Dead And Deader...

No, it's not the next sequel to the Dumb and Dumber flicks, but it might as well be, and we'll say why in a bit.
The Hoosierland weather today will be a little more seasonal, with highs reaching into the upper 30s. And we'll be seeing some precipitation today...most likely in the form of rain, but later tonight, when temps drop back down, don't be surprised to see some snow flurries.
And if you like flying a kite (and what husband hasn't been told to do so by his wife?) then today will be right up your alley, with gusts as high as 30 MPH.
So, before we allow today to smack us all squarely in the face, let's take some time to sit back, top off that morning beverage of choice and see what's been going on, shall we?
*** First up...a breaking news story...

Venezuelan dictator HUGO CHAVEZ is STILL DEAD!!!

(with apologies to Generalissimo Francisco Franco who ALSO is...still dead)

But Chavez will be "Leninized", and that doesn't mean his pants will be pressed.
That's right, good old Hugo will be encased in a clear coffin...box...whatever and be on DISPLAY at the MUSEUM in Caracas.
Yeah...talk about your tourist magnet.

Now, we've all seen the creepy picture of Lenin in HIS clear case, kept at a specific temperature and humidity (for freshness?), and many have claimed he looks BETTER today than when he was alive...that's one hell of an epitaph.
And I'll wager that every citizen OF Venezuela will be "compelled" to visit, because Hugo was "such a good guy".
Can't you just feel the LOVE there?
*** Next out is the story about that Nanny Doomberg BAN on certain sized soft drinks.

The ban, which was to take effect in NYC TODAY...is DEAD (for the time being).
And here's the NY Daily News article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bloomberg-soda-ban-national-article-1.1285235
And this opinion column sums such bans up very well:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/bloomberg-soda-ban-fizzles-new-yorkers-win-article-1.1285444?localLinksEnabled=false
The ban "fizzles"...LOL...love that one.
*** King Henry of Ft. Wayne wants MORE money from the working class serfs.
And here's the proof:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130312/LOCAL/303129984

This is EXACTLY the type of thing that occurs when a tax BASE begins to erode.
And the causes often include:
-- Growing number of unemployed.
-- Growing number of welfare recipients.
-- Growing immigrant population
You see, while some aspects of the city GROW, at the opposite end of the working spectrum, the converse is true.
The King (mayor) states that we have a $60 Mil. shortfall for road repair.

What about all those inmates in PRISON?

Are they fit enough to lift a SHOVEL or PICK AXE?

If the liberals (King Henry's court) wish to fully appreciate their "share the wealth" agenda, then by ALL means, let's get EVERYONE working on it.

If you are serving time...you can damn well fix the roads.

If you're on public assistance, you damn well can do jobs for the CITY in order to keep receiving your "free sh*t"...I mean "benefits".

Perhaps all these government-sponsored "zombies" would better serve the city IF they had something ELSE to occupy their time (which is pitiful beyond reason), instead of shopping, committing crime, driving around blasting their car stereos, drinking booze, and smoking dope.
The city always needs something fixed, and with this UNTAPPED source of cheap-ass LABOR, it just makes good sense to take advantage of it.

But, our King would rather raise the personal income tax..or move certain property taxes to UTILITY taxes, jacking THOSE up.

And NEVER rule out the possibility of another...(you guessed it)...ANNEXATION.

(well, it's either that, or we hear the scary stuff - city services will suffer)
Bet those in Aboite could raise a voice or two over how WELL that's gone over since they were "press-ganged" into the city of Fort Wayne, right?

I've already seen this kind of thing happen before...in Philadelphia, and it didn't work back there...back then. Philly is damn near bankrupt, thanks to playing to the lazy-asses, chasing jobs away and overtaxing the dwindling numbers who still DO work (or live) there.

Philly created a "city-wage" tax to offset their rising costs...and that was THREE TIMES the state rate for taxes.

No one was exempt. If you WORKED in Philly - you paid.

If you LIVED in Philly (but worked elsewhere) - you STILL paid.

And that didn't work, except to chase MORE tax-paying folks OUT of the city.

Our king is starting down a road we really don't want him to go, because it will be like kicking a snowball down a mountain.

And guess who always winds up at the bottom?

(hint - look in the mirror)

*** Former Detroit mayor to get a needed "rest" (jail time).

Here's the story link:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ex-detroit-mayor-kilpatrick-convicted-corruption-charges-article-1.1285108

Kwame Kilpatrick, disgraced former mayor of the Motor City has been charged with counts of racketeering from his "Private profit machine" in City Hall.

With taking bribes, rigging contracts, and someone who lived FAR beyond his means, he ranks right up there with the Daley Dynasty of Chi-Town.

And we wonder WHY Detroit as a city looks like the backdrop for an episode of The Walking Dead?
After spending 14 months in prison for violating his probation, Kilpatrick will be going BACK...and probably for a lot longer stint.
THIS is what you eventually get with the democrats whenever they get into high levels of power.
It disgusts me to see this example of the black race lay such a pile of crap at the ethnic doorstep.
It was all about HIM...like it usually is (look at the current administration in D.C. to see much the same).
Kilpatrick just was too stupid in his antics...and got caught, as most of them usually do.
I say good riddance to bad rubbish...and perhaps Detroit can crawl from the quagmire of cirruption and in a few generations once again become ahalf-decent city...a REAL lesson for EVERY mayor in EVERY city...SERVE THE PEOPLE, and not yourself...OR your minions.
It WILL come back to bit you in the ass...BIG time (and that's what you'll be doing as a result).
*** Are you UNHAPPY these days?
(not that we don't PLENTY of reason to be)
Do you find yourself pondering the future of civilized society?

And do you find yourself strangely drawn to the AMC series THE WALKING DEAD?
Thank ZOMBIES!

Yes, you're not alone there, says Sarah Lauro, an English professor at Clemson, who STUDIED zombies while working on her doctorate at (of all places) UC Davis, in California.

I didn't know they had THAT course, but I am familiar with the Conversational Kilngon course out there.

Apparently, the "obsession" with zombies is a historical "trend" that mirrors a level of CULTURAL DISSATISFACTION and ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL.
Hell, I thought all was hunky-dory, according to Obummer and his cronies...at least that's what THEY have been telling us.
(nah, I didn't...I was messin' with 'ya)

Zombie-walks have been documented in 20 countries. This is where masses of people dress like zombies and mill about (or whatever it is that zombies do with all that dead-time on their rotting hands). Puts a whole new slant on the FLASH-MOB mentaility, does it not?
In Asbury Park, NJ, 4,000 participants groaned their way in the record books.
(That's too bad, I went there with my parents as a child...loved the rides and boardwalk...and NO zombies)

Doctor Lauro feels that the disempowerment of the people is what precipitates such behavior and the outlets for acting "zombie-esque".

To her, it's an obvious allegory. (accent on the GORY?)

In one way, she says...we feel like we're all dead.

Yeah, well...I suppose.

*** Last up today, maybe we DO have this penchant for wanting to survive like those characters found in the zombie flicks, and who can blame them?

Those people didn't START the apocalypse, and to be honest, they are just pawns on a larger chessboard.

(aren't we all to some degree?)

Is this a case where LIFE imitates ART or vice versa?

Or maybe it's a just cheap way of blowing off steam that DOESN'T involve crapping on police cruisers or stinking up a downtown area of some major city.

In that, I can find some logic.

Better to act dead than BE dead..or is that UNdead?
In my esitimation, the overwhleming consensus would be that we just need some good old ESCAPISM.
And putting on old torn clothes with fake blood and makeup seems MUCH better than total anarchy in the streets.
Or, it could just be a "dress-rehearsal" for the real thing.
Funny...photographers used to call a facial portrait a HEAD SHOT...!
And head shots work REAL well against zombies, don't they?
In this case...time staggers on...and on...and on.

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE (and zombie-free) out there, America.

(( Tomorrow - When "flash floods" occur...in your basement.))