Tim Lee: RINO

Consider this story, from the Marietta Daily Journal:

"Cobb breaks ground on new 10M paratransit facility" by Geoff Folsom
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/18690465/article-Cobb-breaks-ground-on-new--10M-paratransit-facility?instance=home_top_bullets

Recall as you read this that Tim Lee is a "Republican" and Cobb County, Georgia is regarded as "conservative."  Proof once again that Republicans don't give a damn about fiscal responsibility any more than Democrats do.  The real decision is not Republican versus Democrat, because they are the same.  It's about big government (regardless of party) versus limited government.

To the article we go...


"The Federal Transit Administration is paying $8.2 million of the $10 million cost of the building. Cobb County and the state of Georgia are splitting the balance."
Great, let's waste a shitload of money just because "they" are paying for it, not us.  Except "they" is us!

"The facility will offer training on how to use CCT’s services to seniors and the disabled..."
Oh, existing senior centers couldn't do that?  My goodness, how does anyone learn to use public transit.  And how will they get there to learn it in the first place???

Here is the sad part:
"Commission Chairman Tim Lee ... said the county will be able to handle the additional costs.  'We’ll figure out when it gets built how to handle that,' he said. 'It’s being built very green, so the costs and efficiencies are not going to be that of a typical building.'”

Obama couldn't have said it better.  It's okay to waste money as long as the project is "green."  Put it another way: The only green thing that they don't like to save is ... wait for it ... MONEY!!!!

Lee does this a lot.  No idea where the money will come from.  Just like all the SPLOST crap he advocates, as a mechanism for ongoing government funding, another form of a permanent tax.


And even more bad news:
"Tom Thomson, the FTA’s deputy regional administrator, said the facility is in line with an executive order signed in 2004 by then-President George W. Bush that aims to make transit more accessible and improve mobility."
Thanks, once again, for reminding me what a miserable loser George Bush was.

More context:
"Last year, commissioners discontinued three CCT routes, in south and east Cobb, to save money, and paratransit service in those same areas was also cut."
Yeah, better to build a building to tell people how to use transit rather than have actual transit itself.  How does that make sense???


Read the comments after the article, too.  Most are very good, similar to my reaction to this story.  I'm going to pick on one person, though.

"West Cobb Resident" said:
"You know what? This is the last straw for me. I don't know who I'll be voting for for Commission Chairman, but it won't be Tim Lee. I no longer believe he is a good steward of our money. Period."

"no longer believe"????  Really?  How stupid can you be?  You, West Cobb Resident, are the problem.  I didn't vote for Lee because I did my research BEFORE the election.  You don't get credit for figuring this stuff out AFTER the RINO gets elected.  It doesn't do any good at that point.

Song of the Day: Marina and the Diamonds - Lies

Incidentally, I've made a decision.  Marina looks better with black hair.  :)

As mentioned yesterday, even though this is not written exactly from my point of view, I love the emotions in the song.  In fact, rather than singing from my point of view, sometimes, in some ways, she could be singing about me.  Which makes me sad.

Marina and the Diamonds - Lies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOXZ33ioH4w



"Lies"

You're never gonna love me, so what's the use?
What's the point in playing a game you're gonna lose?
What's the point in saying you love me like a friend?
What's the point in saying it's never gonna end?

You're to proud to say that you've made a mistake
You're a coward to the end
I don't wanna admit, but we're not gonna fit
No, I'm not the type that you like
Why don't we just pretend?

Lies, don't wanna know, don't wanna know oh
I can't let you go, can't let you go oh
I just want it to be perfect
To believe it's all been worth the fight
Lies, don't wanna know, don't wanna know oh

You only ever touch me in the dark
Only if we're drinking can you see my spark
And only in the evening that you give yourself to me
Cause the night is your woman, and she'll set you free

You're to proud to say that you've made a mistake
You're a coward to the end
I don't wanna admit, but we're not gonna fit
No, I'm not the type that you like
Why don't we just pretend?

Lies, don't wanna know, don't wanna know oh
I can't let you go, can't let you go oh
I just want it to be perfect
To believe it's all been worth the fight
Lies, don't wanna know, don't wanna know oh

Lies, don't wanna know, don't wanna know oh
I can't let you go, can't let you go oh
I just want it to be perfect
To believe it's all been worth the fight
Lies, don't wanna know, don't wanna know oh

Song of the Day: Marina and the Diamonds - Homewrecker

Okay, this is getting to be a problem.  Not that I'm posting so many songs by Marina, not that!  It's getting a little harder to find just the right pictures to add to these posts!  :)

This is one of those songs that is not written from my point of view, but it captures a certain mood that I can relate to.  Same thing applies to "Buy the Stars" that I posted a few days ago, and maybe to another song that I'll post tomorrow.  :)   Really, it applies to a lot of her songs.  Which is why I like Marina so much.

Marina and the Diamonds - Homewrecker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmOO5Y1wiIA


"Homewrecker"

Every boyfriend is the one
Until otherwise proven
The good are never easy
The easy never good
And loving never happens like you think it really should

Deception and perfection are wonderful traits
One will breed love
the other hate
you'll find me in the lonely hearts
under 'I'm after a brand new start'

And I don't belong to anyone

They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker
They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker

Girls and their cosmic gourmet vomit
Boys and their toys and their six inch rockets
We're all very lovely 'til we get to know each other
As we stop becoming friends and we start becoming lovers

And I don't belong to anyone

They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I'm only happy when I'm on the run)
They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I broke a million hearts just for fun)
They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I'm only happy when I'm on the run)
They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I broke a million hearts just for fun)

I'm only happy when I'm on the run
I break a million hearts just for fun
I don't belong to anyone

I guess you could say that my life's a mess
But I'm still looking pretty in this dress
I'm the image of deception

When everything is life and death
You may feel like there's nothing left
Instead of love and trust and laughter
What you get is happy never after
But deep down all you want is love
The pure kind we all dream of
But we cannot escape the past
So you and I will never last

'cause I'm a Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I'm only happy when I'm on the run)
'cause I'm a Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I broke a million hearts just for fun)
'cause I'm a Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I'm only happy when I'm on the run)
'cause I'm a Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I broke a million hearts just for fun)
'cause I'm a Homewrecker
Homewrecker

Moog Synthesizer

Did you see the Google home page on Wednesday, May 23rd?  It was one of the best Google Doodles yet!

Here is a recap, from the Google Doodle page.
"Robert Moog's 78th Birthday"
http://www.google.com/doodles/robert-moogs-78th-birthday

Try it, it works nicely!  Change the synthesizer settings by clicking on the knobs and dials above and to the left of the keyboard.

Song of the Day: Marina and the Diamonds -

Yeah, another song by Marina.  What can I say?  She's my favorite.

♡ "BUY THE STARS" ♡ | MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysckmplDbmA


You bought a star in the sky tonight
Because your life is dark and it needs some light
You named it after me, but I'm not yours to keep
Because you'll never see, that the stars are free
Oh we don't own our heavens now
We only own our hell
And if you don't know that by now
Then you don't know me that well

All my life I've been so lonely
All in the name of being holy
Still, ya'd like to think you know me
You keep buyin' stars
And you could buy up all of the stars, but it wouldn't change who you are
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
It's just who you are

You bought a star in the sky tonight
And in your man-made dark
The light inside you died

Oh we don't own our heavens now
We only own our hell
And if you don't know that by now
Then you don't know me that well

All my life I've been so lonely
All in the name of being holy
Still, ya'd like to think you own me
You keep buyin' stars
And you could buy up all of the stars, but it wouldn't change who you are
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
It's just who you are

You know only how to own me
You know only how to own me

You're buying stars to shut out the light
We come alone and then we die
And no matter how hard you try I'll always belong in the sky

And you could buy up all of the stars, but it wouldn't change who you are.
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
It's just who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are
It's who you are.

Song of the Day: The Hooters - And We Danced

Here's a song that brings me right back to the middle of the 80's.  Ah, the memories!

"The Hooters - And We Danced"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1Q-PfUvN0

Manhatten, Maps from Old to New

To copy a friend: "Awesome use of Maps."

From The New York Times:
"How Manhattan’s Grid Grew"
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/21/nyregion/map-of-how-manhattan-grid-grew.html

Compare an old map of Manhatten to a new map.  Amazing to see how true Manhattan has remained to its original plan.  Also interesting to see how Manhattan has grown, physically expanding around the edges.