Million Peso Dinner

Do you vote responsibly? Do you cast your vote by thinking hard and long. Did you really hear the views and plans of the last person you voted for?

All over the news these past couple of days has been the Million peso dinner that President Arroyo had in New York. This has been riding on the news waves for more than a week. Hear anything positive lately?

Take this situation, if you were loaded and you were given the opportunity to take the President and her entourage out for dinner would you hold back. If money was not a problem would you even think about the price. Second situation, if someone took you out for dinner, promised to pay everything and asked you to order what you want, would you say no.

This situation is nothing and the only reason that it is has been on the news is that the people who want her job and to those who are opposed to her are riding it as hard as they can. If they were in the same situation would they turn down the meal.

This is the most sickening thing to see happen on the lead up to a national election. Sucking people in so hard with worthless issues that the outcome of the election is not what the people really want. Votes are cast against the negative and not for the positive.

During the campaign period besides all the promises the negative campaigning sets in. The negative issues are brought up and dictate the outcome of the election. The real views and platforms of the candidates are hardly ever heard. In a couple of years we can expect major protests and even people powers because we don't like the direction that the elected are taking us. Are we that stupid, he was going to do it all the long, we would of known if we actually listened to what he was going to do and not what was so bad about the other guy.

I wish I could make my voice louder. I wish news stations would open their eyes and not over run the stories that could harm us. I wish politicians would concentrate more on informing the people of what they want to accomplish rather than working on saying what is so bad about the other guy.

Isn't is sad to think that many would say "well that's politics" and just live with it. Isn't it sad that because negative issues are more interesting than actual platforms that people will listen more to the politicians that have bad things to say about others.

The right to vote is a very misused right. People have fought hopeless wars for this and what are we doing with it. Are we using it correctly, do we still deserve it?

Old Man's Test

For several years now, I've been prohibited from playing Midget Basket Ball. This is an inevitable part of aging, and a necessary one -- because the simple truth is I would dominate those little punks on the court.

But as Aaliyah so famously declared: Age ain't nuthin' but a number. You might be fifty and act twenty, you might be twenty and act fifty, or you might be sixteen with a really good fake I.D., a body that screams eighteen, and a very violent, stubborn father.

Some of us don't know where we stand -- but as usual, AJ is here to the rescue with this very helpful quiz. Answer the questions honestly and find out exactly how old you really are...

You're at a bar and your friend buys a round of tequila shots. You...

(1) Down your shot, then your friend's shot, then order another round.
(2) Down your shot, thank your friend, and retire home for the evening.
(3) Turn down the shot - you have work tomorrow.
(4) This entire scenario is unrealistic - bars? What is this, college?

Your friends are camping out for concert tickets. You...

(1) Get a keg and a tent -- you're in.
(2) Give them money and ask them to buy you a ticket
(3) Pass -- can you believe the crap those kids are listening to these days.
(4) The music's too loud, parking is a pain, and everyone's on drugs. No, thanks.

Your friends are at the beach throwing the football around. You...

(1) Organize a tackle football game - straight out of the Abercrombie catalog. But straight.
(2) Just throw the ball around nice and soft -- while enjoying the sun's rays.
(3) Don't throw the ball at all -- that's a good way to get your trick shoulder worked up again.
(4) Don't go to the beach because sand gets in places you don't want sand to be, and the sun is a big blaring ball of potential Melanoma beating down on you.

You're house sitting in your friend's ridiculous mansion. You...

(1) Throw a house party that will make Kid N' Play's hair fall out.
(2) Invite a small group of friends over for a dinner party.
(3) You have a date with his comfortable couch, a glass of Chianti, and the latest Clive Clussler.
(4) You leave early because you're old and depressed and it's strikingly clear you'll never be able to afford a house of similar size.

You get a girls' number. You...

(1) Call her that night for a booty call.
(2) Wait the allotted 3 days and ask her out for coffee.
(3) Wait the allotted 3 days to call and plan a dinner.
(4) Don't call because phones are too confusing.

The stock market is crashing. You...

(1) Don't care because you aren't invested in the stock market.
(2) Care a little because some of your buddies are on Wall Street.
(3) Start looking for a ledge to jump off of.
(4) Find it exciting to actually have something to talk to people about.

It's the first beautiful day outside in a while. You...

(1) Fill a thermos with gin and step outside.
(2) Barbecue with some friends. Maybe even cook a steak
(3) White-wash your fence.
(4) Bird-watch with the new binoculars you bought off of QVC.

You just found out that you won the lottery. You...

(1) Spend half the money on booze and the other half on strippers.
(2) Buy a really cool car that you've always wanted.
(3) Diversify thru mutual funds and CD's.
(4) Do not want to cash in the ticket for fear that "once Uncle Sam gets his hand in your pocket, he won't let go."

You're at a sporting event and a jerk is causing a ruckus. Do you:

(1) Hit him with a beer bottle and when he looks over, point to the guy next to you.
(2) Berate him about why he's being a jerk and if he wants to fight you say, "Yeah, like I'm gonna fight you over a sporting event."
(3) Alert an usher about said jerk.
(4) N/A. Don't attend sporting events because of chance of inclimate weather and escalating price of concessions and seriously, have you seen what they're charging for a cup of birch beer nowadays? It's criminal.

You're flipping thru the channels and you see that a "Golden Girls" marathon just started. You...

(1) Watch it - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages
(2) Watch it - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages
(3) Watch it - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages
(4) Watch it (at an increased volume) - that show is awesome and appeals to all ages

Assign yourself the corresponding points for each answer and tally them.

For instance, if you answered choice (1) to a question, give yourself one point, and so on and so forth.

10-15 - You're young at heart, or you're an immature jerk. Either way, do as you please.
16-25 - You're still hanging on to that last vestige of youth. Many people your age shake their head at your antics.
26-32 - You're starting to get that old person smell. Give it up
33-40 - You may be dead already.

It is simple… America is not number 1

It is simple… America is not number 1

Maybe the best way to deal with this recession is as easy as taking the focus off America. Maybe we need to look somewhere else. We are right now focusing on America to get back on to its feet so that we can all follow. If the States could just get back on its feet there would be more trade for us to depend on. It is the wrong approach. They screwed it up. So many very wrong decisions put them in this place. We should look somewhere else.

I saw on CNN today that China isn’t hurting that badly and the Oscar for the best picture went to India. Isn’t that a sign that it is all going wrong for America. I think that Obama will be and may already be a great leader but he is 8 years late. America has been stupid for too long. How can anybody be stupid and expect to be at the top of the class.

I am not an expert but how can you solve a money problem by spending money that you don’t have. How can you lead when you are heavy in debt. It is as simple as that. How can America expect to be a world leader when it has a very large debt to China. I enjoy thinking about how China can do what it wants because the US is terrified of them. They a very large advantage on all sides of the playing field.

I also read in a book by Donald Trump that during the Reagan administration that President Reagan started printing money that America did not have. It made the money that you may have had in the bank worth a lot less than it originally was. Couldn’t that be a factor to why things are so bad today? Why are they doing it again?
Do any of the Americans understand what is going on? Do any of them actually think or are they blinded by the Obama stardom? I am a strong supporter of the Obama campaign but at this moment I do not think it will work.

Every country except for the Yanks knows that USA is the dumbest developed country in the world. They had the stupidest decision maker in charge for the past 8 years. It is no longer a question of democrats or republicans, it is now a question of which country. America is not number one anymore. The sooner we realize that, the better.

Best Scenes

I got this idea from watching one of my favorite actors Will Smith on Letterman. I started thinking of one of the best pieces of acting that I saw on the big screen. It was Will Smith in The Pursuit of happiness right after he was told that he got the job he sacrificed so much for. I thought that it would be interesting to right a blog on what I think are the most outstanding pieces of acting.

1. Sean Penn – Mystic River

I know that Sean Penn got an academy award nomination for this movie. The best performance of Sean Penn in this movie was when he was on the balcony with Timm Robbins talking about how he could not cry for his daughter’s death. He did cry in this scene with Timm Robbins saying “Your crying now”.

2. Chow Yun-Fat – The Corruptor

Great performance by a not so known actor. To be honest I have no Idea where he is now. The most impressive piece was very short but it showed the complete attitude of the character that he was playing. Watch out for the scene from after they shoot-up the hoar house and he goes the kick the shit out of the Dragon gangster. His eyes light up and the expression on his face is… Well amazing.

3. Michael Madsen – Reservoir Dogs

This was crazy, he was dancing around and singing to Stuck in The Middle by Stealers Wheelers while cutting of a cops ear. Tim Roth shot him in this scene in the end but still, it was so amusing (for the sick minded like me).

4. Will Smith – Pursuit for Happiness

As I mentioned in the beginning of this blog this is the scene at the end when he walks out on to the street after learning that he had got the job. You can not explain the amount of emotion that he shows in this scene. I is by far the best acting that I have ever seen. You could not make it look that good if you were doing it for real.

Besides The Pursuit for Happyness you most probably have not seen the other movies or may not have noticed the scenes that I have mention. I recommend you watch them and be impressed just like I was.