03.22.09
Posted in Essays at 6:20 pm by LeftBrainFemale
All I can say is WOW! I haven’t written much lately - frankly, I’ve been too disheartened to do so. I actually thought, for about 5 minutes, that maybe our new president wouldn’t be too bad - thought perhaps I’d misjudged him and he was really just young and inexperienced. Like I said, that lasted about 5 minutes. Then he opened his mouth and spoke those fatal (to my hopes) words “I won”.
And with that utterance, all hope died, and he cemented, forever in my mind, the picture of the arrogant, immature, scheming and conniving son of a gun that we’re stuck with for the next four years.
So what can we now do? Well, when I heard about the Tea Party movement and found that there was going to be one in our area, I knew I had to go - and drag the family along with me!
It was a beautiful sunny day on the shores of Lake Eola in Orlando, and we all enjoyed it. We were running late, arrived about 20 minutes before the official start of the event, and due to the crowds, we couldn’t get within 200 yards of the amphitheater. But we could hear most of the emcee’d words by our own Bud Hedinger. Bud is a long-time Florida notable who currently hosts his own radio show in the afternoons on 540 WFLA after Rush’s show completes at 3 p.m. Bud read a list of grievances sent in by listeners, and that list was later signed by thousands of attendees.
The crowd was very polite, and composed of all ages - infants to aged. I saw a dog with a sign saying “I work for my food”, and an elderly woman with a sign on her walker. Everyone seemed friendly and happy to be a part of the assembly, and I did not note any garbage being strewn around.
Initial reports that I read or heard placed the number of attendees at around 3000, but I’ve since heard over 6000; that seems more accurate to me. The Disney Bandshell Amphitheater where the event was staged will seat 936 people - since it’s kind of a “bowl” design with a berm of high ground surrounding it, and that hillock was completely covered over with attendees, we couldn’t even see the seats when we arrived, but I’m certain they were all filled. The only way I could get any pictures of the stage were for my taller-than-I husband to hold his camera up in the air and shoot!
Toward the end of the event, we rented one of the electric gondola’s to take a little ride on Lake Eola, and it gave us a different perspective on the crowd.
One thing that rankled all day was the lack of ANY media coverage prior to the event. I shouldn’t be surprised, I know. We were competing, as far as events go, with the Winter Park Art Festival and - believe it or not - a Lemonade Stand. Now I certainly have nothing disparaging to say about either event - we have been, many times to the Winter Park Art Festival, and the young girl who’s mother died of cancer was surely running her lemonade stand for a worthy cause. But wouldn’t you think that some small mention might have been made prior to the event? What’s really disgusting to me, is that after the event, my family and I decided to have a late lunch/early dinner at a small cafe (The Metro Espresso Pizza Cafe). Due to the fact that there had been absolutely NO media coverage prior to the event, these small businesses near the event had no warning that they might get some extra business, and therefore, they were completely unprepared. We actually had a very nice dinner, and our server was very sweet and apologetic that it took so long for our orders to come up, but we assured her that we were fine and all was well. She told us that they usually have quite a bit of advance notice on events at Lake Eola, but this one - no notice whatsoever. So, note to event organizers - you can’t count on the media to advertise for you, but it would be great if you contacted local restaurants or businesses if your event time would coincide in some nice extra business for them!
At any rate, we were happy to share the day with so many like-minded people, and I highly recommend supporting these events should they be organized in your area. Enjoy a few more photos of the day below:
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10.18.08
Posted in Essays at 6:42 pm by LeftBrainFemale
This is a wonderful meme, and I give props to Joe and to Iowahawk for these words! Spread the word! What the media and the democrats have done to this man is unconscionable.
I. AM. JOE.
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09.30.08
Posted in Essays at 6:18 am by LeftBrainFemale
It seems that the country has spoken - and their congressmen heard them! The proposed bailout has failed, and the next few weeks could be verrrry interesting.
Some of us have seen this as a very political ploy from the very beginning - all the doom and gloom - not that there isn’t plenty of that to go around, but the timing of the reporting of a looming financial disaster seems to be particularly telling.
It seems that one party, in particular, that has control of the house - and seemingly had enough votes to carry the bailout on their own - decided instead to become chummy and try to “reach across the aisle” to their “opposition”. When that failed, it gives them just the excuse they wanted to be able to lay blame.
There is just one problem - the facts don’t jibe with their version of reality.
For an absolutely fantastic video on what caused all this . . .
Burning Down the House
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09.25.08
Posted in Essays at 12:06 pm by LeftBrainFemale
If only the so-called main stream media were really on top of their job, and looking for real issues rather than running down rabbit trails trying to pin some really gnarly dirt on Sarah Palin!
It’s really kinda disgusting how interested they are in her private life and actions, yet how disinterested they are in thoroughly checking out Barry. If the shoe were on the other foot, and she or McCain had spurious connections with - I dunno, say Timothy McVeigh, or the Unibomber, do ya think they’d be getting the pass that Obama is being given? Come on, folks, lets get real. What on earth has happened to journalistic integrity?
Obama-Ayers: Partners in Revolution
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09.22.08
Posted in Essays at 10:18 am by LeftBrainFemale
This is just absolutely unbelieveable! Nice investigative work to all involved!
This really must be picked up by the MSM - not that they have any credibility anymore either . . .
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09.10.08
Posted in Essays at 8:35 am by LeftBrainFemale
Who’d have thunk it? I never would have guessed that I would be in agreement with one of the left’s most articulate voices - but surprisingly, I am! In everything but ideology, I have to give a “right on” to Ms. Paglia to her article on Gov. Sarah Palin, Fresh Blood for the Vampire.
A few of the gems here:
Gee whilikers, the McCain vampire just won’t die! Hit him with a hammer, and he explodes like a jellyfish into a hundred hungry pieces.
AND
I may not agree a jot with her about basic principles, but I have immensely enjoyed Palin’s boffo performances at her debut and at the Republican convention, where she astonishingly dealt with multiple technical malfunctions without missing a beat. A feminism that cannot admire the bravura under high pressure of the first woman governor of a frontier state isn’t worth a warm bucket of spit.
AND
The witch-trial hysteria of the past two incendiary weeks unfortunately reveals a disturbing trend in the Democratic Party, which has worsened over the past decade. Democrats are quick to attack the religiosity of Republicans, but Democratic ideology itself seems to have become a secular substitute religion.
Step into the light, Ms. Paglia! Some of us have seen that happening for many years!
Since when did Democrats become so judgmental and intolerant? Conservatives are demonized, with the universe polarized into a Manichaean battle of us versus them, good versus evil. Democrats are clinging to pat group opinions as if they were inflexible moral absolutes. The party is in peril if it cannot observe and listen and adapt to changing social circumstances.
All I can say is that this woman (Ms. Paglia) has her finger on the pulse, and Mr. & Ms. Democrat, if you refuse to take the lesson, you are truly doomed to (and deserve) total annihilation. Let’s hear Camille Paglia’s final words on the subject:
But the one fundamental precept that Democrats must stand for is independent thought and speech. When they become baying bloodhounds of rigid dogma, Democrats have committed political suicide.
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09.06.08
Posted in Essays at 2:05 pm by LeftBrainFemale
Republicans in Denver are apparently recycling the castoff flags from the Democratic convention at an event in Colorado Springs today, according to a post on the Denver Post Blog.
According to David Harsanyi, he received the following note from a “Republican Official”.
“What you see in the picture I sent you is less than half of total flags,” a Republican official emailed. “We estimate the total number to be around 12,000 small flags and one full size 3×5 flag.”
“I’m not sure what the DNC was supposed to do with unused hand-flags, frankly. But the Republicans are obviously questioning someone’s patriotism here.” was the comment posted by Mr. Harsanyi.
I reckon they can recycle plastic bottles and aluminum cans, but those used flags are just too difficult to find a recycler!
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Posted in Essays at 5:43 am by LeftBrainFemale
Just have to link to an article from my all time favorite writer, Bill Whittle. Like me, Bill takes time between his posts - but when he writes, all I can say is WOW! He says the things I want to say - so much better than I could say them.
In Proud of the GOP he starts by saying “For the first time, I feel like we deserve to win more than they deserve to lose.”
I was hooked. That’s exactly how I felt last week when John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. Energized. Excited. I may have dropped out of visibility on the blogosphere, but I have been here, hanging around, reading, learning, agonizing over this election season. I was so depressed when Fred Thompson dropped out of the race, I thought I’d never see anything to be happy about again in this year’s election.
Sometime, though, in the early summer, I read a few words about Gov. Sarah Palin - and began to think, “what a great choice she would be for McCain’s running mate.” But I held little hope that it would come to pass. So, imagine my surprise when her name popped up again last week as a serious contender.
She’s just such a lovely, feminine woman, that she’s already been underestimated in so many ways by the left - they seem to have the mistaken impression that by leveling bilious charges against her and her family that she will curl up in a fetal position from the poison of their collective breath.
They fail to comprehend the steel hand beneath the velvet glove. This is no shrinking violet. She’s womanly, yet not afraid to get her hands dirty in order to clean up a mess. That is true feminity, folks. If you think it’s not, you’ve been sold a bill of goods. True womanliness is more inspiring to true manliness than all the self help books in the world combined. And make no mistake, this country needs a resurgence of MANLINESS.
Men have, for too long, been the butt of feminist jokes. They have been marginalized, treated as second class citizens - despised by ex-wives, maligned as buffoons, subjected to derision and reduced to apathetic and pitiful creatures.
Will a woman - a strong, feminine woman, help to restore their manhood?
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Posted in Essays at 5:09 am by LeftBrainFemale
It has been almost two years since I made a post on Left Brain Female.
A LOT of water has rumbled under this bridge - lots of things I’ve had thoughts about - lots of articles written in my head, but generally only written sporadically in comments on the blogs of others. Up ’til now, nothing has stirred me enough to shake me awake from the seeming futility of writing about all that is frustrating and beyond my control.
Until now.
And I give you two words for why I’m waking now. Sarah Palin.
No, my life experience is not hers exactly, but she is who I could be in another life. Don’t get me wrong - I don’t wish for that life - but what I recognize is a kindred spirit - someone who has lived, and raised a family outside the political/celebrity sphere. An intelligent, warm, and genuine woman.
Few may have missed me - few even knew of my existence, but it’s time to wake from sleep. I’m shaking the dust off my feet.
Thank you, John McCain and Sarah Palin!
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09.10.06
Posted in Essays at 9:05 pm by LeftBrainFemale
2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11.
On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers
will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11.
Each person will pay tribute to a single victim.
We will honor them by remembering their lives,
and not by remembering their murderers.
I never knew Luke A. Dudek, but when the 2,996 website hit my radar, I knew I would like to participate. I don’t know personally anyone directly affected by the tragedy that is 9/11, but in some ways, I think I know them all, because we were all affected. I know that they were my countrymen - and that they had lives that were taken from them without warning.
Luke Dudek grew up in Livingston, NJ - a college friend described him as someone who was “gentle and warm and harmed no one.”
Luke was 50 years old, and the Food & Beverage Controller at Windows on the World atop One World Trade Center. He was friendly, gregarious, and loved his work, his hobbies, his life partner George Cuellar, and his dalmations Barney and Gypsy.
Luke liked tinkering with cars, was a connoisseur of fine wine, food, and cuban cigars. He often used the expression “my tide is out” to express to a waiter that his wine glass was empty. He had refurbished the home he grew up in - a 1930’s bungalow in Livingston, NJ and turned it into a modern sculpture. He was good with numbers and details like turning off lights to conserve energy to save money. Working hard, he understood the value of a dollar.
In 1985, Luke and George opened a flower shop, Coqui Designs, Inc. in Cedar Grove, NJ. Luke loved every aspect of the flower shop - and enjoyed delivering flowers for weddings or floral displays on weekends and during his time off. In the spring of 2001, they bought a building in Cedar Grove for Coqui Designs and the week before 9/11, Luke had spent his vacation in finishing the renovations for the new location. September 11 was his first day back on the job.
Luke was a caring man who died too soon, and he will always be missed by those he loved and those who loved him.
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