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August 28, 2005
Addison Todd
Well that's a good thing... China outlaws sexual harassment...Posted by Addison at 07:55 PM | Comments (0)
August 20, 2005
New Photo Gallery
A new photo gallery has been uploaded to addisontodd.com in honor of Ice Age 2 The Meltdown, coming this Fall. See it here.
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August 18, 2005
High Gas Prices
Why is everyone freaking out about gas prices? Here’s what going on here: The people are teed at the President because they think it’s his fault. Here’s what the deal is. Most of you that read this blog don’t remember the days of World War II. Neither do I. But I’ve read a lot about the era and seen lots of movies about the era. During wartime, there were rubber drives, aluminum drives; there was conservation of cotton, polyester, etc, etc, etc. Here’s what I’m saying; why can’t we do a gas conservation? The country is at war; we wouldn’t be conserving it for the war per se, it’s just a strike to let the economy know that we don’t want to pay that much for gas. I think that if we set aside one day every week where no one would buy gas, that would put a wrench in the plans of whoever it is over there that’s making a profit, and then he’d be forced to lower the price. Think about it this way, if I was selling, say, rubber ducks for $4.00 a piece. If the people that are buying my ducks end up deciding that $4.00 a piece is too much and they start to cut their buying, I’m forced to lower prices, or end up losing a lot more profit. The exact same thing would happen with gas prices. Tell ‘em we don’t want to pay that much and they’ll be forced to lower it or watch their numbers go down. Why is it that I seem to be the only one able to come up with this? And I’m just an idiot?Keep your stick on the ice,
Addison Todd
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August 17, 2005
Web Poll
New webpoll at addisontodd.com.Posted by Addison at 07:01 PM | Comments (0)
Cindy Sheehan
I don’t know if you’ve heard yet, but there’s a mom of a deceased soldier protesting at George Bush’s ranch in Crawford Texas. I’ve been listening to a lot of the mainstream press coverage that this lady has been getting. A lot of the talk show hosts are giving it a lot of attention as well. One point that hasn’t been made; (to my knowledge at least) is this: There is nothing wrong with the love and care that a mom has for her son. This mom obviously loved her son and wanted the best for him. She is upset that he died. There’s nothing wrong with that either, it’s perfectly normal and even healthy to miss and mourn for a lost loved one. However, the point where she crossed the line was when she started giving the message that he died for a lost cause. That, my friends, is where she is wrong. He died protecting this wonderful country and our way of life. She has trouble accepting that. She has a hard time realizing that this war costs us the lives of our brave young men and women. The sooner she realizes this the sooner she can stop making an idiot out of herself and the democrat party. She says that what she wants to achieve by this little display is a meeting with George Bush. What you won’t often hear is that she has already met with him! As we have seen in the past, President George W. Bush is a compassionate man who cares about the lives of young men and women that die in this war. So; in his compassion and out of concern for her, he met with her. He says what one would expect; things like; "I’m sorry your son died", "I appreciate his personal sacrifice", "I appreciate your sacrifice", "he paid the ultimate price", etc, etc. That first meeting wasn’t good enough, she now wants to meet with him again and tell him how wrong he is to protect the interests of America and the world as a whole.
Something to consider; This woman ought to be thankful that the President actually took the time out of his busy schedule to meet with her. Another President in recent history comes to mind who I know wouldn’t have met with her. Give up? His first name rhymes with “spill”. Instead of being thankful, she instead attempts to elevate herself above others. Think about it. There have been a lot of young men and woman die in this war, I appreciate their sacrifice. The President doesn’t have time to meet with the families of every soldier that dies. Strictly opinion: I would say he has met with maybe five to ten percent of the families that have lost loved ones. If he really made the time by letting important matters sit, he could probably pull off meeting as much as twenty percent of the families that have had loved ones die. Now, considering those numbers, (which are strictly my guess) isn’t she rather lucky to have met with him at all? Instead she wants to meet again and tell him he’s a lousy President. Excuse me? Don’t get me wrong. I feel this woman’s pain, I really do. But this is over the line. As to first amendment rights; undermining a President during war time regardless of your political leaning is considered treasonous in my mind.
Another point; at this stage in the game, quack liberal organizations such as democrats.org, (don’t even think about going there) moveon.org, (don’t go there either) and PINK are beginning to side with her and participate in her hideous protest. What she doesn’t realize, is that they are only using her for their own political purposes. They’re just taking advantage of the fact that she is saying the same things that their outlandish people have been saying all along. Now that she’s getting press coverage, these organizations are more or less using her as advertisement time on the big networks. I can tell you this; the mainstream media doesn’t give a half hearted hoot about her son. They are only interested in undermining the President’s ability to lead this nation.
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August 08, 2005
That strange feeling
Do you ever feel like you can see someone struggling in a situation, you know what they need to hear, but for one reason or another, you can’t seem to say it? Maybe you don’t want to start an argument. Maybe you don’t want to seem like your "taking somebody’s side". Sometimes you’ll know what you need to say, but the opportunity just won’t present itself. I have been in those types of situations a lot lately. It’s hard to control my tongue and only say those things that I have a clear opportunity to say. I know so much that what I need to say is right, that this person needs to hear it, but I don’t want to cause trouble or make matters worse. The chances of my comments making things better are just as great as the chances of my comments causing great harm and making the whole situation worse for everyone involved.The more I see this person, the more I take opportunity’s that come. They are still struggling though. I can see it. I know what they need. And, in the best way I know how, I’m trying to gently show this person and guide them to what’s right. Although; at times, I can almost believe the same lies I see this person believing. Pray for me that I will take the opportunity’s that get presented to me. Pray for this person. For the time, they will go unnamed; God knows who this person is. Some of you know who I am referring to, others may not. Don’t freak yourself out trying to guess who it is; at this time, this person is better left unnamed. Don’t ask me; what you see here is what you’ll get if you ask me.
I know that this post might seem like a change of pace from what I’ve been posting lately. It’s not for any particular reason, it’s just I feel that I must write this and post it, if for no other reason to take a load off of my chest.
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