Ann & I had a wonderful time at Martha's Vineyard. Her family (on her Mom's side) rents a beautiful home every year and have a quasi-family reunion. It is very informal (a sort of come as you please attitude). The schedule is basically what you want it to be, with the exception of "Happy Hour" that starts promptly at 4PM. Jenny's whiskey sours were brillant.
We made the usual rounds that anyone visiting the Vineyard should do (Breakfast at The Black Dog, Coastal drives around the island, and shopping at Vineyard Vines). I think my favorite thing to do was waking up every morning with the ocean outside my window and the sound of waves crashing along the shoreline.
After Martha's Vineyard, Ann & I spend about a day and a half in Boston. We celebrated the 4th of July there last year so we had pretty much seen the sites. This time, we shopped 'till we dropped at Filene's Basement and did a scenic tour of a local park in the Swan Boats.
All-in-all it was a lovely vacation. There is nothing better in the world than to have a family around you that loves you and a beautiful girl by yourside to share it with.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Uncle Sam is Creepy
Don't you find it amazing that Paris was released from jail for health reasons? There are men and women in our jails and prisons with mental disorders, HIV, AIDS, TB, sexually transmitted diseases, ect. that must remain behind bars and pay their debt to society. They don't get to go home to a house with a movie theater and a bowling alley to serve their time. With news like this, it makes me ask several questions.
Do we truly live in a Democracy? Are the people in the United States really in charge of our government? Is it right that any person off the street gets the book thrown at them if a crime is committed; meanwhile, a person with celebrity status (something that is worshipped like a Greek god in this country) gets a slap on the wrist or sent to rehab? No wonder kids either want to be a professional sports player, or an actor/singer/model. For their 15 minutes of fame, one can get 15 days or 15 years knocked off a prison sentence or better yet 15 months in therapy.
On another note, what’s this talk on erroneous pension plans for ex-senators, missile defense systems in the Czech Republic, and the CIA torturing people? Is this my tax money going to work for Uncle Sam? The whole idea of a red/white/blue tall & skinny old uncle always gave me the creeps. Can I disown my own Uncle, or at least stop giving him money? While he was creepy when I was young, he seems more like a James Bond villain to me now that I’m older.
I guess the lesson for the day is to become rich and famous or have a glorified title to your name and you can do whatever you want in this country while you walk all over the rest of your fellow humans and their silly laws that you are entitled to be above.
Do we truly live in a Democracy? Are the people in the United States really in charge of our government? Is it right that any person off the street gets the book thrown at them if a crime is committed; meanwhile, a person with celebrity status (something that is worshipped like a Greek god in this country) gets a slap on the wrist or sent to rehab? No wonder kids either want to be a professional sports player, or an actor/singer/model. For their 15 minutes of fame, one can get 15 days or 15 years knocked off a prison sentence or better yet 15 months in therapy.
On another note, what’s this talk on erroneous pension plans for ex-senators, missile defense systems in the Czech Republic, and the CIA torturing people? Is this my tax money going to work for Uncle Sam? The whole idea of a red/white/blue tall & skinny old uncle always gave me the creeps. Can I disown my own Uncle, or at least stop giving him money? While he was creepy when I was young, he seems more like a James Bond villain to me now that I’m older.
I guess the lesson for the day is to become rich and famous or have a glorified title to your name and you can do whatever you want in this country while you walk all over the rest of your fellow humans and their silly laws that you are entitled to be above.
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