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One Of The Worlds Richest Vs Bush

He isn’t Ross Perot but he has the dough and is willling to spend whatever it takes to get Bush out of office.

“America, under Bush, is a danger to the world,” Soros said. Then he smiled: “And I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is.”

Sorros claims to have no political agenda, but has a track record of spending money to make a more open worldwide society. And it seems that Bush is getting in the reclusive billionaire’s way.
He recently gave $5 million to MoveOn.org and to date has donated $15 million to Democratic political causes in hopes of defeating the president in the 2004 election.

Beer Belly Myth Revealed

In a never ending pursuit to perfect my Guiness and Bacon diet, I present this evidence on beer bellies from the University of London. Good news for all of us beer purists.

Why Is He Not Running?

Al Gore has emerged again and lashed out at the Patriot Act and the Bush Administrations’ Iraq and terrorist policy.

“In my opinion, it makes no more sense to launch an assault on our civil liberties as the best way to get at terrorists than it did to launch an invasion of Iraq as the best way to get at Osama bin Laden,” Gore said.

And again, his speech was met with huge, standing ovations. I still think that as the election progresses, Gore could come out of hiding and play his “Bobby Kennedy” card and enter the race late and grab a ton of media attention. But he still maintains he isn’t running, so we will just have to wait and see.

Look Up!

And Snowball took a moment yesterday to remind us:

“Howdy kids! Just a heads up.. there will be a lunar eclipse tomorrow evening, reaching totality at 6:06 MT.. and last almost a half an hour. Should be quite the sight..”

Thanks Dolly. For more lunar info, go here:

Colorful Lunar Eclipse Now Showing

Automatic Church Sign Generator

Something fun for a Saturday. Leave your text in the comments box and share your sign, and your love of Jesus.

Obsessive Analysis Of Bruce Lyrics

Whenever I here this song I laugh. Yes, that is right, laughter from a Springsteen song.
Sherry Darling is an homage to the cruelties of dating. To having and being with the girl you love and learning to accept the goods, cart, horse and all that come with it.
In this case, the goods consist of the mother-in-law (or perhaps the mother-in-law-to-be, as the full relationship isn’t detailed to the listener.) As Bruce finds himself taking his girl’s mother on errands – in this case, one of what the listener can only assume has been many trips to the unemployment office, taken each Monday.
Momma is a big girl, and perhaps stubborn. We learn this from the potent line: “Tell her to push over and move them big feet.”
And the bigness of mother (who we will refer to as Big Momma for the remainder of this analysis) is perhaps physical and psychological. Bruce complains about her presence in his car and her very presence in the relationship as he pleads to Sherry Darling to ditch mother. Defiant, he screams that Big Momma wins this battle if she will just shut up for the remainder of the trip downtown. And the Boss has declared that this ride is it. “…it’s the last time that she’s gonna be ridin’ with me.”
What does this mean?
Has Bruce decided to end his relationship with Sherry? Has he decided to stop driving Big Momma around? Or is it more metaphoric? Has Bruce decided to indeed become The Boss and take charge of this relationship? To begin to dictate a few of the parameters of their coupling himself?
This appears to be the case. He continues, in the chorus, to describe a perfect day at the beach. A trip down the coast in the car, now free of the verbal and psychological baggage of Big Momma. Pleading, he declares his freedom and asks Sherry to come along with him:

“You can tell her there’s a hot sun beatin’ on the black top
She keeps talkin’ she’ll be walkin’ that last block
She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight
Well I got some beer and the highway’s free
And I got you, and baby you’ve got me.
Hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darlin'”

Soon, we realize that Sherry needs to pay attention to this relationship. As Bruce continues to be harangued by Big Momma, he begins to fantasize about hot girls in bathing suits sunning along the beach. Anything instead of Big Momma. And Sherry isn’t immediately recognized in this dream. Bruce is beginning to stray and fight the boundaries of the affair. Fleeing from the baggage that has come with it.

“Now there’s girls melting on the beach
And they’re so fine but so far out of reach
Cause I’m stuck in traffic down here on 53rd street.”

Ah, we now learn he can’t leave. The Boss knows that he loves the girl. That he isn’t going to wander off to the Jersey shore without her. He declares his love for Sherry and again asks her to choose:

“Now Sherry my love for you is real
But I didn’t count on this package deal
And baby this car just aint big enough for her and me”

Now the beauty, the shear genius of the Springsteen Milieu is that a lot is left to the imagination of the listener. We are now forced to make connections. What happens next? Is this still just a dream, a fantasy, or has Bruce at last ditched Big Momma and taken to the streets with his girl on his arm, showing off to the schoolgirls and the guys on the , declaring his affection for all the world to see:

“Well let there be sunlight, let there be rain
Let the brokenhearted love again
Sherry we can run with our arms open before the tide
To all the girls down at Sacred Heart
And all you operators back in the Park
Say hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darlin’
Hey, hey, hey, what you say Sherry Darlin'”

And that’s the tale. Sherry and Bruce together at last. Arm in arm. Side-by-side in his car. Taking in the sights. And all is happy and well again.
Until the next Monday morning when Big Momma is taken to the unemployment office.

Questions for further discussion:
1. What kind of car is Bruce driving in this song?
2. Is Big Momma an employee of the unemployment office? Is she traveling each week to receive benefits? Is the fact that it is a weekly task (a job) part of the rub, as the errand is focused on unemployment, a brief glimpse at freedom?
3. Is the Clarence Clemmons saxophone solo long enough, or should Big Man be given more face time in this song?

A New Roaster On The Horizon?

Home coffee roasters of the world are all sitting on the edge of our seats for the release of the latest in home roasting technology. The New Hearthware I Roast should hit production by the end of November. According to Sweetmaria’s the product is undergoing some more testing and most retailers are just waiting for thumbs up to release the next generation of the best home coffee roaster. I am sure most of you are with me when I say the excitement is palpable. For more information on a good cup of coffee, I offer this from my greatest hits collection.

How To Sell To The Masses

We got in a bit of a discussion today at work about the things that record labels are doing to stop the bleeding they say they are experiencing due to pirating. Springsteen has released a mini video montage of his recent concert tour with a new song. The video was only seen at Amazon.com were they efficiently remind you of his new live video DVD and Essentials greatest hits albums will be released later this month.
This week Tenacious D releases their compilation of Jack Black magic on DVD and the of many thousand copies will include an additional disk as well as special holiday content on Amazon.
When the Old 97s Satellite Rides came out, the first several thousand copies came with an additional EP that included some live stuff that was never released as well as a new song not on the rest of the album.

What is in store next?

A Class Divided

Recently at work I had to take a class on workplace diversity issues. One of those “Hey, let’s all get along together and make some money for the company along the way” kind of classes that Human Resource offices all over the place are presenting to keep companies out of court and to help ease any race or gender issues in the workplace. Anyway, I took this class. It was the fourth time I have taken it and each time, the presenter uses about 15 minutes of a video about a teacher who divided her class into two groups – blue eyed people and brown eyed people.
But only seeing just part of the video leaves you kind of empty. What happens next? What is the reaction of the class.
Well, folks, look no further. The good people of PBS have the entire 40-minute video online. You can enjoy the streaming video feed and watch even more uncomfortableness as the teacher does the same thing with a group of adults. It is sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat squirminess.

A Class Divided