COWBOY JIMIE THE CABAZON COWBOY

One of my new favorite people is Cowboy Jimie, the CABAZON COWBOY. My first encounter with Cowboy Jimie was a few months ago. He was sitting outside our local Albertsons grocery store playing a wonderful twangy cowboy song on his guitar. It was an amazing sight seeing a street performer in our middle class conservative Mcmansion filled town. It touched me though. The wailing country twangy melody mixed with the balmy desert dusk moved me. I was instantly part of a cowboy roundup campfire. Listening to the sound of his guitar echo off the canyon walls. I wondered how long he would last. Our area is very conservative. Housewives stood not 20 feet from him on a corner last year with Anti gay marriage signs. I figured it would not be long until Cowboy Jimie would be shown the road.

Well yesterday we went to the local Stater Brothers grocery store and I was happy to see Cowboy Jimie. Looks like he did hit the road but not too far. The Stater Brothers is a better fit for Cowboy Jimie. It is in the old part of town where the mini ranches are. Lots of people have lived in this area for years. They were escaping the big city for a bit of country life. Hopefully a bit of Cowboy Jimie.

MY DAUGHTERS PROTESTING!!!!!

I'm not quite sure why I'm happy about this but at this very moment my daughter is at the Civic Center in San Francisco with thousands of people Protesting cuts in education. I'm watching CNN and they are amazed at the amounts of college students protesting. So am I. I'm proud they are. An education is expensive. Many students have saved and work their way through college and these sharp increases are more than they can afford. I don't think the politicians or even the general public believe our youth give a damn. Its good that they are doing this .It proves they care . They are fighting for self improvement. Cant get much better than that.
Whats more is I'm proud that my daughter cares. She doesn't have to. Her college , or most of it is taken care of. So I'm proud. I'm proud she isn't one of those college kids on facebook talking about stupid shit and worrying about how f'd their life is because their boyfriend broke up with them . Shes out there trying to institute change. Peacefully, hopefully. I'm glad she stepped out of Riverside. Stepped out of her safe spot. She is truly living life. I'm not so sure alot of us do.

I feel guilty I'm not attending some kind of rally. Being involved in Erin's schooling for all these years and also being a substitute teacher, I understand the enormity of the situation. I wont go into any details but I have personally seen and experienced the difference in having 20 kids over 30 kids in a classroom. I don't like the college tuition increase but I find the k-3 classroom numbers increase to be the worse cut of all. If these kids fall behind by the 3rd grade they are truly doomed. They fall through the cracks and the climb back is enormous. Trust me the kids who really need the help are not the ones with parents at home who can help. Teach a kid to read by the 3rd grade and you have saved their life. Reading is truly the key to success in life.

So here I sit. Watching kids get arrested on the freeway and rioting in Berkley California not far from where my daughter is. Yes I do fear for her safety but I fear her falling into complacency more. I'm proud and like I told her dodge the rubber bullets and protect the camera with your life!!!!

MARCH 1 GO JERRY BROWN

Well I'm back . I shouldn't take such long breaks so I'm going to try and blog at least every other day. I will only post on facebook when I have a good story though. If anyone is interested they can catch up when I link my blog. I feel guilty and my daughter and niece are literally kicking my ass on the blogging front. Erin your record review on Sounds of Silence was very entertaining . Keep that up. Music is one of your strong points.

Heard great news tonight. Jerry Brown will again be running for Governor of California. Granted it is different now than it was back then but he did a good job. And the biggest selling point EVER is that he dated Linda Ronstadt. Yup you heard right.....he dated Linda Ronstadt ! For quite a while too. I love Linda Ronstadt and if he was good enough for her to date hes good enough for me. Besides hes a democrat and I wont have to cross party lines. I still believe I am changing to the Independent Party as I am frustrated about our 2 party system and its lack of effectiveness.

It does seem ridiculous that I could vote for a Governor because he dated Linda Ronstadt . Isn't that how Arnold became our Governor? No it was not because he was married to that law breaking cell phone talking while driving Maria Shriver. It was because he was the Terminator. Why did people think he would be a good Governor? Because he can crush someones skull with one fatal blow? What skills did he have to run our flailing state ? Well its been interesting but time for a change.

When i heard Meg Whitman , former CEO of Ebay, was running I will admit to being very interested. I am still . Maybe. I love Ebay its how I make my living. It is a perfect example of a small state in itself. Besides I truly believe California needs some good fiscal change. A business person would be good for us. Not that any Governor can truly institute change . Our 2 party system with their rigid party lines and corporate backers preclude any change. This old lady's starting to sound like an anarchist.

To be honest with you Meg is starting to get on my nerves. As many of you know I watch my channel 5 friends in the morning. Allllllll morning long . Meg has purchased many commercial blocks during that time. In this commercial she markets herself using "old timey sayings" and of course extols the virtue of having an ex CEO as Governor. This freeking commercial is at least 2 minutes long. It insults my intelligence. Reminds me of how they sell products on commercials. I don't want to buy my Governor like a product thank you.

Just recently shes done the dirty. My MOST hated political tactic of smearing your opponent. Yup she is not only smearing an opponent but smearing a fellow republican by linking him with Nancy Pelosi. I HATE THIS TACTIC!!!!! What if I like Nancy Pelosi? Doesn't she realise I am a democrat interested in what she might bring to the plate!!!JUST STUPID!!! I believe we are adults and can and should be able to sell our political qualifications without smearing opponents.

Like I said the opponent she is smearing is a republican I believe his name is Poisner or something like that. I'm not even going to research it now to make me look smarter. Not worth my time. This guy is also an Internet something. The funniest part is that I just heard his first commercial. He is cutting taxes . Yup you heard it. My autistic brothers funds are being cut and my daughters state run school tuition went up 35% last year with a possible 20% increase next year. One half of the state employees have been laid off. Sure I'm voting for him . Oh yeah now their saying he wants to raise my property taxes. Sure I'm voting for him.

Anyways back to more important things .I will hopefully be voting for Jerry Brown because he dated Linda Ronstadt.......Please Jerry run your campaign right. I want an adult in office.
Posted by LisaD at 6:18 PM