. These are the shows that he constantly likes to review. He never reviews anyone on Magazine Street and rarely reviews anything that is not so contemporary as to make it a really hard sell for those of us who can not afford to just have questionable, cool but questionable see art on our gallery walls.

I am not a fan of Digital printmaking. I guess it’s because I feel that it is so conceptual that I am not really sure that the artist is a talented artist or is just a talented photo shopper. When I listen to the “justification” of Space Between yeah I get it, but it seems like a lot of bull shit. Blah- de- blah- blah -blah.

I also wonder if the art critic did not give the favorable push, would anyone buy this type of work. I guess I am asking would you put this up on a wall at your home. At your office? I am speaking more of the Space Between show than the digital prints that I have put up as pictures.

Perhaps I need to reconsider being in the art business, I have enough of a hard time selling realistic fine contemporary art, all done without the aid of a computer. Yet it would seem that Derek Cracco is well collected so I would assume that means people are buying his work.

I am feeling very discouraged right about now.

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Love

Raspootin



"The name is derived from the slang term "beer goggles," or the curious effect of alcohol on one's ability to see the true nature of that "cutie" at the other end of the bar."

Art for Arts Sake New Orleans

This is the recent event that I hosted at my gallery.


mike darby band @ galerie royale



people mingling and slopping wine inside gallery



nudes by Quincy Verdun, Totally hot artist from Cajun Land


Artist Joe Derr in front of his installation. I think he liked the wine.



Artist St Bradford in front of his pieces


The Harley Bikers showed up to support the evnt.



nice color ensemble with the purple leggings!


Would some one just buy something?



and a smokin' time was had by all

Une Deux Trois

What do Rednecks have in common with the Stock Market?




The Treasury Department has issued a new dollar bill:

So much for the Electoral College

Evil Shadow Market

yes I know it say copyrighted on it...

The more I read or in this case listen to with regard to the Financial Collapse of the market the more disgusted I become.

This is a very interesting expose by 60 minutes on the subject of Wall Street’s Shadow Market. How is the small person investor supposed to know about things like this? The bail out plan does not have any regulation clauses as far as I can tell. The Market is still falling and now we know why.

In a nut shell, should you not want to take 12 well worth your while minutes to look at the video the following happened.

Large investment banks brought up the risky of risky bad debt mortgages from Banks. They then reinvented these bad debt mortgage packages into “cool investment packages” by using complex instruments, created by physics and Mathematicians to back the investment potential.

To further their wealth the Investment Banks then set up Credit Default Swaps to give “insurance” to the investors of the “cool investment packages. The problem was that the CDS were not termed ”insurance” rather “swap” so they were not regulated, meaning that there was absolutely no capital backing them up.

So when people started defaulting on their home notes and foreclosing the “cool investments” went south. When investors who purchased the CDS went to cash in with the Investment Banks, there was no money to pay and Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and the rest of the greedy bastards had to declare bankruptcy or be bailed out by the Feds.

The greed of the investment banks is staggering. The CEO’s should go to jail. Basically they repackaged shit sold it as gold and then defaulted on the backup to the shit investment. That has to be fraudulent? The Credit Default Swaps are ultimately what screwed our economy. These guys knew that this financial collapse could happen and basically just did not care. If the money that they are talking about in the video is correct, saying “staggering” does not even cover the half of it. Trillions of dollars have been lost out of people’s retirement plans, and nothing is going to be done about it.


Watch CBS Videos Online

Of Bail Outs, Stock Crashes, Politicians & Gods

Is it tina or sarah OMG what should I believe someone tell me what to do :)

Ok I apologize for saying Palin won. (Like I really care) To make up for my momentary lapse of reason I have found the perfect analogy to the days and times we live in that is not stuffy, boring or preachy. In fact it is rather entertaining with the exception that it is so true. The truism is rather scary. But so is the world we live in.

Over and out

Raspootin

Palin Wins OMG?

my photoshop is crap: the paint tool the everything tool is not functioning.
Ahh maybe I will pay for a legal copy not the one I got a million trillon years ago.


I can not deny: Sarah Palin did this to Biden:

Good Lord the woman literally ate his:



I still have no common ground with Sarah Palin, but I will declare her with the victory in this debate. She out talked, out shined and basically did everything Biden did not.

What a shame Hillary was not there, but then again I know she is way too smart to have ever put herself in that situation. That meaning second to Obama, she would have nawed the crap out of Palin, Joe Biden Failed IMHO.

So those that think I am bias, not fair and too liberal, know now what that really means; It means I am intelligent enough to know and state who does the best job, regardless of a personal opinion of the content.

More of us should strive to be JUST LIKE ME! heheheee

Damn Joe needed some makeup or something tonight whats up with this thang? He almost looked like he was flirting with her.

He smiled his white smiley smile and she just ate his nuts. Ya kind of have to respect that on many different levels.

Hello? that respect would be on Sarah's part not Joe's. Joe was a Jerk tonight.

I'm so confused about America that I would love to leave.

If I am confused, imagine what they rest of people are feelin' ? Nevermind let us not go there as then I would not be confused, but terrified.

and bingo was his name-o

McCain looks a tad constipated in this photo



Biden looks well pretty much like Biden



ALL RIGHT!!! A DEBATE DRINKIN'

GAME

Courtesy of Mother Jones, who would have figured ?

glass half empty or full? Bail me PLEASE

where there is one woolley








likely there is a herd.



A button fastens. A band aid sticks, is hard to get off then eventually hurts.
by moi Raspootin



Well so the Senate did it anyway? Who figures, that “they would take the high road down to the low one?

Bottom line, I have really looked at this “Bail Bah Bahh Black out Shee"t"(p)”
and I can not see the huge differences to the original plan. The exception is that the greedy bastards in Washington seemed to find the “special” something that made it OK in the Senate to vote this through. I will quote the deal that sweetened it: Said Sweet deal makes no more sense than the original objections to the first plan that I can see.

"The Senate passed its version of a mammoth plan to rescue the financial services industry Wednesday night, saying changes designed to protect individual investors and small business owners could be enough to persuade reluctant House members to go along with the plan.
Senators agreed to the plan 74-25 as an amendment to an unrelated bill, which was passed shortly thereafter. "

WTF is the “unrelated bill”?


Hullo was it just that Senate who stayed ( for their own purposes) or the Congress that wanted to get out of dodge for Rosh Hashanah or is it because something changed? Why did they vote Yey and not explain the "unrelated bill" ?

I think that the “good bad and ugly” are involved,
I think these are the “best of times and the worst of times”
I think “make my day” so I can vote against you.

Why can we not be explained to? We are the American populous that votes for these jerks in Washington, we must know what it all really means; but we don't this is not partisan nor bi. It is with out conscious that those we vote for to protect our interests, dumb down the intelligent when they have already made their money doing that to the “___________” not so intelligent.

I thought we lived in a democracy. That is Bull Sheep Shit we live in a Republic that is soon to be a Socialist Domain. So Maybe I would do better if we were socialistic because then at least I would know what is going on; the government just owns your woolly mammoth , jackass butt and there is nothing you can do about it.

Maybe I will understand better tomorrow when some political or financial analyst explains, but I can say now, I don’t get it and if I don’t there are many more that don’t too.

“Financial Bailout Deal Fails 205-228

If it could only be this easy…


Here is a solution that is circulating the internet:
> Hi Pals,
> I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
> Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We
> Deserve It Dividend.
> To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide
> U.S. Citizens 18+.
> Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and
> child.. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
> So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals
> $425,000.00.
> My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It> Dividend..
> Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
> So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.> Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
> That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
> But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
> A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
> What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
> Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.
> Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
> Put away money for college - it’ll be there
> Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
> Buy a new car - create jobs
> Invest in the market - capital drives growth
> Pay for your parent’s medical insurance - health care improves
> Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else
> Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks
> who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that
> is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.
> If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead
> of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( ‘vote buy’ ) economic incentive that is being proposed
by one of our candidates for President.
> If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every> adult U S Citizen 18+!
> As for AIG - liquidate it.
> Sell off its parts.
> Let American General go back to being American General.

Paint is a very good thing

And a productive day was spent by Raspootin!



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NOW all the afters

bad day in eden

Now on to a lighter side of life subject, depending on how ya look at it!

$700 billion bail out

“Its being described as the largest government intervention in private markets since the Great Depression. The Bush administration has asked Congress to swiftly approve a massive $700 billion package to rescue the crippled financial institutions on Wall Street. Some analysts say the final cost to taxpayers could top one trillion dollars. Over the weekend, the size of the proposed bailout grew as the Bush administration said foreign banks, including Barclays and UBS, should be eligible for the bailout”

I wanted to know more about the $700 billion bail out and found these two videos very explanatory on the subject. After viewing I have to conclude that giving and I mean Just Giving( for their bad debt loans sounds like a fair trade?) the Financial Institutions that greedily caused the Foreclosure Money Melt Down, 700 billion is foolish.

I am not an expert, obviously, but it would seem that if the Banks and Mortgage companies had not been so gluttonous in the first place that this whole thing would not have happened. They did not have the discipline to regulate themselves in 1999 what makes them have the discipline that they need to do the right thing now with the tax payers $700 billion?

Beyond that, why should we and our future generations have to pay for their fuck up?

The banks should work with homeowners, Freeze Foreclosures and take less on the loans by reworking them so people don’t lose their homes. They are capable of making 17 million salaries and more than that with bonuses, so I think that they are more than capable of bailing themselves out.


Dean Baker
Bush Obama and McCain views:



Over View and History of what happened



This is what I said on The Tome and I stand by it on Saturday Knights as a follow up.

GW lied well to us this evening reading the prompter with the great ease of one who will be out of office soon; blaming the $700 billon decisions on a bi partisan bail out on no one but those who took the loans.

Shame Shame Shame

And that is doubled to McCain (The Shame) - for it is evident after the eloquent address read by President Bush that as with the Patriot Act - they are just going to do it. Bail the Big Dawgs out.

So John, time to get ready to debate. Congress, the Senate and then the President are going to give the dirty bastards the money - so get to your debate.

We do not have much to say about anything as American citizens. Washington does not need our vote on the bail out they are going to do it regardless.

So I want to hear the damn debate on Friday!

a brief informational on blowing & funny farms

Instructions:
Cover the eggs with water and boil on low for about 12 minutes
Cool the eggs by placing them in cold water with 1 teaspoon of baking soda and ice. The baking soda raises the pH level and reduces adherence. If you choose not to use baking soda, be sure to move the eggs into cold water with plenty of ice immediately after boiling
Crack the top of the egg and remove a small piece
Crack the bottom (wide end) of the egg and remove a small piece
Hold the egg in your hand and blow vigorously into the narrow end of the egg, which will expel it out the wide end
Doesn’t get much easier than that! Just be ready to catch it when it comes out…








What can I say…maybe I need to go here for a stay.

The village idiot

Ring Ring “Hello Carabaux”

Ah this is Jessica *** silence***

Yes ?

**** silence***

HELLO

Ah this is Jessica

Yes, what can I do for you

Im with Wal-Mart **** silence***

Would you like to place an order

Ah who did I call

Carabaux

***Silence****

Hello?

Ah want to get some stuff

OK I need a Purchase Order

A huh?

A Purchase order

Where do I git that?

I don’t know perhaps from your requisition department

Whats that?

That is where you get your PO number

***Silence *** Huh? Oh I know 78952

No that is your zip code I need a PO

Whats a PO

A Purchase Order

Huh – hold on in the back ground I can her saying “Whats our zip code”

Ah 78952

NO that is your zip code I need a purchase order #

Huh whats that? Were can I find it?

I wish Monthy Python's "idiot" video could be the enlightening explanation for "idiots". I wonder how people get through their day sometimes; Idiots and the people that have to interact with them. No Im not picking on Wal-Mart, it just so happened that this woman was one of their employees.

"DUMB" has two meanings

A friend sent to this link to me via email:

whatawonderfulwedding


My response to my friend:

OMG

Now I could say a lot about that, but you might then take me for a leftist liberal snob.

His response to me:

At least they are living within their means, and have no pretentions about the glamour and glitz of a fancy smanchy whoop-a-la. They probably will stay married longer than most. Besides, I would much rather a nice fresh hot waffle over wedding cake any day.

My point in sharing this is that

A. Eweweee I am a snob evidently. I would rather never marry than marry in a waffle house.
B. I would kill myself before marrying anyone in that marriage party
C. I wonder why when I say what other people might be thinking I am labeled a snob.
D. I really want to know what the meaning of politically correct is.

I will admit that I can not “wrap” my mind around why Republicans are not really upset about Sarah Palin’s nomination as VP. They spouted all sorts of rhetoric about Obama’s lack of experience yet they are willing to embrace a woman as second in command that has nada none no actual Washington experience and the experience that she does have is based on being a Mayor for a city populated by a mere 7000 people and being a governor (less than 2 years) for a state that has a population that is less populated than an ant hill. It just does not make sense to me.

The group jumping up and down celebrating her nomination is the same group of folks who believe in that “family values” thang that they love to shove down the throats of us who have ”no family values”. So what do they think about a woman who has a challenged infant that she just gave birth to in April abandoning said infant to hold McCain’s hand while he campaigns? They think it is just GREAT! I don’t get it. Hypocrisy seems to be the only stable in said philosophy. The Fundamental Christians should be outraged that Sarah’s 17 year old daughter is not wed and pregnant. They would have crucified Hillary if Chelsea was 17, pregnant and not married. I go as far as to say they might have even called her a bad mother.

In conclusion I think I might, just might be having a bad hair day, but is sucks not to be able to tell people what I think without being labeled when clearly there is a label stuck dead center on the foreheads of supporters of Palin who are probably the same folks that get married at a Waffle House. So what does that label glued to their foreheads say?

It says:”_______________________ “

Vote for who you will, but don’t vote for McCain because Sarah Palin is a woman. The Republican Party tried to pull a fast one on women with Dan Quayle and won – it is insulting that they are trying and succeeding in doing the same with Palin.

It could have been much worse...