It’s scary how dumb they assume we all are. What’s scarier though, is that their assumptions keep proving true. Take a look here. If you hover over the blue states, the “strong democrat” states are voting around 55% each of the last four elections. If you hover over the “strong republican” states, they’re voting closer to 70% to their party of favor. WOW.

This really is scary times, folks. We need to collectively wake up and realize what the f*ck is going on. We’re not invincible and ignorance is not going to make us better. We can crumble like any world power that came before us; we’re not invincible.

Apparently, just dumb.

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The new Tacoma – like a lot of new vehicles – uses a drive-by-wire throttle mechanism, whereby the gas pedal is not connected to the engine via a cable, but by electronic sensors. In the 4Runner, I can ‘feel’ the throttle, and it’s noticeably different when I’m approaching an incline: the 4Runner, I can sort of feel where I am and apply just enough additional pressure to get the tranny to downshift before it bogs down.

Not so in the Tacoma. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not actually connected to the motor via my foot, or if it’s just a matter of getting used-to, but even though I try to step in just enough to downshift before I bog down, it hasn’t seem to happen that way.

I’m not trashing my new ride; just pointing out that it’s different. Might have to change the way I behave a little to get the most out of it.

Firs thing I’m going to do is try wearing pants. See if that makes a difference.



Speaking of Pants
Questions have arisen regarding the haste in which McCain chose Palin as VP. Is there really any question here? Obama didn’t choose Hilary, so he quickly chose a Republican Woman to try and gain that upper-hand.

It was not about choosing Palin; it was about choosing a female to try and get that voter base from Obama. Sort of a “hey look at me! Obama didn’t choose a woman, but I did! Vote for me because obviously I’m more sympathetic to your needs!”

Turns out that this woman is sort of a monster, eh? I mean, she was a part of a party that wanted her state to secede from the Union (though vaguely). She’s involved in an investigation into allegations she fired top advisors because they wouldn’t fire her ex-brother-in-law. And this anti-abortion, abstinence-is-the-way conformist also has a teenage daughter who’s pregnant, and – oh yeah! – plans on marrying the father. Shotgun wedding, anyone?

Gotta love the Republicans. Unless of course you can form complete sentences & think critically for yourself. But yeah, if you can’t do those two things, I’m sure you’d love the Republican platform. :-|

So are the dumbasses catching on yet? That they’re just pawns here? That they’re being played? Like fiddles? Yeah, you’re right: probably not. Four more years, huh? Dammit.



What a fun example!
Wow. Talk about an example blowing right up in your face, huh? Take a stance that abstinence is best and works, by golly! And then your own daughter winds up prego, so you force her into getting married so that it’s not illegitimate.

And, you know, rather than critically assess your own platform, maybe look at the stats & the reasoning, and conclude – like many researchers – that sex is going to happen and the best way is probably education & access to the proper contraceptives & good care, you decide to just keep on preaching the same wrong song.

Gotta love those Republicans, eh? Yeah, me too.

Tags: hate, women

Tags: hate

Mmmmmm…. Bison!
Holy crap I ate a buffalo. Sort of on accident. Kind of.

When I went shopping a couple of weeks ago – our monthly expedition on which we stock up for the entire month, including meats – I wanted a couple of sirloins. Of which, it turned out they had none. I’m friendly with the guy behind the counter, and he said that he did have some Buffalo behind the scenes, if I’d like to try that. Would I like to try that?

Yeah, sure, why not?

Well a couple of days ago, The Girl gets out some meat for us to BBQ, and gets the marinate underway. Then of course, I throw it on the barbie, and we get to grubbing a short while later. Gobbled it all up, didn’t really think much about it other than should have put more salt on these bad boys.

Anyway, as we were cleaning up and thinking about dinner for the next day, I said “let’s try the buffalo!” And The Girl went looking through our Dead Cow stuff to pull it out. ...And couldn’t find it. Looked around, thought maybe he didn’t actually get it for me. Then thought to pull the sirloin wrappers out of the trash (I’m an expert trash digger btw), and sure enough, it’s clearly marked “Buffalo Sirloins.”

I’d say ‘tastes like chicken,’ but that’s far too cliché, and wildly inaccurate – though still highly entertaining. I will say this, though: It didn’t taste drastically different from the free-range cattle we sustain ourselves on. But it costs more. Which means, of course, that we probably won’t be doing buffalo again soon. Unless it’s on you, in which case, I’ll fire up the barbie.



Cheap Date
OK another dinner-related story. Yesterday I get home from work and there’s a half a beer on the counter. I ask what’s up, The Little Woman tells me that it’s for me. Apparently her roast recipe called for half a beer or something, and for a man to drink the rest of it. Betty Crocker promoting drunken men, who knew? But, cool, whatever.

So those of you who know me know I don’t drink. Like, much ever. This escapade I think takes me up to 1-1/2 beers this year. And as I tried to finish off this half-a-beer, it really became apparent. Because 1) even only half a beer is damn challenging for me to throw down, and 2) not 30 minutes later I could feel that I was drunk.

Yes, that’s right, you give me half a beer, and you can do whatever you want with me. ‘bob’s a cheap date.

Hell, skip the beer – you can still probably do what you want with me ;-)



The Mclaughlin Group
I watch a lot of PBS. I don’t have cable, and I find that other than the corny stuff, PBS usually fits the bill (especially the nature programming). Anyway, last night after our scheduled Nature Show, They had The Mclaughlin Group on. Tuned in to watch, and something stood out to me: Namely, that the hardline republicans, the American Apologists, really don’t sound all that smart. They were discussing the recent quagmire WRT Georgia & Russia. Most of the people on the set were talking about how it’s in America’s best interests to back off of this issue, because in all reality, it’s better to keep friendly ties w/ Russia than it is to protect Georgia, which we’re not that into protecting anyway.

One of the sticking points was whether Russia was provoked or “invaded” Georgia. Turns out that despite how the Bush Regime and the US media spins it, Georgia actually drew first blood by invading Ossetia, a province sort of loyal to Russia that’s trying to be annexed a lil’; shown a lil’ love, you know?

Anyway, Russia strikes back, and it’s being shown as the ‘aggressor’ in the situation. Everyone pretty much agreed that given the facts, it’s sort of not the case. Everyone, except a blond hardliner. Despite the fact that the facts, she maintained that Russia was the aggressor and should be stopped. No matter how many times they pointed out that GEORGIA INVADED OSSETIA, she would not relent. She then went on to say that Russia should not be allowed to invade other countries to spread their influence, as it’s just wrong, blah blah blah.

Oh really?

Wonder where she’s been the last 5 years or so. You know, during which time her lovely bushie hero has been trying to spread his influence with bullets. Look b!tch, I actually agree with you on that one principle: no one should be allowed to spread their influence by forcibly conquering someone else. It’s just that I think what’s good for the goose should suffice for the gander as well. And I think that perhaps you and others like you should perhaps try applying your foreign policy skillz at home. If you want to talk that talk, you need to walk that walk.

Republicans: talking to hear their own voices since 1890.



$100
I’ll send a pic of a $100-bill to the first person who can get the joke of the picture that accompanies this blog. It’s not hard! But you gotta be hip to the reference -- it’s a generational thing :-)

Tags: hate

So about those options…
I mentioned 3. I had ordered three. Showed up to pick up the Taco?

Saw two. Suh-weet.

The Running boards & Roof Rack made it on. The Skid Plate? Not so much. Didn’t actually exist on the Tacoma. I figured what happened was this: The original new truck was ordered but had the skid plate pre-installed when they got it, so they didn’t order it. However, when the original new truck was returned and the NEW new truck was ordered & then delivered, no one caught that little detail.

Until, that is, random bob showed up on the scene.

Found the sales manager – who was not happy to see me – and got it straightened out. He pretty much verified that what I thought was probably the issue was indeed the issue. Yeah, he was a little worried at first sight of me. He’s been well-trained that seeing the ‘bob ususally means that something is the matter. But it wasn’t that bad this time, and he was on top of it. Should be in by Monday. Suh-weet.

It sucks a Tad. Not this Tad. But just a little bit.

Doesn’t matter too much however, as I’m not putting the truck to the test until I get the Shell, anyway. I mentioned it before, but I’m not going anywhere in it for too long without the dogs. Especially now with the new guys. Yeah. Little bastards. I’m out eating right now. They’re probably eating more speaker wires as I type.

Dammit.



What the funk: Politics
I don’t get it. The public has an abysmally-low rating of the current presidency, led by monkey-boy Georgie Bush. Like, abysmally-low. Yet somehow, McCain’s not only running, but according to one pole at least, is in the lead?

So let me get this straight: The American People don’t like bush anymore, feel they’ve been lied to & misled for the last 4-8 years, and want change. Then see fit to essentially re-elect him? In the form of McCain? Who’s essentially the Bush Candidate reincarnated, but older (is that possible?)?

Holy f*ck. Canada, come save us. Apparently, we’re too stupid to do it ourselves. We need an intervention.

You know, I really think we should re-think that whole Civil War thing. The South may have been on to something. I sure as hell don’t want them dragging me down. Let them be their own collection of idiots, I say.

I say a lot, I know. But I definitely say that.

Tags: Vehicles, Animals, New Family Members

The Girl was poking around at some links I sent her and wound up on this funny political picture blog. Some are good, some are dumb, but one was laugh-out-loud hilarious, so I thought I’d share. It might be my favorite picture ever. The basic idea is sort of the same as the “lolcats” over at icanhascheezburger.com – take a picture, add a caption, laugh. Simple.

I’m not sure exactly why this image is so funny to me, but damned if it isn’t. It is. Ignore that. I find it hilarious. You can take a gander at it in full-scale by going here or clicking on the picture. Enjoy.

The Odd Thing About Sex Talk @ Work
We all want to talk about it, it seems. Funny, because we’re not supposed to talk about it. There’s rules & regulations that specifically state that you will be fired for talking about it. Which then, of course, makes everyone want to talk about it more.

I’ve never met one person – not one – that didn’t want to talk about sex with me at work. Er, that didn’t come out right. That didn’t want to talk with me about sex, while we were at work. Whew! You don’t want to know what would happen to me if I hadn’t fixed that before The Girl read it. Catastrophe.

Anyway. It just strikes me as odd that we have all these rules to prohibit this “thing” that we all do anyway. Doesn’t seem logical. I mean, I understand that there’s a line, we’re trying to avoid sexual harassment, but still. What if someone hates feet? They find them putrid? Should we write a law to prevent talk about foot stuff at work, too? Why can’t I legally talk about my collection of whips & chains? You know, I have this ring that... oh, never mind.



The Scary Thing About Sex Talk @ Work
Oh my god. A lot of the people that want to talk to me about sex at work? Ugly. Hey I may not be a 10, but at least I’m on the right side of that scale, bub. I mean, these are not the kind of people you find videos of having sex online. Know why? That’s right, because they’re ugly, like I freakin’ said already. So? Oh my god. These people are having sex? Oh god oh god, I hope not! And it’s not like I truly think that they should be denied the ability to have sex, it’s just a selfish thing on my part where I don’t want to imagine that an ugly person or (gasp!) two ugly people are having sex. It’s completely selfish on my part, I just don’t want to be all grossed out over it. And hell, you know what? Who am I kidding? I don’t want ugly people having sex! Because they’re just going to produce more ugly people, right? Right?

Of course, perhaps they’re just talking about it because they’re not getting it. Let’s hope. For the sake of my mind’s eye, and the future of television.

Ewwww.

Tags: women

Unbelievable. Un-F*cking-Believable.
Clay Aiken becomes a dad. So, what... then he’s not gay?

I don’t know. My conviction is strong. I think I still want to call bullsh!t here. C’mon, just look at that picture.



Believable. Totally believable.
John Edwards admits to affair.

This I believe. Good looking guy (relatively – seen your average politician?), the lady doesn’t look too shabby, and he was her boss. In fact, she’s probably one of a few.

I still want to meet Mrs. Clinton’s Mistress, though.

OOOOOHHH!1!111!!!! BURN!

Tags: women

By the day’s end, Mr. McCain proclaimed that he did not want to dwell on the issue either, although he repeated his campaign’s central charge that his probable opponent had injected race into their battle.

“He brought up the issue of race; I responded to it,” Mr. McCain told reporters in Panama City, Fla. “I don’t want that issue to be part of this campaign. I’m ready to move on. And I think we should move on.”

• The lead-in: Obama will raise taxes.

• The Fabrication: YOUR taxes will GO THROUGH THE ROOF

• The Actuality: Yeah, Obama has (like most every democrat) proposed higher taxes. Well, not really. He’s proposed getting rid of the repeal of the taxes on the rich that bush (capitalization purposeful) and his crony republicans put into effect. A tax that only gets charged to people making over $250K a year. Is that you? No? Then you see the mislead: Obama Raising taxes somehow is going to affect YOU. Which, uh, probably isn’t, seeing as how a very small percentage of people make that much.

Tags: hate

Grey @ 28
I awake from a nap yesterday, and The Girl is playing with my hair with the utmost intent. What was she up to? Trying to pluck a grey hair from my head. HOW DARE SHE!!

Yeah for some strange reason, I want to keep it. It’s not the first one I’ve gotten, I’ve had one or two pop up before, and I just wonder: is it normal to have grey hair before you’re 30? I don’t know. Seriously. I mean, they come, they go (without being plucked), and I’m not sure if it’s normal or not. But whatever, I sort of look forward to my Salt & Pepper.

I think I’ll wear it well!



Back to Heavy
So the last week (that I’ve been on vacation) I have been back to going heavy in the gym. Which, incidentally, is in the garage. I’m splitting my workouts up again for the next 4-5 weeks, doing each body part separately (where before I was combining opposites – back & chest, biceps & triceps, etc).

Feelin’ good. One rotation down thus far, and I’m matching my recorded maxes (at least since I moved up here). So I figure 5 rotations later or so, I should have added about 20lbs to my large muscle group exercises, and hopefully 10lbs to my supporting muscle group exercises. Then I’ll go back to lighter, more correct reps for a while before cycling back.

Eventually, I’ll be lumberjacking it again. Probably around Christmas.



Gaaahhh! Acronyms!
I don’t know why they can’t just make a law a law without some “catchy name” or some jazz. I mean, “No Child Left Behind?” Gay. But you know what’s worse? When they come up with an acronym and make up words around it. I give you HANG-UP.

I mean, holy sh!t. Get over it. Are you really wasting time trying to push legislation to have people not talk on cell phones? That’s what you deem important?

I almost feel like booking a flight with some of them and just talking up a storm. To make a point. That point being:

There are other things that maybe you should be putting effort into, instead.



Pop Music
OK, it’s not just me, right? I mean, doesn’t every new Tool song song just like every other new Tool song? Seriously. I think someone should maybe turn the page on their song sheet. Because I think they’ve been playing the same song all this time.

Also on this front: System of a Down. Their new stuff is not nearly as good as their old stuff. I have heard a few songs off their new album recently. I’m not impressed. They have become whiny losers, it seems. Like, they sound as though they hooked up with Clay Aiken producing. This is not a match made in in heaven, dammit.

I hope they get back to being hard alt-rock. Sooner rather than later. Leave the corny heart-wanking stuff to Clay. He’s perfect for it. Being gay and all.

Tags: hate

Housing bill sent to the White House. I am not pleased, I am not pleased at all. Why the heck are we bailing out the very people who are responsible for the Housing Bubble? What bullsh!t. Thanks, politicians. Thanks, politicians who are not really trying to solve the problem but rather look like they’re “for the people.” This basically amounts to taxing me for their idiocy. F*ck that. I’m the people, be for me, dammit.

Look, I’ve said it before and I’ve said it again, but I’m going to say it once more at least: If you really want to help out the most people, let this bubble completely implode. Yes, some people will get hurt. But you’re hurting far more by letting the prices stay artificially high. You’re damning entire generations to be continual renters, or slaves to a mortgage they can’t afford. It’s freakin’ impossible anymore to simply buy a home that’s at or less than 30% of your income.

Unless you want to get mugged daily. Which, uh, hey? Count me out.

Tags: housing Crisis

Immigration Reform Proves Difficult
I refer you to this article in the Washington Post. I am totally against the whole “let the immigrants stay” sort of mentality, if you didn’t know already. I don’t think that they bring more to the economy than they take away; I think they’re simply a vehicle for the bourgeois to continue raping the middle-classes of jobs, status, and wealth. Yeah, really. A job hired out for $4/hour to an illegal immigrant is a job not given to a legal American worker, and also the difference in pay is then skimmed and stays with the bourgeois, never reaching middle America — it furthers the rich/poor divide, y’all. Anyway, the real solution comes from punishing the businesses that harbor & hire illegal workers, I have said this before. But the problems in doing this are many, apparently:

Companies tell me, 'We have an immigration system that allows us to hire illegal workers, legally,' Baker said. Asked to defend President Bush's track record, he said, "Why are employers not punished more often? Because the laws we have don't really authorize that.

Tags: Animals, New Family Members

Hope you had a wonderful 4th (you Americans, you)
I lounged, slept, and then…. Got up and went to work. Yeah, I had to work on the evening of the 4th. Yeah, it sorta sucked, since it was such a beautiful day outside. Perfect day for barbecuing, wouldn’t you know.

Work makes me question being American
The soundtrack for today could easily have been “songs that sell out America for monetary gain.” I know that it’s supposed to be patriotic, but really? It’s just annoying as hell. One thing I loved about it was the way that these high-priced, hoity-toity Country singers sing about being on the “front lines,” “fighting for America’s Freedom” and stuff. You know, as if; “as if” they were actually anywhere near the front lines. “As if” they were anywhere close to fighting anything except the alarm clock at noon in a soft cozy bed.

Motherf*cker, don’t try to sell me a song about how much a hero you are and how much fighting for America you’ve done; all you’ve picked up is a guitar and a paycheck. F*ck off.

Another thing I loved: A song about how New York is stronger than the terror around us. Oh. My. God. Did you -- did you just try to make a buck off the dead & wounded in the 9/11 attacks? Oh my god, you did. Oh my god. I feel like I may throw up a little bit.

WOW. So let me get this straight: We’re all very American, so long as we buy your guys’ CDs, right? Yeah I think that’s about the message: USBC. United states of Blind Consumers, that’s us now I guess.

I’m sorry, but wake me up when being patriotic doesn’t require buying a whole bunch of sh!t that’s made in China every year.

Peace.

Tags: hate, Animals

A friend of mine linked me to this on youtube. It’s a bit long, but it’s accurate and the questions are real & pertinent. I think we should all stop to think about what it is we’re really after. And look to history for clues. Lots of people tend to think that “Trickle-down economics” will work, but history has shown otherwise. Remember the 80’s and early 90’s? Yeah, that was “trickle-down,” guys. That was what the republicans like to call tax cuts: giving the wealthy – who need help the least – the most back.

Anyway, here’s my TV superhero, Keith Olbermann to actually ask the questions most of the “don’t question authority” media outlets ignore. Watch it. I know the timer says it’s long, but once you get going in it, it won’t seem long at all, I promise.

Peace.

What the HELL on earth!?
Why can’t the fucking politicians just pay attention? Why can’t they just get it right? Here, the EPA is told to study whether greenhouse gas emissions might actually be harmful to the environment & the effects it could have on the economy. They find that yeah, we’re damaging the environment alright, but rather than deal with the issues they sought answers to, the government just proclaims they just won’t open their email. Nice.

Politics as usual, eh?

Supreme Court Orders Exxon to Pay for Valdez Disaster – no wait, to NOT pay
What the fuck? 14 years later, after ravaging the whole of the Alaskan coastline and destroying the economy of an area that to this day has yet to fully recover, the Bush-backed Supreme Court lowered the Punitive Damages of Exxon Valdez from the $2.5 billion – or $75,000 per person in Alaska – to not more than $500 million – or about $15,000. Talk about unfair. I mean hell, $75,000 was at best a couple years’ worth of salary. $15,000 is a slap in the face.

Politics as usual, eh?

US Military Campuses forcing religion on cadets
As if we needed more stigma to wipe off ourselves, the US military is thoroughly wallowing us in the correlations to The Crusades.

And people wonder why the separation of Church & State is of the utmost importance… guys, it falls back onto the same principles I wrote about in response to gay marriage: Namely that everyone’s for it, so long as they’re not the ostracized ones, right? But you watch, that group will slowly shrink should you allow that club to form, and before you know it, your slice of religion isn’t quite good enough…

What the hell? Man, the Bushies are all for ruining the very essence of what America was about – namely, the idea that a people can live together without having to conform all their views around the ruling party’s. So much for that, I guess.

Politics as usual, eh?

Senator McCain has plan to Make Gov’t More “Green”
Now tell the truth: You half-expect me to link to an article in which he proclaims that if we paint everything Camo, we’ll save the environment.

Hey I don’t blame you: I sort of expected to read it, as well. But instead, it’s McCain talking about initiating change that is so far below what his opponent has talked about initiating that it’s barely worth mentioning.

Other than to mention it so as to point out how behind the times the Republicans are. Which, uh, is what I’m doing.

Republicans: Politics as usual, eh?

Peace.

Tags: hate

Pollution Hits Home for Midwest
So by now we’re all familiar with the Flooding in the Midwest, right? As if the flooding wasn’t bad enough, now they’re contending with the insult to injury that is the toxic sludge that the waters left them with.

Personally, I think it’s a rather sad commentary on what we’re doing to our environment. Think about it: All the stuff that now coats these people’s homes, the smelly, toxic, poisonous mess that keeps them from being able to come back to their homes, is everything that we put back into our world around us. E.Coli? Large amounts of E.Coli? Yeah that’s the poop bacteria, I like to call it. That washed in from all the sewage plants around you. Literally, your home is covered in sh!t. Motor Oil & Diesel fuel? You know where that came from, right?

I really just wish that people would take opportunities like these to really examine the machine that is our consumer culture. Is this how we want to live? Is this the world we want to leave behind? Because in all reality, that wasteland is our future, the prize we leave to the generations to follow. Yeah, perhaps right now it’s all out-of-sight-out-of-mind, but that’s only temporary, as we see now. There’s simply too many people putting out too much waste for the world to adequately compensate and manage.

Let’s say we actually start to recognize and talk about the issues, rather than ignore or take the “well there’s nothing I can do about it” stance; because there is something you can do – you can recognize the issues, and talk about them, and instigate change with just that.



Busting up the Pot Growers in Humboldt County
They’re charging in and bringing down large grow operations around these parts, and of course the talk on the progressive radio stations centers around “how can they do that” and the ubiquitous “they’re going to destroy the local economy.” Yeah f*cking right. I mean, maybe in the short-term, but realistically? Not really. I mean, if these people actually put as much effort into something else besides pot growing, the local economy would probably do much better.

What a cop-out.



Having said that
I do agree that pot should be legal. I don’t smoke nor do I plan to start, but it’s much less dangerous a drug than, say, alcohol or even Cigarettes. Maybe not cigarettes, but definitely Alcohol. They have a point, it does have good medicinal uses, and even if you don’t use it for that, you’re better off than drinking yourself to death, no?



But the rich whiteman grows tobacco still
… which is why cigarettes are legal, and pot is not. Can’t have that sort of competition, you know? Sad, but unfortunately true.

Damn whitey.

Peace.

Isn’t he about change for the better? Isn’t he speaking out against all that the republicans have stood for? Isn’t he “different?” I mean yeah, technically what he’s doing is “different” than what has been done by candidates in the past, but… This isn’t change for the better; it’s continuing in the wrong direction! Namely, “how much money does it take to win the presidency?” Or put more bluntly, “Who wants to buy me off?”

I’m not saying that I think he himself is about to be ‘bought off,’ but he’s setting the stage for what the bushies have done to become just the way it is here on out, even into the presidential race. Which I think is a shame. How sad that a country that prides itself on being “for the people, by the people,” has really just sold its soul outright nowadays. They’re barely hiding it anymore.



Real Reform is Needed
It’s a real shame as far as I’m concerned, because it means the republican problem of power corruption has spread to our only other hope. This needs to be rectified, and if he were to win, I surely hope that Obama would be big enough to fix the system rather than just complain it’s broken.

Public Financing. The nation’s politics needs to be run with the nation’s funding. The FCC controls the airwaves, what needs to happen is that we mandate that all the candidates run ads in space that is equally divided, using only the funds set aside in the gov’t coffers for that occasion. The FCC regulates the TV, right? Well have each station have to run ads no matter what. Don’t give them any say – they want to exist, they have to participate in the way they best can, by reaching the masses. And what I’m proposing is FULL public funding, to the complete exclusion of private financing, even if personally done. There should be not a thin red cent allowed to be spent on the campaign of anyone that is running for office (at least the Presidential position, though I’d love to see it applied to every federal seat). This ensures that no one is being bought off, and really makes the gov’t “by the people, for the people.” Because if they’re responsible to only us, if they owe their Presidency only to us, then they will perhaps answer to only us, since only us are paying their salary.

What a f*cking concept.

Because right now, it’s not “one person one vote,” it’s “one dollar one vote,” and that’s inherently not fair, seeing as how 1% of the population controls more wealth than the bottom 90% of hte population combined. They can afford to further segregate the rest of us from power, we cannot afford to do anything about it. We only have one vote still, because we can’t afford to play the dollar game… which means that we’re never getting an equal shake at things. Though we’ll suffer the fate of the fall, we have the least say in in the directions we sway.

Let’s hope Obama’s Rhetoric only lasts until next January. If he’s going to change things, he needs to start immediately. The last eight years that the rich tycoons bought us have really not paid off well for the rest of us at all. We can’t afford this other guy getting into power.



New sidebar links
All things considered, I thought I should link off to some good news pages. They don’t always run with the crowd, but they’re honest & true (that’s the important part there). I mean, rosy, warm & fuzzy endings May sell well, but that’s not the reality of our situation; that’s not the bed we’ve made, you know? Anyhow, here’s the list for those too lazy to actually look to the right just a little bit:

• The “Least Evil” Choice

• FAIR

• NPR

• The Venerable BBC

• They’re not MSNBC or Fox News (notice no links – intentional), but that’s a good thing.

I’m willing to wager: The people of Kern County, CA are the type of people that voted in 2004 “with their morals,” believing that homos getting hitched was far worse than sending family, friends, & countrymen to die on foreign soil so that they would not really be any safer back at home.

Man saves, wife, friend in freak snowstorm
Now this story, as they gave it, is really sad.

Apparently, they were hiking in the Park when a freak snowstorm brought whiteout conditions. They dug a snow trench and huddled together to keep warm, the hubby on the bottom in the snow. He would not trade places with anyone, so he suffered the contact with the snow and eventually froze to death.

Man, I just hope that the other two aren’t getting together, you know?

Yes I know I know, I’m wrong for even thinking that. And hey, I’m not saying that they planned the “accident” or anything, not at all. Just saying that with the puzzle pieces they gave, there’s a dark way that thing could have gone together. Total Oxygen material right there.

Odd comment of the day award
Presented to the guy that delivers the stuff from our distribution center. As we finished unloading the truck, he asked me if anyone had ever told me that I look like Kenny Loggins.

Uh, no. Not ever. Not once. Not even close. Thanks for playing?

I felt like humming the tagline from Danger Zone or something when he said that. Not sure though if that would have helped my case or hurt it.

Peace.

Tags: hate, earth conditions

Then there’s the way they have polarized words. “Liberal” is considered in most countries to be a good thing. “Progressive” is typically a connotation of forward-thinking people. But not here, not anymore. Couple this with the Republican’s smart move to essentially remove the old FCC mandate to require equal time for opposite viewpoints, and you have what we have now: a war on Democracy. And it’s not just political topics that these things flare out, oh no, it’s an everyday thing.

It’s the way of the Rush Limbaugh’s, and the Bill O’Reilly’s. I found this video posted over at owned. It’s kind of long, but man-oh-man is it a great example. Tear-down to follow video:

Did everyone catch that?

• Bill did not attend the event. Yet he was very factual about everything, as though he was there for a first-hand account.

• Bill took parts of the speaker’s comments and used them out of context to portray them as enemies of decency, despite the fact that their comments were merely construed in that way rather than being that way.

• When given an alternate view from someone that was there – to include accurate quotes – he just wipes them aside as though they’re less relevant because they weren’t yelled out from someone like him, from his viewpoint.

• When presented with a person who took his words from his own book that portray a similar sentiment, he lashed out as though this was some preposterous attempt to twist his words (perhaps it was even!)

• Regardless, despite the fact that he was upset with having been taken out of context, he did not bother to try and accept that perhaps he was indeed doing the same thing in this very segment.

• Though to everyone else that saw it it seemed as though he might have been put in his place, he went ahead and finished the piece as though he had “won” something and everyone that disagreed with him was not as intelligent and just plain wrong.

Tags: hate

Apparently he was under scrutiny for having awarded an MBA to a daughter of a big supporter of his. One who donates in sums of $20-million.

So… $20-million bought her an MBA? Sounds like the current state of business to me! I’d say she’s well on her way and May have actually inadvertently earned the degree.



California Denying Developments on Grounds of Lack of Water
WOW.

It’s a step. Now if we could just get everyone to admit and accept that the real problem, the root of all of it is, this an out-of-control growing population. Seriously, stop spitting out the babies, people; limited resources suck, especially when you’re far too numerous and sucking them dry.



Clinton Backing Obama Tomorrow
Clinton lays plans for Obama endorsement

Let me state this again: Was there really any other option? This is so gay; it’s all show and nothing really worth holding on to. Why are people concerned? Obama has the nomination regardless, and it’s not like if Clinton says “don’t vote for Obama vote for McCain” I am going to do that. What could any of this possibly net?

Clinton Lost. It shouldn’t take this long to say “You won, champ” and move on with life. Geez.



Being The oft-bored soul I am….
I spent the last few nights putting up more galleries online. Now that I have a better way to organize them I can afford the long list of entries into my gallery. I am not going to bother putting links here to each of the new ones; I’ll just link you to the home page and you can click and enjoy until you can’t click any more :-)

Random bob’s photos home page.

For your viewing pleasure.

Peace.

Tags: earth conditions, women

Good going, guy. Best of luck. I hope your strong words of vision are more than rhetoric; we could use it.



Clinton still won’t admit defeat
Clinton however still wants to fight on… ?

I don’t get it. Someone explain to me how – after Obama has secured the nomination – can she really be undecided on what to do? Does she - does she really have a choice? To me it seems her choices are a) go back to the senate, or b) retire and sit around watching Oprah & eating Bon-Bons.

I’m guessing she goes with the latter. Wait and see.

Peace.

So the states’ delates were thrown out for holding runnings too early, but since Clinton won in those states, she would like to have those state’s delegates seated.

Does that about cover it?

Talk about desperate. I’m willing to bet my liberalness that if the shoe was on the other foot, Cinderella would not be trying to get them seated. She should just say it: “I want to have these state’s delegates seated even though I am a part of the party that agreed to not seat them because without them I’m going to lose my campaign. Er, earlier than I’m going to lose without them.”

Obama-Clinton 2008 for the win!



Yahoo titles: Like reading Us Weekly
I open Yahoo this morning, and I see an Article Headline something like this: Is it Worth it to Buy a Hybrid?

Let’s see, gas well above $4 a gallon, times ~15 gallons to fill up, times how many fill-ups a month, times 12, times years… Yeah, it’s worth the extra $3,000-$4,000 to get the hybrid model if you’re shopping anyway.

It’s seriously like reading those damn variety mags in the supermarket line: “Angelina & Brad having twins! Did they do it?”

I’m thinking yeah, they probably ‘did it’ a few times.



Except maybe for these Hybrids
GM apparently only sold one-twelfth of the amount of Hybrid, Large SUV’s