It has been quite some time since I have visited here and a lot has happened. We are now starting up with the campaigning for the 2012 election and the Republicans are in "full attack" mode. Of course, they don't have an iota of a plan to govern this country, all they do is criticize Obama and lie about his accomplishments. I can go into this in much greater detail in the future but today I have something else to "discuss".

It was a while ago that I saw Mr. Ralph Nadir (misspelling deliberate; those of you with a good vocabulary will get my meaning...) talking about wanting other Democrats to campaign against Obama. Yeah, Ralph, that worked real well in 1980 with Kennedy and Carter, didn't it? This narcissistic egomaniac was, in my opinion, responsible for Al Gore losing Florida in 2000 and, as a result, our having to experience 8 years of Cheney and Bush (the order of them, again, deliberate...). Ralphie boy, you are already on minute 16. Go away...

And now, I hear other people like Bernie ("Colonel") Sanders of Vermont chiming in on this. Let the Republicans self-destruct, please. Don't help them.

More later...

I'm With Hillary...

Recently there was some commotion over Hillary Clinton's comments concerning the 2000 election. Well, FWIW, I agree completely.

I just happened to be in Jacksonville, Florida on business on election night 2000 and I was watching the results play out on TV. I agreed with Tim Russert that the state I was in at the time was crucial and, even though I couldn't vote (being a resident of California, which I was pretty sure was safe for the Democrats), I was rooting for where I was to go Democratic as well. And when they projected Florida going to Gore, I was whooping and hollering and planning how to celebrate with my friends when I returned home.

And then, to my dismay, I see the newscasters taking back their projection. I, of course, knew that Jeb was the governor of Florida and I thought to myself at the time, "Boy, I bet the phone lines are burning right about now between either Crawford, Texas (where I assumed W was) or Kennebunkport, Maine (where I assumed daddy was) and the Governor's residence in Florida. Probably both, actually...". At that point, I came to the realization that there was no way the Bushes were going to let Gore take the state their son ran. And we paid for it for the next 8 years.

Now, this may be a bit provocative, but I wonder... if Florida was not "stolen" in 2000, there might be around 3000 plus people still alive (including someone I knew) and a couple of buildings that I still miss (having grown up in NY and having seen them being built) might still be standing.

Hillary, you go girl!

Another long time...

I created this blog a long, long time ago, but have never really utilized it. I wanted to save the User ID I use, jimfromsd, so I grabbed it while it was still availble. It is still hanging in there, so perhaps I may start posting things sometime soon. I wasn't even sure if it was still active, but I checked and, whaddya know, it still is. This is just to add something and refresh myself with the procedure. Talk to you soon (hopefully...)

It's been a while...

... and many things have happened. I had plans to go NY for a reunion but unfortunately a close personal friend of mine passed away and I had to cancel my trip. I have a lot of stress in my life right now and this was an unwelcome addition. I am also in the process of selling my house and moving. Hopefully when this occurs, my life will simplify a little and I can devote the time I want to here. Not that anybody is really paying attention (yet...???) but someday...

Just a quick note

I am sorry that I have not been able to keep up with this, but my life has been pretty hectic lately. Hopefully I will clear things up in the next few weeks and I will be able to maintain this on a much more frequent basis (not that anybody really cares yet...) I hope to join in this community sometime in the future, though.

Things to Come..

Sadly, I have become very cynical and negative regarding the future of America. We are definitely losing our edge in education, technology, etc. to other nations of the world. I attribute this to a number of issues which I plan to discuss in the future:

• Corporate Greed

• Advertising

• Insurance

• Cockiness

• The rich get richer and the middle class gets
  screwed

• Computer Hackers

• etc.

I have experienced most of this firsthand and will produce examples from real life. This upsets me because we were at one time the premier nation on the planet but recently have become complacent and, although I will probably not live to see it, we are in the future definitely going to pay for it. It is truly very sad...

Welcome

This is the first entry in my new blog. I have worked on numerous websites, but this is my first venture into the world of web logging. I have a number of ideas and opinions that I hope to include here. I have my own website, www.jimsanfilippo.com, that points to a number of other blogs and websites I own and maintain. this is all in the "formative" stages, but I hope to begin adding content soon. Let's see how this goes...