Tuning In With Betsy  

So Rosie's Variety Show premiered last night.

I like the old reruns of the Variety Shows that still air up here in the Great White North.   Ed Sullivan is seen weekly, just like back in the day.

I'll give Rosie a C for trying. 

Liza was great.  Just because she's Liza, with a Z.   For Zoomer.

Done her Mama proud.

But, we didn't get to hear that Fabulous 'Nawlins Boy,  Harry Connick, Jr. croon.

Awwwwwww. 

I was so disappointed, weren't you?

The lighting could have been brighter.  Shoulda been.   Yes, I know black is cool, but stage sets shouldn't be 85% dimmed, even if you are trying to be hip, new and re-modeled for the 2000's.

Ya tried.  I give ya Triple A Plus for trying, and i'm sure NBC will hang in there witcha.

After about 40 mins. i went to the BBC to hear the latest news about Mumbai, formerly, Bombay.

Dontcha just love it, those with American and British Passports, go to the head of the line.

To meet the Grim Reaper.

What a Thanksgiving.   I stayed up praying all night and then Mass at 8 for those still held hostage.

The least I could do.

So when you give Thanks, add a few prayers for those still holed up in those luzury hotels.

And kiss your kids, and tell someone you love them.

You never know when it might be the last chance you get to do so.

And Happy Anniversary to My Mom and Dad.

#60.

And your friends gave it 6 months.







 

Yes, Indeedie, what a coincidence!

Oops, sorry F. Scott Fitzgerald, I'm not supposed to use an exclamation point, too self-indulgent and sniffs of vanity.

Everyone who listens to Tuning in with Betsy, with yours truly, Betsy Balega, knows that I do not believe in coincidences.

They're winks from God.

Telling you, you are on the Right Road, The Right Path, Going in the Right Direction.

Right on, God.

Lately, He has been talking to me a lot, and no, I don't mean, as in Auditory Hallucinations.

May Pang, John Lennon's girlfriend, was my guest, on November 15th.  May and I spoke of coincidences.  She has had many that pertain to John, since his death.

We touched on this incident in our interview.  For those of you, not familiar with The Incident, I am referring to John Lennon, stating in an interview, that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.  Christianity would fade, he declared, but he wasn't sure which would fade first, Christianity or The Beatles.

A lot of water under the bridge, a lot of wax played, death threats from the KKK, Beatle Concert Tours were canceled, Watergate (don't get me started), so much, so much, History in between John and The Beatles being "absolved." 

This past week, the Vatican Newspaper, officially known as L'osservatore Romano, issued an Official Forgiveness Writ, Absolution from the Vatican.

All is forgiven 42 years later.  Yes, 20/20 Hindsight makes it all so clear now.

Or clearer.

John Lennon was a misunderstood chap, as was Jesus.

Lennon sang about Revolution, Jesus brought one. 

They both upset the Apple Cart in their day.

John worked Musical Magic.

Jesus worked Miracles.  Well, it wasn't really "work" for him, He was in The Family Business. 

His Dad has come through with a few for me.

John came from humble beginnings in Liverpool.

To quote my Parish Priest, Fr. Frank Lahout, the word in Israel was, "No Good every came out of Nazareth."  (Not to be confused with The Word, as in "made Flesh).

John met an untimely death.

Likewise Jesus.

Only the Good die young.

John is remembered on his birthday and date of death.

Can you say, Christmas and Food Friday/Easter?

Lennon left a legacy of music.  Music that uplifts, cheers up, and refreshes.

Jesus likewise.

Not the music part, but His Essence.  His Message.  Love, Hope and Forgiveness.

Hey!  I think The Vatican got it!

Oops, sorry Scotty.


Betsy Balega
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/betsy

Yes, I saw Oswald's Ghost.

Yes, Betsy Balega is a psychic, clairvoyant medium, but I am talking about Robert Stone's Documentar, Oswald's Ghost, that aired on The History Channel, in Canada last night, November 22.

I get very, what's the word?  Reflective, every November 22, thinking of November 22, 1963 and what took place in Dallas that day.

This documentary featured the Zapruder Film, segments with Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Mike Wallace (so young looking, and not at all depressed.  Let's face it, the entire Nation was depressed for a long time after that day and its events).  I still haven't recovered.

The End of Innocence in America.

And then there was Bobby.

Some teenager, 19, committed suicide live online Thursday. 

That's about how I felt on June 4, 1968.  What the hell was happening in  America?

Oswald's Ghost focused on the possibility of the CIA and the Mafia cooperating to
get the deed done in Dallas.

Not enough investigation.

And who ever believed The Warren Commission Report?

Not me.

Not many.

And as the years have gone on, the trust in the US Government has corroded away, like a battery left out in the rain.

Jim Garrison was featured prominently. 

And Lyndon Johnson knew of the rumors that he was connected to the assassination plot.

Neither Bobby Kennedy or I ever liked that goof.  I'm tempted to call him something else, but I shall remember, I'm a lady.  But not a Byrd.

There was a date when all records and files on the case would be openened in 50 years or somethng like that.  I didn't think i'd live to see the day.

I Googled , and now the date is 2017.

Gee, if December 21, 2012, doesn't kill us all, or WWIII, which Nostradamus predicts begins in 2011,
 forget the freakin stock market, get into Survival Mode.

What else do i have to worry about?

What, me worry?

Hell no.

11-22-63 was enough.

I got through this blog without using the word CONSPIRACY.

Later.

Tune in to Tuning in with Betsy for the Real Story behind the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.


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Well, since 2005 I have been predicting and preaching for people to prepare for a rough economic ride.  Watching Larry King on Thursday night, there was my girl, Suzy Ormand, giving advice to someone who had e-mailed about a decision with their house.

Should they pay off the mortgage now,  or sell the property?

Smart Suzy gave the same advice i had recently given someone.

If you don't plan to live at this house, for the rest of your life, why pay off the mortgage?

Smart move is to attempt to sell it.  Yes, the housing market is a mess, as is the economy, and it doesn't appear to be turning around anytime soon.  Suzy agreed with me, 2010.

And as far as racking up high credit card debt, to make sure your children have a wonderful Christmas, wake up!

Be creative.  Start a new tradition, be realistic about your Holiday Spending.

If you don't have the cash, don't go into debt with your plastic.

Kids will appreciate and remember, far longer, time spent with Mom and Dad.

Bake cookies, go for a Creativity Holiday Walk,  look at the lights in the neighborhood,
make a list of 100 things you are grateful for in 2008.  Make your Dream List for 2009.
Celebrate an old fashioned Christmas.  Check out Free Events at your Library.  Mine is
having a Dickens Evening, with the film, a Christmas Carol, with Alister Sims (the best
Scrooge ever) and then a Dickens Discussion, with free refreshments after the movie,
hosted by, whom else, The Dickens Society of Toronto.  I'm sure your city or town has
similar Holiday Events.  And the price is right.

Time is the Best Gift you can give your kids.

We never have enough of it.

Make some extra time for them, now.  This Holiday, This Season, This Day.

Toys can break, iPhones will be out of date in 6 months when the new style comes out.  Typical of the Electronics Business/.

Memories last a lifetime.

Make some today.

Don't forget your camera.


Betsy Balega

I'm looking for Lot.

Like in, God would spare the world from The Great Flood, if he could find 10 Good People on the face of the earth.

Was it 10?

How many in Noah's Family?  Lot was related right?  I think so, but I'm not a Certified Theologian.

Man, are there ANY honest people left on this planet?

Why is Greed so prevalent.

I do know something about the Bible, it's the Love of Money which is the root of all evil.

So many fit the profile.

What is in someone's personality, DNA,  psychological profile, that turns on the GS?

Greed Switch.

Reminds me of 2 Theatrical Productions.

Stop The World I Want To Get Off.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Stephen "Yo Stevie" Harper, laid the blame for the current Financial Mess in the World, at George W. Bush's feet yesterday.

As all you intelligent readers know, the G-20 met for a Pow Wow to fix the world.

What freaks me out is, that the terrorists from September 11, 2001, wanted to destroy the American Economy.

It's been done for them.

From inside the country.

Pretty amazing if you ask me.

Pretty spooky.

Too scary.

Prime Minister Harper stated that the Financial Collapse is due to the non-regulated Banking System in the USA.

There ya have it.

Bull Markets, Bear Markets,  Soothsayers, Hoo Doo Voo Doo, Unemployment, Lay Offis, GM, Chrysler, Christmas is coming, a Wal Mart Christmas?

According to Jim Cramer, that's what we are in for.

When Target is in trouble and the Rich stop buying, it's time to get out the worry beads.

Did you know the G-20 guests dined yesterday, on quail and bottles of $300 a bottle wine?

What me worry?

FDR had the New Deal.

Obama is getting a Raw Deal.

I don't envy the President Elect.  It's hard to fix up someone elses Mess.

Wives do it in marriages every day, so do husbands.

Where to begin?

How bout on our knees?  I'll start there.

In the words of Tiny Tim, God bless us, everyone.

We sure need it.