VACATION TIME, MICHIGAN/INDIANA, SEPTEMBER, 2011

VACATION TIME, MICHIGAN/INDIANA, 9-'11

Arrgh!  All the pictures that I took on my first week of vacation, and some on my second week of vacation, somehow got auto-deleted by my camera!  'Sucks .... And as if that was not bad enough, I lost my travel notes, too!!! My first week's worth of photos had some pictures of the Amish Folks in Indiana which I took without asking for their permission first; my sister did tell me not to take pictures of the Amish people. But, did I listen ...? No. Which is probably why I lost the first week of  vacation photos along with my travel notes---An Amish witch put a hex on me and my camera! So, my vacation photos begin with those that I took on Sunday, September 4th, 2011. I hope that you'll enjoy looking through my photos.

This is a picnic area at Summit Park overlooking Lake Michigan.  It is less than a mile away from Bortell's Fisheries, in Ludington, where people go to to buy raw, smoked or fried fish. I don't know who these people are.

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Bortell's Fisheries, Ludington, Michigan. I found this on the Internet.

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This is the ferry to take, here in Ludington,  to get from Michigan to Wisconsin across Lake Michigan.

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This is the back entrance to Kilwin's Chocolate and Fudge Shop, in Ludington, Michigan, where we stopped to buy fudge and get directions to the local tourist spot shown in a recent movie. That is my brother-in-law and my niece that you see entering through the doorway.

Do you remember this recent movie?

This movie, 30 MINUTES OR LESS, was filmed in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  But the bank robbery scene was filmed at this now-closed bank in Ludington, Michigan, the Ludington State Bank on the corner of James and Loomis.

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This is one of two super stores in the Michigan area, the other one being Super Wal-Mart. I forget where it is at.

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This is one of Lewis' Farm Market and Petting Farm critters ( I wonder if it tastes like chicken ).  It is just roaming around the parking lot. This farm is in New Era, Michigan, on Stony Lake Road.

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New for this year:  Admission price for the Petting Farm! 'Sucks ....

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I don't know what happened to this Peacock's tail.  It had a nice, long tail last year.

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This pizza place, The Pizza Factory, is in Shelby, Michigan, on North Michigan Avenue.  My sister comes by here a lot for some take-out dinner to take to the cottage.

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My sister and I stopped off here at the Country Dairy on South 80th Avenue, New Era, Michigan, before we headed back to her cottage at Stony Lake, to buy some Mookies & Cream Ice Cream and a loaf of Donkey Doo Bread w/ Pecans.  This is a dairy store and restaurant where they serve beef from old cows that don't produce milk anymore.  I don't know about you, but the whole thing sounds cruel and barbaric to me: Killing and eating cows because they can't produce milk anymore; it's like killing and eating your employees because they can't work anymore!

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Slightly to the left-of-center in this picture of Stony Lake is a bridge that's barely visible.  If you get in a canoe, raft or inner tube and paddle your way under this bridge then have the creek's current carry you along its meandering course, you will end-up in Lake Michigan less than an hour later. Yup, I did it once--and I'd like to do it again.

This is my sister's paddle-wheel raft. To the left of the floating dock was my sister's pontoon boat. It was dry-docked because it was encrusted with Zebra Mussels, an invasive species. You could see the Zebra Mussels in the shoreline water. There are more Zebra Mussels here than there are stones! They should rename this lake, Zebra Lake!

This is similar to my sister's pontoon boat. I got this on the Internet.

These are Zebra Mussels ( 'found this picture on the Internet ). They are tiny, just about half-an-inch ( 1.27 cm ) long. But do they ever proliferate like horny rabbits! All the Great Lakes, not just Lake Michigan, are infested with them. I wish that there was a way of harvesting them for human consumption and/or for fish bait!

This is at the opposite end of the lake from the one which shows the bridge.

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Ah, the long walk up the hill from the lake on a slippery, moss-covered road.

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The in-laws of somebody famous, a TV personality, own this lake cottage. Scroll down a bit to find out who I'm talking about.

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This is Do It Best Hardware Store here at Stony Lake where my brother-in-law and I stopped by to get some stuff.

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This is the guest house at Al Capone's ( famous Chicago gangster from the '20s ) vacation home here at Stony Lake, Michigan.

Al Capone. I got this on the Internet.

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This is Al Capone's vacation home on a hill overlooking Lake Michigan.  It was undergoing some restoration work.

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This is Lake Michigan, just down the hill from Al Capone's vacation home.  The water was  cold and the waves  were too choppy for anybody to risk going in for a swim and getting caught in the undertow.

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This is Stony Creek meandering on its way from Stony Lake to Lake Michigan.

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Another shot of Stony Creek from the bridge.  Lake Michigan is shown far in the horizon.  Actually, Lake Michigan is less than  200 yards ( 182.88 metres ) from this spot.

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This is in the town of Hart, Michigan. The locals were having a Pig Roast. But, I ask you, What is a Pig Roast without Ketchup or, better still, Lechon Sauce and/or Banana Catsup? The next time that I visit, I will be sure to bring a case of Banana Catsup and Lechon Sauce to hand out to all of the diners! By the way, the time-stamp on this and on previous and subsequent photos are wrong ( the p.m. should have been an a.m. ) because I kept forgetting ( "Senior Moment" ) to change the time whenever it came time to replace the batteries.

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Lechon Sauce. I found this on the Internet.

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Banana Catsup. I found this on the Internet.

Please don't ask me to post a picture of Tomato Ketchup. You all know what that looks like!

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That is my brother-in-law and my niece to left-of- center of the picture. To the far left ( the black-colored object ) is one of about half-a-dozen Barbecue Pig Roasters. To the right, you see people filing to get inside the Mudget Community Pavilion ( circa 1993 ) for some sit-down meal of Roasted Pig, Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Bread and Cold Drinks--but where's a Bowl of Steamed Rice when you need it?

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This is the old one-room school, Randall School ( circa 1876 ), here in the town of Hart, Michigan. The windows that you see to either side of the doorway are those of the restrooms: Girls' on the left, Boys' on the right.

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This is the Sackrider Church ( circa 1897 ), in the town of Hart, MI, with a Native American Museum basement, near the one-room school and the pig-roast pavilion.

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This and the following pictures are of the nearby Hart Historic Museum.

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This log cabin ( circa 1858 ) once belonged to Chief Cobmoosa of the Ottawa Native American tribe. This cabin is pretty much just a rectangular "box" with a fireplace, a small desk, a chair and, on a raised platform to one side of the cabin and partitioned by a curtain, a wooden bed. I'm sorry that I forgot to take shots of the interior. Outside, to the left of the door, is a hand water pump. To the right of the cabin--not shown in the photo--is an outhouse--imaging needing to use the toilet in the deep of winter in sub-zero temperature ( you'd be pee-peeing ice cubes and pooping popsicles---LOL )!

Chief Cobmoosa. I found this on the Internet. He kinda looks like the Hollywood actor, Cliff Curtis--and they even have the same initials! Go figure ....

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Cliff Curtis. I found this on the Internet.

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This is close to Chief Cobmoosa's cabin. I forget what it is.

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That's my sister's backside that you see walking further away. The pavilion in the background is where we sat down for some Pig-Roast meal sans Ketchup, Banana Catsup and/or Lechon Sauce--I'll be sure to bring some next time.

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This is a friendly cat across the street from the church and community pavilion. It was sitting outside a blacksmith's shop greeting visitors and tourists.

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This is Scott Lankton's blacksmith's shop ( renovated in 1980 ), here in Hart, Michigan, in the Heritage District. And you can see the friendly cat just to the left of the "Open" sign.

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This is the basement of the Sackrider Church between the one-room Randall School and the Mudget Community Pavilion. The basement serves as a Native American Artifacts Museum which consists mostly of arrowheads.

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The man in the orange shirt that you see loading something into the pick-up truck is none other than George Wendt, famous for his role as Norm Peterson on the hit TV show CHEERS ( 1982 - 1993 ). 

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George "Norm!" Wendt. I found this on Wikipedia. This is an old picture of him. He's much older now but still on the "heavy" side.

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I took these photos of George Wendt, paparazzi-style!

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Yup, still "heavy" after all these years.

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I didn't know that I had it in me: Cine-Man, a.k.a. Paparazzi-Man!

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These are the Porta-Potties lined-up at the back lot of a huge flea market, Burley Park Flea Market in Howard City, Michigan, that my sister, my brother-in-law and my niece took me to. Would you believe that these porta-potties didn't come with toilet seat liners?!?!?! Yuck!

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This is the entrance sign of Burley Park Flea Market, Howard City, Michigan. I found this on the Internet.

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These are some of the items for sale at the flea market.

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After we left the flea market, we stopped at this Chinese buffet restaurant, the Oriental Forest Buffet, in Newaygo, MI, over 20 miles ( 32.19 km ) away from Howard City, MI. My niece ate very little. I think that my niece is at that age when she is now self-conscious about her figure and is on a strict diet to lose her "baby fat". She was a slightly-plump little girl who is now blossoming into a beautiful teen. By the way, at the flea market, I looked around to see how many beautiful girls I could spot. I only saw three beautiful girls: a Japanese girl, a Mulatta, and--of course--my niece! I'm sorry to say, but none of the white girls that I saw at the flea market were anything close to being attractive ( "I Wish They All Could Be California Girls" ).

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On the way home to Grand Rapids, Michigan, we stopped at this sporting goods store, the Sportsman's Liquidation Outlet Store,  in Comstock Park ( next to Grand Rapids ), on Alpine Avenue NW, to browse around. That's my niece entering through the doorway.

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I went here, upon my sister's suggestion, to buy some Michigan State lottery tickets because a lot of people won on tickets bought at this store, Party World, here in Comstock Park, MI, on Alpine Avenue NW. Supposedly, their lotto-winning secret is a dried-up Four-Leaf Clover on the cash register counter that they rubbed their tickets on. I guess when it came time for me to rub my tickets on it, it had already ran-out of its "lucky charm"!!! Boo-hoo, how sad ....

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This is in the parking lot of Plumb's Supermarket here in Grand Rapids, MI, on 4 Mile Road NW.

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This is the Golden Corral Buffet and Grill Restaurant here in Grand Rapids, MI, on Alpine Avenue NW. My sister's parents-in-law treated me to an all-you-can-eat dinner. Yummy. My "pigging-out at buffet restaurants" reputation precedes me!

>>> You will, perhaps, notice that I skipped a day here. What's missing is my travelogue for Thursday, September 8th, 2011. It's not here because I posted it on my blog on COLOMBIANA ( 2011 ) <<<

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This PakMail shop here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is close to the Golden Corral Buffet and Grill Restaurant. My sister had to drop-off a package for shipment.

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My sister took me here, the Thaiexpress Restaurant, for some lunch. This is in Grand Rapids ( or is it in Kentwood? ), MI. A few doors down from here is a Bridal Shop where wedding dresses are sold for around 50 bucks---Cheap! what a deal. Quick! I should find someone to marry before they raise their prices on their bridal gowns. I gotta start perusing the Mail-Order Brides Catalog. LOL 

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After lunch, my sister took me to this health food store, Harvest Health Foods, on Eastern Avenue, to go shopping. This is also in Grand Rapids, MI, in the old part of the city. A part of the city that reminded me so much of Oakland, CA. This is exactly the comment that I said to my sister. If you've been to Oakland, CA, you know what I'm talking about here. FYI, I was the first in my family to go shopping at health food stores; it was way back in 1975 when I got on the health-food bandwagon. And I'm still sexy to this day---Ahem! Honestly, I still don't have frown lines, crow's feet and/or smile lines on my face---Thank God. ( It helps that I don't smile a lot or frown a lot--ha, ha, ha. )

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My sister took me to visit this place, the final resting place of the former/late Pres. Gerald R. Ford, Jr., 38th President of The United States of America, and his wife.

President Gerald R. Ford, Jr. I got this photo from Wikipedia. Pres. Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., on the 14th of July, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. After a months' long marriage to his  biological father, his mother took him with her to live with her parents. And before he turned three years of age, his mother remarried to a Mr. Gerald R. Ford, the son of a store owner in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was named after his adoptive father although he wasn't formally adopted. He changed his name from Leslie L. King, Jr. to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. on the 3rd of December, 1935.

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This is the marker honoring Grand Rapids' World-famous adopted son, former/late Pres. Gerald R. Ford, Jr., who had come back home to rest.

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This is the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, on Pearl Street NW, here in Grand Rapids, MI, just to the left of former/late Pres. Gerald Ford, Jr.'s final resting place. I wonder why my sister didn't take me inside to show me around. Hmmm ....

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This park is right outside of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Some workers were setting-up the stage for an evening outdoor concert in a few hours' time. Already, some people had staked-out their spots on the grass. Sorry, but we didn't get to go to this FREE!!! concert as we had other plans. The river in the background is the Grand Rapids River. To the right of this picture was a stall where fudge was sold. I bought a pack of fudge; I forget what flavor.

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This is the pair of shoes that I wore on my vacation. When I got back home to Vallejo, CA, I donated this to the local charity because it gave me blisters between my toes when I went to Makinac Island, Michigan, with my sister and her family. I had to improvise and asked a waitress at the burger restaurant where we had lunch to bring me an extra pat of butter so I could rub it between my toes to ease the blister pain away---It worked! Also, when we were at the Burley Park Flea Market four days prior to this photo shoot, my shoes gave me hip pain.

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This is the grave marker of Richard York, a.k.a. Darrin Stephens of the TV show, BEWITCHED ( 1964-1969 ). He died in Grand Rapids, MI, and was laid to rest here in Plainfield Charter Township, Kent County, MI. My sister, my niece, my brother-in-law and I spread-out to look for this grave. I think my niece was the one who spotted it first. I didn't envision a simple grave; I mean, after all, Richard York was a famous TV actor. I was searching for a fancier grave site, instead.

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Richard York. I found this on the Internet.

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This is the TV show ( I found this poster on the Internet ) that Richard York was on before he was sidelined by a back problem. This show starred Elizabeth Montgomery as a beautiful modern-day ( '60s, that is ) witch. I had a major crush on her, if you must know. And, nope, she was not an Amish witch. Ha, ha, ha.

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Elizabeth Montgomery ( 1933 - 1995 ). I found this on the Internet.

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This is Richard York's wife's reserved plot, next to his grave.

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My niece put the flower ( perfectly framed! ) on Richard York's grave marker. He was my niece's favorite TV actor.

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This is the groundskeeper's shed at the cemetery here in Plainfield Charter Township, just north of Grand Rapids, MI. This is the second largest city here in Michigan ( and, by logical extension, the 2nd largest cemetery ...? Maybe ). I think that the restrooms are right behind this shed.

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This motel/restaurant in Comstock Park, Michigan, the Swan Inn Motel Restaurant, on Alpine Avenue NW, was leveled by a tornado back in the early '60s. We stopped here for dinner after we visited Richard York's grave.

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This is at the Denver Airport in Colorado. The time-stamp is still on Michigan time. I took this picture while I waited for my connecting flight back to Oakland, California.

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My late, beloved Geo Metro, months before it was vandalized and totaled by would-be car thieves. This shot was taken at the long-term airport parking in San Leandro, CA, the Espresso Airport Parking, on Doolittle Drive. The time stamp is still on Michigan time.

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On the drive home to Vallejo, CA, I took this picture of an accident clean-up on the freeway in Oakland, CA, near the Coliseum Arena ( I forget what they call this arena now ). The time stamp is still on Michigan time.

P.S. If I somehow recover the lost pictures of my first week of vacation in Michigan/Indiana back in September, 2011, I will post them here on my blogsite someday.

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CHINESE ZODIAC, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 49 min )

I went to see this on Tuesday, October 29th, 2013, in Emeryville, CA, at the AMC BAY STREET 16 for the 7:55 p.m. show in auditorium 16, 4th row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $12.00. And I bought Curly Fries ( $5.00 ) and a 1-litre bottle of Dasani ( $4.75 ) at the concessions counter. I asked for a little cup of Ranch Dressing Dip to go with my fries, and I made a combo cup of Tapatio Hot Sauce and Heinz Ketchup Dip for my Curly Fries, too. I paid $1.50 for parking and $5.00 at the Carquinez Toll Bridge on my way home to Vallejo, CA.

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Quickie Review: Hawk ( Jackie Chan ) is working with a group of young activists interested in finding and repatriating lost artifacts; especially the bronze heads of the Chinese Zodiac, which were looted by Europeans who invaded China in the 1800s and who then destroyed the Old Summer Palace after ransacking it. But goons hired by an unscrupulous collector, counterfeiters, and pirates stand in their way.

There were just about a half-dozen people in the audience, myself included. And a couple, seated further back, liked this movie. I thought that it was "okay." This movie is definitely for hardcore Jackie Chan fans only. The plot is so-so but you don't go see a Jackie Chan movie for its plot, you go see it for Jackie Chan's ( Guinness Book of World Records ) stunts! By the way, to those of you who are a bit curious about it, the "brief nudity" in this movie is *Jackie's butt* in a Bonus Scene during the Ending Credits!

I first saw this movie sometime last year on movie2k.to before it was shut down by the "Internet Police." But I--just now--found out that it is back on-line once again as movie4kunblocked.co or, simply, movie4k.to!

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I went to see the Akshay Kumar movie, BOSS, at 3:40 p.m. at the UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 before I went to see this Jackie Chan movie. 'Sorry to say this, but this Akshay Kumar movie is stereotypical of pretty much most of his movies.

But, aren't most of Jackie Chan's movies pretty much the same way, too, you ask? Yes. Except that I have this bit of news to report on Jackie Chan:


>>> Jackie Chan Bashes America in Interview
Calls it 'most corrupt country in the world' By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 11, 2013 12:01 PM CST
STORY  COMMENTS (61)

(Newser) – Jackie Chan once said that "too much freedom" is a bad thing and that "Chinese people need to be controlled" for their own good. Which is why Max Fisher of the Washington Post isn't all that surprised by the actor's anti-American views expressed in a recent Chinese TV interview:

•America, he said, is the "most corrupt" nation in the world. "Where does this Great Breakdown [financial crisis] come from? It started exactly from the world, the United States. ... [But] now that China has become strong, everyone is making an issue of China."

Chan went on to fault any Chinese citizen who publicly criticizes China, especially to foreigners. "If our own countrymen don’t support our country, who will support our country?" he asked. "We know our country has many problems. We [can] talk about it when the door is closed. To outsiders, [we should say], 'Our country is the best.'" In general, his tone in the interview is more pro-China than anti-America, but it's still hard to reconcile his contradictory "condemnation of the country that has helped make him so rich," writes Fisher.

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Zero_for_President 1 hour, 36 minutes ago .America is a bankrupt and collapsing fascist, global military empire; with NDAA 2012 death camps already authorized by an 87% vote by Congress and signed by Obama. What, you don't know that? Moron Americans http://www.Justbelieve2012.com

Naked_Emperor 2 hours, 23 minutes ago .If America sucks so badly why do you keep coming here to make money?

JoelZWilliams 3 hours, 4 minutes ago .Funny, I don't see many Americans lining up to move to China and become a citizen. STFU you non-acting,ungrateful mockery of a martial artist.

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AMERICAN PRIDE

America Isn't the 'Most Corrupt Country' in the World (Not Even Close!)
Posted by Jenny Erikson on January 11, 2013 at 9:18 PM
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I Like This .Jackie Chan: Martial artist, comedian, movie star, and America hater? Say it ain’t so! It’s sad but true; the actor absolutely slammed America as “the most corrupt” country in the world in a recent Chinese TV interview.

"Where does this Great Breakdown [financial crisis] come from?” he asked the host. He then continued, “It started exactly from the world, the United States …” He also criticized any Chinese citizen that speak ill of China, especially to foreigners. He said, “If our own countrymen don’t support our country, who will support our country? We know our country has many problems. We [can] talk about it when the door is closed. To outsiders, [we should say] ‘our country is the best.’”

Chan has long been a critic of freedom and a proponent of government control. In 2009, he told an audience, “I don't know whether it is better to have freedom or to have no freedom. With too much freedom, it can get very chaotic … Chinese people need to be controlled, otherwise they will do whatever they want.”

It’s ironic that the actor has amassed a reported net worth of around $130 million due in large part to his successful film career in the United States. You know, that corrupt country where people freely choose to spend their own money to watch him karate-chop the heck out of bad guys onscreen.

What the heck is wrong with doing whatever we want anyway? Isn't that what’s great about America? So long as you don’t infringe upon anyone else’s rights, you can make your own decisions. You control your own life, from what kind of movies to watch to your chosen profession to who you marry and how many children to have. Freedom is awesome!

There is no perfect system, and there will probably always be corruption of some form or another in any given country. But to say that America is the most corrupt in existence is unfair, untrue, and uncalled for.

What do you think of Jackie Chan’s remarks? Is America really corrupt?

About the author
Jenny Erikson is a conservative chick living in Southern California with her husband and their two daughters. She loves politics and hates laundry.

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Comments (6)

tuffymama on Jan 11, 2013 at 9:35 PM
LOL. Like the US could ever outdo China in corruption. Puh-lease. Someone must've had a knife to his back, figuratively speaking. Frickin China. Whatever.

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Reepicheep.CSL on Jan 11, 2013 at 9:50 PM
Well China, isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black? I have nothing good to say about China at all and I won't be watching another Chan movie...

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Carmen8706 on Jan 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM
Hmmm, let's see... all this poisonous stuff that is killing us is coming from China, you've got people starving and dying in North Korea, you have people getting bombed in Afghanistan, you have rampant slaughter and rape in various parts of Africa, you have drug wars in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and the U.S. is the most corrupt nation?  Too bad Mr. Chan can't use all his money to buy himself a clue.

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wamom223 on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:29 PM
I want to just ditto the above comments.  We've done business with China and let me just say that is the worst experience we have ever had.

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livelaughlov26 on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:54 PM
I respect him as an actor, person, and martial artist. I appreciate his honesty instead of kissing Ass. He is entitled to his opinion. And I agree with him.

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shygrl3cccm on Jan 11, 2013 at 11:29 PM
That's rude! I can't believe he said that after he gained so much fame and wealth here.

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I had enough time between shows to swing by my former workplace at the Rockridge District in North Oakland, CA. I saw three of my former co-workers there. We just exchanged pleasantries since it was time for me to go back to Emeryville to see CHINESE ZODIAC.

On the way home after the movie, I found out that the Emeryville on-ramp was closed down for some repair work. So, I had to detour--and got somewhat lost momentarily--until I got on San Pablo Avenue and took the Ashby Street on-ramp to get on the freeway for my trip home.

But I stopped by first at the Food Maxx Supermarket on Tuolumne and Redwood Streets, here in Vallejo, to buy a pack of 12-count Charmin toilet paper.

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Charmin Basic single-ply is the only toilet paper that I use at home. So, whenever it's on sale, I load-up. I have $75.00 worth of Charmin at home right now. But I think I'll buy some more because I'm happy when my butt is happy. Ha, ha, ha.

Charmin Basic single-ply, IMHO, is the best toilet paper--ever! Some might argue that either Quilted Northern or Angel Soft is better but ... these two are double-ply, not single-ply like Charmin Basic; so, it's like comparing an Apple to an Orange. There simply is no comparison!!!

Years before I became a fan of Charmin toilet paper, I read a newspaper article which purported that college co-eds would only go on dates with guys who gifted them with Charmin Toilet Paper because the picky girls preferred this toilet paper over any of the other kinds of toilet paper supplied by their dormitories. Such picky butts, I said to myself. But look at me now! Ha, ha, ha. Mr. Whipple would be so proud.

Mr. Whipple, in a TV ad from the 70s or 80s, whose famous catchphrase was: "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin!" I found this on the Internet.  My, how blurry the TV Ads--and Shows--were back in the day. Yeah, sonny, back in the day, I would only get a penny each day for school lunch money; and I had to walk 10 miles to school and back in deep snow wearing only my shorts, T-shirt and sandals---Wait! what ...? It doesn't snow in the Philippines--'never did! Never mind ....

But, he better not squeeze my stockpile of Charmin, or else ....

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