Archive for July 2006
One Of Mel’s Passions
So Mel Gibson has “allegedly” shown (or should I say bellowed?) his true colors as being an anti-Semite. Now I like this guy even more. With the media criticism of his “Passion of the Christ,” how can you not blame Gibson for thinking there’s a Jew conspiracy out to get him? I bet his bartender’s name ended in “-stein” and phoned his buddy (collect of course) at the Los Angeles Times once he saw Mel’s state of intoxication after last call was announced. OK, now this made me laugh.
Mel Gibson’s planned mini-series about the Holocaust may be axed by ABC after his alleged drunken anti-Semitic outburst at a Los Angeles police officer. An intoxicated Gibson reportedly launched a verbal attack on sheriff’s deputy James Mee after he was pulled over for drunk driving on Friday near his home in Malibu, California.
Pirates Trading Deadline Activity
I heard this morning that the Pirates have shipped off Sean Casey to the Tigers earlier today. What’s hilarious about this is that when Casey, a hometown boy, signed with the Pirates this past off-season, it was being billed as a sign of things to come with this losing franchise. Oh it was a sign all right. A sign that the tradition of finishing in last place is still going strong. God I love this team. On the bright side, Casey is now going to a former Shittsburgh manager that was at least able to get his team into the postseason. Oh, and speaking of the Tigers, I had been expecting them to fold sometime this season, but after their recent performances against White Sox and Twins I now think they’re a legit playoff team. Of course, having said this I’m sure they will proceed to lose their next 20 games.
The local media has reported over the past few days that the Pirates were going to make some trades. They weren’t kidding. As I was watching ESPN this afternoon I was reading the bottom-screen headlines and it seemed Shittsburgh deserved its own little section. First I saw they traded Oliver Perez and Roberto Hernandez to the Mets. Then they traded infielder/outfielder Craig Wilson to the Yankees. Then they traded pitcher Kip Wells to the Rangers (yeah, that’ll improve the Texas rotation). Now my question is if these teams are all in the postseason chase, then why in the hell do they want players from this franchise? It’s not like a team gets to be 40-66 overnight. It takes persistence and effort, baby.
Trade In The Hyperbole
I talked yesterday about one thing that I didn’t care for regarding professional football, and today it is Major League Baseball’s turn.
The trading deadline expired a little while ago, and this is the time of year when contending teams try to find that one extra pitcher or slugger to put them over the top. On the flip side of this coin are losing teams looking to unload soon-to-be free agents they can’t afford to retain in hopes of getting some worthwhile prospects. I get how this game is played. If you’re the Yankees, you don’t want to give up whatever good young players your minor league system still has. If you’re the Phillies, you want to ship off someone you won’t be able to re-sign in the off-season and get the best deal possible in return. Trying to get something for nothing is the American way. However, can we please lay off the theatrics of teams absolutely refusing to hand away a particular prospect? For weeks I’ve heard the Yankees say proclaim they will ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY REFUSE to give up some can’t-miss minor-leaguer they have in their system. I don’t know who this guy is, nor do I care. All I know is that the guy’s a pitcher and the Yankees won’t part with him no matter what the circumstances. Well, it looks like they got Bobby Abreu in return for some minor-leaguers that were not on their “untouchable” list. I’m sure Al Keiper or Bored knows who these people are and can give you some win-share figures of each player’s time in A, AA and AAA ball. Quit the public theatrics and get the deal done in private.
No Pat-On-The-Back For The ACLU
I was watching the Sports Reporters this morning and Mitch Album talked about this judge who ruled pat-downs at football games unconstitutional. He was right.
Holy shit is this Gordon Johnston a fucking douche, and what a shock, the Atheists and Criminals/Communists Love Us organization helped him in this lawsuit:
A federal judge in Florida has ruled that pat-down searches of fans entering Raymond James Stadium in Tampa are unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge James Whittemore agreed with a state judge who issued an injunction against the searches, the Tampa Tribune reported. The ruling means that the stadium will be the only one without pat-down searches before NFL games.
Gordon Johnston, a civics teacher at Tampa Bay Technical High School, brought the suit against the Tampa Sports Authority with legal help from the American Civil Liberties Union.
“I’ve said again and again that, in teaching the Constitution, I felt this was a violation,” Johnston said.
Whittemore said that a terrorist attack on the stadium during a Buccaneers’ game would be terrible. But he said that in the absence of a specific threat or suspicion of those being searched, universal pat-downs are too broad a response.
Hey bitch boy, you’re not getting stripped searched. You’re not having your anus probed in search of weapons of mass destruction. You’re getting a pat-down before entering a stadium filled with more than 50,000 other football fans. Get over it you bitch-ass faggot. I loved his last line about in the “absence of a specific threat or suspicion of those being searched universal pat-downs are too broad a response.” So you want only to pat-down people who look suspicious — well who are you going to deem worth of such suspicion? I bet the instant anyone gets a “suspected” pat-down you’ll come down from your ivory tower, U.S. Constitution in hand, and then get the ACLU to sue on behalf of Adbul because his pat-down was RACIST. And of course should a hidden bomb explode at a Bucs home game, Johnston will probably be one of the first armchair quarterbacks bitching about how stadium security didn’t do everything they could to prevent the blast from happening. I have to wonder if the government school Gordon teaches at has any metal detectors/search procedures. Hopefully this school does, and another commie judge rules these search methods unconstitutional, only then to have a student put a few bullets into Johnston’s skull, further turning his brain into mush.
Bush Signs … And Life Can Continue
Well now the media can settle down with their “OMG REGGIE BUSH MAY SIT OUT THE ENTIRE YEAR” hysteria. The guy signed on the dotted line with the New Orleans Saints and is supposed to report to training camp today. I can’t stand the “Will this rookie holdout sit the entire season?” stories that usually spring up about this time every year. What made this season’s batch especially annoying was that Bush is supposed to put the city of New Orleans on his back and bring this place back to prominence, or at least back to having college white girls take their shirts off in exchange for some beads. What really pissed me off was the notion that Bush “promised” to sign a contract early and then didn’t. For a football player, who may be one play away from a career-ending injury, I don’t blame these people one bit for trying to get as much money as they can. The only thing I disagreed with Bush on in this situation was the “I should be paid like I was the overall top pick” talk. You weren’t drafted first – get over it. Otherwise, I say get your money now, put your financial house in order, and then concentrate on your craft.
This Criminal Had No Shot At Success
It’s a shame this guy lived, because he would be an excellent candidate for one of those “too stupid to live” awards. Trying to start shit in a gun store with a machete is like a WAP bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Police were today questioning the director of an Auckland gun shop where a man wielding a machete was shot this morning.
The shooting happened at SAI Guns and Ammo in Penrose at about 10am. A 19-year-old man entered the shop at 553 Great South Road, on the corner with Walls Road, carrying the machete.
One of the people inside shot him in the stomach with a handgun. This is understood to be a director of the shop, aged 33. He was being interviewed this afternoon but has not been arrested.
A Dopey Sport
So was our new American cycling hero doping it up when beating the rest of the world in a sport that our country doesn’t follow?
Tour de France champion Floyd Landis’ results on a urine test that spots elevated levels of performance-enhancing testosterone are a mystery and “don’t add up,” a leading doping expert said Thursday.
Landis’ team revealed Thursday that his urine sample last week showed “an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone.”
Who knows and who cares.
I didn’t get caught up in all the Floyd Landis hype when he was on the bike, and I’m not going to pay attention to the aftermath. When it came to the last seven Tour de Frances, I didn’t follow one second of them. Toward the end of each race, I’d check to see if Lance Armstrong was going to win, and when I would learn that he’d come in first (again) I’d say “cool” and go back to my existence. I think cycling is a sport, unlike Jason Whitlock of ESPN/Kansas City Star fame, and I think Armstrong’s story is an amazing one. I just don’t care about cycling. However, I do care about pissing off the rest of the world, particularly the French, which is why I don’t goof on this event … much.
Sports Radio Show Featuring Former Steelers Getting Cut
Yesterday was a bit of a bittersweet day for me in my talk-radio listening habits. In the Shittsburgh area, on the Fox Sports Radio affiliate, there is this local morning show that is probably going to get the axe. For a few years these two former Steeler linemen – Tunch Ilkin and Craig Woofley – hosted this 7-10 a.m. program. Now Ilkin has decided to leave the show in order to pursue other endeavors.
Tunch Ilkin is leaving the morning drive-time, sports-talk show he helped create two years ago on Fox Sports Radio 970 at the end of the month. His departure could mean the end of the show.
Ilkin, a former NFL offensive lineman, has a heavy media schedule with FSN Pittsburgh and the Steelers Radio Network and does consulting work with NFL teams. He wants to spend more time in his role as director of the men’s ministry of the South Hills Bible Chapel, a non-denominational Christian church in McMurray with about 900 members.
Ilkin and Craig Wolfley, also a former offensive lineman with the Steelers, began “In The Locker Room” in September 2004 from 7 to 10 a.m., and the show, heavy on NFL talk, has drawn a dedicated audience.
Wolfley wants to continue the show, taking on Greg Linelli, a Fox Sports Radio producer and fill-in host, as his on-air partner. Wolfley is engaged in contract talks on the show’s new format with Clear Channel, which owns Fox Sports Radio.
The hitch is this:
Ilkin and Wolfley bought the time for their show from Clear Channel, secured their own advertising and paid themselves. They were not employees of Clear Channel. Under the new arrangement, Wolfley is asking Clear Channel to take control of the show, secure the advertising and pay him and Linelli.
“I really don’t know what’s going to happen,” Wolfley said. “The talks have been very preliminary so far.”
This pair had been paying for airtime and had been selling their own advertising. Now with Ilkin leaving (he’s pretty much left already, having taking this past week off and scheduled to “officially” leave at the end of the month) the only way this program will continue if the station takes the show on itself, which probably isn’t going to happen. I usually listened to this program from 9-10 a.m., and if my local RIGHT-WING RADIO guy was airing a “best of” program I usually just tuned over to Tunch and Wolf from 7-10 a.m. This program wasn’t great by any means, but you could tell both guys were having fun doing this show, and it’s a little sad to see them go. However, both have other things to do with their lives (both take part in the Steelers radio broadcasting team) and I wish both the best of luck.
Finally Encompassing My Opinions (VII)
And down the stretch I come.
You cannot be moral without being religious.
Disagree.
There are people in this world who perform moral feats simply because it is the right and just thing to do, not because they are afraid God will strike them down if they act otherwise. It’s a shame I’m not one of these people that cares about doing the right thing, but I know they have to exist somewhere.
Charity is better than social security as a means of helping the genuinely disadvantaged.
Agree.
Generally, it’s more efficient. The bigger a “giving” institution is, the better chance of it becoming wrapped in red tape and saddled with unnecessary overhead.
Some people are naturally unlucky.
Disagree.
Sometimes fate does play a role in what happens to us, but it’s the choices we make that determines this “luck” for us, too.
It is important that my child’s school instills religious values.
Disagree.
It’s important that a school instills reading, writing and arithmetic. Also having them return your brat home free of bullets or blades helps, too.
Sex outside marriage is usually immoral.
Diagree.
If by “immoral” you mean “not for baby-making purposes” then I might agree (although married couples have sex to get off, too). For me, “immoral” in this case means “not for feelings,” and for me that would mean prostitution. Since most sex outside of marriage isn’t a business transactions (although with the cost of dating, this could be debated), I will say no.
A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship, should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption.
Agree.
I’m against homosexual marriage, because I’ve always said marriage is between a man and a woman. However, if a child faces a choice between living in foster care/the government system for his or her upbringing or living with Bob and Steve in an otherwise “normal” household, then I say go for it. Just realize that the kid will probably get beat up a lot in school for having gay adoptive parents.
Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population.
Agree.
If not for Porn, there wouldn’t be an Internet today. An Internet where I can take polls like this.
What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state.
Agree.
I know what this question is supposed to mean, but what if Condi Rice is banging some guy from Syria and in the act of passion she starts moaning out upcoming military strategies? I would think then that the State should take in interest in this one.
No one can feel naturally homosexual.
Disagree.
I enjoy the one time every few years that I go clothes shopping during a big sales event; I’d imagine that’s how homos feel this way everyday, although I don’t buy anything in vibrant colors.
It’s fine for society to be open about sex, but these days it’s going too far.
Agree.
I may be at risk of sounding like an old fuddy duddy, but sometimes when I turn onto MTV and I cringe at what I see. I guess I can agree with this statement because it doesn’t say if I want anything done by the government about it. I know there are some other societies that are “more open” with this topic than the States, but then again there are a bunch of other societies that are much less, accepting, of seeing chicks in suggestive poses.
Developed
Well there you have it. Now that I’m done, where exactly do I compare with world leaders in my viewpoints? Am I to the right of W. on foreign policy, or am I more authoritative than Hitler on social issues? You can either take all of my answers and submit them yourself onto the Political Compass’s web site, or you can just wait until I post the results…
…in a future entry.
This Victory Is Eminent
Today has seen some pretty depressing entries, what with moms getting off from killing their kids and the Mideast going to hell in a handbasket. However, there is some good news on the horizon; score one for the good guys in an eminent domain struggle near where I used to live.
Property owners in southwest Ohio won a major victory Wednesday, when the Ohio Supreme Court overruled an appellate court and declared that a portion of the state’s eminent domain statute is unconstitutional.
In a unanimous decision, the seven justices of the state’s highest court ruled the city of Norwood didn’t have the right to take two houses in its Edwards Road corridor to make way for a high-end commercial and residential development.
The decision overturned the 1st District Court of Appeals ruling that granted the suburban Cincinnati city the right to take the residence of Carl and Joy Gamble and the home of Joseph Horney and his wife Carol Gooch.
Fuck you Big Government. Fuck you Big Private Land Developer. Fuck you Five Communists on the Supreme Court.
Kofi Is The Rocket Man
So the United Nations decides to stick around in a war zone and several “observers” got killed by an Israeli rocket, prompting Kofi Annan to say that it appeared that Israel was targeting his people. Well Israel did say they were going to go after terrorists. When I first heard this my guess was that Hezbollah was probably moving closer to that U.N. outpost; a letter Glenn Beck read earlier today on his radio show confirmed my guess. According to this letter, one of the observers who eventually was killed in the strike said that the Israeli shelling they were experiencing had not been deliberate but due to a tactical necessity. Gee, terrorists moving toward civilians/non-aggressors in hopes of innocent lives being lost? That’s a newsflash.
More Yates Yakking
The Andrea Yates story just keeps getting better. Like I said before, it’s shit like this which makes people support the death penalty.
A jury on Wednesday found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity of drowning her five children in a bathtub five years ago.
The verdict, reached after nearly 13 hours of deliberation over three days in Houston, means Yates will be committed to a state mental facility in Texas until she is deemed to be no longer a threat.
I’m guessing she gets released from the crazy house in 5-10 years.
Russell Yates said the prosecution failed to understand “that Andrea was ordinarily a loving mother who fell to this disease and did an unthinkable act.”
He added, “Yes, Andrea took the lives of our children. That’s the truth. But also, yes, she was insane. Yes, she was psychotic on that day. That’s the whole truth.”
He said the state “never attempted to get to the whole truth.”
He said he was proud of the jury for reaching its finding in Harris County, Texas — “the death-penalty capital of the world.”
Russell Yates rejected criticism that he should have known his wife was a danger to their children.
“We took her to a psychiatrist and the psychiatrist failed us,” he said.
Russell Yates said he was planning to visit his ex-wife Wednesday night. He said he and Andrea Yates are “good friends” and often reminisce together about their children.
Maybe it indeed was best for these kids that they got killed relatively early on in their lives before their parents could do some real damage to them.
I Did Not Move On My Opinion
Well the better half and I are having a bit of a tiff because she “volunteered” me to help her one friend with the two out-of-wedlock kids move into her newly purchased house. I got to hear this good news at 5:45 a.m. as I was getting ready for work, so needless to say my reaction was less than enthusiastic. I hate moving. I’ve packed my things and headed out for greener pastures five times since 1998, and that is more than enough times for me. However, what pisses me off even more is that her friend doesn’t really do anything with Mrs. kkk unless she needs something. I get that she has two kids and all, but there have been more times than I can count in the past that not only would this girl flake out with scheduled get-togethers, but each time she would never let the better half know she wasn’t going to be attending whatever they had planned. And her reasons weren’t because the one kid had to go to the emergency room; it would be because she got drunk with some other people. I’m one of those dolts that tries to keep his word whenever possible, and if I’m unable to make an event I let the host know as soon as possible. I have no problem helping out people I know. Hell, I can do nice things for strangers once in a while, too. But I have a problem with being there for someone who wouldn’t give two shits about your situation should you ever need to rely on them for something. Oh well, at least this will give me some material to use the next 10 times this person screws over the better half and an event she’s planned.
Ernest Has A Lot Of Movies
This past weekend I got Comcast Digital Cable. Uh, yay, I guess. Basically, Comcast is offering this deal where you get phone service, Internet access and Digital Cable all for one price that saves me more than $50 for the first year and a lesser amount thereafter. As I began playing around with the “On Demand” feature, I went into the section where you can watch free movies. What, you thought I’d actually go into the pay-per-view section? So as I was flipping through the free movies, I noticed that most of these films weren’t, let’s say, the greatest of quality. Not that I’m complaining though, because they are free. Well, they had Men in Black; too bad I own the DVD. Hey, A League of Their Own wasn’t bad for what it was. There was also the first Mad Max movie, which I hadn’t seen before. Look here, it’s My Best Friend’s Wedding; I won’t watch it any time soon, but at least it’s a movie that was made within the last 10 years and was reasonably popular at the box office. However, as I looked more thoroughly through over to the “comedy” area, I began to notice a certain pattern of films: Ernest Goes to the Army, Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Goes to Africa (!?). Just exactly how many of these Ernest movies were made? I admit watching as a kid Ernest Goes to Camp, and I remember he had some television show, but that’s about the extent of my Ernest knowledge. Just for the hell of it, I headed over to IMDB and looked up a list of Ernest movies/shows”
“Ernest Goes to Camp”
“Ernest Saves Christmas”
“Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain,”
“Hey Vern! It’s Ernest!”
“Ernest Goes to Jail”
“Ernest Scared Stupid”
“Ernest’s Greatest Hits Volume 2”
“Ernest Rides Again”
“Ernest Goes to School”
“Slam Dunk Ernest”
“Ernest Goes to Africa”
“Ernest in the Army”
Christ almighty. Who buys this shit?
Give This Excuse A Break Today
There is a McDonalds near where I live that just experienced a “drive-thru,” geezer style. This old person plowed into one of those outside play areas that some of the yuppie Golden Arches use to lure in children and their parents. Here is the best part of the article:
A stuck accelerator was blamed for an accident Tuesday that sent an elderly woman’s car crashing into a McDonald’s restaurant playground in North Huntingdon Township.
And then further down…
It was the second accident within a month at a fast-food restaurant involving an elderly motorist. On July 3, major damage occurred at a McDonald’s restaurant opposite Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield Township when an SUV operated by an 84-year-old man crashed into the restaurant.
The driver in that accident said his foot became stuck on the accelerator.
I think the “gas pedal got stuck” is the old person’s version of the classic “dog ate my homework.”
Encompassing My Opinions (Part VI)
Here we go with Part VI. If you don’t know what this is, then too bad.
In a civilised society, one must always have people above to be obeyed and people below to be commanded.
Disagree.
What if you are at the top or bottom of this society? Who do you obey/command then? Besides, there are quite a few people I know who can’t command themselves, let alone other people.
Abstract art that doesn’t represent anything shouldn’t be considered art at all.
Disagree.
I don’t care about this one. I’m sure you can fling pooh against a wall and someone will find a picture of two horses fucking or see the Mona Lisa; whether or not she’s banging farm animals is up to the person looking at this “art.”
In criminal justice, punishment should be more important than rehabilitation.
Agree.
Should rehabilitation be factored into a convict’s sentence? Sure. But why rehab someone who’s getting the needle? You can make a case that this goes against my “accept discipline” answer from earlier, but obviously if you’re in jail you don’t know how to prevent from being disciplined, so too bad.
It is a waste of time to try to rehabilitate some criminals.
Agree.
See my answer above.
The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.
Agree.
Artists are starving enough. If you didn’t have the person creating the goods for these creative types, they wouldn’t survive long enough to get to the second act or chapter of their masterpiece.
Mothers may have careers, but their first duty is to be homemakers.
Disagree.
Not if they are childless or unmarried; their first duty is not to be a burden to society. In Happy World it would be best if a couple that popped out some kids had one adult in the house; it doesn’t matter if it was either mom or dad bringing home the bacon.
Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries.
Agree
Hooray exploitation. I’m sure the company heads are smarter than the “leaders” of these pissant countries, so I’m certain Big Company is getting a sweet deal. More power to them.
Making peace with the establishment is an important aspect of maturity.
Disagree.
I don’t think it’s an “aspect” moreso than a “result” of maturity. It also often means that you finally got your hippie ass a job and some investments.
Astrology accurately explains many things.
Disagree.
Next.
Developing…
Farrell’s Psycho Fan
Before this gets too outdated, what the hell was up with that psycho bitch on the Tonight Show?
Colin Farrell was promoting Miami Vice on Leno last night and some crazy lady actually came up on stage to confront him. It wasn’t just any woman, it was someone who sued Colin for harassment.
She claims Colin Farrell was harassing her and she walks onto the stage in the middle of a taping? Bitches be trippin’.
The woman who alleged Colin Farrell was stalking her has agreed to take a lie detector test on American TV to prove she isn’t lying. Dessarae Bradford accuses the Irish hunk of harassing her, alleging he wouldn’t leave her alone after initially befriending her, but her $5,000 lawsuit against the Irishman was dismissed by a Los Angeles court last week . But she still maintains she’s the victim – and she has appeared on US show Lie Detector to prove it. The former sex chat worker says, “He’s a big movie star to most but, to me, he was a pest.” Bradford tells the show that she allegedly passed on her cell phone number to Farrell, who rang up $300 of charges on the phone, and then made and cancelled a number of dinner appointments. But when Lie Detector host Rolonda Watts told Bradford that the test proved she was a liar, the accuser turned nasty. She fumed, “I really don’t care what anyone believes because Colin knows. (This is) a Hollywood fake TV show, it doesn’t mean anything… Colin’s a paid whore of Hollywood and so are you… I might be a liar but I’m not a whore.”
So that’s what happened to Rolanda. I wondered where she went after that talk show.
Waive Bye To Recchi, Again
The Penguins just signed (again) winger Mark Recchi after trading him to the Carolina Hurricanes last year, where he won another Stanley Cup. I just find this funny for some reason.
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Mark Recchi on re-entry waivers Friday.
He was assigned to the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Thursday, one day after clearing waivers.
Other NHL teams now have the option of claiming Recchi for half of his $1.75- million contract, with the Penguins paying the other half.
Recchi has two goals and six assists in 19 games with the Penguins this season.
Couple this with the N.Y. Islanders now having its back-up goalie as the team’s new General Manager and I have to ask how can anyone not like the NHL?
Rescue Me From This Whining
So I heard there was some grumblings from Americans in Lebanon about the way they were recently rescued from the turmoil in that region (damn Jews are always messing things up). Today, when the morning RIGHT-WING RADIO guy I listen to returned from a weeklong vacation, he played some sound bites about this bitch named Ashley whining about America’s rescue efforts. I shook my head. First off, this chick sounded like a Valley Girl filled with university indoctrination of “America Sux,” gobbledy goo and complained about how the boat they were rescued on was a like refugee ship. She then whined about all the flies that were on board. Uh, as opposed to pristine landscape that is the MIDDLE EAST. It’s a shame someone didn’t throw this one overboard. A number of people in Medium-Large Media compared the Lebanon rescue efforts to the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, and they are right but for the wrong reason. Both examples are similar in that it involves groups of people who knew they were living in a bad place to be and didn’t get out when they had the chance.
Mixing Gun Control With Entertainment
I personally don’t own a firearm, although I may some day down the road for protection purposes. That being said, I feel a law-abiding citizen has the right in this country to own firearms. I always get a kick out of hearing anti-gun weenies whine about how our Founding Fathers would have never written the Second Amendment had they known how dangerous today’s firearms are. I’m sure Ben Franklin and George Washington wouldn’t expect our country to be doing quite a few things today that would have seemed inconceivable from back in the day, so don’t play the they-wrote-the-Constitution-230-years-ago card in this instance.
I consider myself to be “pro-gun,” however, there are some people I’ve met that are so anti-gun control that they downright scare me. About 15 years ago I heard a stand-up comedian say the following line, which pretty much sums up my feelings on gun registration: “If you’re the type of person who can’t wait seven days to purchase a gun, you’re the type of person that needs to wait seven days in order to purchase a gun.” I’ve always said that if the United Nations One World Government black choppers ever come to my neck of the woods, I’ll be glad knowing my local militia will be there to fend them off (although seeing the work the UN does in “peace-keeping” I’m sure my garden hose on at full tilt will be a sufficient deterrent to get them off my property).
When it comes to concealed-carry firearms, I’m generally for them. Sure there will be media stories about soccer moms who say they are cowering in fear because they will be afraid of some guy in a pickup truck with a Dixie Flag decal opening fire because she’s not driving fast enough. However, the real worry doesn’t stem from everyday people owning and carrying guns; it’s the people who illegally obtain and use firearms. And if you fear a well-armed citizenry, read that article I linked to yesterday and ask yourself that if some guy with a knife was chasing you in a parking lot would you want the citizens in your area to have the ability to stop your attacker with a single bullet or would you want to run around a parked car until the police arrive?
I can understand why some people in places such as dense urban areas don’t want guns of any kind in their neighborhood, but gun-control legislation won’t stop criminals from using them, and when you take away a citizen’s ability to protect themselves you’re actually helping the criminals do their thing. As long as liberal politicians keep trying to find ways to weasel their anti-gun authoritarian measures into law, and this ends up bringing out the gun owners bloc to vote against them on Election Day, then all I can say to these commies is keep up the good work.
On a somewhat related note, one of my favorite songs by Sir-Mix-A-Lot came from his Mack Daddy album, and it didn’t involve phat derrieres or Testarossas. It was on last track of the album and was titled “No Holds Barred.” Below is the third verse to this pro-gun ownership track:
Hypothetical situation
Gun control starts sweeping the nation
Now you got a bunch of unarmed innocent victims
Getting fucked by the system
Sitting at home with a butter knife, huh
Any fool could rape your wife
So what’s up when the criminals can’t be stopped?
The only one with guns are the cops
But it’s hard for a brother to trust police
So the shit don’t cease
So I go downtown to buy a hot gun
I hated criminals, and now I’m one
Because I bought a gat to protect my house
The cops wanna bust me out?
So it’s illegal to protect yourself?
Hell, you either get killed, or you in jail
So when you vote
You better think about what I just wrote
And fuck writing a note to your Congressman
You got the fool hired
Now help get the fool fired
A scary scenario
And I put it in your stereo
So when a fool tries to run up on my car
R.I.P., no holds barred
I’m sure Mr. Mix-A-Lot isn’t a Republican (he’s had some anti-GOP lyrics in other songs), but I always thought he’d make an … interesting … spokesperson for the National Rifle Association.
Here’s the entire song if you care.
Virtual Tours Of A New Place Ain’t The Same As A Real Visit
My local newspaper yesterday told the story of this Montana family that purchased a $33,000 house in the Shittsburgh area based solely on Internet photographs. Surprise, surprise, when they actually got to this residence, the place was filthy, falling apart and had devices like the water heater in unusable condition. I could understand perhaps moving to an area out of state and relying on Internet pictures for a rental property that required no advance deposits; that’s what we did when we moved to Ohio, and everything turned out fine and dandy. However, there’s no way in hell I’m purchasing any property without at least going to the actual site and looking over the area once with my own eyes.
Bringing A Knife To A Gun Fight
Man I can’t wait until my morning RIGHT-WING RADIO guy I listen to returns from vacation on Monday because I know what will be one of the first things he talks about:
Two victims of a knife-wielding grocery store employee remained hospitalized Saturday after the man attacked eight co-workers and was finally stopped by a witness who pulled a gun, authorities said.
This guy was chasing another person with a knife when a guy named Chris Cope grabbed a gun from his truck and subdued the attacker. However, my favorite quote came from this Sergeant who said of Cope:
We commend him, but we don’t encourage people to take that kind of risk. He could have been hurt.
FUCK YOU buddy. If I have some guy chasing me around a parking lot with a big-ass knife, I don’t want to wait until the police arrive onto the scene; I want a Second Amendment advocate to show my attacker the benefits of concealed firearms.
Better Way To Go: Drowning or OD’ing?
When Hurricane Katrina hit, some in the medical profession decided to play God and started offing some of their more serious-case patients when they determined there was no way to escape and that a morphine overdose is a better way to go out than drowning. And you know what? As of this moment I’m siding with the medical professionals. I can’t even begin to comprehend what these people were going through and they were probably doing what they thought was best for the moment. Who is to say any of us would have acted any differently? Hell, most of us would have probably high-tailed it out of there long ago. Did these people exercise the best judgment in this situation? Maybe. Maybe not. I’m not going to play armchair quarterback in this case, though. Too bad ass-clowns like John Murtha don’t exercise the same restraint when commenting on events like Haditha.
Going To Bat For A-Rod
So the local RIGHT-WING RADIO morning guy I normally listen to from 6-9 a.m. is on vacation this week and he brought in a sub host, which is good because I’d rather listen to some guy who, although may not be all that entertaining, is much better than hearing some hippie “best of” show. I guess the guy slept in or something because for the first hour of the show I was hearing a “best of” from the sub host’s week on the show! Well this gave me a chance to scan the other talk-radio stations that are on at 6 a.m. Since the other “newsy” stations were playing hard news, I went to my second option: the sports-talk world. My God was that a mistake. Whenever someone complains about RIGHT-WING RADIO, they need to listen to this shit.
I first went to the ESPN radio affiliate in Shittsburgh, and then I headed over to the Fox Sports Radio station. Both spent entire segments dedicated to Alex Rodriguez and why he sucks. Jesus Christ get over yourselves. I’ve been an A-Rod fan since he was in Seattle (or at least as big a “fan” as I can get with professional athletes), and although I’m not going to buy his jersey anytime soon I feel for him in a way due to all the shit he puts up with from idiot fans and the media. OMG He’s making $25 million – we should be putting that money to our schools and saving the children; not paying ball players for playing a kids’ game! Fuck all you player-hating bitches. Just because some Texas owner overpaid a bit for him a few years back these class-warfare simpletons think that gives them enough reason to hate someone for taking the big payday. What really got me was when both radio stations were talking about how Mike Mussina supposedly called out A-Rod and a costly throwing error he committed in a recent game. So there I was waiting with baited breath at what this pitcher said, which was:
“I don’t know what’s going on. I know he’s played better. I know he’s disappointed in the way he’s playing. It’s not him right now. We need him back the way he’s supposed to be.”
These sports radio people then proceeded to dissect this sound bite every which way. Goddamn. Don’t you people EVER bitch about a RIGHT-WING RADIO host goofing on some politician speaking on one of those Sunday morning news shows that nobody watches. It’s not like this is going to be the next McNabb/T.O. – the guy’s struggling in the field a bit and his teammate said that Rodriguez knows he can play better than how he is at the moment. Big deal. I’ve said before that I don’t consider myself to be a Yankee fan, but I don’t hate this “evil empire” because their owner likes to spend money. After hearing this shit for about 30 minutes, I turned back to the RIGHT-WING station to listen to a segment I had heard the day before. I now hope that A-Rod can stop doing his “Barry Bonds as a Pirate in postseason play” impersonation and win a World Series for his team by hitting .750 with 10 home runs in a four-game sweep of whatever team the National League throws his way this October. Maybe then he’ll get some breathing room to sunbathe in public.
Oh, and for the “A-Fraud” nation out there: he just became the youngest player to hit 450 round-trippers and has just notched his 2000th hit. And even if this guy never wins a championship, he has lived the American dream and will enjoy the rest of his life thanks to the fruits of his labor on the baseball field. How many of you will be able to retire by the time you’re 40?
Wait A Minuteman…Where Did The Money Go?
Perhaps the Minutemen should take as much care watching where their funds travel as they do documenting when illegals cross over into America.
A growing number of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leaders and volunteers are questioning the whereabouts of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars in donations collected in the past 15 months, challenging the organization’s leadership over financial accountability.
Many of the group’s most active members say they have no idea how much money has been collected as part of its effort to stop illegal entry — primarily along the U.S.-Mexico border, what it has been spent on or why it has been funneled through a Virginia-based charity headed by conservative Alan Keyes.
Several of the group’s top lieutenants have either quit or are threatening to do so, saying requests to Minuteman President Chris Simcox for a financial accounting have been ignored.
In a way, this might be an encouraging sign. With corruption at the top levels of management, perhaps the Minuteman movement is gaining momentum. All we need now are a few sex scandals or something and perhaps Bush might make them a part of Homeland Security.
Sonic Bust In Seattle?
I recently heard that some people from Oklahoma City bought the Seattle Sonics. (Or are they back to being “Super”?) And there’s talk about them moving to Dama territory. I don’t know much about the Seattle area, but it seems like the team is whining because the city doesn’t want to fund a new arena, so when the lease expires to their current place expires, David Stern and friends will take their ball and go home, or at least to the Midwest. If the WNBA Seattle Storm follows suit, I wonder if this will still go on at the new place?
Actions Speak Louder Than Words — Barely
FIFA gave the Frenchie who retired from the sport after head-butting an opponent a three-game suspension, but gave the WAP who called him a dirty terrorist (allegedly) two games. The hell?
FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, said today that Zinédine Zidane, the French star player who famously head-butted an opponent in the closing minutes of the World Cup final 11 days ago, would be suspended for three games and fined 7,500 Swiss francs (about $6,000) over the incident.
Marco Materazzi, the Italian opponent he butted fiercely in the chest, was also sanctioned by FIFA’s disciplinary commission over the incident today. He was banned for two Italian national-team matches and fined 5,000 Swiss francs (about $4,000) for making insulting remarks to Zidane before the incident.
The South Park Show That Caused Chef To Say “Goodbye There, Children”
Last night I finally saw that South Park episode that Chef quit over; the one where Tom Cruise won’t come out of the closet. Goddamn, I was expecting something much worse than that. I’ve always liked the Mormon-bashing myself (dum dum dum dum dum). I haven’t watch South Park with any regularity since Season 7, so I didn’t catch this episode when it was first run. Then when Chef quit and Comedy Central pulled the plug on re-airing the show a few months ago I was jilted from watching it. I consider myself a South Park fan, and I love Matt and Trey’s sense of humor, but I hope they end this series before it gets old. I’d be interested to know how they would end this series; hopefully, they will get the time to do a good send-off, rather than receiving the “Married With Children” treatment.
Bland Hollywood Story
So Eddie Murphy is now going to marry that Scary Spice chick? Ha, I always knew she was a dude in drag. Besides, I preferred the one who married David Beckham.
Lette_ of The Law
I’ll tell you what, wheneve_ I find this cocksucke_ I’m going to kick his ass. G__________________.
A consonant-loving thief has police and business owne_s in G_eencastle, Indiana, baffled afte_ dozens of lette_ “_’s” we_e stolen f_om signs.
The weekend cape_ ta_geted gas stations, _estau_ants, _epai_ shops and medical offices in the small city about 40 miles west of
Indianapolis.The thief also nabbed half a dozen lette_s f_om a lighted ma_quee in f_ont of a National Gua_d post.
Putnam Inn manage_ Jane Hansen isn’t su_e how the thief climbed mo_e than six feet off the g_ound to take “_”s f_om a sign in f_ont of he_ motel.
G_eencastle Police said they’ve been notified about the lost lette_s, but many business owne_s a_e choosing not to file _epo_ts because of the natu_e of the c_ime.
You may now pelt me with _otten pe_ishables.
Being A Tax Cheat Doesn’t Mean This Cheat Should Stop Playing
The Barry-Bonds-is-getting-indicted talk is getting pretty heated. I heard today that if this were to happen because he didn’t pay some hippie taxes, or whatever the case is, Major League Baseball could suspend him, virtually squashing any remote hope he has at catching Hank Aaron’s home run record. I hope this suspension doesn’t happen. No, I haven’t had a change of heart toward this asshole. I have my reasons.
1) You are always innocent until proven guilty in this country, [unless you’re Tom Delay] and he should be allowed to make a living.
2) I don’t want him in any way to become a sympathetic figure.
3) You thought the fan reaction to him in the early part of this year was funny? Man, it’ll be kicked up a notch or three should he get indicted; keep the funny signs coming.
Vetoing My Own Opinion
So W finally decided to exercise the power of his veto pen. And he came so close to going two terms without using it. Of course, instead of x-ing out one of those bloated budgets he goes against embryonic stem-cell research. Now I’m probably on the wrong side of this issue, but there’s just something creepy about this. I can’t explain it, so if anyone wants to go “OMG U PRO-LIFE EXTREMIST U WANTED CHRISTOPHER REEVE TO STAY IN THAT WHEELCHAIR” then go right ahead. And while Bush’s veto is going to supposedly kill millions upon millions of people, what just got rejected? A bill pimping adult stem-cell research. Why? According to the article:
“Opponents, mostly Democrats, said the bill would have given the Republican Santorum and other anti-abortion lawmakers political cover for opposing a related bill that instead would fund embryonic stem cell research.”
Yet republicans are the only ones playing politics with this issue.
Pimpin’ Paul Harvey
I’ve heard Paul Harvey say a number of things I never thought I’d hear some 100-year old guy reporting the news say. Yesterday was one of those times, what with him starting one story by saying, “Car owners like to pimp up their cars…”
This Drive Home Was No Fiesta
Having read a recent blog entry about the 1986 college football season, I was taken back to that night Penn State beat Miami in the Fiesta Bowl. It was a terrible night for driving in the Shittsburgh area with snow, sleet and ice everywhere. My half-brother, who was in high school at the time, was driving himself and me (a 10-year old kid) back to my old man’s residence when suddenly he hit some ice and slid into a guardrail. There was quite a hefty dent along the passenger side of the Nissan pickup truck, and we were fortunate enough to have a nearby family that heard the crash come out and offer us assistance. After getting over the initial adrenaline rush that accompanies any automobile accident, we were on our way back home. My half-brother was freaking out the entire time because he was so concerned about dad flipping out on him; I was trying to console him by saying he’ll just be glad that nobody got hurt. I then said, “Just take your time, drive safely and get us home. Then you can worry about it.” I was told years later that I was about three seconds away from being tossed out of the truck at that moment. Why do I bring this up? That PSU/Miami game was playing in the house of that family who took us in for a few minutes just to make sure we were OK. That’s all I got.
A Vote And A Dream
So Arizona, in hopes of bringing more people to the polls, is putting up for a referendum that if passed, would make one lucky person who bothers to vote a million dollars richer.
North of the border one of Mexico’s U.S. neighbors is weighing a novel way to get more citizens to participate in the democratic process: Offer them a chance at winning $1 million.
In an effort to improve voter turnout in Arizona, Tucson political activist Mark Osterloh gathered more than 185,000 signatures to put his Arizona Voter Reward Act on the state ballot this November as Proposition 200.
If Arizona’s voters approved, one lucky voter would win a million bucks, financed by unclaimed prize money from the state’s existing lottery. Citizens would qualify by voting in the primary or general election; vote in both and they’d be entered twice. Osterloh’s slogan: “Who wants to be a millionaire? Vote.”
Oh fuck no.
First off, I’ve seen people that play the lottery and will only vote just to get a chance to become a millionaire (or whatever the amount is after the winnings are taxed). Believe me, you don’t want these people voting. Well, then again, considering there are a number of commies reading this blog, you probably do. I’m all about repressing the downtrodden. Let them play Powerball, just stay the hell out of my voting booth. While I hear many ads around election time telling people to “get out and vote,” I’m the exact opposite. If you don’t want to vote, then don’t. Chances are if you’re that lazy and stupid, you’ll probably vote Democrat, so stay home, eat your Cheetos and complain about how The Man is holding you back.
Don’t You Be My Neighbor
I talked a while back about this house across from me that has been vacant for a while. Well last week we got new neighbors. Last Tuesday I saw them walking out of the house, and since I my mailbox is next to their house (all the block’s mailboxes are on one side of the road) and introduced myself. I offered my assistance if they needed and left. I really don’t care for neighbors. I have no problem with them, but the thing is I’ve learned that there are a lot of people in this world that want to be left alone. Sure I’m one of these anti-social assholes, but only to a point. I mean, I won’t tell my neighbors to fuck off if they say “hi” to me, but on the other hand I’m not one of these people that likes to engage in stupid small talk. Fortunately, this usually keeps most people away from me, but I digress. Jst about anywhere I lived I had to deal with people that wanted to be left alone, which is fine. When I was in Sappy Valley we were surrounded by college students that did their own things, which is to be expected. In Ohio I lived in a townhouse community and we had one neighbor that shared our front porch who we got along great with. The problem was whenever she moved out due to divorce we had two different sets of tenants that were … interesting. The first one was a guy and his teen-age daughter. He smoked nonstop and you could smell the smoke from his place in our downstairs bathroom. His daughter was a piece of work, too. A few times she BLASTED her stereo at all hours of the morning, and you could always hear her screaming and swearing at her old man. These people didn’t last a year before getting evicted. On the other side of me was this single mom with two spazoid kids and a little yapping dog. I remember the names of the two boys and dog: Matthew, Alex and Baby. How do I know this? Because the mom would always yell at them at the top of her lungs. While the better half hated hearing every little skirmish through our walls, I found it funny as hell. Then when her trucker boyfriend came over we usually heard them having sex, which I actually liked listening to. No, not because I’m some perverted voyeur, but rather because the moaning only lasted for about 20 seconds. I’m not going to brag about my performance in the sack because I’m humble like that, but if you’re an adult male getting poon on a regular basis, you need to last longer than half-a-minute. Goddamn.
After moving from Ohio to Pennsylvania, we lived in a duplex with this guy and his girlfriend. The guy was a redneck who was at least two months behind on his rent; I tried getting along with him at first. However, after a short while I just decided, “fuck it” and kept to myself. This place I live at now is good enough for me. I don’t talk to my one set of neighbors with the loudmouth dog, and I get along just fine with the old couple that lives on the other side of my property line. I have no idea how I’ll get along with these new people – from what my old neighbor told me, the husband’s a worker at some half-way house and the wife is a teacher at the local government school. The fact the wife’s a public school teacher tells me there’s probably at least one Democrat in that house; we’ll see when election season comes around and the political signs start getting placed in front yards. I wonder if they will react the same way the previous tenants of that house will should I put a “Rick Santorum,” “Lynn Swann” or “Tim Murphy” (our Republican incumbent Congressman) sign in our yard? (For those that don’t remember, these people would always talk to Mrs. kkk, until we put out a “Bush 2004” sign in our yard after they, and a few other neighbors put out Kerry signs.)
Going On The Offensive In The “What Is Offensive?” Debate
Why do I watch this shit? So I had PTI on and Wilbon and LeBa-retard had a segment about Lance Armstrong’s joke at the ESPYs regarding some guy from that Brokeback Mountain movie. I didn’t bother watching the ESPYs because, well, I don’t give a shit about this stupid “awards” show, but they played the Armstrong joke about how it was odd that this actor was sitting in the front because he usually likes it in the rear. Get it? He played a homo. He takes it in the ass. Anyway, the PTI segment was about if this joke was offensive. Wilbon said something that made me laugh more than Armstrong’s joke, which did get a chuckle out of me. Wilbon said the joke was funny and not offensive. LeBa-retard countered with what if the homosexual community is offended by the statement. Wilbon then said that if that was the case then he’ll defer to the homos, but in the meantime he won’t. Hey dipshit, you either think something is offensive or not. If GLAAD or the Buttpluggers of America send out a press release bitching about how Armstrong is a homophobe, you don’t go “Well maybe it was offensive after all.” You either think something is offensive or it isn’t. Then again, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised an ESPN talking head is talking out both sides of his ass.
Picture This “Minimal Investment”
So I look around occasionally for a side job or something to supplement my income – besides male prostitution, of course. Hell, I like to look around for something to replace my primary source of income, but I digress. A month or so ago I was browsing through Monster (or was it not-so-Hot Jobs?) when I came across this one ad that didn’t look quite the same as the thousand or so “Do you want to make REAL money now?” ads that are ordered by staffing agencies or those multi-level marketing places. I clicked on the link and basically it was a business that offered “cyber tours” of homes for sale. I was initially suspicious, as I always am when looking at jobs through this medium, but I figured oh what the hell. Although the words “minimal investment” shot off a red flag, it also said that it was part-time and that I can make my own hours. Hey, I work 6:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.; if I got to do this in the mid-afternoon whenever I wanted to during the workweek, I’d be a happy camper.
A week or so later I came home from work and played a message on the answering machine from some guy about this job. I called him back and we started talking. He seemed like a nice enough guy, and I was told that I would be employed on a contract basis, and I’d make $25-40 per each photo shoot. There was some mileage reimbursement, but that was only if the price of a gallon of gasoline went above a certain amount. That didn’t really bother me though, what shot off every red flag in my arsenal though was when talked about the “minimal investment.”
$1800.
I knew this would probably be where I get the rare opportunity to say in a job interview “Don’t call me, I’ll call you,” and sadly it was. As he finished his spiel and explained what the $1800 was for – company-specific camera, laptop, software and other equipment – I began punching up numbers on the handy calculator I had nearby because I knew I was going to use during this conversation. I noted to him that in order to pay off that $1800 “minimal investment” I would have to take pictures of 72 houses for $25 per shot. On the low end, if every house I took pictures of had a $40 bill, I would have to go on 45 different trips. I also said that if I were to go on five “assignments” per week (which is the figure he said I’d average to start out), I would have to work 2-4 months to pay off this “minimal investment.” I also noted that I wasn’t even including the taxes I’d be paying in any of these assessments, or the cost of wear-and-tear on my vehicle. When we wrapped this phone interview up, I was “offered” this job, but like I said before, I got to be on the giving end of this rejection offer, which is a nice feeling considering all the times in the past I have been given the old, “Your resume is very impressive, but you suck and we found someone else to do the job we advertised for in the newspaper, but we’ll keep your resume ‘on file’ just so you can get out of our lives forever and leave us alone” rejection letter. So for that feeling alone, the whole experience was worthwhile.
Encompassing My Opinions (Part V)
By this time I think I was at around Page 4 when filling out the PC’s electronic form.
There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures.
Disagree.
AHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA. Oh, wait. They were serious with this question.
Those who are able to work, and refuse the opportunity, should not expect society’s support.
Agree.
They shouldn’t, but they do. And there are politicians out there who have no qualms with pandering to these leeches.
When you are troubled, it’s better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things.
Disagree.
I don’t know how to answer this one. It might be good for you not to obsess over it every waking minute of your life, but to pretend it doesn’t exist? I’ll have to go with “Disagree” on this one.
First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country.
Disagree.
Interesting. I think there are plenty of language, cultural and social barriers to prevent a large number of first-generation immigrants from being fully integrated, but I don’t think it would be impossible. Besides, what is “fully” integrated mean anyway? Just speak English and you should be fine. OMG what a RACIST thing to say.
What’s good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us.
Disagree.
You mean amassing debt in the case for future growth/gains? No thank you. And get that “always” out of there while you’re at it.
No broadcasting institution, however independent its content, should receive public funding.
Agree.
Well, if it’s a state-run broadcast then naturally it’ll receive public funding. However, if you’re talking about PBS or NPR, then get those bitches off sucking my teet. And just who determines if a broadcasting institution is “independent”? Bill Moyers?
Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism.
Disagree.
Now if W. ever meets me and says, “How was that extra cheese pizza you ordered from Luigi’s the other night?” I might change my answer.
A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.
Agree.
Well you do get things done quicker – like baking Jews.
Although the electronic age makes official surveillance easier, only wrongdoers need to be worried.
Agree.
If you want to secretly videotape me taking a crap, I would like to have it back eventually so I can sell it on the internet and make some money; I hear there are some niche markets for this sort of thing. I might consider being worried by other private parties spying on me, but the word “official” tells me that this is about W. spying on you. While I’m on this subject, for all those people not named Mohammad that are bitching the government has got its eyes on you; you ought to be thrilled that these people find you important and noteworthy enough to set up cameras within your residence.
The death penalty should be an option for the most serious crimes.
Agree.
If you are caught on one of these official surveillance cameras killing someone in cold blood, you should die minutes after the jury finds you guilty.
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Encompassing My Opinions (Part IV)
Might as well continue this thing. For those that haven’t been following, catch your hippie ass up.
Schools should not make classroom attendance compulsory.
Disagree.
Get your ass to school. If you hate going there so much, just wait. You’ll have the rest of your life to hang out on the curb and not do shit with yourself.
All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.
Agree.
If by “different sorts” you mean drug users and shit. Sure, let them hang out together. I sure as hell don’t want them living next to me.
Good parents sometimes have to spank their children.
Agree.
Bad parents can do this too. Hell, my old man used to have this wooden plank with a nail through it and whenever it was time for me to get an ass-whooping (like the one time I didn’t want to wear the ugly, scratchy socks he picked out for me for my kindergarten class), he’d make me think the nail was going to strike me. He’d flip his write and I’d get the other side, but I never knew this as a kid. Look how great I turned out.
It’s natural for children to keep some secrets from their parents.
Agree.
I did. Now I’m hoping these secrets are along the line of “When I was 6 I showed Suzy from down the street my winky and she showed me her boobies,” rather than, “Why did Fr. Jim stuff himself into my poop-hole?”
Marijuana should be legalised.
Disagree.
I don’t really care one way or the other, but if you want to fuck yourself up there are plenty of other, more legal, ways to do so. Right now this shit is illegal now so all you potheads quit bitching if you can’t pay the price when you get busted by the po-pos.
The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.
Agree.
I also include in the whole “finding jobs” category a well-rounded education. However, I remember in college being pissed off when I had to waste money on classes that I wouldn’t have been in had they not be required elective, so I’d be disingenuous now if I answered “disagree.”
People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce.
Agree.
Call me Adolph.
The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline.
Disagree.
The fuck if I know. I’ll say no with this because I think preventing yourself from getting in positions to accept discipline would be better.
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Picking My Poison
Speaking of surveys, it doesn’t look good for the Republicans this upcoming election season. I must admit that I normally don’t pay much attention to polls because they are nothing more than just welfare/jobs programs for political-science majors and ex-politicians on cable television news channels. I sure as hell wouldn’t want Democrats in power, although I probably wouldn’t mind having them with a slim majority in one of the Congress branches. In fact, this might be a good thing. That way both parties will fight, bitch and get nothing done, which is fine by me; the danger comes when politicians actually think a problem needs solving and they end up fucking us over even more. The problem for me is this, however: do I really want to hear “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi”? Fuck no. I guess I’d have to go with a Slight Democrat majority in the Senate. After all, with all the RINOS up there now it’s like the Dems are in control anyway. Then again, it would be funny to see the Democrats’ reaction the day after Election Night should they not pick up any seats. Yeah, W. is a moron/Hitler/sucks/etc., but what does that make the Party which can’t take advantage of all this voter discontent?
Blame Game
A while back I asked who will be blamed for a government shut-down when a Democrat Governor and a Democrat Legislature are the ones closing down casinos and the ocean? Apparently, you blame the Congress, although I’d be more partial to blaming the voters for electing Democrats, but that’s just me.
How To Break Up In Beverly Hills, 90210
So Shannon Doherty is doing a “how to break up” show on that Oxygen channel.
The women’s cable network is teaming with Shannen Doherty for a reality series that will let viewers hire the “Beverly Hills, 90210” bad girl to nix significant others, bad friends and tyrannical bosses.
Doherty skein will be one of two marquee shows the cabler will launch this summer. The other is June premiere “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency,” a 10-part reality series chronicling Dickinson’s attempts to launch her own business.
Oxygen has greenlit 13 episodes of “Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty” from exec producers Scott Hallock and Kevin Healey (Sci Fi Channel’s “Scare Tactics”). Doherty will also exec produce.
Like she wasn’t able to show us how to call it quits to something when it came to her acting career by leaving early from shows she starred in. I actually like Shannon; you can just see the bitchiness ooze out of her, and while I’ve learned over the years to stay away from psycho bitches that get all crazy and shit, Shannon and her psychotic rages strangely do it for me.
Fatty Hotspots
This made me laugh. A New York City Councilman wants to prevent fast-food restaurants from sprouting up in “obesity hotspots.” Here is my favorite passage from the editorial:
“‘It’s one of the best ways to tackle the obesity issue,’ Rivera told The Post – notably overlooking education, diet, exercise and self-control.”
Of course, this “For-your-own-good” Big Brother mentality is perfect for Rivera’s Democrat constituency of the fat, lazy and stupid.
Collecting My Composure After This Quote
While typing this I’m listening on the radio to the CEO of the Pennsylvania Turnpike defending turnpike toll-collectors, saying it’s a “hard job.” N*gga plz. Oh, this is a great quote. “We trained them to say ‘thank you’ and ‘good morning.’” For $18/hour plus benefits just to collect change you need special training to say “have a nice day”? God I love this state. And the kicker is that a year or so ago these people went on STRIKE.
Retire This Clemente Talk
One topic I’ve talked about the last few days is the 2006 All-Star Game. Now there’s talk about Latino groups wanting Major League Baseball to retire Roberto Clemente’s jersey for every team, just like the case with Jackie Robinson’s #42.
Commissioner Bud Selig interrupted Tuesday’s All-Star Game in the fourth inning to pay homage to Clemente by presenting his widow and two of their three sons the Commissioner’s Achievement Award. Players from both the American and National League All-Star teams wore yellow wristbands displaying Clemente’s initials.
MLB also hands out a yearly award in his name to the player who best combines on-field performance with humanitarian work, and it holds a Roberto Clemente Day at every ballpark in September.
But for about a year, a group of Latino activists has lobbied for MLB to go a step further and confer on Clemente a distinction accorded only one other player by retiring his No. 21 from all the teams, as baseball did with Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 in 1997.
Personally, I don’t like the idea of either number getting league-wide treatment. Yeah, I know OMG RACISM~! I’m not going to grumble about Robinson’s jersey being retired by every team; but I would rather just have the team who faced the bigotry get the notoriety . But that’s just me, though.
Kick A Dirty Terrorist When He’s Down
I thought I was done with this topic, but the kicks just keep on coming. Apparently, the reason Zidaine head-butted that Italian player was because he was calling the Frenchie a “dirty terrorist” and said some mean things about his mom. A “dirty terrorist” – them’s some fighting words, which says quite a bit for a Frenchman. I also heard Zidaine’s mom has gotten into the fray, but what I find hilarious is that the Iran also applauds Zidaine’s actions; and he didn’t even have to blow himself up. According to this article,
“The head of Iran’s external relations committee has sent a letter to Zidane congratulating him for his ‘logical’ reaction and “timely” defense against an alleged insult to his ‘human and Islamic’ identity.’”
With the Iranians in your corner how can one not feel encouraged?
Danica Shifting Race Focus
I’m hearing that Danica Patrick it considering jumping to NASCAR. Don’t care. More power to her, I guess. However, there is one thing that concerns me about this move. NASCAR already has the one token driver that the media like to champion; what’s going to happen to my dawg Bill Lester, who’s the FIRST BLACK DRIVER TO QUALIFY FOR A NASCAR RACE IN 20 YEARS SINCE WILLY T. RIBBS if Danica takes the spotlight? Oh woe is the reporter who has to decide what to mention first in his or her NASCAR-related article — the FIRST BLACK DRIVER TO QUALIFY FOR A NASCAR RACE IN 20 YEARS SINCE WILLY T. RIBBS or the FIRST WOMAN DRIVER TO QUALIFY FOR A NASCAR RACE IN ? YEARS SINCE *insert name here if one exists.*
Nat Geo Porn
Since I talked about prisoners suing over minimum wage yesterday, I found this funny. Well actually I found it pathetic, but then I couldn’t be all clever and shit by repeating the same line from yesterday.
Two inmates have filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Correction to overturn a policy that bars magazines such as Playboy and Hustler.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis seeks class-action status on behalf of more than 20,000 state prisoners and challenges a policy that went into effect July 1 barring adult magazines and other printed material that depict nudity or sexual content.
The policy could also be used to prohibit sexually explicit letters and publications such as National Geographic magazine and daily newspapers, according to the complaint, which said the new rule violates the plaintiffs’ civil rights.
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One of the two plaintiffs named in the complaint is Ernest Tope, 53, an inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility near Anderson who is serving a life sentence for murder. He claims he cannot subscribe to the motorcycle magazine Easyriders because it contains partial nudity.
The policy may also may bar books such as steamy novels by the bestselling author Jackie Collins that have been available in the past through the prison library, the lawsuit claims.
Not being allowed to read a National Geographic magazine while serving a life sentence for murder is a “civil right”? More proof that my theory of “kill them if you have a chance before the police come to arrest the person breaking into your house and threatening harm to you or your family,” should be applied whenever possible.
The Face Of Pittsburgh Sports
I didn’t watch the MLB All-Star game, but I did hear that there was a tribute to Roberto Clemente, who is deemed by many here, and outside of Shittsburgh, to be the greatest Pirate ever to wear the black and gold. I tend to agree with this, even though I wasn’t born during his playing days.
While it’s true that this city likes to live in the past, this is one instance where previous events shouldn’t be forgotten. This got me thinking of which athletes are the “faces” of Shittsburgh’s other two major-league teams: The Steelers and Penguins. The latter is easy; hands down it’s Mario Lemieux. The Steelers was a bit tougher. You had a number of great players from the 1970s — Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Jack Lambert — and even some superstars of the recent past and present — Jerome Bettis, Ben Roethlisberger. However, the most beloved face of this team wasn’t someone on the field, it was in the front office. I was only a kid when Art Rooney, the founding father of this team, passed away, but he was by far the “Chief” of the Steelers. I remember this team having some bad seasons during my youth, but it’s impossible to imagine the Steelers not being competitive for 40 years (sure there was a winning season or two sprinkled in throughout, but for the most part Rooney was known as one of the league’s “loveable losers”), which they were before their Super Bowl run of the ’70s.
To put this in perspective, the Pirates haven’t had a winning season since ’93. To match the Steelers dry spell, they’d have to keep losing until the 2030s, which I’m sure is an achievable goal. What’s also scary about this realization is that I’ll be in my 50s when the Pirates finally go on their four-titles-in-six years run. God only knows what the Yankees’ payroll will be at this time.
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