Talons Rants

The Past

–adjective
1. gone by or elapsed in time

2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone

3. gone by just before the present time

Anyone who knows me also knows that one of my favorite quotes is “those who refuse to learn from History, are condemned to relive it”. The key word in that quote is “learn”.

The past is exactly that. Past. Gone. Is no more. A memory. It cannot be changed without paradoxically changing the present and future even if there was a way to go back in time to do so.

The latest hubbub is about the Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell reinstating Confederate History Month. Nothing wrong with that, except he pissed off some folks by not making slavery the key issue in its remembrance. As an avid Civil War buff, I think people need to go back and read their History books.

1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
With Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. However, at the same time the increase in the number of plantations willing to move from other crops to cotton meant the greater need for a large amount of cheap labor, i.e. slaves. Thus, the southern economy became a one crop economy, depending on cotton and therefore on slavery. On the other hand, the northern economy was based more on industry than agriculture. In fact, the northern industries were purchasing the raw cotton and turning it into finished goods. This disparity between the two set up a major difference in economic attitudes. The South was based on the plantation system while the North was focused on city life. This change in the North meant that society evolved as people of different cultures and classes had to work together. On the other hand, the South continued to hold onto an antiquated social order.

2. States versus federal rights.
Since the time of the Revolution, two camps emerged: those arguing for greater states rights and those arguing that the federal government needed to have more control. The first organized government in the US after the American Revolution was under the Articles of Confederation. The thirteen states formed a loose confederation with a very weak federal government. However, when problems arose, the weakness of this form of government caused the leaders of the time to come together at the Constitutional Convention and create, in secret, the US Constitution. Strong proponents of states rights like Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were not present at this meeting. Many felt that the new constitution ignored the rights of states to continue to act independently. They felt that the states should still have the right to decide if they were willing to accept certain federal acts. This resulted in the idea of nullification, whereby the states would have the right to rule federal acts unconstitutional. The federal government denied states this right. However, proponents such as John C. Calhoun fought vehemently for nullification. When nullification would not work and states felt that they were no longer respected, they moved towards secession.
Slavery became an added issue during debates on the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Compromise of 1850, but it was NOT “THE” reason for the Civil War. If you really want to find out more, you need to do the legwork and find out for yourself.

Where is all this going? You are about to find out. As I said, being from the East originally, I traveled to Antietam, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Fredericksburg and Richmond to name a few. The battles were horrendous, and the casualty rate even more so. War is NOT as glamorous as Hollywood would make it appear. It is ugly, brutal, and idiotic, and there is no glory involved in it at all.

Now that I have said that, let me say this. Enough of this shit. It is PAST. Over. Done. It is a memory. The lives lost pointlessly should be remembered, but the bottom line is (and this is gonna piss of the Nascar crowd) the states that seceded from the Union were then and should be now considered Traitors to their country. Again, that is the past, and we need to move on with the future. Johnny Reb, LOST. So get over it will ya.

And though this has nothing to do with the American Civil War, Israel needs to get over it too. Yes, remember the Holocaust, and yes remember the atrocities, but in due course also remember the atrocities of Joseph Stalin cleansing some 20 million Russians and Poles, and that’s not counting the waste of human life caused by the Madmen of the world throughout history.

Hey folks, Hitler was NOT the anti Christ, he was a man (fucked up scruples yes) but a man no less. And why is only Hitler remembered. How about Hirohito and Tojo? What, they don’t count. There was a war in the Pacific you know, and the atrocities of the Nazi’s palls in comparison to those of the Japanese. Why is it always the damn Holocaust? Do they think they are the only people in the world who have been shit on?

Again, read your History books, and remember and learn, but STOP living in the past.

It’s GONE

Hey everybody, how are you all doing?

Working yet? Mortgage being paid? Is School teaching your kids anything?
Did you get a raise yet? Or, do you get the pat answer of, “you’re lucky you’re even working. Same here.

Now that I have, you totally bummed out, let us move on to something that matters.
and it matters because those denizens of dilettante say it matters. Oh c’mon, you know, the media, and TMZ, and Entertainment tonight et al.

Ok, now it’s my turn. Let us begin with Oprah. Those big, forever on a diet, holier than thou, know it all, non-racist, who has so little faith in her state, and country, that she takes millions she made here, and built herself a school over in Africa. No chance of segregation there, I am sure. Except you have to watch who you choose to run the place. Child molesters are a definite no, no. Bur fret not. Oprah, to save “her children” any embarrassment or trauma, cut a deal with someone wanting to take her to court in Philadelphia for the “alleged” offenses. How much you think it cost her. Like she can’t afford it.

Speaking of heavy people, yes Oprah, you too. Will someone PLEASE, PLEASE take all those copies of “Precious” off the shelves at Wall Mart. Every time I walk, past bile rises in my throat from seeing Super Fat Fuck Gabourey Sidibe. Enough already. This bitch isn’t overweight; she’s just plain slovenly FAT. Put a trunk on her, and you have an elephant. This behemoth plays the part in the movie about a girl physically and sexually abused by her parents. Yea, ok. Just who on this planet (or any other) would want to Fuck THAT? Then again, it would be easy. Just look for the arrows that say “In this wrinkle”.
Now get back to Oprah. Isn’t it ironic that she was and is in the forefront of pushing this lame ass chick flick movie, and its associated tonnage? Hell no. It’s Oprahs story, that’s why. Nuff said on this, but please, can’t you at least keep the movie cases out of sight. Thank You.

Now this you are going to just love. Apparently, the Hispanic population isn’t very happy. It seems that there is NO block to check on the Census Form for them. Like the 12,000,000 illegal’s in this country are going to fill it out in the first place. Hell, it is in English, how can they. Add to that, there was a rally in Washington DC this past weekend, and guess what. They want MORE. Of everything. I think they hired Jesse “the Jerkoff” Jackson, and Al “the asshole” Sharpton as advisors. In addition, there was a small story on one of the news shows that was all kinds of happy and thrilled because included in all the high school graduations, there were 120,000 “Illegal Aliens” that got their diplomas.

What the Fuck.

As soon as I get my blood pressure down, I’ll be going off on a couple more sore subjects, a few of which includes Israel acting like their shit don’t stink. The United States Congress finding even more ways to look like idiots. Sara Palin, just being her normal self (living proof that abortion should remain legal). The Tea Party instigators, and of course, the Health Care Law. Add to that, the Media including all the assholes over at FOX.

I wish I could take credit for this…but my hat is off to Andy Rooney for speaking the truth.
Andy Rooney said on ’60 Minutes’ recently:

I don’t think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING, MARTHA BURKE ?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.

I have the right ‘NOT’ to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn’t die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop.. If you can’t understand the word ‘freeze’ or ‘stop’ in English, see the above lines.

I don’t think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I don’t hate the rich; I don’t pity the poor. I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn’t stop you from watching them.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that’s better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn’t take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid and say ‘NO!’

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don’t pretend they are a political statement.. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don’t want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!

I am sick of ‘Political Correctness..’ I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be ‘African-Americans’? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don’t go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else..

And if you don’t like my point of view, tough …

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

I was asked to send this on if I agree or delete if I don’t.. It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having ‘In God We Trust’ on our money and having ‘God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance.. Why don’t we just tell the 14% to BE QUIET!!!

More HYPE for ya
For those not politically correct, we know the true definition of Hype = Bullshit
An accident in the city of Chicago the other day claimed the lives of four women when their car slammed into a tree.
But since they were riding in a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville instead of a 2010 Toyota Prius these women didn’t rate the top slot on any national newscast — or much mention on any newscast at all — nor send people tweeting away in outrage nor stoke Internet chat room furor.
No, all of the attention and hype in the last 24 hours has been focused on one guy who says his Prius accelerator got stuck on a California freeway and who had to be talked down from his 90-mile-per-hour express commute by California Highway Patrol officers who shadowed him in the fast lane.
No one was hurt. But we have a new instant celebrity. When what we really need is to put the brakes on out-of-whack priorities.
Yes, there have been several systemic problems with Toyota Motor Corp. cars of late. And we should take seriously any new reports of potential life-endangering foul ups. But magnifying beyond all reasonable proportion one isolated incident isn’t going to help resolve current safety concerns that have arisen with a number of automakers.
This, though, has become the American Way, ever since O.J. meandered down a California freeway in his Ford Bronco. The cable networks now salivate over any sort of highway chase or high-speed thriller, hoping they have the next classic road drama — and, though they will not admit it, hoping even harder it is the next road disaster — live and in person.
Well, this was not it. But we’re still forced to endure the media hype as if it was. Say, whatever happened to the Balloon Boy?
We know what happened to Jacquelion Hampton, 35, Latoya Cathina, 28, Alicia Landon, 28 and Toccara Jones, 25, all residents of Chicago’s South Side. They died in a car crash of unknown causes, returning home from a birthday celebration for Cathina on Saturday night, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Police continue their investigation.
As the circus grows around every little Toyota engine burp, turn a thought to those four women. It’ll help you keep your perspective on true tragedy.
And on a final note about the Oscar’s, well, make that a LARGE note.

Gabourey Sidibe – A living definition of “Fat Fuck”. No wonder Oprah loves her.

Yo bitch. Go on a fuckin’ diet, you had everyone thinking they were experiencing an earth tremor, when it was you walking. I would normally suggest a few tummy staples, but I don’t think there are that many staples in existence.

Guess who is back in the limelight? My favorite holier than thou Neolithic dipshit.

The Rev. (not sure of just what though) Jesse Jackson has joined black lawmakers in their push to get the White House to do more to directly help African American communities disproportionately hurt by the nation’s severe economic recession. I’m curious, is anyone allowed to say “white lawmakers”?, or is that being biased?

Jackson, who noted that he was not invited to President Obama’s recent jobs summit, said he has requested a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to talk about economic aid for depressed minority communities. What’s the matter Jesse, you feeling left out. You could have crashed the meeting you know. You’ve done it before.

President Obama has pushed back at the idea that his administration should focus economic revitalization policies on specific ethnic and racial groups. In an interview with USA Today and the Detroit Free Press last week, the president said, “The most important thing I can do for the African American community is the same thing I can do for the American community, period, and that is get the economy going again and get people hiring again.”

Still, Jackson said he was concerned that civil rights leaders were not in the mix. He and some black lawmakers have begun to show impatience with the nation’s first African American president, citing unemployment rates that have reached 20 percent for blacks in cities such as Detroit and Milwaukee. Damn. Jesse and his cohorts are being left out of everything. Pity, isn’t it.

Jackson’s relationship with Obama remains tenuous. The civil rights leader refers to himself as a supporter of the president but was publicly critical of Obama several times last year. He and some other members of the old guard of civil rights leaders were not early backers of Obama’s campaign and at times questioned whether Obama was ready to be elected or sufficiently concerned about issues facing the black community. How did it go from being concerned about minorities to strictly the black community?

President Obama, in turn, has tended to keep Jackson at arm’s length and has not met with him since becoming president. But since Obama took office, Jackson’s criticism has largely been muted. The deep recession affecting some minority communities might be opening fissures, and Jackson’s comments follow tough words from leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus, who have said in recent days that the White House needs to be pressured to do more for their constituents.

“The banks were given a stimulus so much that they gave it back to the government,” Jackson said. He also accused some banks of circumventing fair lending laws and the Community Reinvestment Act. Leaders at the Justice Department have said that enforcing civil rights and fair lending laws is a priority of the administration.

Jackson, who recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his first run for the White House, said it is the right time for civil rights leaders to begin pushing Obama. “Our voices will create the sensitivity. That’s the civil rights movement’s role.”

Now if you read this, and also read between the lines, this is nothing more, as I said in the last rant, that “Black Lawmakers” do not think President Obama is “black enough”, and by their thinking, neither is Tiger Woods, who wants no part of being associated with the “race first crowd”. Actually they are just pissed because Tiger is married (for now) to a white woman, and not a “sista”. Personally, I don’t give a shit what Tiger does when he is off the golf course. I do like his concept of getting in “9 holes”. Hey I couldn’t resist. I want to see him play Golf, as no one since Jack Nicklaus has.

There is some sort of logic to this way of thinking, but for the life of me, I cannot figure it out. In fact I’m so confused by all this, I don’t even know what to consider myself. I’m melatonin challenged, yet I cast my vote for NOT a black man, but a man I think has some good ideas, and deserves a shot at them. They may not work, but on the other hand they may. Either way, President Obama has succeeded as far as I’m concerned, in riling up a lot of Congressman, and bringing to the public attention just how screwed up our current system is.

You do not fight only the battles you know you can win. You fight the battles that need fighting. Maybe the “black lawmakers” need to get on board for the entire populace, and not stop worrying about just themselves.

I have to apologize. These rants of late have been, or tried to have been to a degree, politically correct. Enough! The devil be damned, and so with it, me, and I don’t give a rats ass.

As the title states, racism IS alive and well in the United States, and as far as I’m concerned it will stay that way with the tireless and ongoing help of the Black Caucus of the United States Congress. It appears that the Black Caucus does not think Barak Obama is black enough; at least in the eyes of these racists. Yea, I said it again. You don’t like it. Stop reading now and go elsewhere. Apparently these folks do not like the idea that Obama is not bending over backwards to help American-Africans, and yes, I said it correctly, because that is what it should be, and I totally agree with Teddy Roosevelt that there is NO place in the country for hyphenated Americans.

These bozo’s got together the other day while voting on an issue with the Health Care bill, which has enough problems of it’s own without these leaders, a term used loosely having to not participate because they have a point they want to make. That point is simple. It should have been handout time with all these bailouts, and tax breaks for the middle class to help try to boost the economy. Sure enough, there are a disproportionate number of ghetto dwellers who do not qualify. Why should they? The middle class pays the bills all the time anyway, even to the point of our money allowing the generosity of Uncle Sam to offer tax breaks to the rich. It has always been the middle class working stiffs footing the bill.

Surely, the rancor will be heard that the poor do not have the same opportunities because they do not have good schools and good jobs, and somebody should ‘give’ them one, qualified or not. Hey, folks it does not work that way, and that is another problem in itself.

Back to the bozo’s. Apparently, when this caucus speaks it ONLY concerns American-Africans, and the rest of the minorities are left out. Now why is that? Are not there other minorities in this country? Hispanics. Mexicans. Viet Namese. Orientals. Koreans. Chinese and many more. Who speaks for them? The Black Caucus? Yea, right, good luck on that one.

Now Harry Reid is in trouble for making an off the cuff remark about the Congress acting the same way they did prior to the Civil War, the way they did about slavery. I don’t like Harry Reid, but in this case, just what did he do so wrong to that an apology is demanded.

Does anyone know what this is:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It’s the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Apparently, everyone is doing their best to totally ignore it.

If you don’t happen to like what I say, and it pisses you off, then so be it. I really don’t give a shit.

I feel sorry for Dr. Martin Luther King. What he strove for and accomplished with his life, and paying the ultimate price for, has fallen by the wayside.

Just who are the real racists in this country?

You must be as old as I am to understand the title of this rant. In my era, Fluoridated Water was blamed for a plethora of ailments, ranging from hair loss to lung cancer.

That being said, I’d like to know just what the hell is happening to this planet. Other than Global Warming. Just reading the News is getting to be a chore that raises my blood pressure to damn near fatal levels, but that’s my own fault for letting it get to me.

How’s this. The NFL (National Football League) is now going off the deep end worrying about concussions and head injuries. Uh, it IS Football folks. The guy with the ball runs like hell in one direction, and the guys from the other team run after him with the full intent of killing him…. Errr, tackle him. They can’t hold him, yank on his jersey, trip him, and hit him below the knees, but they are supposed to stop him. I’m impressed every week that they can, and sometimes without having a damn penalty flag thrown.

Maybe that’s my problem. Too many hits in the head getting tackled during my brief stint as a wide receiver in high school. It hurt, but it sure was fun. Take two aspirin and get ready for next weeks game. I understand that the NFL is doing what they think is right, but damn, leave something to watch. Just to save these overpaid monsters, they can’t play with a hangnail, a sore toe, and now a headache. It may be the onset of brain damage. Ok, I vote for going back ten years. Fill ‘em up with cortisone, vicodin, and for better pass reception, “stick um”. In the playoffs we can bring back the “clothesline” and “clipping”. Yea. That was football. Whatever happened to being aware and accepting the consequences of your job. IF; you don’t like it? Quit, and find another.

As for the Adam Lambert controversy, which there shouldn’t be a controversy, I’ll say this. I’m pissed that I live in the western part of this country, and all I got to see was the censored version. Yes, censored, and I hate censors of any kind. Let me be clear. I am not a huge fan of Adam Lambert, and definitely not one of American Idiot (Idol), but the man is an entertainer. It matters not if he’s gay, straight, bisexual, or hermaphrodite. He can put on a show, and do what he gets paid for. To entertain. From now on, he’s screwed. Well actually we are. One of the Networks, and all I’m sure all will soon follow suit are changing the rules again. Saving us from ourselves.

Disney/ ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney said that the network will now ask artists for assurances that their stage show will resemble their rehearsals and that ABC will seek contractual obligation to make sure artists stick to those plans.
“We certainly don’t want to suppress artistry at any level, but we also have to be very cognizant of who our audience is,” Sweeney said. ABC edited out portions of Lambert’s November 22 AMA performance during the West Coast broadcast of the show and subsequently rescinded an invitation for the “American Idol” runner-up to appear on “Good Morning America” on November 25.

It’s impossible for me to stop saying Huh to myself after reading that they “Certainly don’t want to suppress artistry at any level” and that there “may have been children watching”. What the fuck. Children are watching all the time, and watching everything, so can we please stop this bullshit about looking out for our children.
This is nothing new though, and it’s been going on for decades. If you remember the Smothers Brothers, or Laugh In, you will remember how many times big brother bleeped them, or cancelled a show. On one hand they “want us aware” and on the other hand they feel the need to “protect us”. From what? Ourselves? Who died and left them boss?
Not that I’m a big purveyor of religion, to each his own on that, but in just about every faith I know of, somewhere there is going to pop up the phrase that God gave us “Free Will”. That’s God, being his usual self acting as comedian playing to a captive audience, but as far as God is concerned it appears that he gave us the option of thinking for ourselves.

Oh damn. You mean the Networks are Gods?

And all this time, I just thought they were assholes.

Oh, send me to hell. They ARE assholes.

I need a glass of water, WITH Flouride. It’s too early in the morning for Scotch.

Where do I wish to start?

How’s this. The latest little tidbit brought to us by the media, that is supposedly concerned about our health, and want to bring to our awareness the fact that Popcorn is a killer. Apparently, someone took the time to figure out that one medium popcorn that is a necessity while watching a movie, along with a small soda has more bad shit in it than 3 McDonald Big Macs. Now I don’t know what to do the next time I visit my local theater. Do I just bring 2 Big Macs with me, and feel better that I have cut down by 1/3 the intake of saturated fat and cholesterol. Or do I totally abstain while the show goes on? Decisions, decisions. Let me grab a cigarette and a beer and sit down and weigh my options, and I’ll get back to you. That’s if I live.

Now that the silly season is in full swing, there is more bad news brought to us by those self appointed, holier than thou, know it alls that have nothing better to do than determine which toys are safe, and which are dangerous. Little Johnny can pick up a video game and kick back for hours and even days wiping out all the bad guys with machine guns, lasers, knives, grenades and automobiles striving to win the game with the ultimate body count, and that’s just fine. But beware that a chess set can be a choking hazard, and Play Doh is not for human consumption. Duh. Sounds to me as if the Warning Label is going to get a makeover. The only problem is. Who the hell reads them, and when they are read, I really don’t believe that the perusal vaguely clicks in the readers’ brain. It’s one of those common sense things. Oh, never mind, the last time anyone heard of Common Sense, they were referring to the book that Benjamin Franklin wrote back in the 1700’s.

As for the Economy. Well, it’s turning around. I keep hearing and reading that.
My age seems to be working against me though, because I still don’t see it, nor do the people I talk too. It must be my eyes and hearing not working properly. Maybe I’ll get them checked. On second thought, maybe not, I can’t afford it, and I sure as shit can’t afford medical insurance either. But the economy IS turning around. I have seen proof the last time I did a drive by of the local Unemployment office. There were less people there, and I’m sure it has nothing to do with their benefits expiring. Yea right.
If anyone wants a “sure thing” investment idea, here it is. Buy stock in Shopping Carts. If you can’t find them, try looking under Mini Mobile Homes.

Speaking of Health Care, allow me to offer my commendations to our illustrious Congress who in their infinite wisdom (YES, I’m fucking with you) have devised a plan that at its inception was 900 pages, and is now over 2,800 pages long. No one can understand it, nor make heads or tails of it, but its there and ready for a Vote.
Well, kind of. The latest Vote is nothing more than a parliamentary procedure that allows discussion of the Bill at a later date at which time it will be voted on again, That Vote will allow more discussion, and amending, at which time another Vote is taken, and that vote leads to; oh hell I’m so confused, I don’t know any more. I’m sure when its all said and done, the Republicans will be bitching that it’s Big Brother taking over at a high cost, and the Democrats will be carping that it’s a godsend, and screw the cost, and everyone will be happy. Just ask them. They will tell you that you are now happy, and need not worry about your health, cos it’s covered. Uh huh. About the only thing that truly needs to be covered are our sphincters. You would think that anyone in government would by now know that to get elected, that some lubricant would get them re elected, but don’t hold your breath. They don’t even smile any longer, they just shove it right in.
On the bright side, we should never suffer from constipation again we’ve been so reamed.
The downside is hemorrhoids will be a big issue. I wonder if that’s covered.

Maybe we don’t have to worry about any of this. 2012 IS coming you know. And that will be that. The only problem is, who the hell goes by the Mayan Calendar in the first place. It is a unique concept, and I’m sure a cgi spectacular, but not a very good reality concept. Except of course in one area that is true to some degree. In the year 2012, there will be an increase in solar activity. Solar flares, sunspots, and a little thing called CME or Coronal Mass Ejection associated with solar storms. They are real, and follow an eleven year cycle, and the next cycle culminates in 2012. Are we all gonna die? Probably not, nor will the planet be vaporized…. Dammit. But, even with minor solar activity, it does affect the way we live in our ever encumbered electronic lives. A medium to larger CME will affect anything electrical, and the power grid is in no way shape or form ready for anything that will cause a deviation. For those that go back this far, think back to the Northeast Blackout of 1965, 1977, or 2003. Those were tripped by minor glitches in the system. A transformer died, or a circuit malfunctioned, and the system went into protection mode, and shuts everything down. Now imagine a few hundred malfunctions all at once. Nuff said. Will it in our lifetime? Maybe. Will it in the future? Absolutely.

If you still have one that works, try a little imagination.
No lights. No gas (pumps run on electric) No TV. No Cell Phones. No Internet.

Just think of those four things not working for say, a fortnight.

Does the word Anarchy come to mind…. LOL

Just to let everyone know that I’m not dead, though I would happily pay for a ticket elsewhere in the universe, I decided to just take a gander at today’s headlines, and see where I can go from there.

Let’s begin with Carrie Prejean. Actually I’d just prefer to skull fuck her, since it would keep her quiet and prevent anything other than a moan to come out of mouth. Whenever this bimbo opens her mouth, she makes a bigger fool out of herself than Sara Palin. Is it any wonder that as Carrie states, that she has been “Palinized”. Sara is her hero, and mentor. That should tell you something right there. And they say opposites attract.
Not that I’m a fan of Larry King, but the show that all the hubbub is about was comical, if not sad, that the best he can come up with for an interviewee was Carrie Prejean.
Larry asked Carrie questions. That is what he does. Carrie was there to promote her book and heaven forbid Larry ask a question about any subject but that. Yeah, shame on Larry for asking the dumb bitch a question. It is supposed to be an interview (you know…one of those things where you ask questions to obtain information?)
She wanted to do it….oh that’s right, she only wanted fluff questions
Her behavior was reflective of her absolute ignorance and stupidity. When the world is asking her the right questions, she stands in the corner with her fingers in her ears, and closes her eyes.
Notice that none of her indiscretions are ever HER fault. She gave an incoherent answer in the Q&A portion of a beauty pageant and lost? It’s the gays’ fault. She posed for nude photos? The liberals are attacking her religious beliefs. She made a sex tape, and says you hate her because she’s a devout Christian.
No, Carrie, we hate you because you’re a hypocrite, and an idiot. Please go away.

All said and done, I can’t wait to see her in her first movie from Vivid Video.

If anyone watches CNN (yes I’m a News Junkie), then I’m sure you are aware of Lou Dobbs suddenly retiring. Again, I’m not what you would call a die hard fan of his, but I did watch him, not only to catch the days news, but because I liked his style. He questioned everything, and also voiced his opinions. Supposedly, “pure journalism” brings you the facts and only the facts. As I said. Supposedly.
Lou was not afraid to voice his opinions, whether it was over the Health Care Bill, the Government Bailout, the greed of Wall Street, or Illegal Aliens, which by the way is the reason (my opinion) that he was asked to “retire”.

Guess where that takes me. Yep. You guessed it. MY turn to spout off, and give you my opinions. We’ve all heard the saying, “Opinions are like assholes; Everyone has one”, in which case I will never suffer from constipation. The advantage I have over Lou, and Larry is that I don’t have bosses looking over my shoulder, telling me what IS and IS NOT politically correct, or appropriate. I don’t give a rat’s ass if you disagree with me, though I do enjoy any feedback I get with these things. I am NOT asking you to either agree, or disagree, what I do ask you to do is THINK. Think for yourself, and NOT fall prey to becoming one of the mindless drones that our society is making of us.

If you don’t agree with what I say. Then argue with me. If you have an opposite opinion, present it, but be prepared to defend it. It costs you nothing, though it may raise your blood pressure, and even give you a feeling of self worth.

For a few examples of what I’m trying to say about us being told how to think. How many out there think Steve Carrel and The Office is funny? The networks tell us it’s the funniest show on television. By the way, the same network that said Seinfeld was funny.
How about H1N1? Not to worry (too much), we have a vaccine. For nothing more than a different version of the Flu, there’s an awful lot of hubbub about it, and even it’s own TV commercials. If it’s NOT that bad, why all the press? Perhaps, it’s not that bad, except if it mutates. Then what? Oops, no vaccine on that one. The Economy. It’s turning around. It is? I don’t live on Wall Street. The only thing turning around here are people coming out of Job Fairs, heading back to the unemployment office. How about the price of gas at the pump? Sure it fluctuates a bit, but have you noticed even the mighty oil companies have figured out you can’t gouge a public that has no money. Doesn’t it amaze you that the auto makers can now miraculously make vehicles with better gas mileage? Hell, they are now acting like proponents of saving the environment with Hybrid vehicles. Simply amazing, don’t you think?

Want more? Too bad, I’m on a roll, and I just whish I had the expertise to write better.

So what do you watch on Television? Commercials…. Commercials….Commercials
Between the commercials, what do you get? Reality shows, that are so non-reality, it’s sickening, i.e.: The Biggest Loser made up of fat fucks too lazy to get off their ass and do something, other than grab more fast food and snacks.
Big Brother or how to scheme to fuck over people. Comedy that isn’t funny, and canned laugh tracks that are not only overused, they are funnier than the show itself. Drama that is so lame, no thought process is required, nine times out of ten; you can figure it out in the first five minutes. Need I say more? Then again, why should I have to say anything, I’m sure you figured it out for yourself. Or didn’t you get the Twitter, or Text Message.

Yea, I’m done babbling. Just one more thing. IF you get out, pay attention to people, and watch, and not even closely. They are losing the ability to interact with people, especially today’s younger generation. In defense. Why should they. Meet people on Face book or My Space. Talk to people with Twitter, and Text Messaging. Do your shopping online. Compete in Sports with Wii or Xbox, and get your Medical Diagnosis from the World Wide Web. When you are all done, and psychotic, depressed, have bladder trouble, hair loss, obese, and completely anti social, fret not. There’s a pill for it all and you know it. You do watch the commercials. Don’t you?

One commercial is non existent. The one that tells you to Get a Life. A Real One.

Nuff said ….. For Now

Yes, it’s time for me to add my two cents to this controversy. Why it’s a controversy is beyond my understanding.

The Public Option:
How will it be paid for? I don’t know, but considering the fact that the US Federal Government is involved, I’m sure one way or another little guy is going to get it right up the old wazoo yet again. But, I am willing to pay a few more tax dollars to give me the Option of using either the Governments Medical Insurance plan, or a private plan of my choosing. There is NOTHING neither perceived nor written that says you must use the Public Option. Is it becoming Socialized Medicine? Perhaps to a degree, yes, but why does that matter. Medical coverage is Medical coverage, and we all need it in one form or another. It’s just another optional Medical plan, that for some will be a godsend, and for others a needless program, as if there aren’t already enough of them, so what’s one more. It’s an ongoing argument on how we are putting our children and our children’s children in debt to pay for it. That’s nothing new, and the argument has been run into the ground for every program the Government conceives. What is the sudden urge to worry about how it’s gong to be paid for. Hell, the Federal deficit, is the money owed to the citizenry of the United States. We are never going to see, so do what the rest of the world does, just write it off, or send us a form that we can sign off on alleviating the responsibility of the Government supposedly paying us our money. Over simplified? Absolutely. But the truth.

The Death Panels:
Ok, this one just plain pisses me off to no end, starting with the name. To date there have been three versions, and they are all similar except for a few adverbs. There are NO Death Panels. Not even close.
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (that should tell you something right there) says the health care overhaul bill would set up a “Death Panel.” Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical care. Palin and other critics are wrong.
Nothing in the legislation would carry out such a bleak vision. The provision that has caused the uproar would instead authorize Medicare to pay doctors for counseling patients about end-of-life care, IF and only IF THE PATIENT wishes. Those counseling sessions currently are NOT paid for. These counseling sessions can be requested, once again at the Patients wishes every five years, and even if a decision of one type or another is reached, it can also be rescinded at any time. Along with that “End of Life Care” counseling, ALL options are discussed. If the Doctors feel that you can be healed, they are required to do all in their power to heal the patient, just as the Hippocratic Oath dictates. Whether that is through surgery, medication, nuclear medicine, or any combination that is what they will do.
IF the patient is “Terminal”, and there is no hope, sans, Patrick Swayze, Edward Kennedy, Farrah Fawcett, then a Hospice program would be in order. Simply put, IF it is determined, NOT by the Government, but by YOUR Doctor/Doctors that you have less than six months to live, you would qualify for the benefits, and not have to re-mortgage your home, apply for a loan, or deplete your life savings to give yourself or your loved ones the care to keep them as comfortable as possible during their waning days. NO ONE. I repeat, NO ONE other than YOU makes the decision on which path to follow, and again, even after you make your choice, and you at a later date change your mind, then that too is YOUR decision.
So enough of this over reacting to what does NOT exist. What you are doing is letting the Media Rule. STOP believing EVERYTHING they say, and you hear. If you are too lazy, uninterested, or just that lackadasical to not take the time to find out the truth for yourself, then join the ranks of the Galactly Stupid.
But do me just ONE favor. Just SHUT THE  FUCK  UP, because you don’t have a clue what you are believing OR talking about.

Talon

Well here it is, the end of the Labor Day weekend, and what were the majority of you all doing?

More likely than not, you were working to get by instead of kicking back and enjoying what should have been a work free, 3 day weekend. Such are the times we are in economically. I keep hearing that things are turning around as reported by the major News networks, but I sure as hell don’t see it, and neither do my friends. As usual, those overpaid, underworked, rip off artists, commonly referred to as the powers that be on Wall Street, are seen daily at the closing bell, smiling and clapping as if all is well with the world.

Well, it is. In their, world anyway. Hell, screw up there, and you get a bonus, plus a bailout. Not a care in the world, nor a care about anyone else below their status. It must be nice to live in a world where shit doesn’t stink.

Someday, and that day will more than likely not be in my lifetime, nor my children’s or grandchildren’s, there will come a realization that it is the poor smuck working class that bears the brunt of all the bad decisions these cutthroat bastards make. Is it any wonder they and their ilk are the most hated individuals in the United States.

If anyone believes they have learned their lesson totally screwing up the banking, and mortgage system, perhaps you should think again. Their latest scheme is to buy up billions of dollars worth of life insurance policies, bundle them all together, and then trade shares, betting on people’s life expectancy. It’s not a major news story, and neither was their mortgage shenanigans, but trust me, eventually you’ll hear about it, and I’ll be betting that once again it will be too late. No worries though, I’m sure a bailout can be arranged.

And you actually thought your ass would get a reprieve. Yea right.

Enough of that for now, it’s just too damn depressing.

How about something not depressing? Ok, I’m thinking

(30 minute pause)

I’m still thinking

On second thought, stop back and by then I should be able to come up with something.

MAYBE