Shut up, you Teutonic Twat

In honor of Mel Brooks, and the 35th anniversary of 'Blazing Saddles'

Who knows for Certain

Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)

The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop

The story below is one of those only-in-America stories. A guy in Maine starts a topless coffee shop, including a topless waiter for the ladies, in an attempt to make it in a tough economic climate and 'backwoods' area.

The name of the woman who spoke out opposed to the shop: Paula Furbush

A furbush being anti-topless?

You can't make this stuff up.


The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop, a topless cafe in Maine, gives neighbors the jitters

By Rich Schapiro
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, February 26th 2009, 10:35 PM

At this coffee shop in central Maine, the cups runneth over - and not just with coffee.

The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop has opened for business in the tiny town of Vassalboro, offering cups of Joe, donuts and quite a view.

Half-naked waitresses and a bare-chested waiter serve up the morning treats. Rules are strict: there's no touching and only adults are allowed into the log-cabin style shop.

Dozens of residents protested its opening last month, but town officials said they could do nothing to stop owner Donald Crabtree.

"I've lived here 47 years, and we've never had anything like this before," said Paula Furbush, 47, a massage therapist. Customers have been streaming into the shop this week despite a snowstorm.

"It adds a new spice to around here that we desperately need," said Jason Bibeau, 27. "We're backwoods people. We need some entertainment."

Statesman

It seems like the less a statesman amounts to the more he adores the flag. -Kin Hubbard, humorist (1868-1930)

Octo-Mom, Nadya Suleman

Octo-Mom, Nadya Suleman, is still making waves in the Los Angeles media every day since the birth of her octuplets. TMZ has reported that she has been offered a million dollars to do a porno. There are phone calls and rumors surrounding secret conferences with Dr Phil. And the true cost of her ill-planned adventure is just coming into focus.

She lives on public assistance, already has six young kids (three of them apparently have developmental issues), and the odds are not good for the new young 8. She lives with her mother and the mother's house is in danger of foreclosure.

Legally, one has to wonder about her basic intellectual stability. And the doctor who was a party to this IVF charade should, at the very least, face legal penalties (perhaps incarceration) and be held in some way financially liable.

Rush in Modesto

I come back to Modesto, California after a long absence and find the editorial page of the Bee dominated by comments about Rush Limbaugh. I wonder if this is how the Bee deals with the real problems of the day, how it wants to direct thought and opinion. It is particularly sad, seeing that what is now going on in the States and in the world calls for less of a demonic voice than what passes for wisdom from the oracle of the Right. Angry old white men; I don't see much difference between Rush and the madrassas of Pakistan except that the god is different. The same hate and vitriol spewed out against all who do not think in lock-step with the oracle. There is no room for individual thought or critical thinking, and no respect for consensus, for the vision of the center, or for commonality of thought and desire as it applies to civilization as a whole.

What and where is Modesto, and what does it stand for? These tough economic times are certainly going to hold up a mirror to the heart and soul of this Valley community, to us as individuals, and to the Modesto Bee.

I love him to hell and back...

I love him to hell and back and heaven and back, and have and do and will. –Sylvia Plath, poet, writer (1932-1963)