THE GAG IS OFF...AGAIN!

There's so much happening in the world right now for this intrepid

Ladybug Lin to let loose about...but I must be circumspect...so here goes.

My first

RANT comes about because

Kat, my delightful daughter, started huffing and a puffing when she read the retired pope...you know...good old

Benny...is going to be getting...are you ready for this...$250,000 a month, a fully furnished home he NEVER has to pay ANYTHING to maintain...and too many more perks to enumerate...(the gullible followers of the Apostle Peter will have to pay for..and what is with

kissing that frigging ring? That's something KINGS require...not religious leaders...at least not religious leaders who don't think of themselves as kings...but reflecting on history...what pope ever acted like he wasn't sitting upon a

kingly throne?)...But I digress...

$250,000 a month...who the FRAG needs that kind of money...and what happened with the

VOW OF POVERTY? Boy am I glad I am a RECOVERING Catholic and do not tithe to this. Once upon a time, and for a brief time Kat worked for the Diocese near us when we lived in NJ as a secretary. Her insides did a complete regurgitation when she got the memo she was to type and send to the parishioners. The head honcho in that CELL of this faith was retiring...somebody decided for a retirement gift they were going to send this honcho...who BTW...was driving a NEW black Lincoln Continental...on a cruise to Alaska..so she typed a command that said...EVERY PARISHIONER MUST DONATE NO LESS THAN $50.00 PER PERSON TO THE RETIREMENT CRUISE OF "BISHOP RICHIE RICH" OR BE EXCOMMUNICATED!

Again...where"s the vow of
?
 I happen to know where it is...with the nuns...

ever see a nun retiring to what is virtually a MANSION?

Again...boy am I glad I'm a RECOVERING Catholic!

MOVING ON...God I have so much to say...


Campaign reform...I've never understood why things are so out of control...It would be so easy to get graft out of the election process...How?...Well, the government controls the media. They could COMMAND that "x" number of hours be delegated to candidates...and ONLY "x" number.

I am sick to DEATH of being bombarded by the constant parade of commercials by candidates; with the most coming from whoever swindled the most contributions for his/her war-chest. If the government made it mandatory that the stations, ALL the stations...even FOX, TV and radio aired the "x" number of promotions and ONLY those "x" numbers...it'd cut down on the need to attend dinners where it's like

$500-1000.00 a plate just so you can brag about hobnobbing with the candidate..or for candidates to SELL their candidacies to the highest bidders.

Also the government has it's own

printing department...look at the tons of paperwork coming out of their publication department for every proposed bill with all its inflated pork and you can't refute they have their own publication department.

My idea about this? The government allows "X" numbers of pamphlets to be printed on THEIR press, and no more is allowed from ANY other source...violators will be prosecuted!

I don't know about you, but I HATE getting pamphlets for months that say the same things from the same blithering candidate. If you MUST cram my mailbox, wait until the week before the election. Don't make me cart your propaganda for two solid years to the recycle paper bin.

My legs don't like that!

What else...ahhh clothing...the candidates get a stipend and no more is allowed...It's not criminal to be seen wearing the

same clothes while campaigning. Actually seeing you in the same clothes makes you more human.

My final rant has to do with

Seth McFarlane and his hosting the Oscars last Sunday...I don't know whose idea it was to hire him, but WHAT THE FRAG! First of all...WHO THE FRAG IS HE? I didn't know his name. When I heard his name and that he was hosting I turned to Kat and asked, "WHO THE {Hockey Stick} is he?" She shrugged and said "DON'T ASK ME, MOM."

I remember when Bob Hope hosted the Oscars...many years in a row and gave us some really GREAT moments. Bob,
http://youtu.be/nKgUq5dziEk
thanks for the memories.

I remember

Billy Crystal,

Whoopi Goldberg,

Eddie Murphy,

Hugh Jackman, and if my memory is not sailing on a sea of forgetfulness, didn't


Johnny Carson also host? They had recognizable names...so again WHO THE FRAG IS

SETH MC FARLANE, AND WHY DID THE ACADEMY HIRE A MISOGYNIST? Anyone who listened to Seth sing, tell jokes, and lift his dubiously expressive brow could not come away not KNOWING he's a HATER!

I don't usually watch the Oscars...I gave last year's a miss because nothing and no one nominated mattered to me...Last Sunday I watched because

Les Miserables...I love Hugh Jackman...

Argo...Ben Afleck has grown as a man, an artist, and now a director so much since his Bennifer days, and Lincoln...I'm a history buff...

Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Field were brilliant as Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. All these amazing films and actors were nominated for many awards...so I watched.

I was ROYALLY disappointed...and ticked off! McFarlane warbled about seeing actresses naked...but each one he warbled about was shown naked because her character was being RAPED! McFarland didn't mention that...which makes ME wonder if he's a fan of the

who spent much of the past year poo-pooing crimes against women.

I don't turn on the Oscars expecting to be slammed by the same level of HATE I get every day from a certain group of politicians I hope do not get re-elected their next time around.

This country SHOULD have come farther than this..and award shows should be hosted by someone we recognize and will enjoy. I hope the selection committee wises up.

And that concludes my

MOUTHING OFF for today...but who knows what tomorrow will bring...