Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 18, 2010

Now that I am writing this blog I realized how many things in everyday life bother me or just plain annoy me. It is kind of unusual because I consider myself an easygoing person, happy or at least satisfied with everything around me.

Now, let's talk about fashion.

There is a school in New York City called the Fashion Institute of Technology. This school supposed to breed the next generation of designers. The good ones will come out and make a name for themselves and might become successful while the mediocre ones will be working for others behind the scenes and get no credit at all.

Come to think of it the mediocre ones will very likely have much longer employment possibilities than the ones up front. Because the higher one is the harder he might fall. And, fashion is a very 'today' thing.

But these are the pros. These are the people who decided to make this their lifetime profession. They know their business, they supposed to understand what that is all about.

Now I ask, why would I run out and by a suit with Donald Trump's name on it? What qualification Jessica Simpson has that her name appears on shoes, pocketbooks and God knows what else. Why Sean John is so qualified to sell fragrances and clothing? Is Liz Taylor a fragrance authority?

Are J Lo and Beyonce fashion authorities that the people have to follow their lead?

All this is governed by the mighty dollar.

Years ago when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire TV show started and was kind of popular Regis Philbin was its host. He was, and still is, charming and well dressed. Shortly after the show's beginning they introduced a men's cloth line under his name. Needless to say this one did not last very long.

Investors are convinced that as soon as they put a famous person's name over a product people will run and buy it.

Maybe it works, I don't know. What I do know is that until Donald Trump slaves over the drawing board designing clothing apparel I will not buy anything with his name on it.

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Joseph Smith in 1823 saw the angel Moroni and that prompted him to establish the Mormon Church. In 1858 the Virgin Mary appeared to an orphan girl in Lourdes, France. In 1917 the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima Portugal.

These were life changing instances. These people and many, many others in history were exposed to apparitions that changed their lives and influenced humanity.

What apparition did Arlen Specter, the Republican Senator from Pennsylvania saw that made him change after 44 years as a Republican to a Democrat. Did he have a vision? Did he have a midnight visitor in a flowing white robe and a halo above his head?

What did happen that made the good senator change his allegiance?

It has nothing to do with visions or morality. It has to do with survival. The guy saw that he lost his chance to continue in the Senate because he could not win the Republican Primary being held today. Obviously, he is not ready to graciously accepting defeat against an opposing candidate.

Hysterically clinging to his position he is now changing his allegiance from one party to another. Just like Joe Lieberman of Connecticut did.

He has been in office since 1981, and now he is 80 years old. If he gets elected he will be 86 years old at the end of his term. Twenty one years until now in the Senate is a very long time. It is time to go! Make room for a new generation with different views about our life.

I am not anti old by any means. But there is a time in everybody's life when he should realize it is time to step down.

Even a golfer will eventually realize when his balls don't go as far as they should!


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