JAMES M. EMMERLING

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JULY 22, 2012 4:08PM

Weird National Media Battle: Zimmerman vs. Holmes !

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A song I go to for comfort; Dylan, ‘Death is not the End’:

ah the tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation
Shines in dark and empty skies
When the cities are on fire
When the burning flesh of men
Just remember that death is not the end
And you search in vain to find
Just one law abiding citizen
Just remember that death is not the end.

 

I am looking for more information about James Holmes, but cnn is telling me how to protect my money, throwing figures of $200 million around, so I went to MSNBC, where two mourners are speaking, and there is talk of a pubic vigil. Obama won’t be there. They are speculating upon Mr. Holmes’ court appearance tomorrow, saying it is premature t charge him. I learned Colorado has the death penalty for the “heinous” stuff.

 

I landed on Fox.  Talking abut Zimmerman. Poor guy, eclipsed , big time, in the media.

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I read a New York Times article about Holmes, entitled “Awkward Student Is Said to Leave Vicious Trap”.

 

Front page, next to an article about ‘’real life heroes ‘ ‘ emerging from the dark theater…Seems a few fellas lost their lives protecting their women...I hope this gives a bit of hope for you, as it does for me..

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On Fox there is still Zimmerman news, prophetic of violence on the streets if he is acquitted.

On MSNBC a fellow whose cretdential I dunno yet says “ we must take solace that this is an isolated event”. He must have had some good education, for he spoke in complete psychobabble sentences, which we all need to hear now. Especially the children.

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On cnn some trustworthy bald guy is telling me how the fdic kept my money safe. No one ever lost a penny of fdic insured money.  Bald Guy says a “financial regulation doesn’t have to be partisan”.

 

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Oh I am sick of tv. I have been glued to it for days now.  The community responded. A lot of hurt there. Huh. Wow. Victims’ stories spinning out for me to cry about , a bit.

 

Still, I need access to Holmes, to his head.

 

I gotta solve this thing.

 

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Why? For my own sanity. I have nightmares every night about threats to my safety. I wake in a panic. I go  back to sleep and the nightmare picks up where it left off. I won’ t bore you with the details of last nights’.

 

I turn on tv to get comfort.

 

I see a bunch of damn fool idiots who scare me more than Mr. Holmes. They are the Intelligentsia, the experts, and they speak gibberish to me. I liked the New York Times article, for it told me the facts in a noncommittal way. As if: this is the way it is, we all know it, and here is the latest example of it, and it is odd….

 

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Holmes is described as ‘’uncooperative’’ from the prison where he is held. Gonna be a hell of a show.

 

Forget Zimmerman, you concerned citizens. He will get not much traction anymore ….

 

Another Zimmerman:

 

When you're sad and when you're lonely
And you haven't got a friend
Just remember that death is not the end
And all that you held sacred
Falls down and does not bend
Just remember that death is not the end.

 

 

 

 

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Most excellent post... turn off the TV and go for a walk.
James,are you back at your home now?
I am speaking to you directly:You have to step back for your own sake.Remember how many people care for you on OS?
Could you drop the disturbing subject for a moment and concentrate on Georgie Boy for a while and provide us with a new bonmot?
Sometimes it is necessary to avoid involvement in order to find answers the brain is trying to solve.
jmac for the next week i got georgie puppy duty.
many walks. alas, also some tv. but i plan to eschew it awhile.
i have said my piece/peace on it. i think it is a harbinger of things
to come, and i want it forensically laid out. i also wish peace on earth
and no more cruelty to animals. good luck to me.
heidi! my plan exactly. enough of the joker. i need a dog. i will get one. this week. xo dogwatcher extraordinaire.
xoxoxo...Dogwatcher extraordinaire...wonderful job for you AND Georgie Boy.xoxoxoYou take care of each other.xoxoxo
I will look forward to your new post.
xoxoxo
xxoooxxxo returned. i am grown tired of the world.
it is "too much with me"/
i need georgie.
he sure needs
me. thankx
heidi.
xxoooxxxo returned. i am grown tired of the world.
it is "too much with me"/
i need georgie.
he sure needs
me. thankx
heidi.
Mac is right. It's the damned TV that's driving us all nuts. Turn the fucker off and save your soul.
chicken, ok it is off. but madmen are left to reign there,
unchecked. this bugs me.
walk to the park
charter oak
center springs
wickham [?]
the air is fresh
nature sounds innocent
not like a soda can exploding
dr. pepper
i'm a pepper
you're a pepper too
In agreement with the handsome gentlement and Heidi B-- drop the investigation and take a long stroll. Holmes killed for reasons that you can't understand. I tell you it is essentially senseless when someone massacres those that never harmed them. Probably some organic brain damage or just evil or evil and crazy. No way for you, as a non evil, can ever understand.
Maybe perpetrator was hypnotized?
I am with you, James. Have learned nothing from watching the TV coverage on James Holmes. He seems like a rather calculating sort, isn't talking, they say. And he was studying to be a neurosurgeon. What a damn shame!
Instead of watching the boob tube, I strongly recommend buying and reading the entirety of Gerry Mander's book FOUR ARGUMENTS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TELEVISION.
You have nothing to fear. I have a secret cloak covering you and Georgi, nothing can harm you. NO FEAR~
Agreed. TV off. Music on.
Terrific, and yes, shut it down. :) r.
Ages ago, Frank Zappa talked about the way the press misbehaved during the Watts riots. The lyrics to Trouble Every Day are more appropriate today than ever, and should provide some comfort to your traumatized soul, Mr. Emmerling. (Zappa had more truth in his little finger than Bob Dylan had in his whole freaking condo.)

And further they assert
That any show they'll interrupt
To bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell,
Because the boys they got downtown
Are workin' hard and doin' swell,
And if anybody gets the news
Before it hits the street,
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can't be beat

And if another woman driver
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
They'll send some joker with a brownie
And you'll see it all complete

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black,
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white.
You want access to his head? Suppose you got it. Then what? This isn't a mystery and there's nothing to solve here. Despite being referred to as a "brilliant loner" I imagine this guy is not very complicated or interesting and you'd probably be very disappointed.
No I can't watch the TV. Their reasoning is tipped and slanted, impressing on us foregone conclusions that were jumped to by money. What do you do with 200 million, I wonder? Can't buy democracy because then it's not democracy. Nice post.
Dear God James, when you're having nightmares or stressing the last thing you should be watching is the news. Isolated events and the money was never lost, what a bunch of pee-pee caca. Right now no one knows anything so they're jabbering to fill the empty space. They can't very well come on and say they don't know squat "what would people think?" is what motivates them.

The psyche knows when a moron is lying to you and it creates a conflict because you can't reconcile the truth and the pee-pee caca. Then you have nightmares and if you're like me that conflict created by listening to gibberish leads to anxiety attacks and eventually confusion and exhaustion. I NEVER watch these people, I get the news in print so I can spot the excrement without anyone jabbering at me.

These people are not chosen because they've got the answers, they're chosen because they have the look that inspires confidence in the viewers. The most famous often later say, oopsie daisy years later, like Dr. Spock and recently all the idiot economists. All total Gomers. For all you know one of these guys might have done a few lines of good blow in the green room before going on and has no idea what crap is flowing out of his mouth.

I'm concerned about you when you say you're having nightmares. Sweetheart, read or watch something pleasant, not something that creates chaos in your spirit. Look at some beautiful photographs or art. Please be gentle with yourself.
Jimmy.

Declare victory.

You pretty much nailed round 1. Your speculative shit was way better than main stream media on this.

It's no longer breaking news and can therefore wait until all the basic facts are known prior to expending any more energy.

Meanwhile.

How about that Casey Anthony? Even though she is clearly depraved, I'll bet a lot of guys wouldn't let that stop them after a couple of drinks.

Or even better -- the octamom is officially bankrupt and now performing strip shows in Florida, subject to working out contractual disputes.
James,how are you doing today?
I haven't told you that I got rid of the TV several years ago.
TV is disturbing.The news coverage is almost always full of devastating photos.Do we have to see them?Is it not enough to have maybe one picture to go along with e report?
For you,it's monday morning,and you are probably taking care of Georgie.Enjoy his company.He is innocent,and his soul is pure.
As all animals do,he'll sense your state of mind and will try to comfort you.You can go out into the park.

Remember:(Scanner)

"You have nothing to fear. I have a secret cloak covering you and Georgi, nothing can harm you. NO FEAR~"
James, I am coming late to this discussion because I spent the day yesterday at the Edison labs in West Orange, NJ. What a wonderful and place and what incredible history took place there. Edison and his team invented motion pictures there and you can watch several very short films made in the early to mid-1890’s. The first one is snippet of a man sneezing, the second is two young men dancing, the third portrays graphically (as graphic as they could get since they were inventing this stuff as they went along) the beheading of Mary Queen of Scotts.
Later they make the first “movie” there which portrayed a train robbery and during which at least eight people are shot to death. Twas ever thus, James, ever since the medium was invented over 125 years ago. Turn it off and it will go away. The events in Aurora are not a part of your life like Georgie and your wonderful sisters. There are 300 million people in this country and bad shit is going to happen to some of them at any given time. The media makes us feel they are all “us” part of our village, that crime is rampant and lurks everywhere. It does not. Actually, the reports I see say the crime is actually going down, yet people are more gripped by fear. The intimacy of the media makes us feel these things are happening right outside our door when actually the odds of something like this happening to us or anyone we know are small indeed. Turn it off. There is more to be learned from Georgie than trying to get into this madman’s noggin.
Here is a little parable: My wife and I live in a very small village of 1,100 souls. We have our own grammar school within easy walking distance for all the town children. My two kids walked to this school every day from the time they were in kindergarten without incident. No one picked their kids up unless they were going somewhere immediately after school. Nowadays, at 3:00 o’clock, idling cars line both sides of the street and flocks of mothers wait outside the school to escort their kids safely home.
There has never been a child abduction in town or the surrounding area to my knowledge (and my wife is police commissioner) , yet parents are infected with the fear they pick up from following each awful case that occurs somewhere in our huge country. This to me is very sad because their sense of security has been shattered for no good reason. Let the events in Aurora go, James.
jmac is right. i know it was yesterday, but do it again.

all those men you are watching, they all know nothing. they all talk gibberish. their job in life is to scare you. if they fail to scare you, then they lose their jobs. its very very simple. remember that, when you choose to watch them. their JOB SECURITY is "scare people so they watch." and then, change your mind, and dont watch them. find an old gilligan's island to watch, instead. or even cheers. or get off opensalon and go to hulu.com and watch arrested development, which will make you, in particular, as it does me, laugh and laugh and laugh.
I have those same nightmares. The key, for me, is to make sure that I wake all of the way up and think about something else. Read a book, do a sudoku, clean the litter box, anything to get my mind onto another track. Then, when I am calmed down, to lay back down and concentrate on my breathing. When I had a dog, I'd get him into bed with me so I wasn't alone. Now, I'm lucky if Puff shows up but she does seem to know when I need company.

So think about a way to break that dream cycle. I think it's worth a try to see if you feel better. I lose a bit of sleep, but that's better than nightmares.
In the end I will remember your words about this the most...
James..yeah off with the TV for sure..and hey a really great read : )

R ~