maandag 21 juni 2010

maandag 21 juni 2010 Up at 12:10. Turn on France 24. Just listen to the news in bed. THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW is with Carlos Gutierrez, Chair of Global Political Strategies at APCO Worldwide and Former US Secretary of Commerce (2005-2009). He sounds like a right-wing tool. The interviewer - Christophe Robeet - brings up economist Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (who recommends nationalizing the banks). Mr. Gutierrez poo-pooes Mr. Stiglitz. I'm restless - falling in and out of sleep. Up again at 4:35. Make some coffee. Feta-tomato-green onion omelet on rice for breakfast. Check BBC News. I see the latest estimates for the oil gushing out into the Gulf of Mexico have increased.

Turn on Stephanie Miller. She gets herself hurt again - a broken foot. Ow. But they mock Tony Hayward for taking time off to go sailing on his yacht "Bob" in the "pristine ocean" of southern England. BBC report - BP CEO Tony Hayward Criticized For Yacht Trip. Shower. Short walk around d'town. Streetcar to work. 10 to 11:15 - Kitchen help. Wash dishes. Cut oranges for afternoon snack. 11:15 to 11:45 - Lunch prep for Starfish and Seahorses. 11:45 to 12:45 - Renee's lunch. Five Starfish eat lunch. Christin and I share the diaper duty. This is a sweet hour. The kids quietly go down for naps... while I hear some struggling next door in the Seahorses. 1 - Kenn's lunch. He's subbing for Jessica. Five Dolphins sleep. Some coughing wakes up Emma. She's crying... loud! Whew! I whisk her outside so that the group can keep sleeping. 2 - Elaine's lunch. I'm outside with Emma. She's still upset. Luckily, Lydia comes out to the playground with the Sea Otters. Emma relaxes with Lydia. Back inside. Kenn gets snack ready. Walk up to Aloha and B'way... my old neighborhood. Walk down B'way. Get my Monday Mondo Burrito at the B'way store. Down University to my place. Listen to a podcast of The World. Wow. According to a report, Tony Hayward is said to be planning to travel to Russia to reassure President Dmitry Medvedev that BP is not on the brink of collapse. BP In Russia. Switch to France 24. The French soccer team is a laughing stock around the world. Report - "They're Making Fools Of Themselves." The South Africans - the hosts of the World Cup - reject the French team, too. They just stay in their luxury resort - The Pezula - in Knysna, South Africa. The French won't meet the people. Well, tomorrow, France plays South Africa in the World Cup. Burrito for dinner. Watch Star Trek - Charlie X.

Next... Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Drumhead.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie, as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged.