Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

Hope you wore green. If not, *pinch*.

Not all Senators are idiots. While 80% appear to be, there’s a few good ones. Like the 15 who want Obama to have an exit strategy created for Afghanistan before we surge to Afghanistan. Sounds sensible to me – a lack of exit strategy in Iraq is what got Bush in so much trouble.

GW Bush proves he’s not that bad of a guy. He’s actually supporting Obama, praising Obama and hoping Obama succeeds. Unlike his former VP Cheney who still thinks fear-mongering is a good idea. Unlike John McCain who still thinks that we should surge even more into Iraq and bomb Iran. Unlike Rush Limbaugh who … well, he’s just retarded and a shock jock, so he’s going to say retarded, shocking things.

AIG did something really dumb. They paid executives bonuses for failures after they received bailout money. Now, not only is the Justice Department trying to sue to get the bonuses back out of the bailout funds given to AIG, but Congress is most likely going to tax the ever-living shit out of those bonuses. In fact, tax the ever-living shit out of ALL bonuses paid with bailout money. One way or another, they are going to get that money back. Lesson: When you fuck up and take taxpayer money, you should probably use it wisely.

Hollywood and the entertainment industry bitching that life is starting to get hard in this economy. Oh boo fucking hoo, you billionaire monkeys.

Hubble SCIENCE!!! The convergence of four of Saturn’s moons is such a rare event that we decided to take a picture of it. I love that G0d-damn satellite telescope.

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Glad the Week is Over

It was kind of a bleh week all around, as the news didn’t change much from day to day. Most people are just flapping their lips about the economy, which has been covered a thousand times over by various experts who all have different opinions about what can be done to fix problems. And then there’s a million bloggers and forum-goers with no experience who are just talking shit about something they don’t understand. I’m closer to the last bunch – but I don’t try to solve the credit crisis on my limited knowledge. I just take note of the things people are doing and post links. Whee.

I’m also working on one piece of my Shoestring Society a day (or trying to). I set that goal for myself and I’m going to try and stick to it. Mostly because I’m writing this piece of sci-fi for my son to read when he reaches 15 or 16. Some people have asked me if I’m going to publish it. Uh, don’t know. I’d have to go talk to a publisher and editor first.

So have a good weekend, see you on Tuesday (if I’m not working days next week).

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DID YOU

GET

THAT

THING

I

SENT

YOU

?

Well

DID YOU?

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Drivers from Councile Bluffs, Iowa

Man, I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with people from Council Bluffs, but their drivers apparently should not be driving. I passed five different problematic circumstances on the highway, and all of them had Pottawattamie county plates.

1. One shitty old El Camino had so much smoke pouring out the back that it was like driving in dense fog.
2. Some dude in a rusty pick-up truck was weaving between two lanes for no reason whatsoever.
3. Some dude in a Buick was driving the wrong way down the shoulder.
4. A truck pulling a trailer carrying a Camero with no tires on it didn’t have the brake/turning lights hooked up. And the trailer was being held to the hitch with a piece of chain and duct tape.
5. A chick in a Towncar was holding her beer can up in the window where I could see it, and driving 10 miles under the speed limit.

We call Council Bluffs “Counciltuckey” because most of the city is trailer parks, empty buildings and run-down gas stations. That and most of the people say things like, “Yes’em,” and “Y’all.”

Well so much for freedom of speech in Pakistan. The government decided to undermine all their goodwill and influence by totally banning protests, installing an unrealistic curfew and arresting hundreds of people (most under false pretenses). That country is slowly sliding into a dangerous place, and will most likely become the next target range for allied bombing runs (US, UK and India, most likely).

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Chuck Norris for President of Texas

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and this is why Chuck Norris is trying to instigate the second American Revolution and take over as President of Texas. Which is too bad, since his tears cure cancer (and since he never cries …)

Insurgents took advantage of the meetings between Iraqi leaders to detonate a bomb in a market, killing 33 people. It revealed some holes in Iraqi security that need to be plugged.

Due to our previous inability to come to terms with the situation in Dafur, violence is escalating in Sudan against Americans. Lots of fun in North Africa.

The Presidency is a funny thing. We allowed worse people than Obama to go apeshit in their first 100 days of office without complaint, yet Obama’s only halfway through his 100 days and people are calling for his resignation. Man, I love a forced view of democracy.

Citibank announced they made a profit for two whole months! That caused the stock market to rebound a little. Of course, who knows what will happen if month three or four sees a big drop in profit.

As my time of working nights counts down, I’m feeling some relief. I’ll still update, only like when I get home from work (instead of getting to work).

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Let’s Talk Stem Cell Research

I always thought the previous Administration was rather thick-headed about stem cell research. The new Administration is lifting the bans now, and entire medical companies are relieved. Since stem cell research could lead to curing terminal illnesses, why the fuck were we banning it and not supporting it?

Religious and ethical jibber-jabber. False phobias of cloning entire human beings. Cyborgs, possibly. Despite all that bullshit, we’re now back on track. Again, fuck you neo-Conservative religious assholes.

The economic situation in Omaha is facing a squeeze in certain areas. One of the businesses feeling the pain is the Catholic Church. I shit you not – there was an entire TV program devoted to talking about how the Catholic Church in Omaha faces closing most of it’s churches and schools due to the lack of funding and attendance. That should tell the Bishop something about how fucked up their present administration is, and how many people its driven off.

A cease-fire in western Pakistan has only helped the Taliban tighten its grip on the country. Pakistan’s government doesn’t want to do anything about them – it’s a whole avenue of cash flow from drugs and illegal arms sales. That kind of corruption is going to be the end of the Pakistan ruling class. And the precarious peace between India and Pakistan.

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Another Day

And it’s business as usual in Washington DC. Obama wants to hear everyone’s opinion on health care reform, and the Republicans want to add their own agendas to the $410 billion dollar spending bill. Meanwhile, unemployment leaps by 650k more people in the month of February. Dum dee dum.

I also just want to add:
Fuck Proposition 8 and all the people who support it. In the fucking ass. With a huge rubber dildo. God damn intolerant, religious assholes. Some day, if I get the chance, I’m going to purge the world of as many of them as possible.

I’m working on yet another project. This one is called The Shoestring Society, and you can find the link to it on my sidebar to the right. I’m enjoying writing this, so I hope you enjoy reading it.

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Is This Really For Me?

I kinda started thinking about why I write this blog thing since some days I feel like just skipping an update.

I know I started writing it for myself to keep track of my thoughts. And then I started writing about other stuff. I started writing more serious and controversial stuff because somewhere in there I started collecting an “audience” of both online friends and some anonymous peoples. Then it shifted to like random things that I never seem to complete. I’m horrible at finishing ideas I come up with.

I’m reading this comic called Allan, and I realized that I kinda miss the old days of high school. Well, not all of the stuff that went on in high school. I realize that although I was lucky to be liked by just about everyone, I seriously could not wait to get out of high school. There were some real big dipshits in high school who picked on people. Long story short, I got even by working to oust them from Homecoming and Prom King/Queen with less popular people (including myself – we literally couped Homecoming royalty with totally mediocre people, leaving the cool kids to bawl). But damn if I didn’t want to kick someone’s ass for being such a dick *cough*Terry*cough*.

But one thing I did like was the parties and dances. Junior high school dances up to Prom. Those were the bomb for three reasons:

1. I lived in BFE Nebraska (Indianola, to be exact) so there was literally nothing to do during the weekend. Even if you could drive, the nearest decent town was 10 miles away (McCook). And even that was boring on occasion. Cruising is expensive since you waste so much gas, and didn’t always produce results.
2. Dances are random. Usually, you don’t bring a date. Everyone shows up and basically stands against the walls talking to friends and sometimes actually dancing. And I knew the DJ (Kenny Dow), so I actually had some fun helping with the music.
3. Parties were also random. You could show up with your boy/girlfriend, but mostly, it was as random as the dances. And equally as fun when you could just snuggle with a person you had a crush on.

Dances were fun (although at the time I thought they were awkward as well) because … well, the girl/boy border broke down for 3 and a half minutes. You got to know people at dances. Especially of the opposite sex. And close dancing was probably the best part since young people actually felt wanted. Even it if was for 3 and a half to 4 minutes.

Being married now is great, but I wish we could go to an old Junior High dance again. Just to listen to old 80’s music and dance. Slow and fast. Mony Mony and You’re the Inspiration*. Sitting against a wall talking while watching other people dance. In a high school gym with poor lighting and some streamers here and there.

I kinda miss that. Michi and I need to attend something like that. And I can’t wait until my son goes to them and tells me how boring/fun they are so I can chuckle to myself.

Maybe I’ll have to talk about this stuff more often. To bore you to death. LOL

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* Can you believe that I can’t find Chicago’s You’re the Inspiration on YouTube without some sort of freaking cover or weird picture or kareoke crap? Holy shit, people – this was like TOTALLY THE SONG to slow dance to in 1987!!! WTF is wrong with you???

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Rush Limbaugh’s Approval Rating

Is lower than former President Bush’s approval rating. Republicans leaning on him to somehow set them right are full of shit, and it’s embarassing that he’s somehow the spokesman of the party. Mike Steele proved he’s weak and flimsy by apologizing to this bigot. The person who surprised me the most is Ron Paul, who called Limbaugh out for being a dumbass. Dudes, he’s an entertainer and this is what he does – talks bullshit and spews lies to draw attention to himself.

Also, the NRA CEO at the conference needs to work on giving speeches. Can he give out any more incorrect information or bad analogies? I expected him to start pulling pigeons out of his coat sleeves towards the end, as that’s the only entertaining and worthwhile thing he would have accomplished at the Republican conference. I know he’s not stupid or bad – but why did he seem that way?

Obama’s approval rating went even higher lately. Like entire percentages upwards. Kind of surprising since his plan to tax the rich is under fire. I think I’m beginning to see the trend – Obama proposes a rather liberal idea (for the sake of his liberal constituency), then lets Congress fight it out and move it towards the middle. In the end, it gets passed, and only about 1/2 the Republicans are pissed off while the people are satisfied because it went from “idea” to “bill.” Not a bad way to do it – he just needs to refine it better.

Another soldier was killed in Mosul and the anti-militant HQ for the region was attacked. Al-Q isn’t letting up because they never have to – ever. As long as the US sits there in Iraq, so will they.

Murtha has outlived his usefulness. He may have once been a good guy, but lately, he’s been wrong about a lot of things. And now he’s wrong about Afghanistan. Gates totally disagrees with him. A majority of analysts disagree with him. Where does he get his number? Apparently, the answer is, “Out of his ass.”

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