THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF “CAMELOT – 2009!” The President's goose is seriously cooked!


And all this time you all thought that it would take 4 to 8 years for the LOVE TO WEAR OFF the Obama – Camelot!

And that it would be something relevant like the [at least partial albeit incomprehensibly expensive failure] of the United Socialist States Of America, lead by the first [and hopefully only] almost-KING this country has ever had!

And that “supreme leader” – “all decisions, on all things, all the time” - would remain reserved for only the all knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran!

Just when you all thought the coast was clear for at least another 4 to 8 years, the armor crumbled. The veneer showed the first tarnish. The mirage let a sand-blast in.

President Obama pissed off PETA!

Yup. He had the temerity and bad judgment to swat a pesky fly that invaded his space during a CNBC interview.

So there. The President’s goose is seriously cooked.


A TRAGIC END TO A TROUBLED LIFE...


The [for a couple decades] undisputed KING OF POP passed away today.

He passed away as his career sputtered to minimal and brief life in the past few months.

As his personal life continued its downward spiral, fueled by the manifestations of Jackson’s surreal existence.

His life and untimely albeit not surprising passing, presented millions of fans of his music with the dichotomy worthy of Hobson. The imbalance of his immense talent with his immensely flawed personality. Perhaps criminally flawed.

This writer is seldom if ever given to consider forgiveness much less appreciate Jobe in most ways, may not have the ability to reconcile much less bifurcate Jackson and his music. Much, anyway.

Alas....

The King Is Dead. Long Live His Music. Not his legacy.


DOT-COM MY ROYAL [you-know-what], DOT-COM! Tweet on THAT for a while!


A couple years ago, on a loooooooooooong and tiring international flight from Central Europe to Los Angeles, Barns had a loooong and [moderately] interesting chat with a [moderately] interesting young “online expert”. As an aside, albeit really relevant, with due humility Barns, is among the original “experts” on matters Internet, WWW - online et al. Barns knows more than most and less then very few ....

Alas, many hours into the flight, Barns had his fill of the new age balderdash being [mindlessly] spewed by his seat-mate, DA “Internet Expert”. Finally, Barns elected to read from his thousands of unread pages in his Kindle rather than chat with DA “Internet Expert”. Barns [rudely] exclaimed: “Dot Com My Royal [you-know-what] Dot Com already!”

Of course, immediately upon arrival while in baggage claim at LAX, Barns called and asked his I.T. dude to register the domain name: “Dot Com My Royal [you-know-what] Dot Com.”

Of course, that domain name was registered years earlier.

So there ...

And this is in the news today: The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.

Does that not make your brown eyes blue?

How DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL THAT TWEETING AND LIVING ON FACEBOOK? And watching our President make major policy announcements on Tweeter and YouTube, and knowing if Shaq O’Neill is sitting or standing, if David Gregory (Meet The Press) is having mayo on his sandwich, that MaryJoe really loathes BobbySue, if Ashton Kutcher is wearing sunglasses (come now: 2 Million of you do!!) and Barns thinks Nancy Pelosi may be dumber than Joe Biden ..... and all that!

Oh... And of course you can follow Barns on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ctoadsbarns


2.1 BILLION CAMERA PHONES AND ROGER FEDERER.


With 2.1 BILLION (yes, billion) camera phone wielding photographers and videographers in the world laying in wait, ready to exploit the tiniest blemishes of the human condition, Roger Federer rises to the peak of the world of athletics. Greatest Of All Time.

There has never been another such astounding hybrid of Baryshnikov grace, pure athleticism, unequalled work ethic and superb sportsmanship in the history of sports.

Long after TMF (“The Mighty Federer”, as he is affectionately referred to by the media) hoisted the winner’s trophy in Paris, after the stadium emptied, the press was gone and everybody was having a hot café-aut-lait (and drying out from the drenching rain), Federer went back out to the stadium (in driving rain) just to give the grounds crew and the ball kids an opportunity to "hang" and take pictures with him. That is NORMAL STUFF from TMF.

Imagine the horror when earlier this year, Federer actually smashed a racquet in frustration! The first one in memory. That, I expect, got the index finger of many camera-phone wielding misanthropes twitching. That ONE Federer outburst is akin to Mother Theresa allowing a fleeting frown. Marat Safin, a former Slam winner himself, pulverizes 70 racquets every year and he plays about one tenth of the tennis Federer does.

To be in presence of greatness, albeit [this time] several thousand miles away and thru a CRT, is one of the great pleasures of life. Barns has had the sublime pleasure of watching Federer do his magic live on a number of occasions. To witness such greatness, with such grace, by an athlete who knows, understand, appreciates and is humbled by history, particularly his own history, is spellbinding.

Parents need to teach “Federer” to their children.

We would appreciate your comments, whether you are a tennis fan or not.

You just need to be a fan of unparalleled and unequaled achievement, done with absolute class.


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Not cool without giving us credit....
- Barns

A Big welcome to Ctoads to

Bill Scanlon!

One of the all-time tennis greats... And a terrific guy as well.
- Barns

WATER-BOARD OUR BASTARDS! Or at least prosecute the bastards who got rich off ill-gotten gains. Bah on just returning bonuses.
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4,593 FUNERALS* and counting....

1,133 FUNERALS** and counting...

* U.S. and Coalition Casualties in Iraq.

**U.S. and Coalition Casualties in Afghanistan.


- Barns