Herman Cain: A Candle in the Wind

Herman Cain just brought his campaign to an end and at his announcement of it, he quoted the Pokemon: The Movie 2000 song "The Power of One". Why are people grilling poor Herman Cain over this. How many people have quoted Dr. Seuss or Charlie Brown? Pokemon has taught my generation a lot of things, like how to catch 'em all, or that cats can actually train themselves to talk. So, in tribute to a man who is one in a million, I give this rendition of my version of the song "Candle in the Wind", by Sir Elton John:

Goodbye Herman Cain,
Though I never knew you at all,
You were the only other reasonable candidate
next to Ron Paul.
You created the 999 plan.
And you were at your height.
Then they spread rumors of sexual harassment.
And your affair with Ginger White.

And it seems to me that your campaign
Was a candle in the wind.
Now you have to bring it to a halt
Because of all those women.
And I would have liked to vote for you
 But I'm not a Republican.
Your candle burned out long before,
Your campaign came to an end.

RIP Herman Cain's Campaign: 2011-2011

Peace is Here: If You Want It

After listening to John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War is Over) and after hearing the lyrics, "War is over if you want it", I cannot help but agree with those lyrics. War truly is over if you want it, because war is not just the War in Afghanistan or the protests in Syria, were people are being murdered by their own government, it is the very anger and prejudice towards others in our hearts. So let us get ride of the anger and prejudice in ourselves so that we can end WAR.

This Christmas I do not care what I get or what I am getting others. All that I care about this Christmas is what the day was created for, and that is to remember why Jesus came into this world. He did not come to make us all feel good about ourselves. On the contrary, he came to open the eyes of those whom have a lot to look towards those whom have nothing.

Let us remember this Christmas that there are people who will go hungry, be raped, suffer from some illness, be alone, die from disease, famine, or violence, and most importantly go without the love of anyone.

War is Over: If You want it, and PEACE IS HERE: IF YOU WANT IT.Amen

Thou Does Protest

This year has been the year of protesting. The Arab spring in the Middle East and Northeast Africa and now the protest on Wall Street. It makes me wonder what I should be doing and how can I help in the protesting of the world. Maybe I can join in the Wall Street protest or maybe I can start a protest against something else. Being a Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, and Joan Baez lover, protesting is deeply rooted in my soul. I look back to the 60s and maybe they weren't the most moral people, but they weren't afraid to stand up for their beliefs. I want to model their bravery. I want to stand up for what is right.

I want to stand up against the big businesses running our country. I want to stand up for the illegal immigrants who are treated like they are some horrible criminals. I want to stand up for the people who have no voice in this world. I want to be a Bob Dylan or a Martin Luther King Jr. I want to stand with the people who are standing against whatever negative thing that may be suppressing others. Here is my protest, "It's Time to Stand Up and Do What is Right" harmonica C range. I just have to work out the kinks. Am I the next Bob Dylan? AMEN to that!!!!

Penn State: What I Think, or Don't Think

I will once again steer from my usual format of my blog. This week I want to address the Penn State sex scandal. Most people have been giving their opinions on the Penn State sex scandal and what should and should not happen. However, I don't care to put in my two cents. All I care about are the victims. Who cares about the president of the school, the athletic director, or the coaches? Those men are old and had their careers already. They already had full lives full of many good memories, I'm sure. But the same cannot be said for the victims of this horrible tragedy.

The victims of this whole Penn State ordeal will always be affect by what Jerry Sandusky did. As a Christian Catholic I cannot just call him a monster like some many do. I want no man to die in sin, nor do I want any man to burn in Hell. I hope he repents for what he done, and asking forgiveness, true forgiveness,  is a personal thing. It does not matter how many times he apologizes, unless he truly feels sorry for what he has done, there will be no salvation for him. 

Everyone involved in this Penn State scandal do not need any more hate thrown towards them. We should instead pray for them all. We should especially pray for the victims, whom have to live with what happened to them for the rest of their lives. Let us also pray for the men who covered up this horrible scandal, and Jerry Sandusky, no not because they deserve it, but because it is the right thing to do. We do not need to worry about judging this situation, that must be left up to the courts and most importantly, GOD. So, lets forget about pointing fingers and blaming, and let's start instead praying and trying to heal the hearts of those who were taking advantage of, because they sure could use our support and LOVE.

My Who's Who List

After getting a revelation from the woman I dressed up as for Halloween, Dian Fossey, reviewing the list of Forbes list of the World's most powerful people of 2011, and partly due to my want to copy the Beatles' awesome collage of influences on their great album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, I wanted to take a more serious and personal tone in my blog and make a collage of some of the most influential people in my life.

Here is the list of people who have made me who I am today, or my Vanity List, in no particular order:
Dian Fossey, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, St. Augustine, Dorothy Day, Steven Irwin, Woody Allen, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Mother of God, Peter Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, John F. Kennedy, St. Theresa of Lisieux, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Joan of Arc, St. Thomas Aquinas, BETH CHRISTIAN, Truman Capote, St. Francis of Assisi, Richard Nixon, St. Catherine of Siena, Moses, Abraham, Janis Joplin, Herman Melville, Pope John Paul II, Stephen Hawking, Emily Dickinson, Abraham Lincoln, St. Agnes, Thomas Jefferson, Pope Gregory the Great, St. Dominic Savio, H.G. Wells, Gene Wilder, St. Peter, Albert Einstein, St. Paul, Harriet Tubman, Marilyn Monroe, FDR,  Stephen Hawking, Neil Young, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Mel Brooks, Noah, Elijah the Prophet, Aretha Franklin, Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks, Mick Foley, Will Ferrell, Chris Matthews, John McCain, Mary Magdalene, Robert F. Kennedy, St. Don Bosco, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Andy Warhol, Henry David Thoreau, my mother, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN

LEGO MY IMMIGRANTO

Yahoo! News reported the washing up of a 8-foot-tall Lego man on a Florida beach. The Lego figure was reported as trying to make money for his Lego family in Lego land by coming here to America. The INS has taken the Lego man captive and will deport him sometime this week. Outrage exists on both sides of the political spectrum. Liberals called for the Lego man to be let go and allowed to stay in our country. Conservatives quickly asked for the immediate deportation of the Lego man back to Lego land.

This issue comes during a time of deep immigration issues in America. Many Americans feel that too many Lego people are coming to our country and taking our jobs. President Obama has yet to face the issue of the illegal immigration, but the issue will surely be a major focus in the next election. Many feel that a wall made of LEGO blocks should be built on the boarder to stop the illegal Lego immigrants from coming into our country. Well God tells us not to oppress the widows, orphans, and aliens. By us oppressing the Lego immigrants we are breaking that commandment. Is it unholy for us to keep Lego immigrants from coming in our country? To that I say "AMEN".

World Series Episode II: Return of the Rangers

I know that there are so many more important things to blog about than sports, but I can't help but write my blog this week about the Texas Rangers. Last year, I supported my first ever MLB team in the playoffs, and that team was the Texas Rangers. I supported them through the exciting battle against the New York Yankees. I supported them in the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. However, I never thought that the very team I supported last year would do the same thing again.

I couldn't help but support the Rangers again against the Detroit Lions. Now that they are back in the World Series, whether they win or lose, the Rangers forever have my support. I know that this is the Rangers' year, and when they win the World Series, that will be the highlight of my year. God gave the Israelites a second chance when they sinned against him in the desert and allowed them to go to the Promised Land. Now God gives the Rangers a second chance at the Promised Land. Do I think that divine intervention is in play with the Rangers making it back to the World Series. To that I say, "AMEN". GO RANGERS!!!

9-9-9 Plan: Good or EVIL!!!

The republican party seems to have some new life after Herman Cain came out with his 9-9-9 plan. The plan seems pretty simple. I won't try to explain it though due to my horrible understanding of any type of finances, but even to a finance dodo like me, the 9-9-9 plan seems quite reasonable.

However, after reading a report by Yahoo! News, Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann made me think after making a joke at Tuesday debate that the 9-9-9 plan is nothing more than the mark of the beast, 666, upside down. How clever of Satan to hide his master plan of fooling so many to follow him in a replacement to the current tax code.

It would seem that the end is near and the beast has come in the form of Herman Cain. And to think, we all thought Nero was the beast, or was it Napoleon Bonaparte, maybe it was Hitler, no wait it was Ronald Wilson Reagan, but we were wrong, the beast is Herman Cain. I always knew he was trying to take the place of God, Godfather's pizza anyone. Well you won't get me Mr. Cain or should I say Satan! Is Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan the mark of the beast. I would say AMEN to that!

A Squirrel in Baseball, That's Nuts

God sent Noah a dove to tell him if the flood waters subsided, Jonah a whale to teach him a lesson, and now it would seem that he sent a squirrel to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies. According to Yahoo! Sports News, a squirrel dashed across the field of the Phillies vs. Cardinals game.  The crowd went NUTS after seeing the squirrel run across the field.

The squirrel ran on field after Roy Oswalt pitched to Skip Schumaker. The squirrel then ran into the stands to make his great escape. Was that squirrel sent from God to help the St. Louis Cardinals win? To that I say NO WAY MEN. He was just a squirrel without a nut.

The Lance Armstrong of Basketball

Most of us men would cringe at the thought of taking a knee to the groin, but that was not the case for Taylor Statham. According to Yahoo! Sports news the young basketball player was saved by a knee to the groin. After suffering from pain in his groin for a few days, Taylor went to the doctor. The doctor discovered that Taylor had a very serious form of malignant testicular cancer. It would seem that a knee to the groin was the best thing to ever hit Taylor. 

God truly does work in mysterious ways. Whether it be miraculously curing a cancer patient whom doctors have given up on or helping doctors find cancer in a young unsuspecting basketball player. Now Taylor can go on as a basketball player and live strong just like Lance Armstrong. Was that knee to the groin just some coincidence or an act of God. I'll say AMEN to an act of God.

Professor Deceased

It would have seem that the University of Pennsylvania made a grave mistake. Students attending a political science classe were wondering why their professor was late for class. Well according to the story from the Associated Press, the students were notified, by email, that there professor, Henry Teune, died months earlier, five months earlier to be exact. Let's remember also that this is an Ivy League school.

What a way to keep the memory of one of your deceased workers. They keep his class going believing that he can teach from beyond the grave.  Even better, they don't tell his students that he is deceased in person, no they do it by email, it takes a lot of class to do that. That's keeping the memory alive.

I also was suprised when I walked into my History 101 class thinking that Professor Deceased was going to teach me my favorite subject. I soon learned through a tweet from the university that my professor was literally deceased and not named Deceased. The fact that they informed me through a tweet took a little of the shock away. I thought to myself what a way to remember a person. When I die I want people to learn about it through a tweet. It's the memorial of the twenty-first century.

So, was the University of Pennsylvania expecting Professor Teune, God rest his soul, to teach his class from beyond the beyond? To that I say NO WAY MEN.