What's Up With This 'Cougar' Craze?

Suddenly, it has become vogue to be a Cougar. But what is a Cougar anyway? Lithe, supple, felines. Not a bad reference for an older woman-younger man relationship, right? Look deeper. We're talking alpha predator here folks. When I think of Cougars, muscles, sharp claws and deadly fangs, come to mind. I’m a Nat Geo, and Discovery Channel junkie. I remember seeing shows like ‘I Survived’ that depict simulations of people being attacked by Mountain Lions (Cougars). Believe me folks, when I tell you that it wasn’t pretty. The big cat’s attempts to eviscerate the tender mid-section, crack the skull with powerful jaws, or biting the throat to suffocate their prey (in these cases people), did not give me a warm and fuzzy, isn’t she a beauty, kind of response.




Rather, I imagined myself in that position-on my stomach, trying to protect my face and neck, thinking I’m about to die, and wondering if help will arrive in time. This is a very scary scenario, people. So when I see commercials and print and media references to women as Cougars, I’m wondering what the bleep are they saying here? Are they ignorant of the meaning behind this term, or is the reference designed to evoke a latent, visceral, response in men subliminally? This label was likely created by a man with the intent of denigrating older women who like younger men-- in the now. I would argue too, that the subliminal effect would be to demonize such women in the minds of men-- in the future, after the brain processes the term and properly associates it with power and the violence.



The cable TV series ‘Ad Men’ provides a glimpse into the world of marketing and advertising. Very smart people are paid very handsome sums to come up with campaigns that have a subliminal effect. Ads that subtly take effect are highly prized in the commercial as well as the political arena. Such ads work without us realizing that we are being sold something. The movie ‘Inception’ has as its premise, the placing of a kernel of an idea into a victim’s brain. The purpose is to have this kernel accepted as a self originated concept, rather than as the external plant of someone else. If the brain is able to determine its foreign nature, the concept will not grow to fruition-at least that is the premise of the movie. The take-home point here is that Trojan Horses can be implanted like a virus, in our heads as well as in our computers.



To my mind, the use of the moniker Cougars for older women who date younger men is unnecessary, un-flattering, un-savory, and sexist. After all, men have going after much younger women/ladies/girls since like, forever. Yet no such derogatory term has been associated with men of this ilk. There is a reason that this is so, like there is a reason that the reverse relates only to women. My question is, why haven’t women objected to this terms’ use? Where are all the feminine activists and advocates on this topic? Have women in general fallen victim to the intent of this campaign? Have women only looked at the warm-fuzzy images of young kittens or the lithe and slender representations of big cats? Wake up ladies, you’ve been bamboozled. By the way, what do we call similarly minded men? We simply call them Men!

U.S. District Judge Eviscerates Arizona's SB 1070

San Diego, California (CNN) -- on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ripped the guts out of SB 1070 striking down the most egregious and indefensible parts of Arizona's immigration law.


Ruben Navarette (commentary) is the first Hispanic-American that acknowledges what most Americans feel about the audacity of the illegal community in demanding ‘rights’ they have not earned nor deserve. I agree too, that allowing states to usurp federal authority is a dangerous precedent. Imagine what that might look like even in modern South Carolina or Mississippi for both Blacks and Hispanics. I have nightmares about such things after viewing documentaries of the post Jim Crow era. And when I travel and must leave Rt. 95 north from Florida for any reason, I have day mares that are equally scary.


But law enforcement has ways around normal legal processes in emergencies, called exigent circumstances that allow them to take extra-procedural (legal) measures. I think in fairness, that Arizona is feeling a similar state of emergency, as are many communities all over America. Pennsylvania and the Washington D.C. area are over flowing with hard drinking, bad driving, ‘insurance?...we don’t need no stinking insurance’-minded illegals. Don’t get me started on the burden to our health care systems their wives and girl friends, popping out 4 or 5 babies in 5 or 6 six years has. The country is being over-run while congress sits on its hands. We need a solution that criminalizes illegal entry, the employment of illegal aliens, criminal sanctions against employers, and a path to legal status that first sends them back. We cannot reward illegal behavior.


One final point: I reject the notion that illegal aliens are doing work Americans won’t do. That is a spurious argument based on a fallacy. Illegal aliens do work Americans won’t do for illegal rates of pay. I wish advocates would please make this distinction, because it buttresses the argument that contractors paying these illegal and immoral wages are the reason that so many settled in Arizona. I challenge anyone to visit any American city and watch roofers at work during the sweltering heat of July. You will find that the vast majority of the employees are White with some Black and Hispanic workers sprinkled in. The key element here is not the heat, but the $20-$30 bucks an hour they are earning. Better still, watch the TV show ‘Dirty Jobs’ on A&E. You will see White Americans cleaning greasy, dirty, heavy equipment, sewer lines, the bilge holds on ships, portable potties, and 20 story smoke stacks full of years of grime. Many of these jobs pay above average wages, and are Union shops. African Americans still have problems being admitted to unions, and I expect the same is true for Hispanic Americans. But there is no lack of desire to work these unsavory jobs. So please, I implore you to stop promoting this inaccurate misinformation.

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Who Granted Illegal Aliens The Divine Right to All Things American?

Immigrant groups criticize fingerprint initiative-Yahoo news 07/26/2010

I frankly, don't see the problem here. During the sixties, J. Edgar Hoover initiated-quietly initiated I might add-a program designed to finger print every African American arrested for anything-misdemeanor, domestic violence, J-walking-it didn't matter. The idea was to document and track Black males at a time when a political revolution of sorts was under way.


This was done without congressional or media involvement. Today, if any American is arrested for drunk driving, shop lifting, domestic violence, or a felony of course, they are automatically finger printed and run through the national data base (NCIC-National Crime Information Center) for warrants. The illeagl alien lobby wants illegals to be exempt from this basic law enforcement tool. Now I know that illegal aliens, Hispanics in particular, think that they have a 'right' to be here, and are somehow an exception to the laws that govern everyone else, but what makes them exempt? Why shouldn't they be finger printed like the rest of us, after an arrest? This idea of 'special privilege' gulls me no end. No other ethnic, religious, or cultural group asks for such special handling. Do hispanics think that by naming every-other son 'Jesus,' they're due a special insider status or something?

Proponents of illegal aliens argue that this new regulation would make some illegal aliens hesitant to report a crime. I say bull shnit. New Yorkers are infamous for not reporting crimes as it is, yet their city still functions admirably. Should all New yorkers be exempt from finger printing after an arrest too, in an effort to enhance their reporting of crimes? Even if some innocent illegals (which is a misnomer, because they are already guilty of breaking and entering the country) are swept-up as a result, I fail to see the problem in that. To me it's like a bonus, a kind of 'Bingo!' benefit. Maybe they could give toasters or micro-waves away to the ICE agents with the most 'Bingo Bonuses' at the the end of each month.

I am so tired of these advocates screaming in horror over things the average American lives with on a daily basis. It is this 'oh my!' crap that keeps new ones coming, and old ones acting like America owes them something.

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White People Still Get All The Breaks

It’s good to be White and American-even if you’re a criminal. The heralded Barefoot Bandit (Colton Harris) is apprehended in Eluthera, Bahamas, and tens of thousands of facebook fans howl. There was little concern for the people who had their homes and property plundered by this land-pirate. The comments on Yahoo and other sites which are so harsh towards Somali pirates and inner city criminals were full of warm, cozy, comments of support. Once again it becomes clear how racialized-thinking affects everything, even pop-culture in America. Had this guy been anything but White, this story would have been buried on page 9. 

Harris’ crimes have been pointedly characterized as non violent. Yet piracy in Somalia or a home invasion in Seattle, are portrayed by the media as violent crimes. But I would argue that they are all fundamentally the same. The Somali pirates commandeer ships-the Barefoot Bandit steals smaller boats but adds planes. Petty criminals break into homes or businesses-the barefoot bandit breaks into homes and businesses. The Somali pirates, and your local B&E (breaking and entering) artist brandish weapons-the barefoot bandit brandished a weapon. The Somali pirates threaten large areas, and Colton Harris burned a swath from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeastern Caribbean. In each of the above scenarios, innocent people could easily have been injured or killed. Colton Harris is no Robin Hood. Colton Harris is simply a hood.

But there is one area that distinguishes what Colton Harris did from those other crimes. This 'bandit' committed his crimes for fun and fame. He is but the latest example of Americans doing stupid stuff (yacht girl, balloon boy, mountain climber-kid) for notoriety, an instant of fame and a subsequent payday. Colton Harris violated the lives and homes of others for the thrill of it. At least one could argue that the Somali pirates are attempting to feed their families in the absence of other legitimate work. Nor did he have the excuse of feeding a raging drug habit, like so many petty criminals. Colton Harris’ immediate motivation was the ego-boost he received from reading about his exploits on facebook. This man-and by the way he is not a kid as the media portrays him-is simply a selfish, self promoting miscreant, who deserves to spend decades in a dank, damp, sweltering Bahamian prison.

Yet the US government will spring into action, and see that this ‘man-boy’ comes home to a hero’s welcome, and a short stay in a minimum security jail. Harris will probably be allowed internet access so he can keep up with his facebook fans. This 6’ 5” sneak-thief is nothing more than a nocturnal scavenger that will probably be someone half his size’s girlfriend, in even the fluffiest of jails. Perhaps then he’ll understand what it is like to be violated by another.

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RE: An Article In Yahoo Comments About Arizona's Immigration Policy

Pancho Villa wrote-


"If you only knew the life and stuggles of a illegal. Minimum wage can only get some of your bills paid. Think about that when your at Disney land while we clean up your streets and take out your trash."

Well Pancho, have you stopped to consider how many low-income Americans could be hired and made more productive if they had access to legal wages and jobs which illegal aliens now occupy?

Why should any American go without so that some criminal alien can support his/her family back home? Why don't you target the corrupt and ineffective governments of the countries that export illegal aliens, in an effort to provide for their own people? Why should we subsidize Mexico or Guatemala during these trying economic times? Why should our tax dollars go to provide medical care for people that are criminally in this country? Please explain this to us.

What gulls many Americans is the attitude of many illegals that becaue they're supposedly not currently breaking the law, they should be left alone? It's your sense of 'privilege' that drives Americans crazy, as though we owe you something because you want a better life. You are entititled to nothing beyond a hearing before sending you back, and that's it.

According to your logic, we owe the Somali pirates the provilege to better themselves by hijacking our shipping too? You're saying that if you don't like your lot in life in whatever country, you then have the 'RIGHT' to break into ours to support the lifestyle you believe you're due?

The only rights or privileges you are owed are back in your home country. Who the flick do you think you are, that we should make way for you and your litter of TOO MANY DAMN kids?

Mind you, I am all for humanitarian help when it is necessary, but not when it is an unwritten policy position circumventing existing immigration law not supported by the will of the American people.

Mosab Hassan Yousef-Terrorist Sleeper or Asylum Seeker?

Mosab Hassan Yousef was purportedly an Israeli spy who provided information on Hamas, and several bombing operations targeting Israel. He is a marked man, disowned by his father, despised by his friends and family, and wanted by Hamas. Yousef attended Hamas meetings with his father, a respected member of the organization, then secretly reported what he heard to his Israeli handlers. Because of the never-ending tension between the Israelis and the Palestinians over independence and land, this is more about war than terror, since both sides utilize tactics that fall under the ‘terror’ threshold.

Yousef is now awaiting a decision from INS on whether he’ll be granted asylum in California. He has written a tell-all book about his experiences, in an effort to obtain his 15 minutes of fame (and fortune) like Balloon Boy, Yacht-Girl, and that Baby Factory lady. The question is, is he a mole or an asset? Will he commit terror in the US?

In my view, there is no definitive way to determine what is in a man's heart or deep within his mind. I'm uncomfortable with his admission regarding driving terrorists to safe houses after a bombing operation, but I am also uncomfortable with what our law enforcement people do to entice criminal behavior from poor, under-educated citizens, right here at home. I'm thinking of the TV show Bait Car, and some of the FBI operations to create terrorist actions from people who may have otherwise not considered terror.

For example, the FBI has supplied funding, an operations base, equipment, uniforms, contacts, and even potential targets, to a loose group in Florida, more of an inept gang actually, rather than a cell. After coercing the group into formulating some sort of plan, the FBI arrested them with much fanfare as terrorists. These guys had never been out of the state of Florida, knew no real terrorists, and had no terror training, no travel abroad, no internet savvy, and precious little good sense. These guys couldn't make a soda fizzle by shaking it up, yet they supposedly plotted to make explosive devices capable of rivaling Oklahoma City. Some FBI lifer must have needed a promotion really badly.

The nature of clandestine operations is subterfuge, misdirection, and lying. We often don't know that an agent was a sleeper until after lives have been lost. The question of if/ when Yousef will be part of future terror operations are truly a conundrum. But I believe that we must do everything we can to encourage operatives like Yousef to come to our side. We monitor him closely by assigning a few agents to him instead of a desk in Nebraska, layer on all of our wireless bugging capabilities intensely at first, then less so as time goes by. If there is reason to suspect him his involvement in anything at all, we can always deport him at that time.

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On Piracy

Many say that we should execute Somali Pirates on site, set them asail without oars, take their food and water then set them adrift, or shoot their skiffs from under them, thus turning them into Somali-shark snacks.

Then we too would become barbarians. Piracy is an issue born of poverty, and the stronger nation's fishing fleets illegally encroaching onto Somali waters, without payment or consequence.

To be clear, I want it stopped. I also have little empathy for some criminal with an AK forcing his will, because of his self-serving needs onto someone else. But I cannot condone summary execution without due process, or murder by circumstance-that is to say, setting them afloat without oars or water as some have suggested.

I would choose arrest and long sentences that remove the pirate/opportunist from the mix. Perhaps 20 years from now, Somalia might have managed to grow some form of government.

It is an instinct ingrained in our DNA, to survive and see that our children can eat. Example; if you have a group of poor and hungry people congregated near an area where food is transported daily, someone will eventually organize a raiding party and knock off a truck or two. Heck, the Mafia does it every day, and one cannot argue that they are poor or hungry (just look at the guts on those guys). Yet I hear no clamor to shoot them on sight, or to force them to run across 8 lane highways.

The French Revolution was incited by people that were hungry, and an entire government fell. Governments have fought over food and other resources since, forever, and will continue to do so. We will soon see wars over water.

My point is that people, states, and countries, will attempt to take what they must have, if negotiation isn't an option. It is incumbent upon civilized society to not respond in-kind to barbarous behavior, but rather to act in a firm, but morally justifiable manner.