Laughing Commie Productions Presents : If You Could Read My Mind { Ch. 1 + 2 }

Laughing Commie Productions

{ Yet another thread of “Tales From The Land Of Chairman Mao’s Miracle” }

Dear Friends :

Laughing Commie Productions , a subsidiary of Bea Wildered Enterprises , in conjunction with Queen Yes Dear Productions and The Chinese Educational Broadcasting System is pleased to present another episode of ” Spaced Teacher’s Classroom “. In this episode our intrepid American Hero , Spaced Teacher , assigns his class to produce an original skit. This episode is entitled ” If You Could Read My Mind” and is based upon the song  of the same title by the great Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot. The Chinese love a good love story.

Directed by : The Great Spielberg Chan

Produced By : Queen Yes Dear

Videography by : Spaced Teacher

Written by and starring Spaced Teacher’s students.

A supporting cast of a few courageous students.

We hope you enjoy the show.

Please remember to support your local Troupe Of Laughing Commies.

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

D-I-V-O-R-C-E-

By Paul Stanner

Friends I come to you today seeking your prayers. There has been an unfortunate turn of events  in my family. My lover of 25 years has left me for another. Please pray for my family that has been so savaged by divorce. For the sordid details of our split please click here.  I’m so sick of these sooth talking well dressed types with their money and connections destroying families just for fun!!

We were together for 25 years and it was such a delicious love affair.  Whenever we were together it was a sensual delight. Alas however the currents of life carried us in different directions. One more charming than I stole my lover. Rest assured folks that life goes on and so will I. In the words of The Cowboy Poet Marshall Tucker ” Just as soon as I’m in the arms of another I’m going to forget all about you. “

Now if you’ll excuse me I have a date with my potential new lover. Her name is Haagen Daz Rum Raisin.

I pray that none of my Cracker family or friends ever have to suffer the pain of losing their beloved Cherry Garcia but if those dire circumstnaces befall you I suggest that you climb right back up on the horse and march down to 7 – 11 and buy some Haagen Daz Rum Raisin. She’ll ease your pain. Soon you’ll forget all about Cherry Garcia. Trust me I know.

Flour to the Crackers !! We SHALL bake !!

Now go spread your rum raisin around Crackers !!

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Libertarians , Jehovah’s Witnesses , Adulterers , Kumbaya Christians And Other Societal Misfits

Every now and then I just sit at my desk put my fingers on my computer keyboard and let them take me where they will. Today is one of those days.

CNBC  thinks that Libertarians are the Jehova’s Witnesses of today’s political scene. No matter how many times you tell them politely no thank you they’re  at your doorstep the next week. CNBC suggests that the next time you see a Libertarian approaching instead of running the other way walk right up to them and before they can get a word out say ” Brother have you heard the good word of Newt ” {Rick , Ron , Mitt} Do not let them get a word in edgewise and do not stop talking unitl they run for the hills. Trust me it works. lol

CNBC thinks that you can judge a man’s character by how he treats children , animals and women. If I were a Newt Gingrich supporter I’d be giving that some serious thought.

CNBC wonders if any of Newt Gingrich’s wives owns a blue dress? We wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see this sort of scandal hit Mr. Gingrich with vicious ferocity. We’re sure The Obama Machine is looking as we speak.

CNBC thinks that the people that cry racial discrimination the loudest when it effects them remain strangely silent when the racial discrimination effects somebody else. Right now in the world there are probably more White people that are slaves than Black have any of you ever heard the NAACP or any of the other assorted Poverty Pimps utter a word about them? CNBC also thinks that these very same people that cry racism the longest and loudest are frequently some of the most virulent racists when nobody is watching.

CNBC thinks that anybody that truly wants any political job probably should not be allowed to have it.

CNBC thinks that Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are the two honest Republican candidates left. The other two are creatures of politics and bear close watching at  times. CNBC also thinks that neither Mr. Paul or Mr. Santorum can get elected precisley because their honest. Washington wouldn’t know what to do with them. The American voter would be totally perplexed.

CNBC thinks that the real reason that the people that oppose SOPA is because they are too lazy or too untalented to create their own intellectual property so they want to rip off other people’s. As evidence I invite you to peruse Facebook A.K.A. Cut And Paste World.

CNBC thinks if Satan himself showed up in America today The Kumbaya Christian faction of Christendom would invite him in for tea.

CNBC thinks the idea that immigrants enrich the social fabric of America is hogwash. 95 % of today’s immigrants from everywhere are here soley for economic reasons. Take away their chance to make tons of money or their social benefits and you’ll see that they’ll decide to stay home/go home. Liberty , equality and fraternity have virtually nothing to do with why people want to come here. The vast majority of immigrants since about 1970 don’t give a damn about America. That is the province of those of us that were born here and know no other country.

CNBC thinks that if the government gave the people the option of paying no taxes in exchange for giving up their vote 95 % would take the deal.

CNBC thinks that Social Media sites are the new T.V. “A vast wasteland” as Marshall McCluhan called TV so many years ago. Serioulsy what of interest,fun or importance really happens on either Facebook or Google Plus?

CNBC thinks that if you view yourself as a Hyphenated – American than you are neither Hispanic or American , Italian or American , Japanese or America etc etc.

CNBC thinks it ‘s time to bring back the draft with no exclusion of females.CNBC also thinks it’s time for all young people to do two years of national service before they can go to university. That would change the shitty attitude of Generation Gimme very quickly. We are one of the very few developed countries that does not require this.

CNBC is perplexed how Liberals can be so adamantly opposed to Capital Punishment in all cases yet support abortion unconditionally. Talk about having it completely assbackwards !!

CNBC thinks if the 20 biggest billionaires in America would just step up and give 2 billion each to their country our problems would be solved. CNBC would hope that should this ever happen the billionaires do it with the condition that our government would adopt a balanced budget amendment.

Well folks the arthritis in my fingers is telling me that our time is up for today. We do have one more observation to make before we go.

The Second Coming will have no commercial interruptions.

Guangzhou : Singing For Your Supper Guangzhou Style { # 2 }

D.D. Lumix’s China Travel Blog

Singing For You Supper Guangzhou Style

By D.D. Lumix With A Little Help From Her ” Owner ” Spaced Teacher

This is C.C. speaking. Last Thursday in the late afternoon early evening I went out for a walk in the non touristy sections of Guangzhou with S.T. , D.D. and Fred. While D.D. was diddling with her shutter priority and S.T. was checking out the pretty Chinese ladies and Fred was trying to mooch a meal I was paying attention to business. That was very fortunate for you guys. Check out what I discovered.

Singing For Your Supper Guangzhou Style In The Liwan District 1 (3)

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The Chen Family Homestead. Guangzhou China.

Dear Readers :

This is S.T. speaking. Last Thursday morning the estrogen enhanced DigiFems and Fred and I went to The Chen Family Homestead.

The Chen family apparently was a very prominent Guangzhou family that was active in many social and cultural events in Guangzhou. Now their ancestral home is a tourist attraction which doubles as a sort of gallery for the local folk artists to display their wares. It’s a very interesting place. If your ever in Guangzhou I’d recommend you visit it. T’he  price is 10 RMB or about $1.50. It’s a good cultural experience that will take you about 3 – 4 hours to thoroughly explore.

Check out the artistry in the pictures below. There is also video here , here , here , and here.

Remember readers if you would like a more in depth look at what S.T. and his Posse Of DigiFems and The Pooch are up to currently just click on this link. My readers wishes are my commands. Enjoy.

The Tolling Bells

The Tolling Bells

By Anastasia Of The Lake

The bells started to toll one late night of summer 1997, they rang out with such a piercing ring, that the normal HAPPY SOUND that church bells tolling brings instead became a pierced knife to the head.

As he sat in the loud and happy crowd at the Twilite Inn, he was working up his courage to do as he had planned over and over in his mind…………HE saw HER, the beautiful and well stacked blond at least two nites a week for a long number of weeks, and they flirted endlessly and SHE, so aware of her affects on him….DECIDED it was NOW or NEVER and she told him. He held her and kissed her in a hidden corner of the Inn and assured her he would return that Friday nite and they would do AS SHE SO BEGGED and HE SO WANTED~~~~~so the plan was hatched and the adrenalin rush for HE and SHE began its race….the heavy and oppressing waiting was almost tearing his heart and mind out with DESIRE! And in the DISTANCE…he heard THE TOLLING BELLS.

As he left the INN that nite he was filled with a new energy he had not experienced in many years, and SHE back behind the bar at her post of  SEXY and VOLUPTOUS BARMAID was filled with GLEE and chuckled at her conquest. She stepped outside for a cigarette in the lovely summer night air. TREASURING and DESIRING and KNOWING her wiles had caught another…………….AS she puffed and was soooo afloat in her glee she heard the strange unfamilar sound, at least to her of…………………..THE TOLLING BELLS.

The week flew by as fast as a rabbit, he reassured his wife that he was fine when he called in the evening to see if she was at home and doing just fine……………..once more…he heard THE TOLLING BELLS. The SEXY barmaid all ready for the nite ahead had made herself exceptionally BEAUTIFUL, paying attention to the long silky blond hair and the fragrance she dabbed in all the right places. Her makeup was PERFECT, her JEANS SKIN TIGHT and her TEE a snug snug fit that showed her ample busom and such so that the neck plunged so deep as to give ALL in view a glance of her delicious breasts, her nipples were shown all rigid. SHE was READY~~~AND SO WAS  HE …and as he drove he heard THE TOLLING BELLS.

They arrived at their meeting place in the corner back parking lot in the INNS back corner lot, near the woods. The hour was midnight and they entered her car. She was all giggles as was he, and THE TOLLING BELLS sounded a new revilary, they began the embrace, the EMBRACE OF BETRAYAL, and in the distance THE CHURCH BELLS TOLLED. The act of sexual gratification began its dance and SHE KNEW her moves and HE KNEW his. They culminated in what is supposed to be an exchange of LOVE into an act of SHEER LUST……………..and THE TOLLING BELLS  rang out LOUDER.

Immediately his remorse was great and she laughed with great and loud sounds. He wanted to RUN and get away. IT was too LATE it was done. AS he drove away from her and the Twilight Inn.He heard once again THE  TOLLING  BELLS.

As he progressed in the days to come THE TOLLING OF THE BELLS never stopped ringing in his head.

I Smell A Fatwa !!

BREAKING NEWS !!! BREAKING NEWS !!! BREAKING NEWS !!!

Cracker Nation Broadcasting Corp. The OTHER CNBC  Dateline Austin Tx. Oct. 3 , 2010

Reliable sources within the entertainment industry have informed CNBC  that the noted  American entrepeneur and Jewish troublemaker  Richard ” Kinky ” Friedman has engineered an entertainment coup of epic proportions. At Kinky’s ” Rocking With Allah Friday  Night Hoe Down And Pig Roast ” at the Cordoba Center in N.Y.C. on the third Friday in Oct. none other than the great Salman Rushdie will be on hand to personally autograph his new book ” It’s Ten O’ Clock  Do You Know Where Your Jihadis Are ? “

When asked by CNBC for a comment regarding this turn of events Imam Richard Ibn Achmed Abdullah O’Reilly the Spititual Advisor For The Salafist Sons of Islamic Jihad had the following comment. ” You  heathen infidels will all burn for eternity in the fiery depths of your Hell if you do this Allah willing. May a horny camel visit your tent. “

I can’t wait for this event it should be great fun. Yes yes I know ” editorial comment ” .

Reporting for CNBC  from ” The Tasty Pig ” Mr. Friedman’s ranch in Austin Tx. Yacob Shapiro

To see the other chapters in this titanic on-going struggle  for human religious dominance please click here , here , here , here, here and here.

Flour to the Crackers !!!

Now go spread your crumbs around Crackers

Dr. Schweitzer I Presume

Dear Readers :
As much as I’m sure it will shock some of you there is something I agree with Saint Obama about. It’s high time that our young people are required to provide their nation with  some compulsory service. We are the only civilized country as far as I know that does not require this of it’s young people. This does NOT necessarily need to be military service. Something along the lines of Saint Obama’s plan would be advisable. Please not not make the mistake of thinking I am specifically endorsing Saint Obama’s plan. God knows his vision of a group of American Brownshirts larger in number than our combined military forces and equally funded and answerable only to him scares the bejesus out of me. It’s the first step to Nazism. I do endorse the general idea of compulsory service though. In that regard I have a solution to the problem described in the article below.

While I do not begrudge Doctors and other allied health professionals making a good living since their education is so expensive and they are highly trained I also do not think health care should be viewed as solely a business.Call me old fashioned but I  think there should still be some humanitarian concerns involved in choosing and practicing in that career path. I think if your role model for this career is Bill Gates or Warren Buffett rather than Albert Schweitzer you are in the wrong field.

I propose that ALL Doctors and allied health care practitioners in fields that have shortages as described in the article below should be required to give two years of quality service to the nation BEFORE they can be licensed to practice in civilian society. If they refuse service then they will not be eligible for any federal loans or federal jobs and will be required to give service elsewhere. I really don’t care if they shovel pig shit in the Mississippi Delta for two years .They WILL serve under my system. Also if they choose not to give medical service but some other service then they will not be eligible for federal loans or jobs until twenty years after their alternate service is completed. It’s time to stop  babying these  ” professional ” career types and start treating them like all other members of society. Also keep in mind that women are already excused from having to register with Selective Service which is blatantly discriminatory why should they be excused from this program also?

I invite your comments.

Doctor Shortage Proves Obstacle to Obama Goals

By ROBERT PEAR

Published: April 26, 2009

WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials, alarmed at doctor shortages, are looking for ways to increase the supply of physicians to meet the needs of an aging population and millions of uninsured people who would gain coverage under legislation championed by the president.

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The officials said they were particularly concerned about shortages of primary care providers who are the main source of health care for most Americans.

One proposal — to increase Medicare payments to general practitioners, at the expense of high-paid specialists — has touched off a lobbying fight.

Family doctors and internists are pressing Congress for an increase in their Medicare payments. But medical specialists are lobbying against any change that would cut their reimbursements. Congress, the specialists say, should find additional money to pay for primary care and should not redistribute dollars among doctors — a difficult argument at a time of huge budget deficits.

Some of the proposed solutions, while advancing one of President Obama’s goals, could frustrate others. Increasing the supply of doctors, for example, would increase access to care but could make it more difficult to rein in costs.

The need for more doctors comes up at almost every Congressional hearing and White House forum on health care. “We’re not producing enough primary care physicians,” Mr. Obama said at one forum. “The costs of medical education are so high that people feel that they’ve got to specialize.” New doctors typically owe more than $140,000 in loans when they graduate.

Lawmakers from both parties say the shortage of health care professionals is already having serious consequences. “We don’t have enough doctors in primary care or in any specialty,” said Representative Shelley Berkley, Democrat of Nevada.

Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, said, “The work force shortage is reaching crisis proportions.”

Even people with insurance have problems finding doctors.

Miriam Harmatz, a lawyer in Miami, said: “My longtime primary care doctor left the practice of medicine five years ago because she could not make ends meet. The same thing happened a year later. Since then, many of the doctors I tried to see would not take my insurance because the payments were so low.”

To cope with the growing shortage, federal officials are considering several proposals. One would increase enrollment in medical schools and residency training programs. Another would encourage greater use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. A third would expand the National Health Service Corps, which deploys doctors and nurses in rural areas and poor neighborhoods.

Senator Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat and chairman of the Finance Committee, said Medicare payments were skewed against primary care doctors — the very ones needed to coordinate the care of older people with chronic conditions like congestive heart failure, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

“Primary care physicians are grossly underpaid compared with many specialists,” said Mr. Baucus, who vowed to increase primary care payments as part of legislation to overhaul the health care system.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, an independent federal panel, has recommended an increase of up to 10 percent in the payment for many primary care services, including office visits. To offset the cost, it said, Congress should reduce payments for other services, an idea that riles many specialists.

Dr. Peter J. Mandell, a spokesman for the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, said: “We have no problem with financial incentives for primary care. We do have a problem with doing it in a budget-neutral way.

“If there’s less money for hip and knee replacements, fewer of them will be done for people who need them.”

The Association of American Medical Colleges is advocating a 30 percent increase in medical school enrollment, which would produce 5,000 additional doctors each year.

“If we expand coverage, we need to make sure we have physicians to take care of a population that is growing and becoming older,” said Dr. Atul Grover, the chief lobbyist for the association. “Let’s say we insure everyone. What next? We won’t be able to take care of all those people overnight.”

The experience of Massachusetts is instructive. Under a far-reaching 2006 law, the state succeeded in reducing the number of uninsured. But many who gained coverage have been struggling to find primary care doctors, and the average waiting time for routine office visits has increased.

“Some of the newly insured patients still rely on hospital emergency rooms for nonemergency care,” said Erica L. Drazen, a health policy analyst at Computer Sciences Corporation.

The ratio of primary care doctors to population is higher in Massachusetts than in other states.

Increasing the supply of doctors could have major implications for health costs.

“It’s completely reasonable to say that adding more physicians to the work force is likely to increase health spending,” Dr. Grover said.

But he said: “We have to increase spending to save money. If you give people better access to preventive and routine care for chronic illnesses, some acute treatments will be less necessary.”

In many parts of the country, specialists are also in short supply.

Linde A. Schuster, 55, of Raton, N.M., said she, her daughter and her mother had all had medical problems that required them to visit doctors in Albuquerque.

“It’s a long, exhausting drive, three hours down and three hours back,” Ms. Schuster said.

The situation is even worse in some rural areas. Dr. Richard F. Paris, a family doctor in Hailey, Idaho, said neighboring Custer County had no doctors, even though it is larger than the state of Rhode Island. So he flies in three times a month, over the Sawtooth Mountains, to see patients.

The Obama administration is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into community health centers.

But Mary K. Wakefield, the new administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, said many clinics were having difficulty finding doctors and nurses to fill vacancies.Doctors trained in internal medicine have historically been seen as a major source of frontline primary care. But many of them are now going into subspecialties of internal medicine, like cardiology and oncology.

I think it would be good for medical professionals to experience THIS sort of life BEFORE they can practice their chosen fields in civilian society. I think it would keep them humble. That God Complex thing a lot of them have is a major pain in the ass

A Pound Of Flesh Anybody ?

This article was originally published on July 19 , 2009 . I thought in view of all that is going on in the world today it merited another read.

Dear Readers :

Do any of you find it strange that Pope Benedict goes to the Middle East on a mission of peace to speak to our Moslem and Jewish brothers and is vilified by,both Moslem and Jewish religious leaders ? Who does the Pope think he is Anne Coulter? What an amazing albeit unintended effect this man of peace has on other religious “men of peace”.It amazes me that both the Jewish leaders and Moslem leaders so clearly chose to miss the point of the Pope’s message and trip entirely. Could it be that they are too busy focusing on extracting their respective pounds of flesh?

I’m astounded that the leaders of both groups want a PERSONAL apology and an apology as a representative of The Holy See from the Pope for their perceived grievances. The Jewish leaders want an apology from the Pope as a representative of The Church for the Church’s alleged complicity in Nazi atrocities.To the best of my knowledge no Church complicity in Nazi atrocities has ever been proven. There is however much evidence to prove that The Church was instrumental in confronting the Nazis and in protecting individual Jews.They also want a PERSONAL apology from the Pope for his service in the Nazi military during WW 2. The fact that he was conscripted into these services against his will and deserted at his first opportunity seems to matter little to these apology seekers. How come Senator Robert Byrd who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan in his youth can be credited with ” having a change of heart” and now be viewed as a man of peace and racial harmony but The Pope will always be viewed as a Nazi? Why is it that Saint Obama who has a very well documented history of association with murdering domestic terrorists is viewed as a Man of Hope and Change. The Messiah of The Deranged Masses if you will but the Pope will always be viewed as a Nazi?

I’m a Christian though not a Catholic and even I can see why the Catholics get real tired of this little game.I will think about conveying my personal apology to the Jewish people when I just once here one of the Jewish religious leaders mention all the other non Jewish people that were killed in the Shoah. When the Pope spoke recently at Yad Vashem all I read about was how upset the Jewish religious leaders and people were that the Pope didn’t address their suffering via the atrocities committed against them more forcefully. Not a word was uttered about the handicapped , the Gypsies , the Communists , the undesirables ,the Catholics , the trade unionists etc etc etc. What Jewish leader speaks for them?As far as I know no Jewish leader speaks for them. I’ve never heard a word spoken from any Jewish leader in remembrance and honor of them.That is the Pope’s job. He does it admirably in my opinion. I will think about conveying my personal apology to the Jewish people when I hear a Jewish religious leader condem forcefully the Jewish doctors that abort Catholic and Protestant babies. Who speaks of this holocaust? Where is the Yad Vashem Of The Unborn? I will think about conveying my personal apology to the Jewish people when I hear some Jewish religious and political  leaders admit and apologize for the atrocities committed by their nation and people. Yes Yes I  know it’s very unfashionable to call Israel  / The Jewish people to task for any of their mistakes. It is also very naive to think that Israel / The Jewish people alone have no blood on their hands. Indeed that view is naive and dangerous. Israel / The Jewish people are part of humanity and all of humanity has blood on it’s hands.Israel / The Jewish people are no exception. They have been both victim and perpetrator as has every nation and people. It is The Human Condition. I don’t see it changing any time soon.  Would that The Second Coming would happen tomorrow and put a stop to all of this. Unfortunately I think that is a bit in the future yet.

The Moslems are upset with His Holiness for a perceived lack of comittment in fighting Moslem / Islamic defamation.They also seem to be still harboring a grudge regarding The Crusades. I’m pleased that His Holiness has not proffered the desired apology since none is required in my opinion.

I will think about offering my personal apology to the Islamic  people when I hear their leaders forcefully repudiate terrorism. When women are no longer stoned to death for adultery. When girls are allowed to go to school. When Buddhist archaeological treasures in their countries are no longer destroyed.When they stop trying to force Sharia Law on the rest of us. Yes folks the list of conditions that the Islamic people will need to meet before I even think of offering my personal apology to them is a long and distinguished one. I think we all can be pretty confident about exactly when those conditions will be met.

When Satan has a lemonade stand in Hell.

I’m really curious about this phenomenon of people needing an apology from someone that has not aggrieved them. About ten years ago I was in Hawaii and had the pleasure of meeting some young Japanese people. They were in their twenties and were thoroughly charming. One night right out of the clear blue this 25′ish Japanese woman apologized to me personally for W.W.2. I was flabbergasted to say the least considering her age and the fact that she couldn’t possibly have done anything to me or my family. I don’t know exactly where this need for apologies or to give apologies when none are required originated from although I suspect as with the vast majority of stupid ideas it emanates from Dumbass / Liberon political philosophy. P.C. gone wild if you will. I find it very disturbing. There is no reason to make people feel guilty for sins they did not commit. The son is not required to pay for the sins of the Father.

If you are a British citizen that did not directly do anything to my Irish relatives do NOT apologize to me . None is necessary or sought.

If you are of European ancestry and did not do anything directly to my Native American relatives do NOT apologize to me. None is necessary or sought.

If you are A German who did not do anything directly to my American relatives in W.W.2 do NOT apologize to me. None is necessary or sought.

If you are a Japanese who did not do anything directly to my American relatives in W.W.2. do NOT apologize to me. None is necessary or sought.

It’s ALWAYS about a pound of flesh  and NEVER about justice.

I think I’ve made myself clear.

I invite your comments

If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao

” Spaced Teacher’s Adventures In The Middle Cosmos “

“If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao # 1″

By Spaced Teacher

If you are one of those people that is foolish enough to believe the current politically correct view that China is going to rule the world soon I have good news for you.Don’t believe it!! It isn’t going to happen in your lifetime. I seriously doubt that China will ever rule the world. Assuming they do some day though it is at least 100 years in the future and realistically it’s probably 500 years in the future. When I ask my 20 year old Chinese students how long they think it will be the vast majority say 50 years. Now make no mistake it’s not that they couldn’t it’s that they won’t. I will explain below.

In The HaNazee Holy Book’s Ten Commandments there is one that states the following. As described below :

” Nothing Or NOBODY In All Of China { Jardeen} May Move Faster Than ” The Napping Panda Of Sichuan “.

Emeperor Wo Bu Zhi Dao who was the first HaNazee Emperor  of China was deathly afraid that if his people became too ambitious , efficient and educated they would revolt and toss him and his cronies out of the Palace.He would then need to get the one thing that all HaNazees , especially the men , fear the most. A real job. In The Dreaded Private Sector!!! He wasn’t about to let that happen!!To this day that attitude is still prevalent in China.

When I came to this university I was told that we would be moving into a brand new state of the art building which was specifically designed for the foreign staff and students. I arrived here in March , it is now June and we are still staying in the hotel they initially quartered us in. We are still hearing the move is iminent. LoL I have subsequently spoken to one of the Australian teachers who was here last year. He informed me that he was told that he would be moving into that complex last year. His advice was to not get too excited about it one way or the other.

The Napping Panda Of Sichuan is cutting some zzzzz’s. lol

About 5 weeks ago the hot water in this hotel stopped. Apparently the water boiler broke.It’s very hard for me to believe that The Information Age has reached China yet since everybody in a position of authority that we asked had very little information about this. All we were told was that they had to seek bids and that it would be fixed in about 10 days. Ten days came and went. We asked again. We were told it would be fixed in two to three weeks. Two – three weeks came and went . We asked again. This time we were told it was indefinite. Being rational well educated , if a bit ripe at this point , lao wai / foreigners we asked why. We were told that they were having the necessary equipment shipped in. My guess is that first they have to make it then ship it. I further postulate that since shipping by air is a bit tai guela / expensive and they wish to save some money they are shipping it via donkey cart. We are now at six weeks and counting. Meiyou / zero hot water boiler and about twenty very ripe lao wai / foreigners. There is no end in site. Apparently The Nappping Panda of Sichuan is taking a prolonged snooze this time.

The thing that really amazes me about this whole situation is that the Chinse people just accept it.This hotel is one of the more expensive hotels in this town. It costs about $ 18.00 / 150 R.M.B. a night to stay here. Now by American standards that is not a lot of money but trust me when I tell you that is a significant amount of money by Chinese standards. The way the hotel has handled this is by giving each Chinese guest a 2 RMB / 25 cent token for the public bath. The lao wai / foreigners get nothing. Apparently we are on our own in this matter. To date I have not noticed a drop in the hotel’s occupancy rates or any complaining by the Chinese guests. I find that very curious indeed. I also think it’s another part of the reason that they will never rule the world. As long as you are willing to accept only what the leaders  give you then development will continue to be excruciatingly slow. Can you imagine the reaction of American / Western guests at a comparable 4 star hotel in America or Europe to this situation? I’m reminded of the old saying about the Communists. I think it’s very applicable to this situation. ” If the Communists managed the desert there would be a shortage of sand.”

The Napping Panda of Sichuan is cutting some zzzz’s

P.S. : You may want to stay out of this town for the foreseeable future. There are many very ripe lao wai / foreigners here. It’s not pretty.

If you wish to read ” If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao # 2 “   just click the link.

If you wish to read ” If You Go Carrying Pictures of Chairman Mao # 3 “  just click the link.

“The Adventures Of Spacedteacher In The Middle Cosmos { China }” are a collection of short stories based upon my actual experiences.They are written from the point of view of an American ” lao wai” { foreigner}. As is the case with all of humanity’s gardens there are flowers AND weeds.The Chinese garden is no different in that regard , they have flowers in the form of the Jardeen Roses and Jasmine and crabgrass in the form of the HaNazees. I try to weed the crabgrass while focusing on and accentuating the Jardeen Rose and Jasmine .

I have taken only the barest minimum of poetic license in an effort to make these stories more enjoyable to read for you. Trust me when I tell you it happened 99 % exactly as I tell it. All names have been fictionalized to protect the guilty from legal action be that civil or criminal and to protect the innocent from the guilty and most importantly to protect the author , yours truly , from the crabgrass in the Chinese garden. Those HaNazee can be vicious bastards!! lol

The HaNazee are well known for having an aversion to the spelling and grammar challenged among us. These guys are in the employ of the HaNazee.

All characters , plot lines , fictional places , and anything else even remotely associated with these stories is the intellectual property of Spacedteacher D.B.A. Bea Wildered Enterprises and may not be used without the express written consent of the aforementioned Spaced one or Bea herself.