Hard to believe it's already August. But then again things are going full tilt too. RAGBRAI concluded yesterday in Dubuque, most of the fairs are winding down leading to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines and the Arizona vacation afterwards. It's been a long, hot and wet summer and we still have 30 days left to see if we get anymore stalled fronts and monsoons to flood things away. The one thing I have noticed that there has been a lack of earwigs in the house. But August is famous for the butterfly excursion, to see many kinds of butterflys making their southern trip before the snows hit and they actuallys started earlier than usual. Some will make it but sadly most of them will get hit by cars and trucks in the process.
The one thing about Arizona is the SB1070 immigration bill and lot of people are in a uproar about that. Boycott Arizona is the call and even Lady Gaga is getting into the act. Anything for publicity eh Gaga GooGoo? But there is a aura of digust brewing at Obama after only a year and half and basically the bug up the ass is once again adding billions to a defecit to a fucking endless civil war that isn't going anywhere. Afganastan is a waste, Russia couldn't do anything in there and neither can we. But then again, the damn democrats decided to add more billions for another six months so we have more body bags to come home. Of course the yayhoo who wanted Obama to reinstate the draft Charley Rangel is up on ethic charges. Makes you think that you can't trust the assholes who are in congress.
And then we get Tim Pawlenty, the big fake fuck from Minnesota coming across our borders and throwing all this fear cock and bull about how the administration isn't doin their job while this idiot yayhoo wants to be president in 2012. I don't like the guy, ever since he became Governor of Minnesota I tend not to go up there. One more grandstanding CSer who brings nothing new to the table, just like Sarah Palin. Just sit there and look pretty and you might be president too. Only problem is Palin opens her mouth. We seem to live in a world that shock value gets better ratings than actual news. All this year we heard about the biggest knockup getting news, Miss Britol Palin and her publicity seeking fool Levi Johnston, who seems to fuck every hole he can with his major woody. Levi is no better than the meth head who lives out in the boonies with 14 kids from 14 different mommies. But like Kim Kardiansian who seems to go after black football players just to feed her own ego is what we been suffering through watching worthless tv and avoiding the reality crap shows. A never ending cycle of shit through the ringer, no wonder the rest of the world looks down at the USA. If what the best we can do is Palin, American Idol & FOX News, then this is a sorry state of affairs of life as we know it.
The music hasn't been much better, actually a lot worse than 10 years ago if you can believe that. Justin Bieber's is this generation's Tiffany, Lady Gaga the new Madonna and if you don't use autotuner on your songs you won't get them played on the radio. Not much stands out, I heard and brought all The Hold Steady albums but still can't get into them. I doubt that I'd like The Arcade Fire or Gaslight Anthem's latest either but I'm sure if Best Buy has either one for 8 bucks, I'll see what the hype is all about and then pretty file them under heard it all before. I'm sure I'll give the new Goo Goo Dolls a spin but if it's anything like Let Love In, than that will be the last GGD album I'll buy. It takes time to listen to a album, time to invest and I'm beginning to find that time is getting to be more precious as I get older. And yes, the problem is too much music from all decades. And most of what I do buy I tend to listen on the fly. Yes I have too much tunes but still need to go get more before I retire from this all when I turn fifty and then try to sort it all out.
For bargain hunts this month, school will be back in session soon so I will stomach Iowa City one more time before the UI morons returns, as they work on getting their four year degree but still not smart enough to look both way before walking out in front of traffic. There's the music chats on the weekend but there hasn't been much in terms of talking tunes but I go there just to say hi and see who shows up. The music chat room has been dying of late but there are the usual four people who keep it going. Most of the other music heads have been locked up in the Games room at Facebook.
So, we're still in the dog days of summer; cooked by day and drowned at night. Not sure about global warming but we should getting it between the buns with this fucking rains and floods again for the forth straight year. And the Cubs are done, so I'm waiting for September and football and hopefully the best weather.
As for Tim Pawlenty, you can stay the fuck up north asshole. You might get votes in Steve King country and Chuck Grassley too but not here. Too bad we can't build that wall high enough so you cannot get down here with your fear and loathing bullshit. Piss off.
