World Court to Bring War Crimes Against Syria

The I Ching says "Today the household of the youngest daughter is thrown into mourning".  To which the client inquires, "What does that mean?

Some world court tomorrow is going to charge both sides in the Syrian conflict of war crimes.  We know of course that Assad wants to take over the world.  What could be worse than that?  Well many people were originally with the rebels till they found that they were just war lords under another name and terrorist thugs.  And they had a fondness of putting videos of beheadings they have done, up on You Tube.  There was a Christian guy who says that under Assad he was allowed to practice his religion and even put up a Christmas tree.  But now he is so scared that he emigrated to Lebanon, which isn’t exactly safe.  There are fears of “If Assad falls then Sheria law will be put into full force”.  You know what’s funny don’t you.  Whatever side this country eventually comes down on the Christian right will say that we should have gotten on the other.  That’s how they reason.  The more doom and gloom in the headlines the more offering goes to the kitty and into their increasingly vast cash reserves.  You know- - Mr Richi once quoted someone as saying “Religion is the study of Ultimate - - Things”.  I quickly agreed with this definition.  Then Mr Ricki said he hated it.  Everybody thinks they are the one to be uniquely given the secret of life- - and for a fee - - other exclusive groupies may partake, as long as you never trust another words your loved ones say ever again.  That’s kind of how it works.

Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979 on – died yesterday and David Cruise is doing his biography now.  Officially he died of kidney failure, but he had been suffering from cancer for years.  He was owner of the LA Lakers for 34 years and was liked by everybody around him.  The team won ten NBA championships under his tenure.  Jerry Buss got his BS degree and then came to USC for post graduate in chemistry. He lived a very accomplished life.  Jerry paid $67  million for the LA Lakers from Jack Kent Cook.  I remember that name.  Today the Lakers are worth a billion.  Jerry Buss had a philosophy to leave the management and coaching of the team to more capable hands such as Pat Riley and Phil Jackson.   As a young child – Jerry’s parents divorced.  Jerry used to go out in the cold and scavage old phone books to take home and use for fire fuel to keep war.  They were that desperate.  His father would wake him up at four thirty in the morning in Wyoming when it’s fifteen degrees below zero to go out and dig trenches for plumber’s pipes.  Later on Buss studied and became a doctor, and then also the instituter of a lot of modernizations in sports we take for granted today, and among these are the Laker Girls.  Believe it or not he was initially discouraged in doing this..  David Cruise stresses that in all his poverty - - Jerry Buss always had a moral code he didn’t violate.   Needless to say, we need more success role models like him.

Country singer Mindy Mc Credy tradgicly committed suicide today at age 37.  She shot herself dead with the family shot gun on the same front porch the boyfriend and father of her infant child had just shot himself dead in the same manner just a month ago.  That’s enough material for a country ballad right there.  Mindy had a hard life and suffered abuse from husbands and fell into drugs.  She found stardom at a young age.  Her debut album sold well but she found it difficult to live up to raised expectations.  Possibly like so many aging starlets, she suffered from self image problems, and that’s tragic.  What else is tragic is this whole immigration bill the way it now appears in congress and will be rolled out for the Public tomorrow, and as David Cruise points out – no doubt will be widely talked about.  First of all it gives illegals who are here now no rights at all against exploitative employers – and about all that’s guaranteed is that they won’t be picked up off the street and shipped back over the border tomorrow.  Actually they ought to call it the “Alien self deportation bill” because that’s about the only viable option these would be immigrents will have.  There is an eight year waiting period where you are “elligable to become a legal resident”.  And then after eight years you get your green card to be a legal resident.  From there if everything goes shoothely (which it invariably doesn’t) in another five to seven years they too will be afforded the right to be US Citizens, assuming their knowledge of constitutional case law exceeds that of Clarence Thomas.  So basically a person is looking at fifteen years down the line for light at the end of the tunnel and from where I look - - most people would rather take a chance returning to their country of origen and see if the economy there is any better now.  Then we have this whole tax and tithing guy who was critiqued by one host this morning on KTLK.  The bottom line, of course, is that if you don’t enjoy gainful employment or profit or production of the land you own, you don’t owe God anything.  God doesn’t tax the widows and orphans.  Instead- God makes provisions for them.  And the recommended amount is not ten percent but more like 23% and both Gene Scott and Neil Savedra agree on this figure.  Of course what we on our side must beware of is to maintain our logical, moral, and ethical consistency.  We dare not fall into hypocracy - - for as such we would be no better than the Other Side.  Some may say “Join us- - everybody’s doing it.  Why be an odd ball?”  But if you can’t join an advocate group without sacrificing Principles – then don’t do it.  I’ve heard minority talk show hosts claim that “I could make a whole lot of money if only I came over to the other side – the political right – like Larry Elder.   Actually, I find that a scarey thought.  Danica Patrick earned the pole position of next Sunday’s Daytona 500.

This time I remembered to bring the catsup.  And I finished up the bottle.  I must have gotten that bottle from James Fisher four months ago - - and most times I know we’re having meat loaf I forget to take it.  But occasionally I remember.  The catsup never went bed- - and what I didn’t use I gave to Glen and the bottle was left at Glen’s table.  We also had scalloped potatoes, which I need to dump salt on, and green beans.  We had yogurt for dessert.  Laura started seconds on our side of the room for two consecutive days.  Do you know how unusual that is?  It’s about as unusual as a tea party gun regulation law – with teeth.  Laura had some of everything for us.  (except of course - - Her - - ha ha!)  I’ve had trouble keeping warm this afternoon obviously showing some kind of symptom or another from a lingering virus.  I have coffee all ready to roll right now to warm me up.