Too Stressed To Write…

Some days are stressful. One big thing goes wrong and a few more little things are bothering you and, before you know it, stress and anxiety are overwhelming. Well, that was my day yesterday. I had been somewhat stressed already, but then the big one hit and put me over the top. So I apologize for no blog yesterday. I couldn’t focus, concentrate or even try to be funny. I’ll explain.

My younger daughter started her senior year at college which takes place off the main campus. I worry a lot. It was a new location and I always hate it when my kids have to drive anywhere anyway. She had never parked in a parking lot…I worried about that.

I saw my oncologist this past Thursday. I got a good report, except they saw something on the bone; she thinks it’s nothing. But, she wants me to have a bone scan. My husband already took Monday off so we would be home for my daughter’s first day. I decided to make the appointment early, for when she would be in school. I had no idea it was three hours between getting the radioactive shot and the actual scan. I had no idea that they made a 10 am appointment and had no intention for giving me the shot till 10:30 am. I raced there, in the heat, to be on time. We had to walk almost a half mile from the train. Then I sat and waited. Once I got the shot, we went to have a breakfast at McDonald’s to kill part of the three hours. They did not call me for the scan until 1:40 pm. My anxiety was climbing as I wanted to be home or at least near home, when my daughter left school. She was let out early, 2:10 instead of 3:30, and I was still in the scan. I waited to take the train home until I knew she had gotten home safe. Meanwhile, the thought of the test results are subconsciously eating away at me.

I get home, hug my daughter, and we talk about her first day. I begin to relax. My husband comes up with a piece of mail in his hand. That is never a good thing. The bank says there was a security breach three months ago. A computer got a virus and it may have the potential of allowed personal information him to be accessed. It’s too late to call the bank, they are all gone. So I called yesterday at 8:30 am to speak to the branch manager. I got the Asst. Manager, Nancy. She could not answer my questions, but said someone would call me. Five hours later, after no one called, I call her back. She asks, “No one called you?” I said, “No, that’s why I am calling.” All the while my anxiety is going through the roof. She tells me she will take it upstairs herself right now. Forty minutes later I get a call from Joe Pompalone. He is sorry for the “inconvenience.” I ask all my questions, but I am not very reassured. My husband will have to have a :Fraud Alert” placed on his credit file with all three credit bureaus. The bank is paying for 12 months of credit monitoring to protect us from their mistake. I tell him, first of all we do not bank online nor do we pay bills online to protect ourselves. It’s you that exposed our information to the internet. Secondly, your own company, BreachSecurity, says that we need to be vigilant about checking our credit for 12 to 24 months, but you are only providing 12 months…who is supposed to pay for the additional 12 months? He agrees to throw in another 12 months of credit monitoring. My husband just has to go to the bank and speak to Nancy, the Asst. Manager.

Now, if nothing happens, and I pray to God it doesn’t, that is enough of an “inconvenience.” But if there is a case of identity theft, well that is a horror story I would rather not think about. Unfortunately, I can’t stop my subconscious from thinking about it. So I woke up five times during the night and haven’t been sleeping well, even though I am dead tired.

We have been banking with that branch for over 30 years. Since before we were married. We opened our first joint account there to save up for our wedding. We open our savings and checking there, after we married. We got our home mortgage from them. We have our IRA there. We trusted that bank to protect our money and our personal information. Now, I have to be thinking about this for at least 24 months, and that’s if no other bank or business compromises our information.

That’s why there was no blog yesterday. Life threw me a curve ball and hit me in the head. Hopefully, I will begin to relax soon. I am still waiting for the scan results. My daughter has managed to complete two days of school and tonight is her big “white coat” ceremony! I am so proud of her and I will focus on that today.



Weiner Admits “Mistakes,” Palin Does Not!

Anthony Weiner, crying on CBS News a few minutes ago, admitted to tweeting his weener and a lot more of the past three years. Some pictures were even X-rated and there were conversations both of which took place before AND after his recent marriage. Weiner realized his mistakes after he lied and more pictures began to surface which he could not deny, because his face was showing and everyone could see, with “certitude” that it was him. Several women, at least 5 or 6, must have come forward to contribute to the ongoing scandal. Weiner apologized profusely to his family and his wife and the young woman who did not deserve all the questions and media attention for his “stupid mistake.”

Okay well he had to come clean, there was too much information out there and it was snowballing. However, this was not a stupid mistake. A stupid mistake is to do it one time, not several times over the course of three years. Perhaps he needs some kind of intensive therapy? He says he isn’t resigning and plans to get back to work.

As for Sarah Palin and her rendition of the Ride of Paul Revere…she is sticking to her guns. I barely understood her explanation the second time around, but I did not care for it. Paul Revere did not ride ringing bells and blowing whistles and firing gun shots. She could very easily have looked it up, but no, she continues to rewrite American History and swear by it.

I am sorry to have to belabor these stories, but these politicians will not let me rest. They keep supplying me with reasons to be peeved. I hope they all go into hiding for a while and regroup and give me some time off!



Sarah Palin Rewrites American History!

Well, it’s not like I should be surprised when I hear anything regarding what Sarah Palin has to say. She said plenty during the 2008 Presidential Campaign in her 68 day run for Vice President. She made a lot of money for a lot of people with her answers to questions, most specifically Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live. The writers didn’t even have to edit or add jokes to anything Sarah Palin said. All Tina Fey had to do was watch the video tape and repeat it word for word, and there was a hilarious skit. I hate to say it, but the same words coming out of Tina’s mouth, almost made a little sense. That’s probably because, instinctually, Tina might have made subtle changes in tone and paused where appropriate, without stuttering or stammering. I will have to pay closer attention this time around.

Okay, what has me so riled up this morning? Well, yesterday I caught a video of Sarah being asked if she knew who Paul Revere was. I will have to copy and paste her answer here:

“He who warned uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.”

I will try to embed the video, but if it doesn’t work, please use the following link:
http://wonkette.com/446806/sarah-palin-has-no-idea-who-paul-revere-was-or-what-he-did

For Sarah Palin, everything is about the right to bear arms. However, in this case, the Right to Bear Arms was in the Bill of Rights and had not become law until about 16 years after Paul’s famous ride. If you can, please go to the link to see how far off Palin’s answer was from the facts.

I feel like I am doing a public service by spreading the word around every time Palin says something that would get her kicked of a television show called “Are You Smarter Than A First Grader?” A candidate running for any office, but especially Vice President or President, should be somewhat familiar with the history of our nation, don’tcha think? Instead, she just makes it up as she goes along.

What’s next? The Boston Tea Party wasn’t really about tea and taxes, it was about our right to bear arms? Aside from being embarrassing, as everything Palin says becomes fodder for jokes, what are other countries to think of us, that any of us could even consider electing her into office? Instead of going to the White House, I think she needs some remedial classes in English and History for starters. Then a class in geography might come in handy. Add course or two in foreign policy 101, so she understands that being in close proximity to another country, doesn’t mean you have “experience” dealing with them. And, I don’t even want to think what kind of math skills she has or if she can fully comprehend the scope of the national debt…remember she was building a bridge to nowhere at great expense to taxpayers. Ok enough, I have a headache and need some rapid release, extra strength Tylenol plus two motrin.

See you tomorrow!

John Edwards, Most Despicable Politician?



I was still working on Athony Weiner's "weener" when I heard some disturbing news yesterday.  I barely have time to finish writing a blog on one politician when another story is waiting in the wings. Yes, John Edwards has made news headlines again, as if his past indiscretions weren’t enough, he has now been indicted for the misuse of 925,000 dollars of his 2008 campaign money to “hide” his mistress and their child.

Here is the recap: John Edwards was a two time Presidential candidate. He is an educated, professional man who had a good wife and family. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards, helped him campaign even after she found out she had breast cancer. She stood by his side while he was using her to gain political favor and votes. I say using her, because he was cheating on her. He had a mistress, Rielle Hunter. This was no fling, it was an ongoing affair that began in 2006. Hunter was hired to video behind the scenes footage of his campaign. In 2008 John Edwards admitted to the affair,, but by that time Mistress Hunter was pregnant. Mistress Hunter eventually had his baby. When it came out in the news that the baby was suspected to be the child of John Edwards, he denied his own child for two years and only admitted it was his baby in the summer of last year, before his wife, Elizabeth, died in December 2010.

Well now John has been indicted for the misuse of campaign funds. He knew that a pregnant mistress was not going to help him win the 2008 Presidential election so he had to do something. Telling the truth is not an option, especially when you cancer stricken wife has been at your side during a long and grueling campaign. It doesn’t look good for a “family man” to cheat on his wife with a mistress a produce an offspring, just ask Arnold Swartzenagger. So John took a reported 925,000 dollars and spent it to keep his mistress and baby in hiding while continuing to pursue the presidency. After all it was very important to maintain his “image.” A plea deal was in the works, but never came to fruition. John wanted to cop a plea to a charge that would enable him to continue to practice law. The prosecutors wanted him to plea to a felony, which would certainly put his law license at risk. So the two year investigation has ended with an indictment.

Frankly, I hope they throw the book at him and Elizabeth is watching this all play out up in in heaven. He deserves everything he gets and then some. This man has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I feel sorry for his children, who lost their mother so early in her life, who now have to rely on him to parent them. What can he possibly teach his children? He has no morals, no ethics, no decency. It seems to me that maybe someone should strip him of his parental rights. I hope he goes to jail so they will be sent to live with Elizabeth’s family, where they can continue to be raised in the way she would have wanted.

It must have been agony for her to know she was not going to beat cancer and was going to be leaving her children in the hands of this despicable man. It’s bad enough to have to leave your children before you are finished raising them. To agonize over the things you will never be there to share or to teach them. And then to find out that your husband is a lying, cheating, immoral, unethical, devious, conniving user who had a mistress and child on the side? How does a woman deal with all that? She had to be depressed over her illness. How could she concentrate on fighting this disease after learning what she did about her husband? I can only hope that she managed to arrange her affairs in the way that brought her the most peace.

I hope Elizabeth Edwards has a front row seat, and from where she is sitting, I hope she gets some great measure of satisfaction to see that all her husband’s deceitfulness is finally going to get him some payback, and for her some justice.

I will be following his case and hoping for the worst for him. No one deserves it more!

Update on CopterGate and WeinerGate!

Governor Christie has decided to reimburse the state of New Jersey $2,100 for his helicopter flight to his son’s baseball game and return flight. He has also asked the state Republican Party to reimburse the state $1,200, because part of that return trip was to go to a political dinner for GOP donors. He doesn’t feel he was obligated to repay the state or that he did anything wrong by using the helicopter, he just wants to eliminate this unnecessary distraction so that can get back to handling the “real” problems of New Jersey.

I feel this was a very smart move on his part. It takes all the air of the media attacks on this incident, it turned negative publicity into positive publicity, and maybe they won’t look into the other 35 flights he has taken since he was in office. I think he acted swiftly and did himself a huge favor in the process, especially since he may have aspirations of one day running for President. These little things have a way of coming back to bite you in the proverbial “ass” and let’s just say, his derriere would be a huge target. So for now CopterGate seems to be “closed.”


Back to Anthony Weiner, who cannot seem to figure out if the picture tweeted was of him or his underwear. It either was or it wasn’t. But he is unsure and is still investigating. It makes me wonder how many people take photos of themselves in their underwear and then forget they took them? I know I never have. If someone “hacked” my account just to send a picture of me in my alleged underwear, I could unequivocally say it was NOT me. However, Mr. Weiner must have taken pictures of himself if he has any doubt and one of them found their way to twitter and into the phone of a college coed in Seattle, who Mr. Weiner is “following. Turns out, Mr. Weiner is following several young girls on Twitter. The question is why? Why does a newly wed, middle aged man, with huge political aspirations, follow young girls on twitter? Why does he tweet them his underwear and then delete the photo and need to investigate. Mr. Weiner is not answering any questions. Unlike Governor Christie, who knows how to put out a fire before it escalates out of proportion, Mr. Weiner is throwing gallons of fuel on his with every breath he takes. Threatening to have news reporter, Marcia Kramer arrested for going to his office and asking the questions that are on everyone’s mind is a bit excessive.

The fact is Mr. Weiner has not denied it was his photo and stutters when asked questions. He can’t deny it just in case the photo can be traced right back to him. Then he would also have to deal with lying to cover it up. As far as I am concerned, he is lying. And this investigation, by whatever law enforcement agency, into the “hacking” is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Maybe I should tweet Marcia Kramer and she can suggest he pay for the investigation should it be determined that the tweets cane directly from him?

Mr. Weiner would like us all to forget about his “weener,” but it’s almost impossible to do that. The media and the comedians love this story. It’s a news story you can actually have fun with, not just because of name play on words, but because Mr. Weiner is squirming and altering his story slightly every time he opens his mouth.

Here is a little clip of his answer:

Congressman Anthony Weiner was questioned by Luke Russert:

Weiner: “I didn’t send that picture out.”

Russert: “That’s not a picture of you?”

Weiner: “You know, I can’t say with certitude. My system was hacked. Pictures can be manipulated. Pictures can be dropped in and inserted.”

Weiner also talked about why he hasn’t reported this to authorities.

Weiner: “We don’t know exactly what happened here. It was a prank. You know, it is not a national security thing. I’m not sure I want to put national, federal resources into trying to figure out who posted a picture on Weiner’s website of, [smiling] whatever. I’m not sure it really rises – no pun intended – to that level.”

Unlike CopterGate, which is closed, WeinerGate is wide open and the questions are still coming. Weiner only follows 198 people, so reports say, so it’s peculiar as to why so many he follows are young girls? Here is a link where you can see the pictures of some of them: http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/05/gennette-was-not-alone-weiners-twitter-friends-include-dozens-of-young-lucious-hook-ups/

Now, when you add those two facts together, the tweeted weener and the usually “large” number of young girls in his “follows” list, it just “arouses” one’s curiosity and desire to know what the hell is going on. If he tweeted his weener to my daughter you can bet I would want some concrete answers to some hard questions and I would want them with “certitude.”

NJ Gov. Chris Christie Takes Helicopter to Son’s Game…



Yes, before I could get over the stupidity of Anthony Weiner sending out a picture of his ample weener on twitter, some other politician “rises” to the occasion and grabs my attention. NJ Governor Chris Christie decided to make news when he took a state police helicopter to his son’s high school baseball game.

New Jersey tax payers are a tad upset with their budget slashing governor for his personal use of the helicopter, which wasn’t the first time. He has taken 35 helicopter flights since taking office, and it has not been determined if those were for personal or business reasons. Some feel he should pay for the expense of the ride out of his own pocket. According the NJ State Police, the helicopter costs $2,500 an hour to run. However, the police department has come up with an explanation that will get Governor Christie off the hook, so to speak. They explain, as best I can understand, that they have to fly the helicopters daily for security missions and utilize that as a simultaneous opportunity to train new pilots.

Personally, I think it was wrong of him to abuse the privilege of his office by taking such an expensive mode of transportation for his own personal, family business while stressing the importance of cutting the state’s spending. Of course this is an added expense for the tax payers, no matter how they try to white wash or rationalize it. It’s hypocritical, to say the least.

Does it surprise me? No. I just hope they figure out how many of the other 35 trips were for personal reasons. He should be required to reimburse the state. He sets a bad example for all government employees, who I am sure already abuse the system because tax payers are footing the bill. That’s how governments operate. But, this was a bit flagrant on his part, and merits investigating.

So I will be following the “Weinergate” and “Coptergate” scandals to their bitter end and, if anything else irks me, I will be back to rant about it.

Trump and Palin Putting Their Heads Together…

I was reading the latest news items and came across a little article about Sarah Palin and Donald Trump having dinner. Normally, I would not consider this news worthy, but there is an upcoming Presidential election next year and so I raised my eyebrows a bit. Trump already dropped out of the race when it was clear he could not take a joke at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner (check out the hilarious videos on youtube). Seth Meyers and President Obama did a fine job of roasting Trump, much to his dismay, and shortly after he took his hat (or hair) out of the ring.

Sarah Palin has been driving around on a tour bus of sorts. She has not declared she is running for President, unless you count the fact that she all but announced she was running right after the 2008 election was over. As one article says, “But while Palin's sights seem fixed on 2012 after the meteoric rise and fall of her 68 days on the national stage, it is far from clear her fellow Republicans will welcome the return of the woman many blame for John McCain's defeat and their party's disarray.”

After the election, she promptly went back to Alaska, where she quit her job as “Governor” after serving only two years. That was the job that was supposedly qualifying her as a “leader” good enough, experienced enough, to run our country. Sarah Palin doesn’t stick with things very long. She had to change colleges five times before getting her degree. She was mayor of a city with 5,000 people and had to hire an administrator to do the actual day to day work involved with the position. In her short term as Governor, she was in charge of a state that has a smaller population than many American cities, 670,000. Her foreign policy experience comes from the fact that her state is close to Russia, though she herself has never been there. If she decides to run I will delve more into her credentials, I’m sure.

Now, the other day I read how Sarah Palin loves the smell of emissions. My first thought is that this explains a lot. Her actual quote, at a motorcycle event in DC was: “OHHH IT WOULD BE A BLAST IF THEY WERE THIS LOUD AND IF THEY SMELLED THIS GOOD. I LOVE THAT SMELL OF THE EMISSIONS.”

Maybe that’s why she has to write things on her hands or can’t remember which newspapers she reads? But, you have to hand it to Sarah, she tells the people what they want to hear. For Christian groups she praises God, for the NRA and it’s members she praises guns and now for motorcyclists it’s emissions and noise.


So, when I see Donald and Sarah going out to dinner it raises my interest. My first thought was, Saturday Night Live writers are going to have a year’s worth of material fall right into their laps. My second thought, will Tina Fey have enough time in her life to do justice to Sarah Palin’s speeches? I guess we will see how it all unfolds.


It is starting to look like American Politics is becoming a new television reality show in itself. We have the same people getting together, squabbling about different issues, taking pot shots at each other, hurling insults, backstabbing…I mean seriously, is it any different than any of the Housewives shows?

Well stay tuned for the next episode of American Political Housewives, starring your emission sniffing star, Sarah Palin!