Single What? Female...

can I just say...

I love Rodney Harrison. That interception last night was a thing of beauty allowing the Pats to watch the clock tick down to their 3rd win in four years. Ahhhh, my boys make me happy. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and the Pats have taken the the 2004 Superbowl Championship. At least the year was good in SPORTS. One of my other favorite players, Christian Fauria (he's dreamy), is on the cover with Adam "foot of gold" Vinateri (who, while he did not kick at the end of the game, essentially saved us again by a field goal) of The Boston Globe. Yeah, I figure if you're going to read about the team, it might as well be from the home town paper. :)

AND NOW ONTO THE NEWS...yes, I know that there are other things going on in the world than two of my teams winning championships in one season (YEE HA!) In fact, today...I got to be further unnerved by Bush's budget talk (well, his people's budget talk as he can't come forth and say this stuff himself...save to people in five states to which he's been travelling to push his Social Security plan...I wonder if, in order to listen to him, they had to sign a loyalty oath saying that they would definitely invest in his plan...)

I just want to know how, if Social Security is in trouble NOW, taking money OUT of it to pay for his plan (which also would cost trillions of dollars to arrange anyway...TRILLIONS) is going to HELP? Particularly with the deficit?

Bush submitted his budget proposal to Congress today. it is being touted as the tightest spending of his Presidency...but it's still a $2.75 trillion dollar budget. And much of the budget is for homeland security, military and international spending (NOT INLUDING IRAQ-that's what $80 billion in supplemental spending would be for), BUT, as he refuses to raise taxes, he is CUTTING subsidies for farmers, education funding (yet somehow he wants to expand No Child Left Behind to high schoolers...so it's really leaving EVERY child behind), environmental protections and small buisness development. Oh and prescription prices for Veterans would INCREASE (so those people you sent into harms way and have lost a limb or two can't afford to get their painkillers and anti-infection medication...yeah THAT's gonna help morale..). You can read more here. It is positively frightening.

and of course, everyone's favorite felonious Congressman, Tom DeLay is out to make sure that House Conservatives "Stick to their Guns" and support Bush's plans. GAH! ... Who ARE these people?!?! And how are they convincing their constituency that what they are doing is GOOD for the nation, that's what I want to know.

I really do think it is time to e-mail, call, write, fax your Senators and Congressfolk let them know that there is no way that they can approve this budget as it stands right now. There are too many people left vulnerable by this proposal and Bush obviously doesn't see the irony of leaving the people-whose votes he so stuggled to attain and whose trust he was so persistent in gaining-far behind, They may see him as a good Christian man, out fighting a moral war against the infidels, but under this guise he and his people are slowly taking away their livelihood justifying that "it's okay" as long as we don't raise taxes. Once again, we have to mention that every company he ran, was run into the ground...and he's doing that here. Why people refuse to see this, boggles my mind.

If ever there was a time to KEEP E-MAILING this is it. Please get in touch with your Congresspeople as well as pass this on to your friends, family, the press, etc...this budget, Social Security and Iraq (and the potential for moving into Iran and elsewhere) are the real fear, not the drivel that Cheney, Rove and Bush keep asserting.

IN THE MEANTIME...we certianly could use some postivity so here we go:

1) COMEDY! My friend Julie Perkins is, no doubt about it, wicked funny and she will be at Caroline's tonight in NYC. I, due to getting a last minute gig cannot be there but urge you to be there tonight and give this girl some love (and support as there are to be industry people there). GO and LAUGH (loudly and often...and heck you just will anyway, cause as I said, she is wicked funny).

2)Yes, I got an opera gig...woo hoo! Thanks to my fantastic voice teacher, I will be part of a benefit concert in Greenwich, March 6th. More details as they come :)

3)A judge here in NYC, like the judge in MA, said that banning gay marriage is unconstitutional. Mayor Mike Bloomberg is out to appeal, but you know what, he's gonna have a harder fight than he thinks (I just wanted to say to him "do you know where you ARE?"). But then again, if it doesn't work out, there's always the Gay Kingdom.(admittedly, my first thoughts on the Gay Kingdom-thank my friend Doug for passing that info along, were:
1) You gotta love the Australians
2) Would Big Gay Al from South Park have his tour boat circle the island
3) Right NOW, they have no economy...if Emperor Dale goes through with the whole thing...I am just picturing the hotels, clubs, restaurants, theatres, cabarets/piano bars, ...and the ads...TOURISM, baby, TOURISM!

Spread the Love and Call your Congresspeople!

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 8:40 AM