So the republicans continue to deteriorate. Sarah Palin's egregious appearance on SNL was a joke and shows how little she is concerned or even understands the current situation. The lady is a vice presidential candidate of the most powerful country in the world during a very precarious era and she's on SNL 'raising the roof?'. It wasn't funny, and it wasn't cute.
I honestly think she doesn't grasp that she was being made fun of. What went through her little narcisstic mind was 'oh my god I get to be on TV'. And off she went to raise the roof. She got a nice little wardrobe upgrade and even Mccain's advisors are calling her a rogue. So she's buying 35000 dollars worth of clothes and fltting around the country dancing on TV. And she can't even get along with her own party.
This is exactly what America doesn't need. Some airheaded bimbo who is taking the spotlight and running with it for her own histrionic needs. Instead of addressing issues and campaigning shes dancing around on SNL!
She praises her daughters 'choice' to keep her child, yet is against abortion. And by the way did her conservative, down-home hockey mom morals crawl into the backseat of that teenagers car the night her daughter got knocked up or is there a better excuse? Her daughter has the same center of attention issue her mom does. She just had to go and sleep with the captain of the hockey team just because he was captain of the hockey team. I've worked with some waitress who have had that mentality. It's fustrating because once they do bang the boss they think they're all that, but in reality they're probably the stupidest people.
Oh how to deflate a false and inflated sense of superiority. Vote for Obama?
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Problem with Palin
OK. Out of all of the candidates Sarah Palin is the worst. First of all, who the hell names their kids 'Trig' and 'Track'. And she isn't consistent. While serving office in that little hick town called Wasillia she contradicted her religion by opposing a measure to reduce the operation hours of local bars. Didn't the last presidential campaign contain a lot of accusations of flip-flopping? Either you have your beliefs, or you're a pawn of influence.
Ironically, she was accused of letting her religion influence her decisions. Sort of like W when he said God told him to invade Iraq. Thats what we need in office... religous proselytising. What's disturbing about this is the whole problem with Palin was she asked the head librarian how she would react if Palin told her to get rid of some 'inappropriate' books. Who is she to decide whats appropriate and whats not.? Literature is a integral component of civilized society. And when you have leaders who take it upon themselves to decide what people can and can't read is a dangerous trespass upon personal freedom.
She also removed many of the city officials whom she suspected of not supporting her. This reminds me of Stalin's purges. Police chiefs should remain objective, supporting the laws of elected policy makers rather than the whim of a newly appointed mayor.
Then there was troopergate. She fired the public safety administrator because he would not fire a trooper who divorced her sister. This was subsequently investigated. Palin and her husband and some of their cronies refused to respond to subpeonas. Her husband, who is not an elected official, used the government offices to try and get the trooper fired. If it was not a personal agenda, why the hell did he get involved? An investigation did indeed declare that the firing was a personal agenda, to which Palins legal crew said that it couldn't be because she gained no financial benefit from it. So you have to make money in order for it to be unethical?
So we have a woman from Alaska, who has been embroiled in scandal since before her nomination. Why is it the McCain campaign keeps her in hiding? All of her interviews and press time are prescheduled. She really screwed up the Couric interview. Members of her own party are calling for her to be removed from the ballot. And does the all American mom have a good excuse why her teenage daughter got knocked up? Why is she lying about stopping the Bridge to Nowhere when she was an initial supporter?
America doesn't need any more intrigue and scandal. She has a history of overstepping her boundaries. W also overstepped his boundaries and look where that landed us. The republicans are turning into a joke. Let's get some change yeah?
Plus, Palin's husband just LOOKS like a complete douchebag
Ironically, she was accused of letting her religion influence her decisions. Sort of like W when he said God told him to invade Iraq. Thats what we need in office... religous proselytising. What's disturbing about this is the whole problem with Palin was she asked the head librarian how she would react if Palin told her to get rid of some 'inappropriate' books. Who is she to decide whats appropriate and whats not.? Literature is a integral component of civilized society. And when you have leaders who take it upon themselves to decide what people can and can't read is a dangerous trespass upon personal freedom.
She also removed many of the city officials whom she suspected of not supporting her. This reminds me of Stalin's purges. Police chiefs should remain objective, supporting the laws of elected policy makers rather than the whim of a newly appointed mayor.
Then there was troopergate. She fired the public safety administrator because he would not fire a trooper who divorced her sister. This was subsequently investigated. Palin and her husband and some of their cronies refused to respond to subpeonas. Her husband, who is not an elected official, used the government offices to try and get the trooper fired. If it was not a personal agenda, why the hell did he get involved? An investigation did indeed declare that the firing was a personal agenda, to which Palins legal crew said that it couldn't be because she gained no financial benefit from it. So you have to make money in order for it to be unethical?
So we have a woman from Alaska, who has been embroiled in scandal since before her nomination. Why is it the McCain campaign keeps her in hiding? All of her interviews and press time are prescheduled. She really screwed up the Couric interview. Members of her own party are calling for her to be removed from the ballot. And does the all American mom have a good excuse why her teenage daughter got knocked up? Why is she lying about stopping the Bridge to Nowhere when she was an initial supporter?
America doesn't need any more intrigue and scandal. She has a history of overstepping her boundaries. W also overstepped his boundaries and look where that landed us. The republicans are turning into a joke. Let's get some change yeah?
Plus, Palin's husband just LOOKS like a complete douchebag
Thursday, October 16, 2008
OBAMA!
I get a lot of confused messages these days because I have decided to vote for Obama. "But your facebook says you're conservative!" reads a typical one. Yes, I am socially conservative. I try not to swear in front of kids, I don't believe in abortion as a cheap fix and I sure as hell don't think same sex couples should get married.
But social demeanor is only a speck of dust in the quagmire of todays politics. As America we are in a lot more trouble than one might think. We are in the same position as the British were in at the start if 1946. World opinion is against us, our military is stretched to the breaking point, our economy is a joke and we're about to get kicked out of a lot of places.
There needs to be a drastic change in American foreign policy or else Russia and China are going to knock us off of the world pedestal. Can't forget about Pakistan, who ousted the pro American Musharraf. And the Paki's have nuclear weapons.
This is why Obama would be a better president. McCain only studied at military schools, and has that hell-bent-for-leather offensive attitude that would absolutely destroy our military superiority. If unorganized and untrained militias in Iraq can hold us up with improvised bombs and sniper fire, Iran's standing army is going to give us a little more trouble.
Mccain, in the first debate, used excessively flowery language trying to play off of our patriotism. Obama used down to earth language in outlining our problems. So we have one candidate who recognizes the problem and is willing to fix and another candidate who refuses to admit we have a problem. Like a drug addict, you have to beat the denial stage in order to get better.
We need to stop worrying about world issues and focus on home. Our infrastructure is crumbling. Bridges are collapsing. Banks are going under. There is an Aids epidemic. And we have a bunch of god damned divisions over in Iraq and Afghanistan costing us millions of dollars a day. There are people there who shoot at us. I think that means we don't need to be there. America's sovereignty isn't at stake. It will be, however, when China's military finds a way around our technology like they did when they surfaced a submarine in an aircraft carrier task force.
All parties involved have been taking cheap shots at Obama. They called him out for wearing a Muslim tribal dress. That was an egregious resurrection of McCarthy-style panic-mongering. I think it's great he learned about his heritage. All the political analysts held their breath when McCain referred to Obama as 'you guys'. Michelle Obama later told Larry King they were not offended in any way. That goes to show the maturity of Obama in recognizing that leadership rises above the trivial and ambiguous mudslinging comments. If he wanted to, he could have thrown the race card out there. But he isn't desperate like McCain, in face he's very confident and laid back. And that is why he's going to make a great president.
But social demeanor is only a speck of dust in the quagmire of todays politics. As America we are in a lot more trouble than one might think. We are in the same position as the British were in at the start if 1946. World opinion is against us, our military is stretched to the breaking point, our economy is a joke and we're about to get kicked out of a lot of places.
There needs to be a drastic change in American foreign policy or else Russia and China are going to knock us off of the world pedestal. Can't forget about Pakistan, who ousted the pro American Musharraf. And the Paki's have nuclear weapons.
This is why Obama would be a better president. McCain only studied at military schools, and has that hell-bent-for-leather offensive attitude that would absolutely destroy our military superiority. If unorganized and untrained militias in Iraq can hold us up with improvised bombs and sniper fire, Iran's standing army is going to give us a little more trouble.
Mccain, in the first debate, used excessively flowery language trying to play off of our patriotism. Obama used down to earth language in outlining our problems. So we have one candidate who recognizes the problem and is willing to fix and another candidate who refuses to admit we have a problem. Like a drug addict, you have to beat the denial stage in order to get better.
We need to stop worrying about world issues and focus on home. Our infrastructure is crumbling. Bridges are collapsing. Banks are going under. There is an Aids epidemic. And we have a bunch of god damned divisions over in Iraq and Afghanistan costing us millions of dollars a day. There are people there who shoot at us. I think that means we don't need to be there. America's sovereignty isn't at stake. It will be, however, when China's military finds a way around our technology like they did when they surfaced a submarine in an aircraft carrier task force.
All parties involved have been taking cheap shots at Obama. They called him out for wearing a Muslim tribal dress. That was an egregious resurrection of McCarthy-style panic-mongering. I think it's great he learned about his heritage. All the political analysts held their breath when McCain referred to Obama as 'you guys'. Michelle Obama later told Larry King they were not offended in any way. That goes to show the maturity of Obama in recognizing that leadership rises above the trivial and ambiguous mudslinging comments. If he wanted to, he could have thrown the race card out there. But he isn't desperate like McCain, in face he's very confident and laid back. And that is why he's going to make a great president.
Bitch Bitch Bitch
Anyone who has asked me how much I like Arizona has received a torrent of negative and sometimes downright vulgar responses. I hate the desert. I hate the heat. I hate the eternal blazing sun. At least Michigan has rain, seasons and the occasional half ass tornado. Weather has always been part of the most trivial of conversations and as a result is more likely to be bitched about.
What I never got around to considering, however, is when it comes to the Sonoran desert there are people out there who have had to endure worse conditions. One of these people is very close to me and is suffering a rare form of cancer facilitated by exposure to the sun. This individual is none less than my hero, my grandpa.
From June 1940 to May 1943 my granddad was busy smacking the piss out of the Italians and Germans along with the rest of the British 8th army. In the Sahara desert. During this time he managed to be present at most of the major battles and was detached in 1941 to Iraq to put down a rebellion and then Iran. In his words 'The Iranian government made all sorts of threats to join the axis, so we went there to convince them otherwise'
I could go on about his military exploits but that isn't the point here. When I asked him about the war when I was in high school, he looked at me and said 'there are other subjects out there other than war'. So after the nightmare of world war two he led a quiet modest life and retired to northern Michigan to live out his years. What i did not know is that he has struggled with skin cancer as a result of traipsing around the most inhospitable desert on the planet.
His doctors have since discovered his cancer is a rare one called Merkel. It starts with the skin but then attacks all the other organs. I often think of him, quietly sitting in his house-his wife has since passed away, a remarkable woman herself- enduring his illness with dignity and waiting for the end to come.
So here I have been sitting in air conditioning complaining about the desert like it's killing me. And yet the desert did catch up to him. And I have never heard him complain.
I'm going to start forgiving and forgetting the little inconvenient minutiae that seem to plague everyday life. There are worse examples of inconvenience everywhere but people often don't take the time from their own selfish pity to realize that there are always people who are worse off than you. So try not to bitch too much.
What I never got around to considering, however, is when it comes to the Sonoran desert there are people out there who have had to endure worse conditions. One of these people is very close to me and is suffering a rare form of cancer facilitated by exposure to the sun. This individual is none less than my hero, my grandpa.
From June 1940 to May 1943 my granddad was busy smacking the piss out of the Italians and Germans along with the rest of the British 8th army. In the Sahara desert. During this time he managed to be present at most of the major battles and was detached in 1941 to Iraq to put down a rebellion and then Iran. In his words 'The Iranian government made all sorts of threats to join the axis, so we went there to convince them otherwise'
I could go on about his military exploits but that isn't the point here. When I asked him about the war when I was in high school, he looked at me and said 'there are other subjects out there other than war'. So after the nightmare of world war two he led a quiet modest life and retired to northern Michigan to live out his years. What i did not know is that he has struggled with skin cancer as a result of traipsing around the most inhospitable desert on the planet.
His doctors have since discovered his cancer is a rare one called Merkel. It starts with the skin but then attacks all the other organs. I often think of him, quietly sitting in his house-his wife has since passed away, a remarkable woman herself- enduring his illness with dignity and waiting for the end to come.
So here I have been sitting in air conditioning complaining about the desert like it's killing me. And yet the desert did catch up to him. And I have never heard him complain.
I'm going to start forgiving and forgetting the little inconvenient minutiae that seem to plague everyday life. There are worse examples of inconvenience everywhere but people often don't take the time from their own selfish pity to realize that there are always people who are worse off than you. So try not to bitch too much.
Rich People Suck
There's no denying that the integrity of modern Americans is compromised by avarice. Money and material goods, not character and integrity, dictate the motives of most peoples lives. The upper classes are the most affected. Every day I experience something that indicates the deterioration of our society.
When I was working at the Sports Den, a 30 something yuppie came in with an underage proto-Paris in tow. When I asked for ID, they both became upset and the guy pointed his finger in my face and said 'You just lost a lot of MONEY!' Keep in mind I had only asked for ID. The emphasis this moron placed on the word 'money' shows that he thinks because he has money, he should have privileges afforded to him that would legally jeopardize me , the business and possibly themselves. But what do all these other people matter to him? He has money. However, his money did not have the magical capability to stop me from swatting his finger out of my face and then pushing him.
This aggressive obsession with money is not generated by thriftiness; countless times I observed a frat boy come roaring into the parking lot with an H2 (complete with rims, a booming stereo system and a vanity plate) come up to the door with his Lacoste shirt and Rolex, then proceed to throw a tantrum over the three dollar cover that was required to partake in half off night. I never encountered someone in a beat up car reach that level of agitation; They would cordially say 'three dollars? for half off? no problem!' and then go on to enjoy their night.
At Best Buy, a black gentlemen came in dressed in fairly ragged clothing ask said 'good morning!' in a New Orleans drawl. He then proceeded to ask me if we had a CD in stock. We did not. He thanked me, shook my hand and promised to come back next week. A few days later, a suit came in on his blackberry, sneered at me when I greeted him and went into the store. He came back and informed me that he did not have the time to screw around with salesmen. He asked if we had a certain model GPS, I said we did not, could we order it? He in turn thunders that he will spend his MONEY elsewhere.
These few examples are a microcosm of what I've experienced in the customer service industry. I can only draw the conclusion that while many people would look down on a shabbily dressed black man that he had more consideration and morals than a clean cut suit. Money gives most people who have it a perception of moral superiority that doesn't really exist over those who don't money. Unfortunately as all the wall street panic recently shows, we live in a material driven existence and as far as I am concerned it is only going to get worst.
When I was working at the Sports Den, a 30 something yuppie came in with an underage proto-Paris in tow. When I asked for ID, they both became upset and the guy pointed his finger in my face and said 'You just lost a lot of MONEY!' Keep in mind I had only asked for ID. The emphasis this moron placed on the word 'money' shows that he thinks because he has money, he should have privileges afforded to him that would legally jeopardize me , the business and possibly themselves. But what do all these other people matter to him? He has money. However, his money did not have the magical capability to stop me from swatting his finger out of my face and then pushing him.
This aggressive obsession with money is not generated by thriftiness; countless times I observed a frat boy come roaring into the parking lot with an H2 (complete with rims, a booming stereo system and a vanity plate) come up to the door with his Lacoste shirt and Rolex, then proceed to throw a tantrum over the three dollar cover that was required to partake in half off night. I never encountered someone in a beat up car reach that level of agitation; They would cordially say 'three dollars? for half off? no problem!' and then go on to enjoy their night.
At Best Buy, a black gentlemen came in dressed in fairly ragged clothing ask said 'good morning!' in a New Orleans drawl. He then proceeded to ask me if we had a CD in stock. We did not. He thanked me, shook my hand and promised to come back next week. A few days later, a suit came in on his blackberry, sneered at me when I greeted him and went into the store. He came back and informed me that he did not have the time to screw around with salesmen. He asked if we had a certain model GPS, I said we did not, could we order it? He in turn thunders that he will spend his MONEY elsewhere.
These few examples are a microcosm of what I've experienced in the customer service industry. I can only draw the conclusion that while many people would look down on a shabbily dressed black man that he had more consideration and morals than a clean cut suit. Money gives most people who have it a perception of moral superiority that doesn't really exist over those who don't money. Unfortunately as all the wall street panic recently shows, we live in a material driven existence and as far as I am concerned it is only going to get worst.
Delayed reaction
Sleepless nights lead to random digression... at work a while ago, this burly marine came in and said 'Yeah is Ruben from the car stereos here?' I said 'that no, he was not. The marine in turn said 'Well that fucking moron blew my tweeter and now he won't return my calls.'
For those of you who are not technically savvy, like those of us at Best Buy who work in Loss prevention for a reason, a tweeter is part of a speaker that deals solely with higher end frequencies... the opposite of a subwoofer if you will. If a tweeter is blown, it'll probably sound like someone turned the treble all the way down.
The whole damn point of this note is that some marine came in cussing up a storm and said that some guy blew his tweeter and now he wouldn't call him. I missed a golden opportunity.
For those of you who are not technically savvy, like those of us at Best Buy who work in Loss prevention for a reason, a tweeter is part of a speaker that deals solely with higher end frequencies... the opposite of a subwoofer if you will. If a tweeter is blown, it'll probably sound like someone turned the treble all the way down.
The whole damn point of this note is that some marine came in cussing up a storm and said that some guy blew his tweeter and now he wouldn't call him. I missed a golden opportunity.
WTF- The internet is ruining the English language
I was at Walmart yesterday, and though Walmart isn't really known for its high volume of proper English speakers, I observed very disturbing evidence that the English language is at risk of becoming more like Spanglish or Ebonics.
So this girl, whom I estimate to be about thirteen or so, was arguing with her mother over something and said 'WTF'.
Now English was at one point German before the infusion of Celtic and Gallic languages. Anyone who is not a native English speaker will probably tell you that it is the hardest language to learn. And here we have people lacking the want to sound intelligent, or just lazy, using internet acronyms to replace everyday speech.
Having spent most of my high school years in a trailer park, I am a first hand witness to the devolution of English. I often fought the urge to correct people thirty years my superior as they made statements such as 'Come gitcher dog'. While this is atrocious, it is slightly excused by the fact that most trailer park denizens never finished the seventh grade. Unfortunately, the trailer class (not to be confused with the more prestigious lower class) is expanding and future generations will speak more like this.
But I believe telecommunications companies are to blame for what would otherwise be grammatically correct children. I, for example, can not text. When I try, a weird combination of letters come up such as lkswtry and mnhgity and when I try to pronounce these I get rushed off to a monastery for exorcism.
Now to make it easier, as well as on the internet, people have put everything into acronyms. And these acronyms have found a way into real life speech.
So, FCS, try and remember how to talk unless you want English to eventually morph in a bastard language like Cajun or Yiddish, Lol.
So this girl, whom I estimate to be about thirteen or so, was arguing with her mother over something and said 'WTF'.
Now English was at one point German before the infusion of Celtic and Gallic languages. Anyone who is not a native English speaker will probably tell you that it is the hardest language to learn. And here we have people lacking the want to sound intelligent, or just lazy, using internet acronyms to replace everyday speech.
Having spent most of my high school years in a trailer park, I am a first hand witness to the devolution of English. I often fought the urge to correct people thirty years my superior as they made statements such as 'Come gitcher dog'. While this is atrocious, it is slightly excused by the fact that most trailer park denizens never finished the seventh grade. Unfortunately, the trailer class (not to be confused with the more prestigious lower class) is expanding and future generations will speak more like this.
But I believe telecommunications companies are to blame for what would otherwise be grammatically correct children. I, for example, can not text. When I try, a weird combination of letters come up such as lkswtry and mnhgity and when I try to pronounce these I get rushed off to a monastery for exorcism.
Now to make it easier, as well as on the internet, people have put everything into acronyms. And these acronyms have found a way into real life speech.
So, FCS, try and remember how to talk unless you want English to eventually morph in a bastard language like Cajun or Yiddish, Lol.
Insomnia at its finest
I've always been amazed and disgusted at how ignorant people are. Yesterday at work my co-workers were chattering on about how Paris Hilton 'punked' John McCain. I have heard of this video, however I refuse to waste the time to see it. Although it was only a small incident, the entrance of one of the worlds stupidest party slut into the politics is disturbing to me.
'Yeah" said one of my coworkers "But John McCain shouldn't have talked smack." John McCain was a POW and has the Silver Star, purple heart and several other commendations for valor. Paris Hilton's claim to fame is a TV show in which they make a mockery of the middle class and a video in which she traipses around breaking shit while she's drunk and screwing some guy.
'So what about Russia?' Asks another "Think we're going to war?"
"Oh my God! Is there going to be a draft? I'm going to Canada" says yet another. The fact that I did not leap over my desk, grab him by his throat and bash his head in is a miracle. It should be noted that this individual is homosexual and has an incredibly, god awful 'gay accent'.
Instead of reacting with a spate of primal violence, I suggested that he not borrow any student loans. And move somewhere where his orientation isn't tolerated. "Besides' I said "I don't think you have to worry about being drafted."
"OK that was a direct insult, and I will be reporting it." So he goes off to the office and talks to the manager who calls me into his office and warns me to be a little more careful. Then.... the jackass who made such a big deal about how I insulted him.... asked me for a ride home. What will today at work bring me???
And no, I told that scrub to walk.
'Yeah" said one of my coworkers "But John McCain shouldn't have talked smack." John McCain was a POW and has the Silver Star, purple heart and several other commendations for valor. Paris Hilton's claim to fame is a TV show in which they make a mockery of the middle class and a video in which she traipses around breaking shit while she's drunk and screwing some guy.
'So what about Russia?' Asks another "Think we're going to war?"
"Oh my God! Is there going to be a draft? I'm going to Canada" says yet another. The fact that I did not leap over my desk, grab him by his throat and bash his head in is a miracle. It should be noted that this individual is homosexual and has an incredibly, god awful 'gay accent'.
Instead of reacting with a spate of primal violence, I suggested that he not borrow any student loans. And move somewhere where his orientation isn't tolerated. "Besides' I said "I don't think you have to worry about being drafted."
"OK that was a direct insult, and I will be reporting it." So he goes off to the office and talks to the manager who calls me into his office and warns me to be a little more careful. Then.... the jackass who made such a big deal about how I insulted him.... asked me for a ride home. What will today at work bring me???
And no, I told that scrub to walk.
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