Corey J Feldman

God Bless America

I have never been more proud to be an American. 

Joe McCain for traffic relief

If this turns out to be legitimate I seriously question Joe McCain’s commons sense. While I don’t expect the Senator to be his brother’s keeper, I am left wondering what sort of urgent family political business he is attending to. I hope Joe McCain is at the very least fined for his audacity.

O'Biden is Nucular!

Palin/Obiden Debate – Senator Obiden or O’Biden?

She did say O’Biden, I thought I was hearing things! At least she can say nuclear. Oh well, strike that, no wonder Biden kept talking about the current administration – It was almost like listening to Bush in drag

Commenting Policy

I don’t have a formal commenting policy, not that I have tons of commenters or anything.  But I have never “not approved” a message that was obviously spam free.  Today I received a comment on my McCain post that I still have sitting in moderation.  The commenter basically stated that McCain and Palin are way ahead of Obama in the polls, called Obama an idiot and stated that he would “go the way of Jesse Jackson and leech money from the African American Population.” Clearly I don’t agree but the reason I haven’t approved it was because he/she wrote it claiming to be Barack Obama.  Had it been written in third person, as much as I disagree, I would have approved it.  It’s a personal pet peeve of mine; you want to post something anonymously, that fine, just don’t pretend to be someone you are not.  I am curious what other bloggers do.   What do you moderate?   What are your comment pet peeves? 

"the fundamentals of the American economy are strong." – WTF?

John McCain: economy is ’still strong’

Would someone please tell me what the hell McCain is smoking? If you need any more proof that the good Senator is out touch with the majority of the American population and you know reality, watch this video and pick up a copy any major newspaper and take a gander at the massive economic fall out before us. Unless you are living with your head in the sand or on some sort of mind altering substance, you might just come across little hints the economy is in serious shit – You know things like the Sub prime crisis, massive increase in home foreclosures, not to mention the increasing number Bank failures for starts. How many of our aging baby boomers have portfolios with so called long term “safe” investments built on a foundation of security that is Fanny Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Lehman Brothers. How many people woke up this week to the realization that they would no longer be able to retire?

“the fundamentals of the American economy are strong.” – WTF?

Goodnight Bush: A Parody By Gan Golan & Erich Origen

For those of you who have had or have been a child in the last 60 years, you may be familiar with Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.  While on a hunt for our latest book club read we happened across Goodnight Bush: A Parody By Gan Golan (Author), Erich Origen (Author), an absolutely hilarious parody of Goodnight Moon framing the stupidity of the Bush Administration.  Melissa vetoed the purchase, but I could not stop laughing so I will definitely be picking myself up a copy in the not to distant future. 

Yeah GINA – Wahoo Congress!

The GINA is almost law.  The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has cleared congress after 13 years of debate.  In one of the only positive moves to come out of this Administration/ Near Hollywood style parody of unfathomable incompetence, President George (too stupid for Words) Bush is expected to sign it into law.  Why is this a good thing?  Because knowledge is power and power is to often abused.  A few years ago I sat with my wife at a conference on Crohn’s & Colitis, one of the speakers was urging suffers to participate in genetic testing.  I urged her to wait.  While I know I was doing a disservice to other with this disease, there is a very real danger with allowing the wrong people to get a hold of the code, that in-part, makes us who we are.  I am strong believer in the progress of science, but the fear that she or our children*could be discriminated against based on this Mitzvah** could – well, as they say, no good deed goes unpunished.  GINA, once it becomes law will help allay those concerns.  GINA has the opportunity to help shape the future of humanity, create a world were we can reap the rewards medical progress without the fear of personal reprisal for the gift of sharing our fundamental nature.   This may yet prove to be the one positive legacy that Bush leaves to humanity. 

*currently one – at the time none

** I do believe that understanding our nature through science is a Mitzvah

Random Updates

This was a good weekend for getting thing things accomplished.  And when I say things I mean concrete real world stuff.  Unfortunately not one word penned to paper.  I did think up a short story involving a disastrously bad President but I quickly realized that it wasn’t going anywhere.  I couldn’t bring myself to make him likeable and any other direction I took it in was just too damn depressing. 

Our new community has an annual tradition around Passover where they arrange for the removal of large items*.  I believe they give anything in working order to charity and toss the garbage.  So I spent Sunday, hauling crap to the curb.  Yes, even though we just moved in, we had/have plenty of crap.  Some brought with some left behind by the previous owners.  I even did a little weeding in the garden.  This was after helping fulfill some family obligations** on Saturday.

We finally put up our Mezuzahs on our front and back door.  We even said the prayer.  Interestingly enough, we pulled out our Judaism for Dummies guide, we realized we had installed it in on the wrong side of the door at our old Condo.  Anyway, I really wanted to get it done before Passover and it is done so I feel good about that. 

*Our community has a large Orthodox Jewish population and it is common to clean out ones house in preparation for Passover.  Growing up I was unaware of this tradition as my family wasn’t particularly observant.  Not to say I was completely ignorant of Jewish tradition.  I knew enough to know why it was amusing that one of our cousins brought a Ham to a Passover Seder.  And the irony was not lost on me that we had a family tradition of breaking the Yum Kippur fast by gorging ourselves on Pork, Crab and Shrimp dishes at our favorite Chinese Restaurant. 

** My brother and I hauled bags of mulch from the driveway to the backyard of my parent’s house.  Additionally I had the added joy of climbing in to a cobweb infested crawlspace in their basement to turn on their outside water faucet.