Crowder's Commentary

Well here in this Left-Coast state of mine it is. The Gubenator has declared war on greenhouse gasses. Yeah he is a Republican, and business minded. So what is behind this? There are the obvious trends and the need for California to set them. In my view he is showing the extremists on both sides that we can live together. It is my guess that the Nation really wants the leaders to come off their high perches and work with us. Now Arnie is playing the Centrist card.

Yesterday he gave Villarigosa control of the school board. Sure the Teachers Union is miffed. They never voted for him anyway. I'll bet that Antonio will have a tough time going against him though. Environmentalists are praising him for his actions. They have in the past rallied against Phil "I'll promise to raise your taxes" Angelides.

I believe that his campaign managers have realized that the best way to defeat a Democrat in this state is with other Democrats. The most powerful adds are ones that only quote Setve Westly, Angelides' opponent in the primary. Now he has parents of 750,000 students and environmentalists that have to question themselves.

I'm in a quandary. L.A.'s Mayor has made a move that I really appreciate on many levels. For those of you who haven't been in the loop, Mayor Villarigosa has been trying to wrestle control of the L.A. school district away from the board. Using New York as an example he was able to finally persuade the state congress to approve the change.

I actually see this as at worst case a status quo. However there is a distinct possibility that it will turn out to be a positive thing. This mayor has no shortness of putting his face in every camera available. The question is will he be able to do it and cut the educational bureaucracy? There are nearly 750,000 students relying on him.

What will this do to the Union? The Mayor and the majority of the legislature are Democrat. They have now gone against the wishes of the teachers union. Will we finally see the end of another ineffectual union? The solidarity of the Democratic Party made a major rift here. What is the reasoning? Is it better to say we are trying something new because what we have approved for so long isn't working and we are giving up? Or is it better to say we have faith in our education system that we have always supported? Apparently they have finally realized that there is a breakdown. It is about time. Therefore my hat is off to Mayor Villarigosa today, and today only, for this bold move against the establishment. Congratulations.

Well there is far too much to get angry about today. Karr must have really felt guilty about his child porn issues and needed a free business class trip home. Yeah, he is free no DNA trace there. Good for tabloids, and he and Mr. Ramsey can do the talkshow thing. It is just another farce in the face of Colorado Law Enforcement. Perhaps it is somethign with the letter K, Kobe, Karr, Captain Kangaroo? Well the Captain was never sought after.

The painfully left rag TIME has a wonderful article espousing Nacy Pelosi. Apparently she is the next Speaker of the House. She says it, and TIME is backing her up. Apparently only San Franciscans are eligible for office in this state. Well bully for her, I was growing tired of hoping that I would be in control of my retirement. I'm sure that her and Cliton will allow me to spend my money supporting others in the hope of bettering the Nation. Thanks Nacy, I would have really been disappointed having my Social Security earn more than 3% interest.

Mark Burnett. What can you say about him. He managed to really put Adventure Racing on the world stage with Eco-Challenge. Ironically he was never that great of a racer, but he apparently was a good organizer. I know people who really like the races he put on. However the boost to the sport that he was bringing was short lived by the lure of, well money. Survivor. What trite crap is this show really. I'd like to see one of them finish an Eco-Challenge. Not to mention that the prise money for Eco was in the 40,000 range. Then he gave us the Apprentice, and I think there was a Vegas style thing as well.

There is hope on the horizon though. He and his band full of "Untouchable" the "Pioneers of Reality Gameshows" may have cut their own Achillies Heel. How CBS approved the new season is beyond me. Survivor, Race War. May the best race win. That is right White, Latino, Black, and Asian will comprise 4 tribes. So much for being judged by the content of their character. Thanks to Mark Burnett we will be able to watch every week to find out which is the best race out there. I tell you I'd love to be in some bars to watch what is going to happen with this one. I'm sure the Unrated version without the bleeps will be incredible.

Lets face it folks. The Romans were right. Rome was the Mob. So is every country. Bring back the Gladitorial games and debauchery and the masses will be happy. In times of weakness, give us someone to focus our discontent upon. Durring the elections this year, the country will shift Left. The centrist is gone. We want extremism. Survivor will escalate racial tensions, and perhaps the immigration issue will be passed because of it. It is going to be expensive, but very interesting. I'm just wondering if the Arabs, Indian, Native Americans, and all the other races have been declared 2nd class races since they are not represented on the show?

Hi all. Well I was going to talk about my weekend and the exploits that happened. Then again what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. There are aspects that may show up here tomorrow. Today though is dedicated those dedicated employees at Dell.

This morning I recieved some hardware from Dell. I'm always happy to open their boxes. To me it is like Christmas. They package everything in nice organized boxes. Today however I got a bonus surprise. In the interest of helping bond with their customers, the employees at Dell provided me with the wrappers to two English Muffins and one Cheese and Berries Danish. These were accompanied by the 7-11 bag that the poor laborers used to haul the meal to their place of work.

I'm sure this may have been a cry for help much like the message "help I'm trapped in a fortune cookie factory". Has the recall been so bad that we need to send food? Is Dell moving into a new market? I'd like to request food to accompany the packaging. Well I'm hungry now. I thing I'll see what is in the fridge.

Chris




8/28/06


To Michael Dell:


I first would like to thank you for sending my product so quickly. I look forward to using it. I was surprised to find the enclosed items though. I was able to discern that they were not part of the product itself. Then I realized that it must be part of a new marketing venture that your company was entering into. I’m sure the recalls have been tough. I was impressed that you timed this new product to coincide with a morning delivery. I thought the inclusion of the cross marketing company’s packaging was very open minded of you. I would recommend that if you are going to be successful in this new venture that you actually include the product. I only received the wrappers and traces of what had been included. I’m returning them to you in hopes that you can use this valuable research to your advantage.



Christopher Crowder



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Well here it is. Another week is behind us. I had first planned on talking about the "Catch-and-Release" program in our immigration system. Then I decided that this wasn't necessesary for Friday. Then the sad topic of Pluto being disgraced by being reclassified as a DWARF. In no way is this P.C. (Planetarily Correct). This is a blatant example of downsizing and playing off if I have ever seen it. There may be a marketing twist to it though. Dwarf things sell, Rabbits, Pigs, Lord of the Rings. Now you can get your own dwarf planet. Hmmm. Does that now mean that the moon is a dwarf planet who is really attracted to earth? Well I'm not going to go further down this line. My friend James has allready done an hommage to the poor little runt. http://www.palebluescot.com/JamesKirkpatrickNotAnAnonymousBlogger/tabid/36/EntryID/28/Default.aspx

I'm going to rant today about 1 more reason that the American car manufacturers are dying. Sub-par cars that are designed to be worked on only by the dealer. The theory is that if you can check your own oil, then there is a problem with the design. There isn't a need for the dealer visit for that is a sin. A co-worker called me last night to let me know that their car wouldn't start. No big deal, the dome light had been left on, battery must be dead. I head over to the location and break out the jumper cables. First question, where is the battery? I couldn't see it. There were 2 terminals marked clearly for the + & - for jumpstarting. Who was I to argue. After a couple of tries, it turned over fine.

The battery light stayed on!! Power was flowing everywhere so the alternator was working fine. Shut the car off and it is time to break out the jumpers again. Fine the battery is dead, the car is 5 years old, the timing is right. Get the new battery and the car to my garage and my paltry set of tools. So where is the battery? Oh yeah didn't we skip the importance of this question earlier? I start with the Jump lines and start to trace them back. They go below the fuse box which is half the size of the new battery. I'm worried now. The fuse box is over the front left wheel. The cables continue to descend through the frame. Ehh, what?? Below the frame?? That is right kiddies snuggled in a spot designed for 1.5 hours labor lies the cradle for the battery. Between the headlight, fog light, wheel well, and the road is the battery. Internet time. There is no owner manual however I'm sure the cover says, "this is all too difficult please take to dealer".

Turn the wheel, remove the iterior cover, losen the bolts that are blocked by the cabling, finally the battery is free. Grab new battery and...., damn it is a top post and I need a side post. Ugg the dumb monkey needed Oreos and a cigar to calm down. Refusing to be beat, I call the 24hr Autozone. I am now a loyalist for this service. I show up and the counter person aks how I'm doing. I tell him that I'm replacing the battery on a Sebring. He feels sorry and tells me horror stories about it. I seem to be doing well by comparrison. An hour later I'm in the shower.

So for those of you thinking about buying American or are planning on working on your car this weekend, good luck. There is a reason I have a truck and a Jeep. If I worked on them it would be easy. You can see all around them. The troll that designed the Sebring deserves to have every owner take a crap on his front doorstep.

Have a good weekend.

Chris

How does Copperfield go? "I was born..." So out of a year of observing my friend James' blog, I felt compelled to start one of my own. Like his friends, I was encouraged to vent in a constructive way not on those around me. That being said I will use this, at times, as a dumping site. I will wish many into Ann Coulter's Basement (ACB). I will do my best to provide flamethrowers and excellerant for various topics. Those who know me will undoubtedly sharpen their claws on the more conservative bent that I have. All you over zealous religious folk will purchase my ticket to hell or whatever horrible place you can conceive. With luck in all we will laugh and perhaps find a speckle of truth and interest. Then again I may just be typing to myself. That in itself is considered therapeutic, a journal if you will. My talking to myself is a sign of insanity. Which makes me wonder, if I'm using voice recognition software does it become therapeutic insanity?

For my firs topic I chose one that I think we can all side on. It may damage the pedicure of the extreme First Amendmenters, so be it. Arriving home last night my drive way had two objects in it. One was a nearly useless paper that I subscribed to in order to get a hat. The second was an ad telling me how fast Larry and Kim Parasite can sell houses. Having just bought mine I realized that their research department was seriously lacking. Wanting a nice looking driveway I shuffled both items around the corner to the trash.

Here is the key word, TRASH. Why is litter accepted if there is an ad on it? I certainly don't need a flyer advertising "Lola's Casa de Insurance" at the grocery store. If I toss this detritus on the ground do I face the $1000 fine for littering? I also have a bent towards the politicos. I understand that the need to reassure oneself that they are running for office requires 30 posters on the same corner. I'm all for your environmentalist banter. During the election. Why to I have to look at that crap when it is over? Is it there just in case we get to reconsider? Were your designers so miffed by the color scheme of the corner that they have decided to brighten the rest of our days?

Here is what I propose. To hell with raising taxes. To hell with having the cops write tickets for missing a front plate. I say that for every ad, door deck or what ever other horrible thing that will come up, the person whose name is on it is responsible for the fine of littering. For every item that is found on the ground, the city collects $100 for the first weeks offence, $250 for the second week, and we keep going. For the political stuff, they have one week to do the same or the city removes them with union workers in overtime hours, without coffee, supervised by the DMV. Then we add court costs and misc fees. I'm guessing we are looking at another $1000 per sign.

I see that this is a win win situation. The city makes money, the trash issue is minimized, and the beautification of the surrounding area is in play.