I respect and admire Michael Jackson as much as anyone.  Meaning…I acknowledge like everyone else that the man had talent!  He could dance and sing like nobody’s business!  But, he was also a drug-addict, lived beyond his means and skirted the law because of his fame.

Had he be you or I, we’d be in jail a long time ago.

So, on the third day of around-the-clock coverage <enough already!> I just have to say that we idolize some freaky people!

If only we idolized the people who are working to cure cancer, keeping the streets safe or the people who feed the hungry or the myriad of other choices instead, huh?

I grew up with Michael and I am truly saddened by the loss his family and friends are going through but his fans were never as close to him as they are now!  Even MJ jokes are suddenly inappropriate!  Great!  And, Michael can finally be at peace with who he is!  Great!

We have issues with North Korea threatening to wipe us off the map while we have a popular and entertaining president in office who is floundering like crazy and a questionable-beyond-belief cabinet!

We have the Iran hierarchy ordering the execution of their opponents and Afghanistan officials inviting the Taliban to vote in their upcoming election!

We are going to be blind-sided by one of the biggest tax increases in history and we still have troops fighting on foreign soil!

We’re going to hell in a hand-basket!
Wake the hell up!
This ain’t heaven, Man!
Snap out of it!

From the AP:

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map as Washington and its allies watched for signs the regime will launch a series of missiles in the coming days.

NKorea warns of ‘fire shower of nuclear’ attack
NKorea threatens US; world anticipates missile

Where is Hillary Clinton?
Where is Robert Gates?
Where the heck is everybody?
Where is the outrage?

We all know how Obama feels about everything…
Extend a hand of friendship which is awesome!
It really is noble, although we all know who we are dealing with!

I also think it’s awesome when unicorns come up and let you pet them instead of running away all of the time!

And no where do I see any type of “stepping up” from our government!  All they are doing is stating the facts!

Are we so encapsulated by the budget that a nuclear threat of annihilation goes over our heads?

<”If I can’t have my sports-car parked in front of my over-priced home, we might as well get nuked because life isn’t worth living”  gasp>

And why did we let Obama get us so deeply in debt knowing damned well that N Korea has had this intention for a long, long time?  What the heck, man!!

I feel like I should jump on one of those unicorns and run away!  It’s gotta be less surreal where they hang out than it is here!

My only hope is that the quiet we are experiencing is the foundation of our government working underground to resolve the take-over that we are presently experiencing before we all wake up one day under very different circumstances which we are unable to render without another war for independence from our own government!

That is, if we survive N Korea’s annihilation threat!

Put ‘em up!

From the Burlington County Times (6/19):

EVESHAM – A woman’s purse was stolen at 6:38 p.m. Wednesday in the Kohl’s parking lot on Route 73 as she was emptying her shopping cart.

While the woman was loading her vehicle, another vehicle drove by and an occupant reached out of the window and took the victim’s purse, which was on the shopping cart, police said.

The suspect’s vehicle was described as a silver or gold sport utility vehicle bearing a possible New Jersey partial license plate of “YSP,” police said.

Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact Evesham police at 856-983-1118 or their confidential tip line at 856-983-4699.

I wouldn’t be surprised!

What does surprise me is the amount of people who leave their purses in the seat of the shopping cart while they browse around!

What the heck!!

Yesterday I was in Wal-Mart.  I saw a shopping cart with a purse in it.  It was unzipped and wide-open with the only thing between a thief and the wallet was a shopping list!  I spotted two elderly ladies and one didn’t have a purse on her arm so I kidded with them about how they should know better to which they responded a resounding, “I know!” and they thanked me.  Sweet ladies!!

Then I went to Superfresh where I saw the same thing!  The woman had her purse wide open in the seat of the cart while she emptied her stuff onto the conveyor belt!  My hands, while at ease on the sides of my body, were only a foot or two from her wide-open purse!  Had I been a different person, who knows?  But she had such a nasty look on her face so I just stood there.

Now, the story about the woman having it swiped from her cart while she filled her trunk is a new twist, but I am still not surprised!  I read the paper and watch the news!
Tough times bring out the best and the worst in people!

I do feel for anyone who has their purse or wallet stolen.  Really, I do, but I cannot keep it up if people continue this sort of complacency!  Knowledge is Power People!

And, I’d bet dollars to donuts that somehow, the tax-payers and those who use the same credit card company as the card that was stolen, will pay for it!!

SO PLEASE!!
If your purse doesn’t comfortably stay on your shoulder while you’re shopping, buy a new one!
AND
The first thing you should put in your trunk when you’re emptying your cart is your purse!!

Stop Being An Easy Target