tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86270251197175161242012-02-16T07:09:34.387-08:00La GeneralissimaA manifesto of social and other observations. 'Cuz I said so.La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-91385126117379380752009-09-08T22:26:00.001-07:002009-09-08T23:38:26.468-07:00Ruling with an Overlord on BoardHello minions, wipe your tears; I return from a wondrous adventure exhausted and surprisingly liberated. On Superbowl Sunday, just as the players ran out into the field, a little guy made his way out into the world and immediately proclaimed himself my overlord.Having been raised by a tribe of Amazons, I’m not used to having a guy tell me what to do. But seven months of colic, then teething and La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-92077177481983336852008-11-21T17:34:00.000-08:002008-11-21T17:42:21.380-08:00Prop 8: The Ugly Stain on a Historic ElectionThe day after Barack Obama and the Americans that elected him made history came word that California’s Proposition 8, which sought to ban the gay marriage act that passed just this summer, won by a narrow margin of the popular vote.That this Proposition even made it to the ballot was already absurd; technically this was an amendment to a law that had passed only months ago. At this point any La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-67558855194307276482008-10-12T19:39:00.000-07:002008-10-13T10:27:56.027-07:00For Answers to Our Busted Economy, Take a Hard Look in the MirrorRepublicans will tell you at every turn that Democrats facilitated this economic disaster, never mind that it was Republicans running the show and its president vetoing any dissent for the past seven years. Democrats will remind you we had a surplus in 2000 when Clinton left after two terms, leaving out that he opened Pandora’s box when he allowed company mergers to run amuck during his era.The La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-4564729935792643042008-09-30T23:29:00.000-07:002008-09-30T23:36:14.645-07:00Why Giving Them Everything is BadIt’s the noblest of causes, the issue of making things better for future generations. After all, who can argue with fighting to remove barriers so that those after you aren’t subjected to unjust challenges you and those before you endured?But observe such movements long enough and you’ll find an ironic byproduct; future generations, without connection to these challenges, glorify the stereotypes La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-77235044320425367712008-09-07T17:27:00.000-07:002008-09-07T20:27:23.371-07:00The McCain/Palin Ticket as an Eddie Murphy SkitDisclaimer: La Generalissima swore she would not write about politics this week, but then John McCain saw fit to flirt with us women by showing up with Sarah Palin. I had no choice but to go there. After the initial shock over the most desperate, insincere political gesture I’ve ever experienced, I couldn’t understand why instead of insult or rage, all I could think of was Eddie Murphy’s old La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-43175357988988202022008-08-24T21:26:00.000-07:002008-08-24T21:31:40.333-07:00E Pluribus, Unum: A Dictum for Change in Your ChangeTake a penny (or nickel, dime, quarter); pick it up. Read the back. Old or new, you’ll find in tiny etching, E Pluribus, Unum. A Latin term that translates to “From Many, One.”I never noticed it myself until I started college. My late journalism professor told us to get a quarter and flip it to the back. He asked us if we knew what it meant and went on this lecture about our founding fathers andLa Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-25251887515126124422008-08-17T22:10:00.000-07:002008-08-17T23:00:51.296-07:00The Lou Dobbs Crusade: Fear and Loathing of the Lettuce PickerDear Mr. Dobbs;For years I’ve watched the Broken Borders segment of your show and waited to hear something about ALL illegal immigration in the U.S. But no, it’s all Mexico, all the time.Like the more primitive of your ilk (the Limbaughs, the Drudges, 99 percent of Fox), your whole thesis of immigration-fueled problems in the U.S. boils down to two words: Blame Mexico.Mr. Dobbs, do you really La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-35791446351086356972008-08-10T17:41:00.000-07:002008-08-10T17:50:16.440-07:00Broken HeroHe looked like a muscular version of skinny guy from Nacho Libre; long shaggy hair, lanky limbs and spandex everything. A small American flag served as a cape against his shirtless back. His crutches rested to the side as he labored over stretching exercises between countless mini rounds of push-ups. Packets of powdered energy drinks decorated one leg while the other was wrapped in an elastic La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-971498111695452602008-08-03T19:39:00.000-07:002008-08-08T22:46:06.348-07:00On Being Here and ThereThe act of being is complex enough as it is, but not as difficult as the act of being here. By “here” I mean wherever your “here” is; your job, your relationship, your life.I look around and see examples of that zombie-like stupor, the one where people are physically there, but mentally and emotionally—Poof! Gone.And it affects “being there” for others. Parents should “be there” for their La Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627025119717516124.post-44825833754917103802008-07-27T18:18:00.000-07:002008-08-03T19:49:34.605-07:00Fear of the F-WordI thought watching Hillary finally get her time in the spotlight would be such a relief; the panacea for the parade of female role models who truly believe the only thing they should develop is an ass with no tan lines and pole-dancing thigh muscles.And I’m not just talking about the twenty-something celebs and trust fund babies whose idea of an opinion is saying “That’s hot.” Gen-Xers are not toLa Generalissimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367269218676535044noreply@blogger.com0