Maybe it’s because I have a degree in psychology (would you like fries with your order?) or maybe I’ve come to believe that everything has more than one meaning or maybe I’m just overdue for a “makeover” BUT:

Has anyone else noticed this?  Coincidence or clever subliminal marketing?  There’s the obvious visual allusion in the CHANEL black/white logo and the more subtle psychological allusion:  the CHANEL style and fashion is described as having five essentials:  audacious, perfectionist, unique, passionate, and visionary.  All desirable qualities in a candidate, wouldn’t you say?

So, are we supposed to choose our next president much like we choose our Spring wardrobe?  Then I’m voting for the candidate that: doesn’t wrinkle easily, hides dirt, makes me look twenty pounds thinner, won’t go out of style or cost me more than a hundred bucks.

Barack Obama’s marketing people are brilliant and well worth every penny he pays them.  Every time I thought of Obama, I subconsciously thought perfect mix of black, white, elegance, audacity, perfection, uniqueness, passion and vision (that I can’t afford).

Unfortunately, Ted Kennedy smashed the allusion.  Audacious? Possibly.  Costs more than I can justify?  Definitely.

In fairness, I’ve looked for subliminal messages from the other presidential contenders and have yet to find anything profound.  I have, however, eaten lots of chocolate.

Does Joe Stanley have anyone in his family that he won’t prostitute? Decency?

decency |ˈdēsənsē| noun ( pl. -cies) behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability : she had the decency to come and confess. • modesty and propriety : a loose dress, rather too low-cut for decency. • ( decencies) the requirements of accepted or respectable behavior : an appeal to common decencies. ~ From MacDictionary ~

Freddie Stanley, father of Joe Stanley, the website designer for Roscoe Reynolds as well as being a NAMBLA publicist paid for this “ad” to be published in yesterday’s Franklin News-Post:

“I have fought every urge to respond, but the truth must be told.” Please. Mr. Stanley should’ve fought a little bit harder. He (more likely Joe) wants us to believe that his family members have been “attacked” so he responds by defending them with a paid newspaper ad? Who, specifically, attacked his seven-year old granddaughter? Did he report it to law enforcement? Why not? By protecting them, is he not as guilty as the “attacker?”

In my opinion, Mr. Stanley’s time and money would’ve been better spent had he privately lectured his son on the matter of decency. To place an ad in the local paper on the day before the election says more about their collective definition of decency (or lack thereof) than MacDictionary can provide…

…then these two pictures are PRICELESS:

How Hillary looks upon a crook…..

How Hillary looks upon an American hero….

Schoolchildren in the US state of Ohio were left bemused after images of nude women were shown in a politician’s lecture on the legislative process.

(Full Story Here)

For all of those so hot to impose legislation in response to the VT tragedy, I suggest you start lobbying your representatives now to legalize prostitution in the commonwealth.  Now please follow me on this:

Chastity Frye, who works for an “escort” service, claims that last month she spent about an hour with the murderous scumbag who shall not be named on this blog.  She also claims they did not have sex - although he tried to climb on top of her . . .

Hmmm.  Couple of thoughts running through my mind about this revelation (besides the obvious: mothers who name their daughters “chastity” are begging for trouble.)  Suppose she had been legally able to have sex with the murderous scumbag who shall not be named on this blog?  Think he would’ve gone through with his diabolical  scheme if she had??   I say no -  for the same reason your dog makes a much better pet after he’s neutered.  Testosterone thingy I don’t understand . . . but it’s true.

Anyway - legalize prostitution, tax the hell out of it and use the revenue to build tunnels and bridges to every brothel in northern Virginia and Hampton Roads.  Just keep your hands off the 2nd amendment.

I always knew it was just a matter of time before Em (Alton) showed up on CrimeBlog.US. Way to go, Em!

Very interesting read on the recent murder of a local minister, Nancy Copin. An update to the CrimeBlog story can be found here.

Update Two: According to WDBJ Channel 7, the “person of interest” has been identified as 42-year-old Charles Cobler. He was arrested in Ohio.

Bludgeoning a lady preacher to death during Holy Week.  Saddam Hussein will need to scoot over.

Suppose you knew of someone that had recently been diagnosed with an incurable, potentially fatal disease.  Even though you don’t personally know this person, being the kind-hearted, gentle soul you are, you send a note of encouragement anyway.  Then suppose your note of support was acknowledged by a request for money.  Wouldn’t you think that’s tacky?

How is this any different?

This came in my e-mail bag today:

LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING
TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH
BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.

HOUSE # 1:

A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern “snow belt,” either. It’s in the South.

HOUSE # 2:

Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every “green” feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on the arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.

HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville,
Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and
filmmaker) Al Gore.

HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as “the Texas White House,” it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

So whose house is gentler on the environment? Yet another story you WON’T hear on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC or read about in the New York Times or the Washington Post. Indeed, for Mr. Gore, it’s truly “an inconvenient truth.”

I’ve already verified this at Snopes.  It is TRUE!