Thursday, January 31, 2008

Speaking of which....another old review

Well, my last post commented about a fellow's declaration thatthe catress who was in the short-lived TV series QUEEN OF SWORDS really was to him a Queen, I found a review I wrote many years ago about an episode the actress did in the other short-lived TV series GOOD MORNING, MIAMI. It disappeared with a webiste that disappeared, so I am re-posting it here in case it ever gets lost again. If and when I find more, I will add those, too. For now, please enjoy my reviews of "Kiss of the Spider-man:"

Kiss of the Spiderman

Claire: Stay open to the signs.

Quick! What does a stage manager do? Answer: Supervise the
physical aspects of a stage production, assist the
director during rehearsals and act as the person in charge
of the stage during a rehearsal. So during a live
television performance, the stage manager usually counts
the show in and out. That is, except in "Good Morning,
Miami." In the fictional "Good Morning, Miami" this week,
stage manager Robby (played by Stephon Fuller) described
the gist of Kiss of the Spiderman in his prophetic weekly
line, "And we're out!"

This week, the subplot and main plot were cleverly woven
into this one event while all the characters learned about
themselves as they interacted in the same places. That is
everyone except Claire. She wasn't "out" as Robby
announced. For some reason, the producers and writers kept
her at home AGAIN to bring Jake, and the audience, up to
speed about the main plot and his mistakes when dealing
with Dylan.

In this week's episode, Jake arranges for the cast and
crew to broadcast the Halloween episode of the fictional
"Good Morning, Miami" from a local gay bar that is reputed
to have the best costume party in the area. We learn that
Frank gets along extremely well with gay men even though
he thinks he has never met a gay man. Lucia, Frank's
confidant in this episode, suggests that perhaps he is
really gay. At the same time, Dylan and Jake inadvertently
share a kiss when Dylan supposedly thinks she is kissing
Gavin. This transpires because Gavin and Jake both dress
as the same cartoon superhero to attend the costume party.
The kiss causes Dylan to at least question her feelings
for Jake.

The entire episode flowed together quite well with some
cute little vignettes between various actors and
characters. I didn't get the same "yucks" as from Lucia
and Frank in Power Failure or Sister Brenda's one-liner
about kids in The Heart is a Lonely Apartment Hunter, but
the show offered a good time for thirty minutes. There are
some serious concerns developing with the overall plot at
the same time which need to be addressed.

Once again, my favorite actor was Tessie Santiago as
Lucia. They do not give that woman the best lines ever
written, but she certainly turns what she is given into
memorable screen gems.

Frank and Lucia were great while discussing whether or not
Frank had ever met a gay person especially when Lucia
asked him how that could be: "We live in Miami. We got gay
like we got flamingos!!" Then, in the bar, when Frank
comes dressed as a biker dude, actor Jere Burns readily
turned the effiminate behavior on and off as Frank
switched between talking with Lucia to talking with the
bar patrons. I loved Lucia's costume for the party: "Katie
Couric." Rather than wearing Lucia's typically flashy
outfits, she forced herself to step foot in the women's
clothing chain ‘Ann Taylor' to pick up a twin set for the
party. The bar owner mentioned he almost didn't recognize
her in this delightful disguise. At the office the next
day, Frank is exhausted from going out dancing with the
"female" friend of one of his new gay friends. Lucia is
great as she tells him "OK, enough with this. A man can be
straight or he can be gay, but there's none of this 'I'm
straight, but I'm dancing all night with Wayne.'" Ms.
Santiago gave the line life. If Mr. Kohan and Mr. Mutchnik
want Frank to be a gay character then this was a cute
"outing," but female fans will never forget Mr. Burns as
"Roy," Nina's hot blooded, convict, boyfriend on "Just
Shoot Me." Gay? Hmmmmm. Mr. Burns is a good actor.

Brooke Dillman had a cute scene with Ms. Santiago. As
Sister Brenda's Halloween joke, she appears to be cutting
vegetables for the crew to take to the shoot when she
seems to cut her hand off. Fake blood spurts everywhere.
Ms. Santiago is freaked out (a phrase Sister Brenda likes
to use). When Lucia wants to try the joke on Jake with
Sister, it backfires causing Sister Brenda to tell Lucia
"Next time I work alone ‘hambone.'" The Halloween joke
sequence was cute and perfect for Sister Brenda; however,
the team of Kohan and Mutchnik added another seriously
erroneous stereotype about Catholics at the bar in this
episode. They had Sister Brenda indicate that hell is full
of gays. Specifying that the Catholic Church teaches that
by just being homosexual one will go to hell is simply
another fallacy. (Hey! Just check out article #2358 in the
"Catechism of the Catholic Church"—available at a
bookstore near you.) Kohan and Mutchnik are known for
pushing the envelope, but the stereotypes of Catholicism
are not working…even in a character who behaves as if she
might have a frontal lobe brain injury. There is so much
in the character of Sister Brenda that COULD be funny to
all people, but by persisting with inaccuracies, the show
is closing the door to humor from that character.

This all leads us to Jake. From correspondence I have
received, I know that some women and gay men find Mark
Feuerstein quite attractive. That helps bring viewers to
the show, but in spite of the public attraction to Mr.
Feuerstein and Ms. Williams, the Jake and Dylan story has
turned stale. Jake persists in acting like a love-struck
teenager while Dylan doesn't notice his over-the-top
overtures. As someone pointed out to me, the show would
have more aptly been called "Dylan and Jake" since so
little of the show is actually about putting on the
fictional "Good Morning, Miami." With this said, let me
note that Kiss of the Spiderman DID move the love story
forward just a little. Jake imagines fantasy dating in
daily 8:15am meetings with Dylan at the coffee stand where
he uses the various creamers available like puppets to
attempt to entertain Dylan. Dylan enjoys seeing Jake, but
doesn't seem to think that the daily meetings are anything
special. Jake has begun sharing his interest in and
pursuit of Dylan with Penny. When Dylan announces that
Gavin is taking her to meet his parents for Thanksgiving,
Penny points out to Jake that Dylan is Gavin's girlfriend,
not his. So on the day of the shoot, as Jake is leaving
for the bar, Dylan shows him Lactaid she brought to join
the creamers at the coffee stand. She asks Jake what it
would say as a puppet. Jake blows her off (thereby ending
another chance to get to know her at least as a friend.)
At the bar, Gavin keeps Dylan close for fear of being
ogled by the gay men. Gavin is dressed like a buff "Flash"
while Dylan is a cat. At one point he asks her to leave
and get something for him. While Dylan is out, Jake enters
also dressed as the "Flash." Gavin departs demanding that
Jake change because Gavin's image is more important. While
Jake is sitting in Gavin's place, Dylan returns and
apparently doesn't know that this new "Flash" is not
Gavin. Why she couldn't at least tell that he was a
different person is unimaginable. Either she knew and
wanted to kiss Jake, the lighting was bad, or she isn't as
sharp as the producers want us to believe. Gavin was buff
with a great chin. Jake was…well… "round." Once again,
Jake shares his delight with his new confidant Penny.
Constance Zimmer is fast becoming a favorite of mine in
this series. Her apathy at his pining for Dylan as well as
her cynical attempts to bring Jake back to reality (i.e.
"C'est la vie, Frenchy") are what make the "Dylan pursuit"
scenes tolerable. Dylan and Jake end up discussing the
kiss so that Jake's feelings for Dylan start to come out.
As with the Frank coming out subplot, the Dylan-Jake kiss
main plot ends the next day at the office. Jake was
thrilled that Dylan had ended their kiss with "mmmmm," but
when they discussed the kiss, Dylan claimed that that is a
noise she has to emit to clear her sinuses. Penny notices
Gavin and Dylan kiss by the coffee stand. When Dylan does
not respond with "mmmmm," Penny hurries to Jake and
suggests that he join Dylan at the stand for a fresh pot
of coffee. That new aspect of Penny's character was a
sweet way to end the episode.

Other people working on "Good Morning, Miami" who need to
be given a pat on the back for their work on Kiss of the
Spiderman are the prop master and the set decorator. In
his opening scene at the office and while at the bar,
Gavin reads a thick book. Characters never talked about
the book, but in a quick shot of the cover, the title of
the book was revealed: "THE POWER OF YELLOW." I loved it.

To sum up, Kiss of the Spiderman was possibly the
best-written episode to date of "Good Morning, Miami" in
spite of my waning interest in the Dylan-Jake love affair.
It was nice to see the humor finally coming from the
situation in which the characters found themselves. Now
this is a sitcom! I see many improvements in the show so
far and the potential for further improvements continues
to exist. So, I am giving Kiss of the Spiderman 8 Palm
Trees out of a possible 10. In addition, I am awarding it
6 Pink Flamingos for the delightful scenes with Frank,
Penny and Lucia.

What I would still like to see: AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACTUAL
TAPING OF THE FICTIONAL "GOOD MORNING, MIAMI."

I used to sign these with "what do you think, click on my name and let me know" until I started getting emails from people lambasting me for my thoughts about the show and telling me which character they thought should end up with which. A couple people started sending ugly emails to me because I wouldn't respond to their emails except to say "thank you." I guess they thought I should start some sort of correspondence with them. These people really needed a life outside of TV and the internet. So I stopped signing reviews that way.

I guess writing a blog is like reviewing a weekly TV series. You have to think of something to say quickly while relating it to real life. My blog-o-sphere experience has been somewhat less nutty than my TV reviewer career, though. Thank you everyone for that!

Now if I could figure out how to write a job reference letter..............

IRamat2

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Tessie Santiago is THE Queen!

Or so I read at a Yahoo! Group tonight (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSEnthusiasts/) . It is called "Tessie Santiago Enthusiasts" and seems to be comprised of a group of fans of this little known actress. Well then, alright! Somebody else out there has heard of this lady and her first TV series called "Queen of Swords."

Anyway, the poster, whose name is Manx, wrote about the first episode of the series:

"..... It had everything; murder, cruelty, honour, justice, bravery, cowardice, treachoury I could go on all day, lol! And of course, the sublimely gorgeous Tessie Santiago! Tessie IS the Queen!"

He then went on to lament the untimely demise of the series by saying:

"For the show to be taken off after just one season was a criminal waste of an excellent story, superb supporting cast; Valentine Pelka as Colonel Montoya was one of the best villains I have ever seen on tv; and of course Tessie Santiago.....! A terrible, terrible, waste of talent."

Now don't you wish you could see this series on DVD? The best I can figure is, if we were to all write to Paramount Pictures, which was involved in the production, maybe we could get them to put the series on DVD and sell it someplace like on Amazon or at Best Buy.

It is something to do while we mourn Fred Thompson's decision to drop out of the 2008 Presidential campaign, today. Political commentators seemed to think that happened because Fred came in third in three states which held primaries or caucuses. I think it happened simply because the dear man was low on cash. His staff had to take pay cuts yesterday. (And his blessed mother is sick having been placed in the hospital this past weekend. Fred had the honour to take care of his family first. I respect him even more for doing that.)

So who will I vote for now? The John Edwards camp seems to think that Senator John McCain will be the Republican nominee for president. The Edwards camp is armed with a letter of support from Martin Luther King III. Hilary is trying to build her campaign war chest by promising two seats at her next televised presidential debate in Los Angeles to the winner of a comapign donation lottery. It sounds like the seats will be awarded lottery style to a contributor, but since rules are not clear, she might just give the seat to whoever contributes the most money. She doesn't seem to be aware of the middle income folk like Fred is. (Remember his $10.00 at 10:00 pm campaign? Most of us with Internet access could afford that.) I wonder if this favor for cash lottery that Hilary is running hints at how she will run the White House? Doesn't like something a noble Queen would do to her subjects or to the electorate.

I am not on any mailing lists for Obama right now. I just can't stomach the idea.

Speaking of mourning, but on a truly somber note, actor Heath Ledger died today. He was only 28 years old. He had already had such a fine career that this was a shock to me. He did not seem reckless like so many other young celebrities. You may remember Heath from "The Patriot" with Mel Gibson, "Broke Back Mountain," "A Knight's Tale," and the short lived TV series "Roar" in which he played a reluctant hero thrust into the position due to local atrocities similar to Tessie Santiago's character in "Queen of Swords."

Rest in peace Heath, be well Fred, and long live the Queen!

IRamat2

Monday, January 21, 2008

Queen of Crossroads

I was thinking about Queen Isabella of Castille this past weekend (the news described her marriage to Ferdinand as "arranged" in order to unite two kingdoms). I wrote about her in the last blog post for "Life according to the Queen." If you think about it, a better title for that post and for Isabella is "Queen of Crossroads."

Just thought I would mention it.

Happy birthday Dr. Martin Luther King (who had a wonderful Queen in Coretta Scott King).

IRamat2

Friday, January 18, 2008

Queen Isabella of Castille

Hi Everybody,

I just wanted to stop in and say hello. Thank you to Delta and Rick for your kind comments. Even it it is just online, it is nice to meet other Fred Heads and/or believers in the freedom we cherish as we look for the next American President or the POTUS as Delta calls the position. (I am definitely going to remember that acronym. I love it!)

I have been studying the histories of the various Caminos Reales in North and South America. Any road built by Spain's kings and queens, was called a Royal Road or a Camino Real. For example, before the canal was built in Panama, folks would take the Camino Real from one coast to the other when cutting time off of boat trips from California to Spain. In California, they seem to refer to these roads in English as as the King's Road rather than the Royal Road. Oh well, it is just a different interpretation.

So relating all of this to a Queen, let us take a look at Queen Isabella of Ca stile, Spain. the year 1492 was a big year for her and her husband King Ferdinand. Early in the year, they were able to win a battle at Santa Fe de Granada in Spain and drove the Moors our of power. In the summer, they funded the expedition of a Portuguese explorer, Christopher Columbus. By October or so of that year, the explorer had identified a new continent and new land holdings for Isabella and Ferdinand.

Was this all just dumb luck? Maybe, but it is the sort of "dumb luck," we could all strive for as we consider which path to take whenever we come to the crossroads of our lives.

If you would like to learn more about Queen Isabella of Castille, just go to:

Queen Isabella of Castille at Life Script

where you can find a brief history of the grand lady. It is published by Life Script Connect Network.

Take good care of yourselves everyone. Be sure to evaluate the possibilities at your crossroads of life and exercise your right to vote.

IRamat2

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Queen of Independence

I was about to tell you all that, although I have a favorite in the race for the American president this election year, you should make up your own minds on the subject. A great way to learn what politicians think--unhampered by rhetoric and unfiltered by the media--is to go to their official websites where you can even sign up for newsletters to read what the candidate wants voters to know. Currently I am getting newsletters from Fred, Hilary, and John Edwards. Eventually I will sign up for more. For now, below are the websites for all of the current presidential candidates:

www.johnmccain.com
www.fred08.com
www.mikehuckabee.com/
www.joinrudy2008.com/
www.mittromney.com/
www.ronpaul2008.com/
www.hillaryclinton.com/
www.barackobama.com/
www.johnedwards.com

So how does that relate to the Queen, you wonder. (Actually I wondered the same thing myself.) Well if you remember the Queen of Swords, she had moved from Spain to California and lived in a terrible regime run by Colonel Luis Montoya (played by my pal, actor Valentine Pelka seen, in character, below.)









Valentine Pelka as Colonel Luis Montoya in the year 2000







Rather than live under Colonel Montoya's tyranny, she chose to fight villainy and free the people of Santa Helena, California giving them the independence they craved to make their way in life, unhampered by this evil overlord.

Naturally, since we now belong to Google, I also googled Queen +Independence. I found some interesting things. First was an article from the New York Times dated December 28, 1902 in which a woman tried to destroy a large picture of Queen Anne of the United Kingdom in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, because, according to the woman, Queen Anne's ascension to the throne ruined her chances of ever ruling all of Great Britain. "Hmmm," you say. That explains the Queen plus Independence concept, but who was Queen Anne and how were these two related. The answer is they weren't related at all. They never even lived in the same time period. I suspect the woman in Philadephia in 1902 of being mentally imbalanced or a time traveler who got stuck in the wrong time. Just FYI, Queen Anne lived between 1665 and 1714. She was 37 years old when she ascended to the throne in 1702--two hundred years earlier. You can read more about the two women (the one in Philly and Queen Anne) at the links
below:

New York Times Queen Anne article

and

Queen Anne in Historic UK

I believe that both the painting attacker at the Smithsonian and Queen Anne demonstarted independence of thought based on what they said and did.

Even though I support Fred Thompson for president, we Americans need to evaluate the issues and demonstrate our own independence of thought and choose the person we think would best serve as the Next American President.

Have a great night!

IRamat2

Monday, January 14, 2008

Random Thoughts

So how to relate this to the idea of the Queen influencing all of life? Hmmmmm. Rob Huck from "gopwhatwebelieve" has posted a comment and I promise, Rob, I WILL reply....just probably tomorrow.

Then, do you know what the Queen's pick for Republican nominee for President in 2008 looks like? If not here he is below:



Finally, after an unintentionally long delay, I read Juicy Fruiter's blog. Juicy Fruiter is the Park Ranger who would write about his daily adventures and chew a little Juicy Fruit when under stress of falling asleep. He would comment that he works in a city park and loves his job. He stopped writing just before he wed last year. I enjoyed his blog and I think it would make a great movie! (Are you listening Hollywood? You don't have anything else to do as this writer's strike presses on.)

I guess what all of this has in common is folks have read this blog "Life According to the Quueen." Cool!

See you all tomorrow!!!

IRamat2

Queen of the Underdog

I checked to make sure a Google search did not turn up someone with that title and, except for an objectionable comment on one post which we will ignore, nobody has that title. So, I am taking it. Well, at least for as long as Fred Thompson is running for president. I noticed on some poll on "Good Morning, America" today, only 8% of people polled somewhere said that they would vote for Senator Thompson. How sad. Well, I say "Lie to pollsters and vote for Fred." I am going to keep standing behind his campaign either until he decides to drop out of the race or is elected president. So this Queen of the Underdog encourages you to do the same thing.

Have a great day!!

IRamat2

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Other Queens

I decided I need to start remembering the names of other Queens in life. Two that came to mind today are:

1) Queen Latifah
2) Drag Queens (but I do not know much about this subject)

Queen of my Heart -- My mom's eyes

Yesterday, I posted something I wrote five or six years ago about Tessie Santiago's eyes (mostly because I did not want to lose that information and this seemed like a safe place to keep it). Tessie played the character "Queen of Swords" in the syndicated TV series of the same name back in 2000-2001.

In the post, I metioned that I should post about the eyes belonging to the other Queens (and I mean that in a nice way) in my life. That would be like the Blessed Virgin Mary who is Queen of Heaven and my mom who is Queen of my Heart.

As you may have read in an earlier post, my mom died a year and one year and nine months ago, today. When I think of her, I still have a warm feeling of comfort......and loss, but I have trouble remembering her eyes. My memory is like that. I forget how things look. That is why I took up photography--in order to help me remember how people look.

There was a 3-part TV movie in the late 1990's starring actress Bobbie Phillips from MURDER ONE. The films were called CHAMELEON. Bobbie played a hybrid-kind of human. She had been genetically altered in a test tube at conception, so that she had cat and human genes. Bobbie became very good at working with child actors. They really made her shine. In the last film of the series, she was working with an older teen ager whose character was supposed to have lost her parents. In the official "touching" scene of the film, I recall Bobbie explaining to the teenager that she had trouble recalling how the caretaker she loved as a child looked, but, she said, "Once I've got the eyes, I have her." I think that maybe how it is with recalling my mom and her eyes. Once I FINALLY remember her eyes, then I have her.

When I first reflected on her eyes, I remembered the trouble my mom had had with them. She often asked me if she should wear an eyepatch, because she thought her eyes bothered other people when they looked at her. My mom had some of the first catract surgeries ever performed in which they implanted artificial lenses, so the patient did not have to live life with pop bottle lenses. She had to stay in the hospital two days after the first surgery. After the second surgery, she would say that she was awake and she heard the doctor say "Oops" during the operation. The eye operated on the second time had a misshapen pupil for the rest of her life. Even so, the surgery worked wonders. Whenever my younger brother and I needed to see something far away, as when we were driving somewhere, we would ask her to use her "bionic eye" and tell us what was up ahead.

Before my mom's older sister died in 1998, my mom started to develop a large brown spot around her left eye. We did not know what it was until a year or two before she died. We thought it was a freckle.......a big freckle. I remember my mom told me that her sister had commented about it on a visit to the northern states. By March of 2006, it had officially become malignant melanoma (a very bad cancer). When she had a lung x-ray to make sure she could have the surgery to take the cancer off of her eyelid, the doctors found a large cancerous tumor in her kidney. We tried to fight it, but when she had her stroke, they found that the cancer had started to creep into her lungs and brain also. If the stroke hadn't gotten her, the kidney cancer would have.

So then I have to think about what life was like before the cancer. (I hate cancer, by the way.)

I remember that my mom's eyes were blue--a clear , expectant blue. They were like a lake in Minnesota or North Dakota in the fall just before winter comes and ice forms on the lake. Mom always knew that something better would come along for her and anyone else. She did not fight for it or work for that change, she just went about her daily tasks caring for her family and waited for the "better" which, as I recall, always came.

My mom's eyes could be serious like when I brought home a bad report from my 7th grade English teacher. At other times they would twinkle with glee like at Christmas or when we would have our mother-child shopping trips. Up to the end, she wanted to enjoy those little outings with me. I remember New Years Day of 2006, the year she died. I took her to a quiet mall and we went to the Calendar store to get a 2006 calendar. She happily looked at everything in the store with me. Then, at one point, I was off doing something, but eventually came back to her side. She had been sitting down in front of a display, because she was tired. I didn't get it, though. I didn't get it until the end. The cancer does that to a person......makes a person tired.

Her eyes still gleamed after the first stroke. She never complained. She seemed to be able to look at the top half of her field of vision, but not the bottom. None-the-less, still she smiled and tried to comply with everyone's wishes. The priest at her church told me, "She is still there" when I commented about the fight to get a feeding tube for her and that she was still "there, sort of." I will never forget his comment. I am glad he made it. I would have forgotten the truth of it all, if he hadn't.

Mom finally looked tired as death started to creep up on her. The deep breathing that accompanies the dying process, may have affected that. (It is called Cheyne-Stokes breathing, according to the Hospice Nurse who cared for my mom.) As she passed away, she let out a big sigh of relief. She still looked tired, but then she develped a great big smile with eyes that had not been bright for a long time because of vision problems related to surgeries for the eyelid cancer. It was as if she saw Heaven. Maybe she was finally seeing the Queen of Heaven, but that is another story.

Well, for now, that is what I remember of my mom's eyes. Maybe I will remember more another time.

I hope you are all well and that you kiss your loved ones tonight or at least say a prayer for them and thanking God for putting them in your life.

See ya,
IRamat2

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Queen's Eyes: Queen of Swords

I am just re-publishing a comment I made about Tessie Santiago's eyes as she performed in GOOD MORNING, MIAMI. I am thinking it will be a good subject for all of the Queens in my little world. Here is that Santiago eye post from April 21, 2002:

Something that never came across on the TV is that in real life
her eyes actually sparkle. (I know the mask didn't help either, but
the camera just never caught this.) Remember the phrase "eyes
that sparkle like diamonds"? Hers really do!

It was amazing!!!!


IRamat2

The Queen's performance on GOOD MORNING, MIAMI

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The Queen returns

Hey there again! We meet twice in one day. How about that?

Remember the "Queen of Swords" created by that good fella David Abramowitz? The TV series starred actress Tessie Santiago. Well, I just learned that Tessie is back in a new production! New Line Cinema started principal photography on the film "The Cell 2" in November of 2007. The film is a continuation of the "The Cell," a Jennifer Lopez vehicle which came out in 2000. "The Cell 2" will star Tessie and actor Frank Whaley. It will be released direct-to-video in the third quarter of 2008 which is between July-August-September.

Alright!!!!

IRamat2

Thompson's Troops for the Queen

Hello enthusiasts of the Queen! I hope you are having a great day.

I heard from Stephanie McNees of the Friends of Fred Thompson who tells me that since Senator Thompson won the debate a few nights ago on Fox hands down, he is getting more support. Good job Queen fans, keep up the good work!

Stephanie tells me that yesterday, Human Events, the influential weekly conservative periodical, endorsed Fred after concluding that "Thompson is a solid conservative whose judgment is grounded in our principles."

So now, Queen enthusiasts, Senator Thompson is looking for more foot soldiers to help him out on the ground in South Carolina. Since, the Queen sees Senator Thompson's presidency as good for our beloved America and all her citizens, she is in support of Thompson's Troops. If you would like to join the troops you can let the organizers know that you would like to be part of the Queen's contingent.

Here is what Stephanie has to say about the ground troops forming in South Carolina:

As we head into the final week before South Carolina's primary, the campaign is asking for the help of its strong grassroots organization. This campaign began as a grassroots attempt to bring Fred Thompson into the race, and it will continue to work with those same grassroots activists to ensure a strong performance on January 19th in South Carolina.

In the final week before the primary, we are asking you to commit your time and resources to the South Carolina primary. We need volunteers who are willing to:

Recruit supporters at local events
Help mobilize and turn out our Fred supporters in the final days and hours before the primary
Make phone calls
Go door-to-door

The campaign is looking for volunteers who are willing to pay their own way (travel, lodging, and food expenses). If you can commit to this the campaign will work with you to:

Fly into a specific location
Help locate affordable accommodations
Train and explain the tasks you will perform while in South Carolina
Have a great time

There is a specific time frame in doing all of this. The campaign needs volunteers anytime between today and January 19th. Any amount of time you can commit will benefit the organization, but Senator Thompson will especially need help in the final 72 hours before the primary on Saturday January 19th.


Now remember, Queen's contingent, this is part of an American presidential campaign, so there are rules that we will and must follow. It is important that campaign finance limits and restrictions are followed when a volunteer is using their resources when traveling on behalf of the Friends of Fred Thompson Campaign. If you have any questions or concerns, go to

http://www.fred08.com/Virtual/Media/VolunteerRules.pdf

to read a full explanation of rules and regulations.

So, if you are interested in joining the Queen's contingent of Thompson's Troops on the ground in South Carolina, email thompsonstroops@fred08.com or call 360.921.3321.

See you soon troops!

IRamat2

Friday, January 11, 2008

The Queen's link to contributions

Here is another link you can use to donate to Senator Fred Thompson's 2008 Presidential campaign:

Fred08 - Contribute Now

A King instead of a Queen

IRamat2 here! It has been awhile since I last wrote. So, hello and I hope everyone out there is well.

I will catch you up with other things in life later, but for now I must say that the presidential race is becoming quite interesting. On the democratic side we have a black, a woman, a Hispanic, and a white guy. Four years ago, we had white guys who all looked the same on that team. On the republican side, we have the first Mormon to run for the position, a bunch of guys who want to sound like they are pro-life, and one who actually IS pro-life. (And we know that the Queen is pro-life. It makes no sense to ask "Do you want to keep the baby" and then claim you are not killing a baby when you "abort the fetus." If it was a baby before, it is still a baby when you end the child's life.) That presidential candidate who believes in the constitution and is pro-life is former Senator Fred Thompson from the great state of Tennessee. Senator Thompson, as great as he is, is in need of some campaign cash to keep carrying his message forward. So.......I have added a link below which you can click in case you would like to make a meager donation to his campaign. You can be assured that I have and that the Queen has made a donation to the Thompson for President in 2008 campaign.

Well stay well and talk to you next time!

Now if you would like your donation to Senator Thompson's campaign to be credited to the Queen and me, just use the URL below:

https://www.fred08.com/contribute.aspx?RefererID=c9893821-bcd4-4605-9205-e5e7636f0c75

Otherwise, here is the direct link to donate at Senator Thompson's site: