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PETA And Their Message Of The Day: Exploit Women, Not Dead Fish

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The American Veterinarian Association in Seattle, Washington asked the famous Pike Place Market Fish Throwers to open their convention – which is pretty neat because tourists from all over the world go to the Pike Place Market to watch the Fish Throwers at work and if I could get these guys to show up at one of my parties I’d be thrilled.

Now, if you’re not familiar with the Fish Throwers this may all sound kind of weird because indeed Vendors from the Pike Place Market do they toss and catch Fish- if you can’t quite see that think  tossing Pizza dough they toss fish.

It’s awesome.

But strange.

But this weirdness has been topped.

A Spokeswoman from PETA wants to replace the dead fish with Rubber Fish and then the Spokeswoman compared the fish throwing with tossing around dead kittens.

I don’t know who this spokeswoman from PETA  is- her name is Lindsay Rajt and she’s from Norfolk, Virginia still, stranger to me or not-  I would like to nominate her for Queen of The Dingbats- unless of course Lindsay Rajt thinks that she would be cruel to the  sitting Dingbat Queen to take her throne. She probably thinks it would be like cutting the legs off of a Giraffe or something like that.

For real, how did Lindsay Rajt find this event? Did she GOOGLE dead fish and throw? My friends and I GOOGLE weird stuff just to see what we  can get, but when that’s going on we’ve probably been  drinking and want to see who can write the idiot post of the night- so we’ve got an excuse.

But I was wondering: after PETA attempt to save the dead fish at the Convention are they going to go to the Pike Place Market and toss fish heads soaked in super glue at the tourists and Fish Vendors? From there will they go on and liberate Goldfish from their bowls held captive by gawking Kindergarteners and Preschoolers across the rest of King County?  

If what PETA want is attention they shouldn’t be trying to scam free press  by making a scene with the Pike Place Market and the people who work there.  SOME people have to work for a living- not all of us can get money from PETA by  showing our  naked  butts on billboards to help them further their agenda.

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KOMO NEWS:
PETA Protests Fish Toss

Yes They Did

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The thing about the RNC is this-

they are not funny.

Somebody needs to tell them that so it may as well be me.

In a recent smear ad the RNC went and compared Nancy Pelosi to Pussy Galore from the James Bond movies.

Here is the deal.

Unless you’re my parent’s age and saw Goldfinger back in 1964 and over the years force marched your kids ( thanks Mom and Dad ) through repeats of Sean Connery’s James Bond movies every time they showed up on the TV and  then on video  it pretty safe to say anyone say under the age of 40 is going  to look at that Pelosi ad and say

WTF?

I mean if their idea was to stoke up the Senior Citizen Base by comparing Nancy Pelosi to Pussy Galore- who, by the way was never the iconic figure that Ursula Andress is – (ask your Grandparents about that one) then in theory that could work.

 But the stoke job probably won’t work on anybody born after 1980.

People born after 1980 live in a world where it’s acceptable to buy computer  games as Christmas  gifts where  Characters beat up hookers for extra points and it’s acceptable for girls to perform a little something in their Prom Dresses called “freak dancing”.

RNC people need to pay attention here:

The world now exists in a time where degrading women has been taken to a new low and it’s a sure bet that  the RNC’s ” Pussy Ad ” ad will never show up on the potential voter’s radar in the way they hoped it would.

However as 44 year old who knows exactly what the RNC was saying to Nancy Pelosi and to the rest of us ” uppity women’

I would like to quote the anonymous and now famous 5 year old who once said,

” I know what you are, but what am I?

 

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Swim Suited For Hell

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I never used to stress over the Swim Suit issue.

It’s not like I look good in them, but ages ago I used to like to go to the beach so I wore one – I mean, it’s not like anyone looked at me so who cares- right? I wanted to get some sun, I wanted to get into the water so I wore a bikini.

And then a few years ago my  friend suggested we go and get fitted for swim suits- you know by a professional.She does this every year – not because she doesn’t know how to dress spiffy- it’s because she looks great and has a hard time making up her mind

However, I knew I was in trouble when the ” Professional ” turned out to be girl who made Kate Moss look obese.

So the Professional pulls all these one piece things off of the rack and tells me these will be work with my flaws. She’s pointing out my ‘problem areas’.

Apparently I had a lot of them.

The suits were all one piece things, they were all black and they all had these pastel flower prints on them.

A few even had these skirts- Jesus Wept, skirts?

“If my Grandmothers saw me in any of these they’d ask me why I was dressing like an old lady. Okay, look whatever, do you have anything with some color? I mean…these are all black.”

” Colors are not going to work with your body type, black is slimming and more complimentary to a figure like yours. “

And then after handing me the old lady suits she turns to my friend and starts talking about the lovely selection of new suits that just came in that would look just  ‘ beautiful’ on her.

Just as the Professional  made for the center racks- you know where all the pretty suits are and before my friend, who is not one of those Customers you want to mess with,opened her mouth took the Salesperson’s head off-  I dropped the suits at the the ” Professional Fitter’s”  feet and said, ” to bad they don’t make things like that to demphasize a lousy personality.”

So what brought this on today?

I found out the store that told me to spare my fellow Beach Visitors the pain of having to see me in a swim suit by wearing something that maybe, if she were to go blind and didn’t know what she was putting on my Grandma wouldn’t have touched with a ten foot pole….

went out of business.

All I can say is

YAYAYAYAYAAYYAAAAAYYYYY!

If You Tried

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So I was out with some friends when someone says to me:

” You could be pretty – if you tried “

It’s not the first time I’ve heard that

and

I still don’t know what I should say back.

 

What The Heck Was I Thinking?

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When I was 13 years old I was the biggest freak in the world.

I’m talking a world class freak.

A freak with ugly hair, bad teeth and  bad timing because I never got anything right.. oh and did I mention I looked like a freak too?

If you must know this phase of my life lasted well into my 30’s.

Now that I’m in my mid-forties I can get away with the same stuff because on top of it all my hair is turning grey and I just look like an eccentric old lady.

Anyway.

All of this started when I was 13.

So what did I do tonight?

I joined a facebook group made up of

-you got it-

People I went to Junior Highschool with and some of them knew me when I was 13.

Kill Me God.

Kill Me Now.

Yes I Will

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When I was about 9- so this was in 1973, I belonged to this Girl Scout ( don’t laugh or I’ll smack you with my badgeless sash ) type group called ” The Bluebirds “

Along with the other projects I didn’t do for Bluebirds because I was a latch key kid and my Mom would have killed me if I’d messed around with the stove when she wasn’t at home ( they focused on you earning your badges through lots and lots of homemaking skills back then)  I also missed out on those sewing and outdoor projects because my Mom was scared of what was happening to her feet and to a lesser degree her hands.

My Mom worked in this apple processing plant where she found out- a little to late-that she was allergic to apples and the skin on her hands and feet were peeling off and blistering and leaving her looking like something from a Sci-Fi Movie.

Why didn’t my Dad help me?

Because he wasn’t Mike Brady – you know the dad from the Brady Bunch- my Dad was a Cook back then with long weird work hours and you bet your backside I wasn’t going to bother him when he would crawl through the door at night either.

So I was totally badgeless and sometimes I forgot to bring treats and it was a good thing I could box because if you think you can just talk your way out of corner you’ve been backed into by a bunch of angry 9 year olds who are expecting donuts or something for ” Treat Time ” you are seriously mistaken.

So as a Bluebird I sucked.

And then redemption came.

 One day, we had to come up with an idea for ” Volunteer Day “.

We had to sit around in a circle and come up with something we could do to help people in our neighborhood or schools.

I had a brilliant idea.

Day after day in School I had to sit there and listen to some of my friends struggle through ‘reading time’. And in some cases not just struggle- they either cried or refused to read at all.

I, on the other hand had managed to find something I could do well because Badgeless Me was reading two years up from my grade.

 So there was something I could do to help.

I said, ” We could help kids practice reading “.

My Leader looked at me like I had just suggest we make Doggie Doo-Doo sandwiches and hand them out to starving people. ” Anita, that is not a  good idea. No one is going to want to sit around and listen to kids read.”

So what did my little Troop do?

We decided to lip sync that song ” Snoopy Vs The Red Baron“  for old people at Nursing Homes who “didn’t have anybody.”

That was how we ‘helped’ our community.

Once.

They did it once.

I walked my Sister to and from her ballet class that day and a lot of other classes after that day even though I had a lot of other fun things I could have been doing instead.

I offered to do it.

Volunteered you may say.

So on Monday, when we are asked to participate in a National Day of Service I am going to go through my books, chose ones that really meant something to me and I am going to donate them to a shop by my bus stop where the money goes to help the homeless.

So why do that?

Because it’s a sacrifice, because books still matter to me, because reading matters to me

because a long time ago

A Little Bluebird told me too.

links to participate in National Day of Service below

2009 King Day of Service Will Be Largest Ever –
11,400 Projects and Counting!

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America Serves at Change.Gov

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Ode To My Hippy- Baby Friends

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I have a half dozen friends

who all share the same name

and

who to this day

all go by nickname based on their real name.

Why?

Because their parents were total hippies and named them after a song about a floozy named

Cecilia.

CECILIA- Simon and Garfunkel

CHORUS:
F                Bb          F
Cecilia, you’re breaking my heart
          Bb         F         C
You’re shaking my confidence daily
      Bb F        Bb         F
Oh Cecilia, I’m down on my knees
       Bb         F             C
I’m begging you please to come home
         F
Come on home

CHORUS

F                   Bb   F
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Bb    C     F
Up in my bedroom
             Bb       F
I got up to wash my face
                     Bb
When I come back to bed
           C         F
Someone’s taken my place …CHORUS

F               Bb F Bb F C
Bo po bo bo …

     Bb  F       Bb        F
Jubilation, she loves me again
   Bb          F             C
I fall on the floor and I laughing
     Bb  F       Bb        F
Jubilation, she loves me again
   Bb          F             C
I fall on the floor and I laughing
       Bb F  Bb F  Bb F C
Wo ho oooh …

Have You Hugged Your Governor Today?

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I’ve had a lot of fun at Sarah Palin’s expense…which must at least give a chuckle to those Vampires at the RNC who got stuck buying Palin a bunch of new clothes and her husband’s silk boxer shorts…

but in the middle of the train wreck that was Sarah Palin-

 my State re-elected our Governor- Chris Gregoire- and Gregoire is a Governor we can be proud of.

Here in Washington state we don’t have to wonder what Gregoire will do to us on the world stage everytime she opens her mouth- and we can also not worry about the fact that a very large percentage of the population sits around praying like crazy for her to say something stupid for a cheap thrill.

When Gregoire’s  challenger- a Bush Light chucklehead who thought he could win a campaign by saying Chris Gregoire released sex offenders in the community  who in turn were waiting to molest your children-Gregoire didn’t go nasty back on them.

I would have.

And it would have involved toilet paper, eggs and underwear hanging from somebody’s trees.

But then again, no one would ever elect me to anything.

Anyway.

Governor Gregoire stuck to the issues, she acted with class and she has always done right by us here in Washington and in the end she won the election.

Which makes me feel good to know that if you do the right things good things will come back to you.

So

Gov. Gregoire if I haven’t said it before I’m glad you’re our Governor

and Alaska all I can say is…

Thank You

for Sarah Palin

in these trying times we could all use a laugh- a good one- and in

 Sarah ‘Caribou Barbie’ Palin you have given us that.

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Governor Chris Gregoire

and

President Elect Barack Obama

In Seattle Washington

February 2008

:::additional stories:::

From PBS:::Washington Gov. Gregoire Wins Re-election

Rossi’s loss to Gov. Gregoire leaves state GOP in dire straits

Gregoire Wins; Democrats Increase Majority to 29

Gregoire campaign manager on her ‘decisive win’

Palin / McCain Cause Voter’s Brain To Explode

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Hi.

Anita isn’t going to do a post today because she read the article posted below and her brain exploded.

In case you’re curious

read it with caution.

Remember what happened to Anita.

Ick.

On NPR this morning:

NPR: Given what you’ve said Senator, is there an occasion where you could imagine turning to Governor Palin for advice in a foreign policy crisis.

MCCAIN: I’ve turned to her advice many times in the past, I can’t imagine turning to Senator Obama or Senator Biden cuz they’ve been wrong, they were wrong about Iraq, wrong about Russia…

NPR: But would you turn to Governor Palin?

MCCAIN: I certainly wouldn’t turn to them, and I’ve already turned to Governor Palin particularly on energy issues and I’ve appreciated her background and knowledge on that and many other issues.

NPR: Does her energy qualification extend to the international energy market?

MCCAIN: Of course. Of course. That’s what it’s all about. It extends to a broad variety of issues from her worldview to threats that we face, to radical Islamic extremism, to specific areas of the world. I’m very proud of her, and proud of the knowledge and background that she has.

 

Obama Pictures and McCain Pictures
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Palin- The No Choice No Voice Candidate

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Obama Pictures and McCain Pictures
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Couric:

“If  a fifteen year old is raped by her father you believe it should be illegal for her to get an abortion-why?”

Palin:

…I am pro-life and unapologetic about my position…

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