HELL NO, WE WON'T GO - At Least Not Without Kicking and Screaming!

I was taking part in a Twitter conference sponsored by GrowingBolder.Com last Thursday night and one of the main topics discussed was Ageism and how Corporate America sees those of us over fifty.

The consensus seemed to be that Madison Avenue still thinks we're a bunch of old fuddy duddies with one foot in the grave and the other foot on a banana peel. I see a lot of ads for (gag me!) arthritis meds, burial insurance, retirement communities and the like. Guess what? Those ads just piss me off and I have yet to buy any of those products or services.

I might need arthritis meds but that ad won't send me flying to the doctor for them! I'd rather exercise, eat properly or just ignore the pain altogether. Why? Because I refuse to admit I'm old. I might be a bit wrinkly and a bit creaky but I'm NOT OLD! I'm a classic with great tail fins and headlights, not a clunker that needs to be restored or junked. (Ok, I might need a little oil and a buffing.)

And that's the whole point that most of the twenty-thirty something Madmen and women haven't quite recognized yet. The Baby Boom Generation coined the phrase "Hell No, We Won't Go" and we're not going into our "golden years" (ick!) without a struggle - and some serious clout! We are not going gently into that good night, we will not take it laying down (or napping!), we are not growing older - just bolder. . . . AND we are the largest demographic out there!

There are some 70 million plus people over 50 and that number is growing each year. We represent a lot of spending dollars and anyone who can tap into what we want and need, not what they think we want and need, will reap the financial benefit of respecting us.

So, what do we want? We want to live full, active lives. We want to have fun, travel, laugh, think, create and contribute. We want a little nostalgia - hey, man, we had good times back in the day but we're not ready to say goodbye to good times today either! And we want all of this with some style and flair and bling. No granny panties or support hose for us, baby - we want us some thongs and high heeled sneakers!

Once upon a time we marched and shouted for the things we believed in. I think it might be time to dust off those protest signs and get ready to fight the ageism that would have us sitting out the remainder of our lives in rocking chairs and treated as if our time is over.

It's not by a long shot! We're still kicking butt and taking names and this time we're burning our social security papers!

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CAN I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? Political Quotes Presently Pertinent

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A SHORT MINI RANT MOMENT - Great quotes about politics and politicians that still hold true:

"In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people." This quote is often attributed to Groucho Marx, but it's true author is Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) in A Room with a View.

"Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then—we elected them." Lily Tomlin

"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them." Paul Valery, French poet/writer

"Washington, D.C. is where the speed of sound is faster than the speed of light." V.R. Thompson

"Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then throw money at it, hoping it will somehow go away." Kenneth B. Keating

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CHRISTIAN BALE RANTS, JAMES LIPTON PARODIES, CONAN GETS A BIT

HOLY FLYING F's, BATMAN!

Okay, everybody's talking about it - Christian Bale's profanity laced rant at DP Shane Hurlbut (no, I am not making another bad pun - that's Shane's real last name, okay?) on the set of Terminator: Salvation.

I have to admit I was kinda transfixed when I listened to it the first time on television the other day. I mean, seriously, I didn't know anyone could manage to get than many "f" words into any kind of speech - there were so many I kept losing the point of Bale's rant because I was laughing so hard.

Yup, it was a whale of an outburst, worthy of the World's Biggest Dumbass Award and Bale has apologized for it and admitted that it was "unexcusable" and he was a "potty mouth".

But guess what, folks - this is really OLD NEWS!

Yup, this tirade by Bale didn't just happen the other day. This outburst occurred LAST YEAR on the set in New Mexico! Why, all of a sudden, is it "big news" and why, I wonder, did it take so long for the audio to surface????

Here's my little rant about Bale's rant and the ensuing hullabaloo - folks, everyone has a bad day! I would hate to think that someone was hovering around just waiting to video or tape me in one of my all-too-human fits of anger! I'd have to give myself the World's Biggest Dumbass Award weekly! I'd be apologizing so much I'd wear out my tongue!

Yes, celebrities do put themselves out there as targets. I agree that it is the price of fame. No, there is no excuse for angry tirades, liberally laced with curse words or not. And Bale's rant was a doozy!

BUT. . . . let's cut him some slack and consider the circumstances. During his apology interview on KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show, Bale had this to say about what brought his tirade on, he "puts so much into what I do and care so much about it and sometimes the enthusiasm just goes awry." Passion for your work is not a bad thing, acting is an emotional profession, and pivotal scenes are highly charged and stress inducing for all involved.

As for me, though I sympathize with his plight, I have to admit I'm getting a lot of enjoyment from all the parodies and spoofs out there. So I have to thank Mr. Bale for more entertainment than I got from his mumbling Batman performance! I'm sorry, Christian, but I couldn't hear half of what you said in that movie so I spent my time concentrating on Heath Ledger's phenomenal performance as The Joker.

For those of you who haven't heard the original audio in question, here it is, but BE WARNED this is not edited and it is definitely R rated!

The Audio of Christian Bale's Rant - Warning, No bleeping of the curse words here!

And here is an absolutely hilarious parody by James Lipton on Conan O'Brian - as Bale AND Hurlbut - a dual acting role, no less!:



And if that wasn't enough to tickle your funny bone, here's a FEW MORE FUNNY PARODIES OF THE BALE RANT

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IS YOUR DESIGNER COFFEE A DUD, DUDE?

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I could have told you so! Recently I even ranted about all those expensive cups o' java - heck, I was even inspired by them to do the coffee parody above - STARBOOBS! (which you can get on tees and other fun stuff here).

In this article today at Yahoo Consumer Reports states, "Folgers, Maxwell House, and Starbucks are America's best-selling ground coffees. But all three were iced by Eight O'Clock Colombian coffee in our taste tests."

Ha Ha - told ya so! I've said many times that I won't pay the price for those high falutin' designer brand coffees, though I do like Peet's if push comes to shove. I am a big fan of Eight O'Clock coffee - it does taste as good or better and it's cheaper, often on sale! HA!

Okay, I do buy Folger's - it's a hangover from my Mom. That classic red coffee can was almost as familiar to me as my siblings, always sitting on the kitchen counter - it was even part of our vacation trips (read how in "Route 66 - Here's Yer Sign") . . .BUT. . . .I buy - woohoo for me - the gourmet Chocolate Truffle Folgers which the article states was a close runner up to Eight O'Clock!

No, I'm NOT trying to sell you any coffee product crap! Don't you know me well enough to know I only try to sell you my own crap? (It's good crap though and you should buy a lot of it!!!) I just thought it was funny that someone of authority - Consumer Reports no less - has finally backed up my bitch about over priced and under taste designer coffees!

ON THE UPSIDE: You really can make your own fancy dancy, half-calf, low-fat, double-shot, whoop-T-do coffees. Just get a good expresso maker or a coffee press, buy some of those flavored syrups, buy a Coffee Making for Dummies book and it will save you hundreds of dollars a year!
In fact, here's a video right here for you - and look at the coffee he's using!!!

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