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!

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