That's right, fuck you, third grad teachers of America. Referring to one of the most bad-ass holidays ever as "Turkey Day" makes you sound like a tard. (Again, no offense to actual tards. You guys probably hate that phrase too.) You wouldn't say "Happy Jesus Day!" would you? No you wouldn't because that would actually be funny and original. Two things which you are not. You're the type of person that wears ugly Christmas sweaters because you actually like them, not because you are going to an ugly sweater party. I am thankful that I don't keep many people like you inside the circle of trust. You have all been kicked out. Probably many many years ago because I can't stand you and your stupid face.
But I guess I should be thankful for other things like girlfriend(hates when I call her that), family, the troops in all those hot sandy god-awful places, etc. I genuinely am thankful for all of those things. Here are some other things I am thankful for as we pause to let deep thoughts evolve in our ever expanding minds on this day before the day of giving thanks. (I also refuse to refer to the day before Thanksgiving as "Thanksgiving Eve". That's just making more stupid holidays up. I'm looking at YOU "sweetest day".)
- Cheetos - They're awesome, admit it.
-The Bevmo that opened up by my house this year - It's a glorious thing. For those of you that don't know what Bevmo is and have also never heard of Google either, Bevmo is like a supermarket dedicated to all this containing alcohol or that with be mixed or eaten in conjunction with alcohol. Whoever invented this was a genius.
- Not going to the night-before-Thanksgiving in your hometown bar gathering - Let me set you straight here, I am not happy that I won't be in Ohio for Thanksgiving. That's not my point at all. I'm just happy I won't have to hang out with douches that I went to the same high school roughly 10 years ago, pretend to like them, pretend to care what they're up to now, etc. I have, in the past, played the pretend caring card only to have it blow up in my face as a result of Jager shots. While I will miss pissing everyone off, I won't miss pretending to care that I like you. You probably call Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" anyway. Douche.
- The Rose Bowl - Finally an OSU game close by that isn't another home game for those USC D-Bags.
- A couple days off from work - No explanation needed.
- Spending the day AFTER Thanksgiving going to wineries and the Firestone brewery in Paso Robles and NOT SHOPPING - People that go shopping on "Black Friday" are idiots. Ever heard of amazon.com? 10 times better than walmart at 4am on a cold Friday in November waiting in line to buy the next thing your little brat will destroy in 2 months or forget about completely when the next big thing comes out.
The Holiday season is upon us, people. It's Scary. Try not to kill yourself or the guy next to you fighting for the same new xbox game that your kid wants too. Just remember to eat drink and drink some more. We can do this. We just have to be strong.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Pet Peave of the Day.
So I got up from my chair at my desk to take a leak. It's a pretty regular occurrence, I drink lots of water. The urinals are occupado and I will NOT violate the one urinal rule because I am a man of principle. I do the gentlemanly thing and walk towards and empty stall. I open the door and to my horror SOMEONE BLEW T UP AND DID NOT FLUSH!!!! WTF!!!! FUCK YOU!!!! To add insult to injury they left the ass gasket on the seat. Fuck it, I walked out.
What kind of fuck-tarded moron leaves a place of business like that? These are the kinds of people I don't think the world needs. They make me consider being pro-choice.
What kind of fuck-tarded moron leaves a place of business like that? These are the kinds of people I don't think the world needs. They make me consider being pro-choice.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Dad Takes Son to Hooters.... Bricks are Shat.
(In my best Jimmy, from South Park voice) "Have you seen this? Have you heard about this?"
I hate when people get their shorts in a bunch over the stupidest little things. Big deal, this guy took his kids to Hooters(not a strip club?) to see what his reaction would be and to tell if it was time for "the talk". Good. It's better than more babies havin babies.
"Der Hooters is sexist" - You're a moron. Sure, wearing short shorts and flaunting your lady parts is going to get you bigger tips. Won't that happen at Chili's(suck) or TGIFriday's (double-suck)? You're only fooling yourself. These are the same people that will let their son play with barbies and wonder how he turned out to be gay(not that there's anything wrong with that) or a very effeminate "straight" guy who gets bullied by his wife and has his nuts in a vice.
Don't people have enough shit to worry about in their own lives that they don't have time to stick their noses in other people's business? Take care of your own problems. I read the comments, and most of the people are retarded(save for me or course pointing out sweet sweet irony) saying stuff like "how dare you?" and "messed up". Fuck them. Worry about your own kids.
This is what's wrong with America.
I hate when people get their shorts in a bunch over the stupidest little things. Big deal, this guy took his kids to Hooters(not a strip club?) to see what his reaction would be and to tell if it was time for "the talk". Good. It's better than more babies havin babies.
"Der Hooters is sexist" - You're a moron. Sure, wearing short shorts and flaunting your lady parts is going to get you bigger tips. Won't that happen at Chili's(suck) or TGIFriday's (double-suck)? You're only fooling yourself. These are the same people that will let their son play with barbies and wonder how he turned out to be gay(not that there's anything wrong with that) or a very effeminate "straight" guy who gets bullied by his wife and has his nuts in a vice.
Don't people have enough shit to worry about in their own lives that they don't have time to stick their noses in other people's business? Take care of your own problems. I read the comments, and most of the people are retarded(save for me or course pointing out sweet sweet irony) saying stuff like "how dare you?" and "messed up". Fuck them. Worry about your own kids.
This is what's wrong with America.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Things I've been thinking about lately
I kid mt buddy Rob that the reason I don't do drugs(i.e. smoke the devil's lettuce) is that I don't need any help in the random/stupid ideas department. My brain works like no one else I know, meaning that I'm always zoning out, thinking about random stuff and inappropriate thoughts.
I've been thinking about taking an entire day and devoting it to my Facebook status. What do I mean? Well, that's easy. I want to post every single thing I do.
5:45 - Dave just hit snooze
5:55 - Dave just hit snooze again
6:05 - Fuck you blackberry, I'm awake.
6:10 - grinding coffee beans for the fresh coffee kick. fuck Folgers, whole bean is the way to go
6:20 - one cup down, time to take a shit
6:30 - still reading mens health on the toilet
6:35 - fuck reading I'm gonna play brickbreaker while i take a dump
6:38 - wiping
6:39 - wiping again
6:45 - shower, mostly scratching balls with soap
6:50 - getting dressed, but mostly watching sportcenter
I think you get the idea. I'll admit, I update my Facebook status entirely too much. For this I blame Facebook for Blackberry. But what I do not do is update it with every little thing like some people. Or put what I call the "feel sorry for me" post on there. Here's an example of that "bla bla bla my bf/gf dumped me, I hate my life, no one will ever love me again :( :( :( "
They didn't love you in the first place, shut the hell up and stop being an attention whore. The only reason people post shit like this is so that people will be all like "OMG WHAT A JERK!!!" and "DON'T WORRY, WE STILL LUV U! LOL!". Idiots.
And another thing "LOL" is stupid, but not as stupid as "LMAO" of the infamous "ROFL". I have never rolled on the floor laughing... while sober. Stop lying and stop contributing to your friend's feel sorry for me moment.
Am i just an asshole? At the age of 26 am I out of touch? I'd like to think it's just because I'm not a complete moron. The next generation is so fucked. We better fix all the problems that we have NOW because these tards are useless.
Speaking of useless - TWITTER. Really, you tweet? Why? Do you have Facebook? What's the point of having both?
Someone told me you could link your Twitter account to your Facebook account and that somehow made sense to them. Why would I need two things to perform the same function? Actually, Twitter isn't even on the same level. It's like pulling out your Facebook status and making it one singular application. It's retarded.
I understand twitter if your what I would consider to be an important person, or in the media, etc. If you actually have important things to say then knock yourself out. But people like you and me do not need twitter. Nothing we do is that cool or important that other people need to follow us. That's another thing wrong with the next generation, they think they're the most interesting and important people in the world when in all reality they haven't nor will they ever do anything productive. We better cure cancer and AIDS now, because these jackoffs have to tweet something real quick.
8:31 - finish blog post, need to dump again.
Fuck it. I'm out.
-Dave
I've been thinking about taking an entire day and devoting it to my Facebook status. What do I mean? Well, that's easy. I want to post every single thing I do.
5:45 - Dave just hit snooze
5:55 - Dave just hit snooze again
6:05 - Fuck you blackberry, I'm awake.
6:10 - grinding coffee beans for the fresh coffee kick. fuck Folgers, whole bean is the way to go
6:20 - one cup down, time to take a shit
6:30 - still reading mens health on the toilet
6:35 - fuck reading I'm gonna play brickbreaker while i take a dump
6:38 - wiping
6:39 - wiping again
6:45 - shower, mostly scratching balls with soap
6:50 - getting dressed, but mostly watching sportcenter
I think you get the idea. I'll admit, I update my Facebook status entirely too much. For this I blame Facebook for Blackberry. But what I do not do is update it with every little thing like some people. Or put what I call the "feel sorry for me" post on there. Here's an example of that "bla bla bla my bf/gf dumped me, I hate my life, no one will ever love me again :( :( :( "
They didn't love you in the first place, shut the hell up and stop being an attention whore. The only reason people post shit like this is so that people will be all like "OMG WHAT A JERK!!!" and "DON'T WORRY, WE STILL LUV U! LOL!". Idiots.
And another thing "LOL" is stupid, but not as stupid as "LMAO" of the infamous "ROFL". I have never rolled on the floor laughing... while sober. Stop lying and stop contributing to your friend's feel sorry for me moment.
Am i just an asshole? At the age of 26 am I out of touch? I'd like to think it's just because I'm not a complete moron. The next generation is so fucked. We better fix all the problems that we have NOW because these tards are useless.
Speaking of useless - TWITTER. Really, you tweet? Why? Do you have Facebook? What's the point of having both?
Someone told me you could link your Twitter account to your Facebook account and that somehow made sense to them. Why would I need two things to perform the same function? Actually, Twitter isn't even on the same level. It's like pulling out your Facebook status and making it one singular application. It's retarded.
I understand twitter if your what I would consider to be an important person, or in the media, etc. If you actually have important things to say then knock yourself out. But people like you and me do not need twitter. Nothing we do is that cool or important that other people need to follow us. That's another thing wrong with the next generation, they think they're the most interesting and important people in the world when in all reality they haven't nor will they ever do anything productive. We better cure cancer and AIDS now, because these jackoffs have to tweet something real quick.
8:31 - finish blog post, need to dump again.
Fuck it. I'm out.
-Dave
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Earthquake weather and other bus conversations
The bus ride to and from work generally has some sort of entertaining conversations that I can listen to. For all of you that don't know me, I am a people watcher and a chronic eavesdropper. Public settings in general are the best places to do this, but I have found that public transportation is the best because you have a captive audience. Yesterday may have been my best session ever.
It actually rained yesterday. I know, right? Los Angeles doesn't see much rain, and when it does it's typically not in the summer months. From my memory it's around January and February that most of the rain fall occurs. So the fact that it rained yesterday made things even more interesting. The world as Angelenos know it halts at the slightest hint of rain. People that are already bad drivers become even worse drivers, people that wear coats year round are colder, and people that have lived in California their whole lives generally lose their mind.
There are a lot of people in Southern California that did not spend the majority of their lives here, myself being included. We generally have a (much) higher tolerance for what we call "weather". We grew up with rain, snow, hail, ice storms, etc. So when things drop below anything less than ideal we can manage. People that are born and raised in Southern California freak the fuck out, but this is besides the point, back to the topic at hand... my eavesdropping habit.
So I am on the bus and on my way home. It's sprinkling just a bit, people are walking around downtown with giant golf umbrellas like we're in the middle of a legitimate storm. First off, it takes forever to get out of downtown and on to the 110 normally, but today since it's "raining" it takes even longer". I'm standing up because the bus is full, but luckily I am near one of the more "entertaining" regulars on my bus. She's a 30+ year old black woman, no idea what her name is but she has some interesting personality traits, most of which make me think she's acting because of how exaggerated they are, but I digress. She's talking with a couple of other women that she knows and calls by name about the weather and how "it's pouring" which makes me laugh, just a little bit, to myself.
They're talking for almost the entire ride home about this and that, nothing that I recall or would be worth mentioning but I know the topic sticks to weather because of what she said next:"Oh my God, it's so humid.(note: she has no idea what real humidity is until she's in Columbus, OH during the 4th of July). It's like earthquake weather." Earthquake weather?? Huh? I didn't believe what she had just said but she kept repeating it in different ways but the phrase "earthquake weather" still was uttered multiple times in a few minutes time.
Now, I thought at first, maybe being from Ohio and not knowing a whole lot about earthquakes there might be something to this woman's statement. But the more I thought about it the more absurd it became. I was sure that humidity had nothing to do with the chances of there being an earthquake. Just to be sure I googeled it, and I was right. This woman is a few bricks short.
This just proves my point again, people are stupid and should not be trusted.
It actually rained yesterday. I know, right? Los Angeles doesn't see much rain, and when it does it's typically not in the summer months. From my memory it's around January and February that most of the rain fall occurs. So the fact that it rained yesterday made things even more interesting. The world as Angelenos know it halts at the slightest hint of rain. People that are already bad drivers become even worse drivers, people that wear coats year round are colder, and people that have lived in California their whole lives generally lose their mind.
There are a lot of people in Southern California that did not spend the majority of their lives here, myself being included. We generally have a (much) higher tolerance for what we call "weather". We grew up with rain, snow, hail, ice storms, etc. So when things drop below anything less than ideal we can manage. People that are born and raised in Southern California freak the fuck out, but this is besides the point, back to the topic at hand... my eavesdropping habit.
So I am on the bus and on my way home. It's sprinkling just a bit, people are walking around downtown with giant golf umbrellas like we're in the middle of a legitimate storm. First off, it takes forever to get out of downtown and on to the 110 normally, but today since it's "raining" it takes even longer". I'm standing up because the bus is full, but luckily I am near one of the more "entertaining" regulars on my bus. She's a 30+ year old black woman, no idea what her name is but she has some interesting personality traits, most of which make me think she's acting because of how exaggerated they are, but I digress. She's talking with a couple of other women that she knows and calls by name about the weather and how "it's pouring" which makes me laugh, just a little bit, to myself.
They're talking for almost the entire ride home about this and that, nothing that I recall or would be worth mentioning but I know the topic sticks to weather because of what she said next:"Oh my God, it's so humid.(note: she has no idea what real humidity is until she's in Columbus, OH during the 4th of July). It's like earthquake weather." Earthquake weather?? Huh? I didn't believe what she had just said but she kept repeating it in different ways but the phrase "earthquake weather" still was uttered multiple times in a few minutes time.
Now, I thought at first, maybe being from Ohio and not knowing a whole lot about earthquakes there might be something to this woman's statement. But the more I thought about it the more absurd it became. I was sure that humidity had nothing to do with the chances of there being an earthquake. Just to be sure I googeled it, and I was right. This woman is a few bricks short.
This just proves my point again, people are stupid and should not be trusted.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Long time no..... type?
It's been a while, how've you been? What? You know, you're not supposed to really go in to that kind of detail. It's sort of a a rhetorical quest. Like when someone asks "how's it going?". You're not supposed to take the next twenty minutes of your day to tell them how much your life sucks. You say "OK, you?" and that's it. Done and..... done.
As for me I've been, we'll say "busy". Busy doing what? Good question. Just the usual work, gym, weekend thing that my life has become.(don't get older kids, stay here as long as you can) It's alright though, I could have it way worse. It seems like that if you listen and/or watch the news then you might start to think that everyone but you is out of a job, and having one has become almost a luxury. Times sure have changed haven't they? I'm glad we started this entry off on a positive not, aren't you?(yes, yes you are)
Random things I've been thinking about:
- Why is everyone else on the road and asshole and terrible driver/person but me? I'm serious. Apparently turn signals really mean "hurry up and pass me, but by all means do not let me over". To make it worse the same ass-hat that passed you will then turn their blinker on because they want YOU to let THEM over. Just face it, we live in a world full of self-absorbed idiots.
-Ugg boots, short shorts and a sweat shirt? Really California? Really?! I'm not going to go into how much sense this doesn't make. I could talk about that for hours. I will tell you how ugly/stupid it looks though.
-When I'm looking for a parking spot at a shopping center or busy store I sit and the entrance to the aisle and wait for someone to leave, thus blocking other people from coming in behind me and also preventing me from driving in circles and getting frustrated by not being able to find a G-D place to park. Seems like an easy enough concept, right? It is until there are a line of idiots behind you with their blinkers on trying to go down the aisle you're blocking and honking their horns.
-Why does it take the same amount of time to receive a regular cup of coffee from Starbucks as it does to order a $6 sugar infused mixed drink "coffee" cluster F? All I want is a regular coffee, Black, no cream, no sugar, no waiting.
-Are things that people do to "go green" really working? Or is it just BS? I recycle paper, plastic and aluminum which pretty much adds up to a lot of beer bottles and cans. I don't use plastic bags, I get paper bags and use then for recycling where they also get recycled. My point is, stop jamming this other crappy ideas down my throat. Besides, these people are all hypocrites. Just the other day I was driving home from the park and ride(Yes, I take public transit. Just another way I am saving the earth) when I saw a woman driving a Prius (one of the 10 million in California) throw her candy wrapper out the window. SHE LITTERED!!! You lose at the game of life.
-Head phones were invented so that you could listen to your music or whatever in privacy. Please stop misusing this great invention by blasting them so loud that I can clearly hear your terrible music. Also: just because we can't hear your music(ideally) doesn't mean we can't hear you [attempt] to sing. Shut up already.
-Dear idiots that call in to sports radio shows: "[other team name here] sucks" is not a valid or logical argument. I realize that you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer but come on. Just because you don't know anything about another team doesn't mean that your team is better than theirs. Besides, Pau Gasol looks like the "fish guy" in "The Empire Strikes Back".
Also, USC is a good team, we get it. But you can barely spell "USC" couldn't get in and if you did you sure as shit couldn't afford to go there. Please, ignorant morons, shut the hell up. LA is not the center of the universe If it were; where you lived would be bulldozed and/or blown up with mass quantities of dynamite and most likely no one would tell you because they don't care and want you to cease to exist (aka die).
Until next time, I'm out.
As for me I've been, we'll say "busy". Busy doing what? Good question. Just the usual work, gym, weekend thing that my life has become.(don't get older kids, stay here as long as you can) It's alright though, I could have it way worse. It seems like that if you listen and/or watch the news then you might start to think that everyone but you is out of a job, and having one has become almost a luxury. Times sure have changed haven't they? I'm glad we started this entry off on a positive not, aren't you?(yes, yes you are)
Random things I've been thinking about:
- Why is everyone else on the road and asshole and terrible driver/person but me? I'm serious. Apparently turn signals really mean "hurry up and pass me, but by all means do not let me over". To make it worse the same ass-hat that passed you will then turn their blinker on because they want YOU to let THEM over. Just face it, we live in a world full of self-absorbed idiots.
-Ugg boots, short shorts and a sweat shirt? Really California? Really?! I'm not going to go into how much sense this doesn't make. I could talk about that for hours. I will tell you how ugly/stupid it looks though.
-When I'm looking for a parking spot at a shopping center or busy store I sit and the entrance to the aisle and wait for someone to leave, thus blocking other people from coming in behind me and also preventing me from driving in circles and getting frustrated by not being able to find a G-D place to park. Seems like an easy enough concept, right? It is until there are a line of idiots behind you with their blinkers on trying to go down the aisle you're blocking and honking their horns.
-Why does it take the same amount of time to receive a regular cup of coffee from Starbucks as it does to order a $6 sugar infused mixed drink "coffee" cluster F? All I want is a regular coffee, Black, no cream, no sugar, no waiting.
-Are things that people do to "go green" really working? Or is it just BS? I recycle paper, plastic and aluminum which pretty much adds up to a lot of beer bottles and cans. I don't use plastic bags, I get paper bags and use then for recycling where they also get recycled. My point is, stop jamming this other crappy ideas down my throat. Besides, these people are all hypocrites. Just the other day I was driving home from the park and ride(Yes, I take public transit. Just another way I am saving the earth) when I saw a woman driving a Prius (one of the 10 million in California) throw her candy wrapper out the window. SHE LITTERED!!! You lose at the game of life.
-Head phones were invented so that you could listen to your music or whatever in privacy. Please stop misusing this great invention by blasting them so loud that I can clearly hear your terrible music. Also: just because we can't hear your music(ideally) doesn't mean we can't hear you [attempt] to sing. Shut up already.
-Dear idiots that call in to sports radio shows: "[other team name here] sucks" is not a valid or logical argument. I realize that you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer but come on. Just because you don't know anything about another team doesn't mean that your team is better than theirs. Besides, Pau Gasol looks like the "fish guy" in "The Empire Strikes Back".
Also, USC is a good team, we get it. But you can barely spell "USC" couldn't get in and if you did you sure as shit couldn't afford to go there. Please, ignorant morons, shut the hell up. LA is not the center of the universe If it were; where you lived would be bulldozed and/or blown up with mass quantities of dynamite and most likely no one would tell you because they don't care and want you to cease to exist (aka die).
Until next time, I'm out.
Friday, February 13, 2009
I think I have a solution on how to get by in this economy: Crap out 14 kids and just kind of hang out on Govt. Assistance
Let's say that you are in school for a master's degree in whatever it is that you would want, for argument's sake we'll say Psychology.(because we all know a bachelors in psych is worthless)You are in your 30's, single, unemployed/living off student loans and already have 6 kids, but yet part of you still feels empty inside because your husband/wife/love/f-buddy left you and your 6 kids. What do you think the next logical step is? Set up a profile on some online dating sight, focus on school, maybe try to meet a new person of romantic interest? If you said yes to any of those options you are an idiot. The correct answer is: Crap out 8 more kids!
I know what you're thinking. Crapping out 8 more kids to bring your total to 14 is the exact wrong thing to do especially when you're unemployed. Hell having 14 kids is stupid even if you have a decent job. I'll go one step further: it's stupid even if you're a multi-millionaire. 14, that's 3 more bodies than are recquired to have a football team.
What's even more puzzling is how this woman got the money to spend on artificial insemination, fertility treatments, etc when she's still a student living off of loans and has 6 mouths to feed. What part of her brain says that this is a good idea? Clearly she is not sane.
"But she's so lonely, she had a void to fill in her heart. What's this poor woman to do?" Well it starts by not having 8 more kids. Plenty of people are lonely, do you know what they do? Buy cats,dogs, gold fish, reptiles to have as a pet and companion. I have a Black Lab, he's a great companion and far less expensive option than 14 kids. (Woody cost me $300, is a pure bread black lab and maybe if you average it out another 60 dollars per month for food, toys and vet bills over the year. He is way cheaper than even 1 kid.) This woman is clearly insane. I would like her to be psychologically tested for her children's benefit.
In all fairness her "plan" is to graduate with her masters degree soon where she thinks she will be able to provide for her super family. How much money does she think a master's degree guarantees her annually? Does she think she's walking in to an easy quarter million dollars plus a year or something? I think even if she made that she's be strapped for cash with how much it coast to feed, clothe and provide shelter for that many people. Take the budget for a family of 4 and multiply that by about 3.5, how crazy is she?
At the end of the day she knows she's not going to have to pay for it alone. There are plenty of suckers out there who will "donate" money to her via her website(which I will not link because I won't support her cause and some how justify her existence) and there are also plenty of other suckers out there called "California tax payer". Yep, that's right. We're all the unsuspecting victim of this woman's lunacy. We're footing the bill for her twisted little brain. In state where we are already not getting tax refunds for this year at a minimum (they're IOU's, there just as good as cash!), and the state budget is seriously backwards how dare this woman leave us with the bill for her choices? It was her choice to have 6 children already. It was her choice to have 8 more when doctors told her that it would be unsafe to do so. It is her choice to put herself in this situation. She should pay for it, not me and not you.
Let's not forget the children here. (Won't somebody please think of the children?!!?) The reality for these children is that they are at a disadvantage already in their young fragile lives. Because of their extremely low birth weights they are more likely to suffer from life threatening conditions that, if they survive, will cause a need for specialized and very expensive care from medical professionals. Also, they will have this deranged woman as a mother to share with 13 other siblings all jockeying for her love and attention. They are getting the short end of the stick. It's only my guess, and it's sad thing to think of, but they will most likely end up in foster care for most of their lives and have no sense of what a family truly is. That is no way to go through life. Wondering why you are here and if any one really cares.
While I don't agree with the threats she is receiving and would never condone threatening her life, she has asked for this in a way. She craves the attention which is why she insisted on keeping all 8 embryos inside of her uterus. She wanted to be on the news(nationally, if not across the world). She wanted recognition for being such a "great" woman and mother. She's getting what she wanted, attention and we're getting to pick up the cost of her 15 minutes of fame.
- Just in this morning: The same doctor that administered fertility procedures to this mother of 14 has another patient that is expecting 4, is also unemployed and is 49 years old. This idiot should lose his medical license and practice.
We are surrounded by idiots.
I know what you're thinking. Crapping out 8 more kids to bring your total to 14 is the exact wrong thing to do especially when you're unemployed. Hell having 14 kids is stupid even if you have a decent job. I'll go one step further: it's stupid even if you're a multi-millionaire. 14, that's 3 more bodies than are recquired to have a football team.
What's even more puzzling is how this woman got the money to spend on artificial insemination, fertility treatments, etc when she's still a student living off of loans and has 6 mouths to feed. What part of her brain says that this is a good idea? Clearly she is not sane.
"But she's so lonely, she had a void to fill in her heart. What's this poor woman to do?" Well it starts by not having 8 more kids. Plenty of people are lonely, do you know what they do? Buy cats,dogs, gold fish, reptiles to have as a pet and companion. I have a Black Lab, he's a great companion and far less expensive option than 14 kids. (Woody cost me $300, is a pure bread black lab and maybe if you average it out another 60 dollars per month for food, toys and vet bills over the year. He is way cheaper than even 1 kid.) This woman is clearly insane. I would like her to be psychologically tested for her children's benefit.
In all fairness her "plan" is to graduate with her masters degree soon where she thinks she will be able to provide for her super family. How much money does she think a master's degree guarantees her annually? Does she think she's walking in to an easy quarter million dollars plus a year or something? I think even if she made that she's be strapped for cash with how much it coast to feed, clothe and provide shelter for that many people. Take the budget for a family of 4 and multiply that by about 3.5, how crazy is she?
At the end of the day she knows she's not going to have to pay for it alone. There are plenty of suckers out there who will "donate" money to her via her website(which I will not link because I won't support her cause and some how justify her existence) and there are also plenty of other suckers out there called "California tax payer". Yep, that's right. We're all the unsuspecting victim of this woman's lunacy. We're footing the bill for her twisted little brain. In state where we are already not getting tax refunds for this year at a minimum (they're IOU's, there just as good as cash!), and the state budget is seriously backwards how dare this woman leave us with the bill for her choices? It was her choice to have 6 children already. It was her choice to have 8 more when doctors told her that it would be unsafe to do so. It is her choice to put herself in this situation. She should pay for it, not me and not you.
Let's not forget the children here. (Won't somebody please think of the children?!!?) The reality for these children is that they are at a disadvantage already in their young fragile lives. Because of their extremely low birth weights they are more likely to suffer from life threatening conditions that, if they survive, will cause a need for specialized and very expensive care from medical professionals. Also, they will have this deranged woman as a mother to share with 13 other siblings all jockeying for her love and attention. They are getting the short end of the stick. It's only my guess, and it's sad thing to think of, but they will most likely end up in foster care for most of their lives and have no sense of what a family truly is. That is no way to go through life. Wondering why you are here and if any one really cares.
While I don't agree with the threats she is receiving and would never condone threatening her life, she has asked for this in a way. She craves the attention which is why she insisted on keeping all 8 embryos inside of her uterus. She wanted to be on the news(nationally, if not across the world). She wanted recognition for being such a "great" woman and mother. She's getting what she wanted, attention and we're getting to pick up the cost of her 15 minutes of fame.
- Just in this morning: The same doctor that administered fertility procedures to this mother of 14 has another patient that is expecting 4, is also unemployed and is 49 years old. This idiot should lose his medical license and practice.
We are surrounded by idiots.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A Field Guide to People(stereotypes) in LA
Much like Facebook, I also have a love/hate relationship with the city(read: Metro Area) in which Live: Sunny(OK, smoggy) Los Angeles, California. A Place full of swimming pools, surfers and wannabe celebrities.
Now don't get me wrong here. I don't lump all of "you people" in to those three categories, but trust me, I do categorize you. Every demographic and ethnicity has a stereotype. Some, if not most, are hilarious. Some can be spot on. Hell, I'm from Ohio. What do you think people imagine when I tell them I am from the great stat of Ohio? Answer: a farmer that drives a fucking pickup truck and loves country music. If you said yes to any of those three, congratulations. You just failed. I am not from the country, didn't grow up on a farm or drive a pick up truck and I DETEST country "music". And furthermore I am from Columbus, the state's capital. A city just under the population of San Francisco in national rankings.
In a city composed of so many people from so many different places around the country, world and sometimes I think the universe, LA is chalked full of stereotyping goodness. Here are some of my favorites to see when I partake in one of my preferred past times; people watching.
1. The Recently divorced 40-something woman: Ever seen doctor 90210? Chances are you've seen this specimen then. She can be spotted by the obvious markings of recent plastic surgery and the need to "let you know about it". Decked out in the trendiest of clothing, fake boobs out to here, fakely plumped lips and no crows feet. The recently divorced 40-something woman is one of the most common sightings in LA. Some say that you can spot these miles away by the size of the silicone they're sporting.
2. Rich old guy that is now dating a woman his grand daughter's age - Former CEO of a company or owner of a business that was previously married to the same woman for 25 or 30 years. He got stinking rich, got divorced and lost half of his money in the process. (Isn't our legal system grand!?) This specimen can be categorized by the recent hair plugs, super expensive sports car, excessive spray tan, and the need to wear his shirt half unbuttoned so you can see his cheesy gold chains. This creatures mating call sounds similar to "cha ching" and by does it ever draw the attention of out next subject.
3. The Gold Digger - This one is a true hunter, of green. Loves the smell, color and sound of money. Loves it even more if you just give it to her in exchange for her, um, company. More commonly she is blond, may also have fake boobs like her predecessor, the recently divorced 40 year old woman and can be seen driving her sugar daddy's Mercedes AMG convertible while shopping all day with his amex black card. Other markings include: huge sunglasses, 4 ct diamond ring(a gift) and the latest designer clothes.
4. The Douchebag - We all know these guys. Think "yuppie on steroids" and that's when you know you're dealing with a real bona-fide doucher. Recently whitened teeth, expensive suits, loafers without socks and a Porsche carrera of boxster(not the 911 or other "real Porsches"). This guy is in his late 20's to early 30's and is really just starting to "kill it" at his sweet job. Not only is work going well, he really wants you to know about it. This creature can be spotted frequently name dropping about his Breitling watch, Gucci shoes, etc. Latin name: Douchus Maxiumus.
5. The Faker - This one just got a job with a company downtown making decent money. This is their first "real job". What makes this person different from you or I is that they see themselves as being better than your average recent college graduate. For example, you might drive the same car you had in college. (I do, it still runs fine. Do I want a new car? Of course I do, but I don't really need it. )But this person went out a few months ago and decided to get the least expensive lease possible on a BMW 328(waste, 335 is so much better/faster) just so they could be seen in and tell you that they have a BMW and you do not. In reality this person has no business driving a BMW but in LA it's all about image and perception. We all know this person.
6. Surfer/Skater - I don't hate people that do this. But when I see someone that has that look I just think they smoke a lot of pot and surf/skate all day. More power to them.
7. Aspiring actor/musician/etc - "I moved here to catch my big break! I'm gonna make all my wildest dreams come true!!!". That's good for you, a lot of famous people have that same story of how they started out with $50 and somehow got "discovered" while they were on their way to buy a grey hound ticket back to Nebraska. However, even more people that aren't famous and will never be have that same idea. There are only so many jobs in entertainment, just like any other field. The difference is, there are a heck of a lot more jobs out there for us normal people who don't want to be in movies. It's OK though, someone has to wait tables until they're 60, so why not them? Check Please!
8. "Locals only" Guy - This guy went to the high school in the town you currently reside. He may of may not have went to college, but that's not the point. At some point he failed at the game we call life and is now living in his parent's house.(Back home these people are basement dwellers, but there aren't really basements in Southern California so they just live in their old room) You'll run in to this person at the local shit hole bar(Fuck you, Shellback. I fucking hate that place. But I digress...). He's the guy(actually there will be a group of these turds) that gives you and your buddies crap and pulls the age old "locals only!!" card. Tool. Years later he will receive an inheritance from his parents and become the old weird guy that nobody likes because he doesn't do shit.
9. Immigrants - Legal or not they are here from all over the place. They. Are. Everywhere. Now I don't despise immigrants like some people do. They're just here to work, whatever. But man, there sure are a lot of them and none of them can drive or speak english.
10. Person that isn't from California - Me. It's cold, there aren't as many jobs, etc where we're from. SO we moved here. We like to get messed up at 9am on Football Saturdays because that's when our team plays and that's the name of the game. We say you can't locals can't drive for shit and everything else that is wrong with the area, but we're here and we're not leaving. We miss home, but not the weather and that's what keeps a lot of us "out here".
Like anywhere else in the country, you have to take the good(weather) with the bad(people). Oh well, that's the way it goes.
Now don't get me wrong here. I don't lump all of "you people" in to those three categories, but trust me, I do categorize you. Every demographic and ethnicity has a stereotype. Some, if not most, are hilarious. Some can be spot on. Hell, I'm from Ohio. What do you think people imagine when I tell them I am from the great stat of Ohio? Answer: a farmer that drives a fucking pickup truck and loves country music. If you said yes to any of those three, congratulations. You just failed. I am not from the country, didn't grow up on a farm or drive a pick up truck and I DETEST country "music". And furthermore I am from Columbus, the state's capital. A city just under the population of San Francisco in national rankings.
In a city composed of so many people from so many different places around the country, world and sometimes I think the universe, LA is chalked full of stereotyping goodness. Here are some of my favorites to see when I partake in one of my preferred past times; people watching.
1. The Recently divorced 40-something woman: Ever seen doctor 90210? Chances are you've seen this specimen then. She can be spotted by the obvious markings of recent plastic surgery and the need to "let you know about it". Decked out in the trendiest of clothing, fake boobs out to here, fakely plumped lips and no crows feet. The recently divorced 40-something woman is one of the most common sightings in LA. Some say that you can spot these miles away by the size of the silicone they're sporting.
2. Rich old guy that is now dating a woman his grand daughter's age - Former CEO of a company or owner of a business that was previously married to the same woman for 25 or 30 years. He got stinking rich, got divorced and lost half of his money in the process. (Isn't our legal system grand!?) This specimen can be categorized by the recent hair plugs, super expensive sports car, excessive spray tan, and the need to wear his shirt half unbuttoned so you can see his cheesy gold chains. This creatures mating call sounds similar to "cha ching" and by does it ever draw the attention of out next subject.
3. The Gold Digger - This one is a true hunter, of green. Loves the smell, color and sound of money. Loves it even more if you just give it to her in exchange for her, um, company. More commonly she is blond, may also have fake boobs like her predecessor, the recently divorced 40 year old woman and can be seen driving her sugar daddy's Mercedes AMG convertible while shopping all day with his amex black card. Other markings include: huge sunglasses, 4 ct diamond ring(a gift) and the latest designer clothes.
4. The Douchebag - We all know these guys. Think "yuppie on steroids" and that's when you know you're dealing with a real bona-fide doucher. Recently whitened teeth, expensive suits, loafers without socks and a Porsche carrera of boxster(not the 911 or other "real Porsches"). This guy is in his late 20's to early 30's and is really just starting to "kill it" at his sweet job. Not only is work going well, he really wants you to know about it. This creature can be spotted frequently name dropping about his Breitling watch, Gucci shoes, etc. Latin name: Douchus Maxiumus.
5. The Faker - This one just got a job with a company downtown making decent money. This is their first "real job". What makes this person different from you or I is that they see themselves as being better than your average recent college graduate. For example, you might drive the same car you had in college. (I do, it still runs fine. Do I want a new car? Of course I do, but I don't really need it. )But this person went out a few months ago and decided to get the least expensive lease possible on a BMW 328(waste, 335 is so much better/faster) just so they could be seen in and tell you that they have a BMW and you do not. In reality this person has no business driving a BMW but in LA it's all about image and perception. We all know this person.
6. Surfer/Skater - I don't hate people that do this. But when I see someone that has that look I just think they smoke a lot of pot and surf/skate all day. More power to them.
7. Aspiring actor/musician/etc - "I moved here to catch my big break! I'm gonna make all my wildest dreams come true!!!". That's good for you, a lot of famous people have that same story of how they started out with $50 and somehow got "discovered" while they were on their way to buy a grey hound ticket back to Nebraska. However, even more people that aren't famous and will never be have that same idea. There are only so many jobs in entertainment, just like any other field. The difference is, there are a heck of a lot more jobs out there for us normal people who don't want to be in movies. It's OK though, someone has to wait tables until they're 60, so why not them? Check Please!
8. "Locals only" Guy - This guy went to the high school in the town you currently reside. He may of may not have went to college, but that's not the point. At some point he failed at the game we call life and is now living in his parent's house.(Back home these people are basement dwellers, but there aren't really basements in Southern California so they just live in their old room) You'll run in to this person at the local shit hole bar(Fuck you, Shellback. I fucking hate that place. But I digress...). He's the guy(actually there will be a group of these turds) that gives you and your buddies crap and pulls the age old "locals only!!" card. Tool. Years later he will receive an inheritance from his parents and become the old weird guy that nobody likes because he doesn't do shit.
9. Immigrants - Legal or not they are here from all over the place. They. Are. Everywhere. Now I don't despise immigrants like some people do. They're just here to work, whatever. But man, there sure are a lot of them and none of them can drive or speak english.
10. Person that isn't from California - Me. It's cold, there aren't as many jobs, etc where we're from. SO we moved here. We like to get messed up at 9am on Football Saturdays because that's when our team plays and that's the name of the game. We say you can't locals can't drive for shit and everything else that is wrong with the area, but we're here and we're not leaving. We miss home, but not the weather and that's what keeps a lot of us "out here".
Like anywhere else in the country, you have to take the good(weather) with the bad(people). Oh well, that's the way it goes.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Lunch FAIL
I eat lean cuisine's almost daily because they are cheap and don't taste too terribly most of the time. I know which ones I like and which ones generally suck. Today however I went to the fridge at work, took out my lunch and prepared to microwave it. This is what I saw:
That was supposed to be portebello chicken and wild rice. What's the pink stuff you ask? I'm not sure. Maybe it's the chicken or maybe it's the rice. Or even better yet, maybe it's the mysterious portebello that I'm sure is just the same kind of mushrooms you get on your pizza that come out of a can. Whatever it was, I was not eating it. F*** you Stoufer's.
Usually when this happens, and by "this" I mean Lunch Fail(crappy lunch, don't feel like eating lean cuisine, forgot/didn't have time to go to store) I usually go to the food court across the street from my office(yeah, I have a real job in an office downtown. Grown up stuff) and after almost no deliberation I end up at Quizno's . Let me just add this, I don't even like Quizno's all that much. It's mediocre at best. I always have high hopes when I go there though. On the commercials the sandwiches look so damn good but in real life, not so much. The question you have to ask yourself here is why do I even bother going to Quizno's if I really don't like it? Well, if I knew the answer to that then I wouldn't be going there would I?
Today I did break the Quizno's chain by going to some salad/wrap place. That wasn't spectacular either.... back to Quizno's for me.
-Side note: It's 75 degrees(or close to it) in downtown LA today. Yet when I walk to the food court I go through this plaza where people routinely sit out in the sun on their lunch hours and what do I see? Some idiot woman wearing a wool winter coat and warm looking boots. It's 75, you don't need all that shit. Some people....
25 random things chain and other Facebook abnormalities
Facebook and I have a love hate relationship. I like it because It's a good way to stay in touch with people since I live approximately 2500 miles away from my birth place and home town, I can see what people are up to, look at their pictures, make fun of their misfortunes, etc. But a lot of the stuff on there is just too much for me. I get a lot of what used to be chain e-mails back in the day but are now chain memos, postings or whatever they want to call them. ( side note: Another thing that I just learned about if text message chains. My sister told me about it over IM today.(side note to previous side note: that's how we talk, and we only talk about randomness.) I've only received a few of them, but apparently it's very popular. I think that the only reason that I don't get them is because I'm more removed from High School than she is because this is her 2nd year of "freedom".)
We all remember the infamous chain e-mail from our high school days. "You better fill this shit out and send it off to 7 or more of your friends because if you don't you'll go blind, your genitals will fall off/close for business forever and your new puppy will die of AIDS". Does that jog your memory? God, that really brings me back to the late 1990's/early 2000's a time when all that shit was serious business (like the Internet, Dever). Now it's not quite so serious, at least to me. However, I have noticed that a lot of my friends on Facebook have been bitten by this bug and chose to pass on it's disease while telling me 25 "random" things about them in hopes that I too will fall for the trick. In the words of Lee Corso "not so fast, my (Facebook) friend".
If you want to know 25 random things about me, just ask. I probably have one of the most random minds and lives of people you'll ever meet. I'm not a "one-upper"(Farva, I'm looking at you buddy) but I'm pretty confident that I can match if not top your 25 most random facts if I really wanted to. They may not be as cool as your facts, but they will probably be more random. I've had a lot of crappy jobs in my short lifetime, been to a lot of weird places and have definitely met my fair share of weirdos. Now, my stories aren't Tucker Max random, I don't think anyone's are, but they are random none the less.
My point is(well, one of them), I do and I don't like the impersonal nature of Facebook. It's one or more levels down from texting or BB messaging(which I admit, I use frequently). If you want to tell somebody something, just tell them. If you want me to tell you random things about me, just ask me and I'll tell you if I want to. But if you think I feel obligated to tell you things because you toldme and 24 other people via a Facebook memo, then you sir/madam are sadly mistaken.
Other things that I don't want you to send me via Facebook or any other methods include:
-Vampires vs. Zombies or any other Nerd/Goth kid thing - Simply put: not interested. I don't fall under either one of those groups.
-An Invitation to your "cause" - If I cared I would already be a member. Just because you think No Child Left Behind (or whatever else) is a good idea it doesn't mean that I agree and it doesn't make you right either.
-"We're Related" - Most people already know we're related, or maybe I don't want them to know(kidding?) that we are. the point is, it's unnecessary.
-"XYZ has sent you a drink!" - I like drinks, especially free ones. But these are not real drinks and I do not drink apple martinis. You also could have slipped something in my drink too and I don't want to wake up next to you tomorrow morning. I'll pass, thank you.
- "Little Green Patch" - Seriously? Adding something to your Facebook profile does not help save the earth. I'm not exactly sure, but I'm willing to go out on a limb here and say that it actually hurts the Earth. There, are you happy now? You're killing my planet! Now get back in your Prius and kindly fuck off.
Am I missing anything here?
I would like to conclude by telling everyone 25 UNrandom things about myself.
1. I am a guy
2. I am white.
3. I wear shoes
4. I wear socks when I wear shoes
5. I also wear pants
6. I wear a belt to hold up said pants
7. My dog is black
8. I live on Earth
9. I eat food
10. I drink water
11. Me being white = my family members are also white
12. I live in a house
13. My house has at least 1 toilet
14. My house also has at least 1 bedroom
15. My bedroom has a bed in it
16. I sleep in the bed that is in my bed room
17. Sometimes I cover up with blankets
18. Sometimes I do not cover up with blankets
19. I use the restroom when needed
20. I have a job
21. my job pays me every two weeks
22. I get mail delivered to my house
23. Sometimes i send mail FROM my house
24. Sometimes I listen to music
25.I have two hands that each have 4 fingers and one thumb.
Do you realize how absurd all of this is?!?!
-Dave
p.s. this is not meant to offend any of my friends or family. I'm just venting. Please don't take it personally.
We all remember the infamous chain e-mail from our high school days. "You better fill this shit out and send it off to 7 or more of your friends because if you don't you'll go blind, your genitals will fall off/close for business forever and your new puppy will die of AIDS". Does that jog your memory? God, that really brings me back to the late 1990's/early 2000's a time when all that shit was serious business (like the Internet, Dever). Now it's not quite so serious, at least to me. However, I have noticed that a lot of my friends on Facebook have been bitten by this bug and chose to pass on it's disease while telling me 25 "random" things about them in hopes that I too will fall for the trick. In the words of Lee Corso "not so fast, my (Facebook) friend".
If you want to know 25 random things about me, just ask. I probably have one of the most random minds and lives of people you'll ever meet. I'm not a "one-upper"(Farva, I'm looking at you buddy) but I'm pretty confident that I can match if not top your 25 most random facts if I really wanted to. They may not be as cool as your facts, but they will probably be more random. I've had a lot of crappy jobs in my short lifetime, been to a lot of weird places and have definitely met my fair share of weirdos. Now, my stories aren't Tucker Max random, I don't think anyone's are, but they are random none the less.
My point is(well, one of them), I do and I don't like the impersonal nature of Facebook. It's one or more levels down from texting or BB messaging(which I admit, I use frequently). If you want to tell somebody something, just tell them. If you want me to tell you random things about me, just ask me and I'll tell you if I want to. But if you think I feel obligated to tell you things because you toldme and 24 other people via a Facebook memo, then you sir/madam are sadly mistaken.
Other things that I don't want you to send me via Facebook or any other methods include:
-Vampires vs. Zombies or any other Nerd/Goth kid thing - Simply put: not interested. I don't fall under either one of those groups.
-An Invitation to your "cause" - If I cared I would already be a member. Just because you think No Child Left Behind (or whatever else) is a good idea it doesn't mean that I agree and it doesn't make you right either.
-"We're Related" - Most people already know we're related, or maybe I don't want them to know(kidding?) that we are. the point is, it's unnecessary.
-"XYZ has sent you a drink!" - I like drinks, especially free ones. But these are not real drinks and I do not drink apple martinis. You also could have slipped something in my drink too and I don't want to wake up next to you tomorrow morning. I'll pass, thank you.
- "Little Green Patch" - Seriously? Adding something to your Facebook profile does not help save the earth. I'm not exactly sure, but I'm willing to go out on a limb here and say that it actually hurts the Earth. There, are you happy now? You're killing my planet! Now get back in your Prius and kindly fuck off.
Am I missing anything here?
I would like to conclude by telling everyone 25 UNrandom things about myself.
1. I am a guy
2. I am white.
3. I wear shoes
4. I wear socks when I wear shoes
5. I also wear pants
6. I wear a belt to hold up said pants
7. My dog is black
8. I live on Earth
9. I eat food
10. I drink water
11. Me being white = my family members are also white
12. I live in a house
13. My house has at least 1 toilet
14. My house also has at least 1 bedroom
15. My bedroom has a bed in it
16. I sleep in the bed that is in my bed room
17. Sometimes I cover up with blankets
18. Sometimes I do not cover up with blankets
19. I use the restroom when needed
20. I have a job
21. my job pays me every two weeks
22. I get mail delivered to my house
23. Sometimes i send mail FROM my house
24. Sometimes I listen to music
25.I have two hands that each have 4 fingers and one thumb.
Do you realize how absurd all of this is?!?!
-Dave
p.s. this is not meant to offend any of my friends or family. I'm just venting. Please don't take it personally.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A Look at the New Stimulus Plan
To really understand this post you're probably going to have to read this post first. If you don't want to read it, I don't blame you. It's kind of long and boring. It basically outlines what the Republicans think is wasteful in the new stimulus plan issued by our new president, old what's his name. (kidding) I don't really consider myself a Democrat or a Republican. Some of this makes sense, some of it doesn't. Here's what I think(like you care).
- $246 million dollar "tax break" for Hollywood producers for motion picture film - Really? You have go to be fucking kidding me. Why should the government care about this or get involved? It's probably just going to people that make porn anyways..
- $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new Ice Cutter - Ummm, aren't the polar ice caps melting? WTF do we need a boat that's designed to cut through ice for it there won't be any fucking ice left?!?! Does anyone else see how dumb this is? Am I the only person that's sane?
- $448 million for a new building/HQ for The Dept. of Homeland security. I don't really have a problem with that, expensive building, but kind of important. However, $248 million to furnish said building is ludicrous. That's a lot of lay-z-boys if you ask me.
- $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees - Hybrid vehicles are a sham. Look it up. The impact on the environment to create these vehicles is horrendous, not to mention what happens when you have to dispose of the batteries. Bio-Diesel and Clean Diesel are the way of the future, we just need someone to kill this Ethanol BS for this to set in and become a reality.
- $400 for the CDC to screen and prevent STDs - I don't think tax dollars should rescue for being a dirty bird and getting herpes, the clap, etc. AIDs and HIV are one thing, but herpes and everything else? How bout we try to cure cancer, people.
- $125 million for Washington DC sewer system - that should be paid by local government and taxes, not the federal government and the rest of us. That's Garbage.
-$200 million for public computers at community colleges - No. I shouldn't have to pay for you to use a computer, just like you shouldn't have to pay me to do the same. And secondly, if you want free access to a computer go to the library. College facilities should only be open to people that pay tuition, faculty and staff.
-$25 million for Tribal alcohol and drug abuse reduction - You're "sovereign". Deal with it.
-$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas - what canals?
-$1.2 BILLION for summer youth and job programs - I get it, get them off the street, keep them out of trouble and stop them from making bastard children that the welfare system will have to support for 18+ years. I understand that, but aren't we just creating more soon to be defunct government subsidized organizations?
- $850 million for Amtrak - For what?! See the above for my view on supporting defunct organizations that should be left to fail. Amtrak is a joke and it's a money pit. Let it die.
If you've done you're math, and assuming I've done mine correctly that 4.44 Billion (with a B) that's being spent on just those thing I listed above. That's a lot of money down the toilet if you ask me. I know it's not much when you consider that the stimulus package is around $900 billion. But if there is stuff like this in there, it makes me wonder where the rest of the money is going? How are my future tax dollars being spent? How does this benefit me or my country? I guess I just don't get it. Printing more money just to throw it all away. Auto and Bank bailouts, Stimulus plan, etc. It's all the same to me, waste.
- $246 million dollar "tax break" for Hollywood producers for motion picture film - Really? You have go to be fucking kidding me. Why should the government care about this or get involved? It's probably just going to people that make porn anyways..
- $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new Ice Cutter - Ummm, aren't the polar ice caps melting? WTF do we need a boat that's designed to cut through ice for it there won't be any fucking ice left?!?! Does anyone else see how dumb this is? Am I the only person that's sane?
- $448 million for a new building/HQ for The Dept. of Homeland security. I don't really have a problem with that, expensive building, but kind of important. However, $248 million to furnish said building is ludicrous. That's a lot of lay-z-boys if you ask me.
- $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees - Hybrid vehicles are a sham. Look it up. The impact on the environment to create these vehicles is horrendous, not to mention what happens when you have to dispose of the batteries. Bio-Diesel and Clean Diesel are the way of the future, we just need someone to kill this Ethanol BS for this to set in and become a reality.
- $400 for the CDC to screen and prevent STDs - I don't think tax dollars should rescue for being a dirty bird and getting herpes, the clap, etc. AIDs and HIV are one thing, but herpes and everything else? How bout we try to cure cancer, people.
- $125 million for Washington DC sewer system - that should be paid by local government and taxes, not the federal government and the rest of us. That's Garbage.
-$200 million for public computers at community colleges - No. I shouldn't have to pay for you to use a computer, just like you shouldn't have to pay me to do the same. And secondly, if you want free access to a computer go to the library. College facilities should only be open to people that pay tuition, faculty and staff.
-$25 million for Tribal alcohol and drug abuse reduction - You're "sovereign". Deal with it.
-$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas - what canals?
-$1.2 BILLION for summer youth and job programs - I get it, get them off the street, keep them out of trouble and stop them from making bastard children that the welfare system will have to support for 18+ years. I understand that, but aren't we just creating more soon to be defunct government subsidized organizations?
- $850 million for Amtrak - For what?! See the above for my view on supporting defunct organizations that should be left to fail. Amtrak is a joke and it's a money pit. Let it die.
If you've done you're math, and assuming I've done mine correctly that 4.44 Billion (with a B) that's being spent on just those thing I listed above. That's a lot of money down the toilet if you ask me. I know it's not much when you consider that the stimulus package is around $900 billion. But if there is stuff like this in there, it makes me wonder where the rest of the money is going? How are my future tax dollars being spent? How does this benefit me or my country? I guess I just don't get it. Printing more money just to throw it all away. Auto and Bank bailouts, Stimulus plan, etc. It's all the same to me, waste.
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