So what is all the big fuss about anyway. I mean honestly, like whats the big deal if someone smokes a joint? Like who cares, and why? Honestly, I wouldn't want my 14 year old daughter to smoke it, but if some guy wants to put on his headphones and listen to Pink Floyd, while smoking a bit or reefer, why is that so bad, honestly whats the big deal, I DON'T GET IT, please tell me, why is that so bad?
The Same person could get nasty ass puking, beating his kids, falling down drunk and no one would say a word. Nope not a syllable. But some guy takes two hits off a joint while listening to Pantera, and we gotta lock his ass up! Okay whatever.
Friday, June 26, 2009
What Is The Best Dang Thing On T.V.? W.W.E.!
I'm Serious! What else has a new episode, 3 to 4 days a week, no re-runs, EVER, is filmed live, and can be seen live, somewhere near your town, sometime soon. Arguments against Pro Wrestling and my answers to them....
"It's Just a Soap Opera For men!" Yes, and I am a MAN next?
"It's Fake!" Oh? So when you watch the Matrix, you think Keanu Reeves ACTUALLY CAN FLY? Now that's fake, but you enjoy it anyway.
"They can't act!" Again, you think Keanu can?
"The stories just repeat themselves over and over." Right and the story of Neo, a regular guy who finds out at the end that he can save the world, is not at all like Luke Skywalker a regular guy finding out he can save the world, or Harry Potter a regular guy finding out he can save the world, or Frodo Baggins a regular Hobbit finding out he can save the world, or on and on and on, no repetition there at all.
"It sucks!" You Suck.
"It's Just a Soap Opera For men!" Yes, and I am a MAN next?
"It's Fake!" Oh? So when you watch the Matrix, you think Keanu Reeves ACTUALLY CAN FLY? Now that's fake, but you enjoy it anyway.
"They can't act!" Again, you think Keanu can?
"The stories just repeat themselves over and over." Right and the story of Neo, a regular guy who finds out at the end that he can save the world, is not at all like Luke Skywalker a regular guy finding out he can save the world, or Harry Potter a regular guy finding out he can save the world, or Frodo Baggins a regular Hobbit finding out he can save the world, or on and on and on, no repetition there at all.
"It sucks!" You Suck.
Da Bears
Just wanted to mention, as it's June I wont harp on it to much, but I love, Love, LOve, LOVe, LOVE the Bears!
My prediction for the 2009 season? Chicago Bears, 15-0 with a total of 14000 points scored, 30% by Cutler 30% by Hester 30% by Olsen, and 10% by Ditka by proxy.
In the Superbowl, the final score will be Da Bears 408 The Bad Guys -18. In overtime the soul of Mike Ditka will float down from Heaven and guide the ball into the end zone for a 99 yard field goal for the win. Although Ditka is not yet dead, he is just that damn good! Da Bears!
My prediction for the 2009 season? Chicago Bears, 15-0 with a total of 14000 points scored, 30% by Cutler 30% by Hester 30% by Olsen, and 10% by Ditka by proxy.
In the Superbowl, the final score will be Da Bears 408 The Bad Guys -18. In overtime the soul of Mike Ditka will float down from Heaven and guide the ball into the end zone for a 99 yard field goal for the win. Although Ditka is not yet dead, he is just that damn good! Da Bears!
Why I don't Like Wafflehouse!
Okay so first I do like their food, I like it a lot BUT..
When I walk into a place called Waffle House, it makes me think the house of waffles. I am expecting to get a menu that says something like, Belgium Waffle, Strawberry Waffle, Blue Berry Waffle, Banana Nut waffle, Powdered Sugar covered Waffle, All that.. so What DOES the menu say?? Waffle. That's it, they only have one flavor, or even style, of waffle. The Pancake house has all kinds of different pancakes. But the waffle house has just, waffle. That's it.
However, their biscuits and gravy is the shiz nit!
When I walk into a place called Waffle House, it makes me think the house of waffles. I am expecting to get a menu that says something like, Belgium Waffle, Strawberry Waffle, Blue Berry Waffle, Banana Nut waffle, Powdered Sugar covered Waffle, All that.. so What DOES the menu say?? Waffle. That's it, they only have one flavor, or even style, of waffle. The Pancake house has all kinds of different pancakes. But the waffle house has just, waffle. That's it.
However, their biscuits and gravy is the shiz nit!
Heaven and Hell?
With all this talk about death in the news as of late, it beings up some interesting ideas for me. I think often about if there is a such thing as heaven and hell. It seems hell is a kind of new idea, relative to the original Hebrews and the magi before that. (if you don't know what I mean by Magi there was a man, Zoroaster who was arguably the first person to teach of their being one God who created all, his followers were called magi, the three magi, or wise men, who visited the baby Jesus in the story of Christmas were followers of the teachings of Zoroaster) So what if hell was just invented to scare people into being good, and I think even more importantly, to give good people an idea of justice.
SO Whats The Point? If there is no hell, no on really ever gets punished for their crimes. Sure they may go to jail, where they get to work out and have sex with each other and take drugs all day, but is that really punishment? You tell me.
SO Whats The Point? If there is no hell, no on really ever gets punished for their crimes. Sure they may go to jail, where they get to work out and have sex with each other and take drugs all day, but is that really punishment? You tell me.
A Plan For A Perfect U.S.A. or If I Were President
Okay so here's an idea, an idea to fix all of our problems all at once. It's a two tier process.
One, the government takes all the money it is going to spend, on everything, all of it, and divides that total number, trillions of dollars, and divide it by the total number of people who filed a tax return last year. Of course there will be two different amounts, taken from that average dollar amount, for couple vs. individual. Then the government takes that money and cuts a check to every one of us, making each of us instantly rich.
Now once this happens everyone is going to quit their job, hence the second tier of the plan.
Two, instead of trying to contain of stop immigration, we start to actively recruit people to come here to replace all the jobs that everyone had quit. So the economy will boom as everyone will have money to burn, and the companies will make insane profit as we all buy stock in companies that pay their employees only a fraction of what they were paying before.
BAM economic problem-Solved, Immigration problem- Solved.
One, the government takes all the money it is going to spend, on everything, all of it, and divides that total number, trillions of dollars, and divide it by the total number of people who filed a tax return last year. Of course there will be two different amounts, taken from that average dollar amount, for couple vs. individual. Then the government takes that money and cuts a check to every one of us, making each of us instantly rich.
Now once this happens everyone is going to quit their job, hence the second tier of the plan.
Two, instead of trying to contain of stop immigration, we start to actively recruit people to come here to replace all the jobs that everyone had quit. So the economy will boom as everyone will have money to burn, and the companies will make insane profit as we all buy stock in companies that pay their employees only a fraction of what they were paying before.
BAM economic problem-Solved, Immigration problem- Solved.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
From Michael
"Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dieing
If you care enough for the Living
Make a better place for you and for me..."
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dieing
If you care enough for the Living
Make a better place for you and for me..."
MICHAEL JACKSON JUST DIED!
Whatever anyone says about him, his music was a major part of my childhood. Music is what I am all about really, and I am all about death metal and prog and all of that. Yet when i read he died, well, I almost cried. Alright call me a wuss whatever the dude was a fantastic entertainer and if he did do bad things to children then good that he died, but MAYBE HE DIDN'T DO THAT STUFF AFTER ALL, and if not...
He wrote we are the world, he wrote Heal the world, he danced with Zombies for crying out loud, I don't care how hardcore you are, whats cooler than zombies!!! ZOMBIES!!!
Michael Jackson, may he rest in peace.
He wrote we are the world, he wrote Heal the world, he danced with Zombies for crying out loud, I don't care how hardcore you are, whats cooler than zombies!!! ZOMBIES!!!
Michael Jackson, may he rest in peace.
The Mars Volta
If you don't know who these guys are, find out! Music has been Boring for a while, now, finally, some bands are doing some interesting stuff. And these guys are right there at the top.
The way Music works, historically speaking, is interesting to me. It seems like every so many years we get a resurgence in complex music, like this new prog scene. From system of a down, and the Mars Volta, to Leftover Crack and Y.O.G. There is progressive death metal, progressive rock, prog prog prog, I love it. But it is a result of years of simple 3 cord rock. It goes this way because it is always too much of one or the other. Never any balance. The Best groups set the trends that all the other bands copy until the market is so saturated that it all becomes assembly line cookie cutter crap until the next group comes that sets the next trend that starts the cycle over again. This all have an overall back and forth, for example, the heavy metal and rock bands that grew in popularity in the 90's were a backlash from the new wave and pop bands that were so popular in the 80's. The 70's a result of the 60's and so on. Here is my favorite specific example, the 60's were actually a pretty hardcore time, the music was changing, there were riots in the street, everyone was on drugs and proud of it. It was so crazy and intense that when the 70's hit, bands like the Carpenters and Bread were very popular, people just wanted to relax. And some just wanted to have fun, and not think about stuff, hence disco. However, there were still people who wanted to hear some good old rock and roll, therefore, KISS and AC/DC became MEGA POPULAR. Led Zeppelin was still around and there were a LOT of great rock bands, but those two specifically, were a direct result of the music around them, there were the opposite in many ways, and the trigger to Punk. BUT that's a whole nother post all together.
SO WHATS THE POINT? Buy The Mars Volta Records!
The way Music works, historically speaking, is interesting to me. It seems like every so many years we get a resurgence in complex music, like this new prog scene. From system of a down, and the Mars Volta, to Leftover Crack and Y.O.G. There is progressive death metal, progressive rock, prog prog prog, I love it. But it is a result of years of simple 3 cord rock. It goes this way because it is always too much of one or the other. Never any balance. The Best groups set the trends that all the other bands copy until the market is so saturated that it all becomes assembly line cookie cutter crap until the next group comes that sets the next trend that starts the cycle over again. This all have an overall back and forth, for example, the heavy metal and rock bands that grew in popularity in the 90's were a backlash from the new wave and pop bands that were so popular in the 80's. The 70's a result of the 60's and so on. Here is my favorite specific example, the 60's were actually a pretty hardcore time, the music was changing, there were riots in the street, everyone was on drugs and proud of it. It was so crazy and intense that when the 70's hit, bands like the Carpenters and Bread were very popular, people just wanted to relax. And some just wanted to have fun, and not think about stuff, hence disco. However, there were still people who wanted to hear some good old rock and roll, therefore, KISS and AC/DC became MEGA POPULAR. Led Zeppelin was still around and there were a LOT of great rock bands, but those two specifically, were a direct result of the music around them, there were the opposite in many ways, and the trigger to Punk. BUT that's a whole nother post all together.
SO WHATS THE POINT? Buy The Mars Volta Records!
The U.S.A. Arrogant?
There has been a great deal of talk these days about the president apologizing to foreign nations for our arrogance. Some people seem to think he is showing the rest of the world his weakness, while others think he is helping rebuild our reputation as a world leader. Me? I think we need to take a good long look at ourselves.
Now think about this, if we say we are the greatest country in the world, what does that to say to every other country? Well it says they are not. Who are we to say we are better than them, have you ever lived in Canada? England? Germany? Spain? Greece? Any other country? You know for a fact that living here is better? Really? We are better than Sweden? Are we? You know that for a fact? Okay so if we are so much better than every other country, tell me, why? How so? Arrogant? How about the FACT that we live in North America, so the U.S.A. and Canada are In North America. How about South America? Peru, Chile, Brazil. All these con tries are in the Americas, and we are the only ones who have the audacity to call ourselves Americans. SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO THEM? Other people who live in the Americas are being told, every day, that are NOT Americans we are! Are we Arrogant? Have we earned the right to be?
Are we the Continental version of Marlon Brando, telling directors how he wants to do a scene, the directors going absolutely insane trying to convince him he is wrong, but he does it his way anyway, then wins the Oscar for best actor... again! I don't know, you tell me.
Now think about this, if we say we are the greatest country in the world, what does that to say to every other country? Well it says they are not. Who are we to say we are better than them, have you ever lived in Canada? England? Germany? Spain? Greece? Any other country? You know for a fact that living here is better? Really? We are better than Sweden? Are we? You know that for a fact? Okay so if we are so much better than every other country, tell me, why? How so? Arrogant? How about the FACT that we live in North America, so the U.S.A. and Canada are In North America. How about South America? Peru, Chile, Brazil. All these con tries are in the Americas, and we are the only ones who have the audacity to call ourselves Americans. SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO THEM? Other people who live in the Americas are being told, every day, that are NOT Americans we are! Are we Arrogant? Have we earned the right to be?
Are we the Continental version of Marlon Brando, telling directors how he wants to do a scene, the directors going absolutely insane trying to convince him he is wrong, but he does it his way anyway, then wins the Oscar for best actor... again! I don't know, you tell me.
Being A Dad
I have two children, and a third on the way. I love being a dad, I really do, those kids really make my day, everyday. But wow, it is HARD. They run, and run, and keep running! Like the dang 'ol energizer bunny! And now it seems they are driving my wife insane.
It's odd, I always would hear my mom, other kids moms, everyone really, talking about their kids made them crazy, but now I understand. When I come from work my happy ass walks in the door all excited to be off work, whistling deathmetal riffs with a spring in my step, I am always, each day, in for a surprise. The problem is that I never think of it that way, that is, I love my wife and kids so much and I am so excited to be off of work, I cant help but walk in the door with a smile on my face, "Hi honey!" Well now just imagine, your her, and all day these two children have been running and breaking and screaming and yelling and stomping mud in the carpet and eating dirt and spilling pomegranate juice and peeing on the kitchen floor to see who can make the biggest puddle and there is my dumb ass, with a big shit eatin grin "Hi honey!" I must look like the devil to her at that point. What the hell am I so happy about! How would I like to clean up after two wild monkeys! (they are so damn cute though!)
Anyway this is what it is, this is what life is, So Whats The Point?
The point is that Life is hard, everything is hard, but there are moments, small beautiful moments, the ones that, if there is a God, were created by him to make life worth living. Those moments, when the daughters look me in eye, say "I love you dada." And I can tell, the mean it, absolutely, unwaveringly, complete real pure love. Or cuddling with my wife, the short times in bed, comfortable, make all the yelling an screaming almost worth it. Seriously though, happiness is never an ongoing experience, it is small moments, savor them.
It's odd, I always would hear my mom, other kids moms, everyone really, talking about their kids made them crazy, but now I understand. When I come from work my happy ass walks in the door all excited to be off work, whistling deathmetal riffs with a spring in my step, I am always, each day, in for a surprise. The problem is that I never think of it that way, that is, I love my wife and kids so much and I am so excited to be off of work, I cant help but walk in the door with a smile on my face, "Hi honey!" Well now just imagine, your her, and all day these two children have been running and breaking and screaming and yelling and stomping mud in the carpet and eating dirt and spilling pomegranate juice and peeing on the kitchen floor to see who can make the biggest puddle and there is my dumb ass, with a big shit eatin grin "Hi honey!" I must look like the devil to her at that point. What the hell am I so happy about! How would I like to clean up after two wild monkeys! (they are so damn cute though!)
Anyway this is what it is, this is what life is, So Whats The Point?
The point is that Life is hard, everything is hard, but there are moments, small beautiful moments, the ones that, if there is a God, were created by him to make life worth living. Those moments, when the daughters look me in eye, say "I love you dada." And I can tell, the mean it, absolutely, unwaveringly, complete real pure love. Or cuddling with my wife, the short times in bed, comfortable, make all the yelling an screaming almost worth it. Seriously though, happiness is never an ongoing experience, it is small moments, savor them.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Why Modern American Capitalism WONT work
Okay here's some truth for ya, capitalism wont, cant, work. Here's why...
First, there is no way everyone can be rich, everyone always says its great because Anyone can become rich, no they can't. Not that the opportunity is not there, but because it can not possibly happen.. Think of it this way... if Everyone was rich, who would flip burgers? Park cars? Build cars? Press your pants? Build your house? If everyone was rich, everyone would quit their jobs, except maybe artists and tip top moguls. Then what good would having billion dollars to you if you cant buy a T.V. Because who is gonna work in the warehouse to ship them if their Rich?
Second, the definition of profit has changed, a corporation no longer can put money in their pocket and smile because, if a company makes, say $10,000,000 PROFIT. Their stock will reflect that, NOW the next quarter they make $9,000,000 THEY MADE MONEY but its CALLED A LOSS!!! They have to make More and more each year, so the stock will continue to grow. This is why companies were making more money than ever before, and were laying people off in droves. The more they make the more have to make next time. BUT there is no UNLIMITED MONEY WELL they cant make more each time because the well will run dry eventually. So whats the answer? That's for tomorrows blog. Peace out my babies!
First, there is no way everyone can be rich, everyone always says its great because Anyone can become rich, no they can't. Not that the opportunity is not there, but because it can not possibly happen.. Think of it this way... if Everyone was rich, who would flip burgers? Park cars? Build cars? Press your pants? Build your house? If everyone was rich, everyone would quit their jobs, except maybe artists and tip top moguls. Then what good would having billion dollars to you if you cant buy a T.V. Because who is gonna work in the warehouse to ship them if their Rich?
Second, the definition of profit has changed, a corporation no longer can put money in their pocket and smile because, if a company makes, say $10,000,000 PROFIT. Their stock will reflect that, NOW the next quarter they make $9,000,000 THEY MADE MONEY but its CALLED A LOSS!!! They have to make More and more each year, so the stock will continue to grow. This is why companies were making more money than ever before, and were laying people off in droves. The more they make the more have to make next time. BUT there is no UNLIMITED MONEY WELL they cant make more each time because the well will run dry eventually. So whats the answer? That's for tomorrows blog. Peace out my babies!
Women
I do believe that women see things, EVERYTHING differently. I don't just mean point of view, everyone, period, has a different point of view, but women perceive everything in a different way. Their experience of the world is absolutely unique when compared to that of a man, Indeed, completely unfathomable! I had a woman once, SCREAM at me to get out of her house, when I got home my phone rang, It was her, she was crying. She asked me, in tears, "Why did you leave me?!?!" WHAT!!!! That is mind of a woman. Not bad, or worse than a mans, but different.
So whats the point? Well I think we, men and women both, need to focus a bit more on this aspect of our personalities to get along better. Right now people say women are more emotional and men more logical, this, I believe is an oversimplification. We have to understand that we each experience life in completely different ways, flavors taste different, smells smell different, colors look different, sex feels different, everything is different. Not just the boobs thing.
So whats the point? Well I think we, men and women both, need to focus a bit more on this aspect of our personalities to get along better. Right now people say women are more emotional and men more logical, this, I believe is an oversimplification. We have to understand that we each experience life in completely different ways, flavors taste different, smells smell different, colors look different, sex feels different, everything is different. Not just the boobs thing.
Metallica
What ever happened to Metallica? Those guys were the cutting edge most hardcore band in the world. Then, it seems like, Slayer came around and Metallica got scared and ran away in fear. Maybe they thought if they played too well the devil might come after them. Bunch of douchbags.
Did the Holocaust Happen?
Okay, so I have been hearing a lot more of this conspiracy madness these days. There was a time when this was a small fringe group of morons toting some bizarre interpolation of Mine Kamph and The Protocols of the Elders Of Zion. These two books have done more damage to the world than, almost, the Bible itself! Anyway I don't wanna get into the whole 'people who think the Bible is literal are idiots' debate, that's for another post some other time. No this is about something I myself DO believe in and that is Zionism! First, people who think the holocaust was made up by the rest of the world to humiliate Germany, well that's just plane stupid. People who think it was conspiracy by the Jews to take over the world, well turning the world temporally against Germany, and getting a nice big piece of land in the middle of a desert, yeah that's the way to rule the world, from under a sand dune, sucking cactus juice, surrounded by head chopping, bomb wearing, Jew haten, pissed off Arabs. The fact of the matter is Israel is there. And has been for a long time now. People who were born there, and there are many now, are fighting for their home, the only home they know. Anyone can argue now over what should or should not have happened 50 years ago, but NOW, HERE, TODAY, it ALREADY HAPPENED. It's done. So what? Kill people! Yeah that's the answer! Kill everybody that's what God wants Mass murder! People come on, act like humans, heck even animals know better than to act like antisemites. These people are absolute lunatics! Whatever I'm gonna give myself a heart attack and piss off too many douchbags, I mean people who think that, people who think that, killing Jews is the key to 72 virgins in Heaven, are reasonable, rational people who deserves respect, ARE MORONS! The same people probably support N.A.M.B.L.A. too!
John Lennon, Elitist?
I had a conversation with a friend once, who brought up some interesting ideas. We were discussing the Beatles and why the were so important, and why they are still relevant. (he just doesn't get it) Anyway we were into the whole Hippie deal and the peace and love movement and all that, and he said that Lennon was so rich why didn't he just give all his money to charity if he was so great.
Well first off this is a somewhat narrow minded question in that HAD Lennon done that, or anyone else who was once rich for that matter, the same people who are asking why they didn't just give it all away, would instead be saying, "what kind of scumbag that had millions of dollars would just give it all away and leave his widow, ex wife and two children with nothing at all?" Then again, the same argument can be made for Gandhi, he had a family, practiced law, made a good buck, but he gave that all up. OF course this is a religious leader, being compared to a musical artist/entertainer. Which itself I would not really consider a fair comparison. In the end I think that we all, at least the wisest most decent of us, WOULD give it all away if we thought it would help, but these days, in this modern economy, all that would do is turn you into a dirty panhandler, and no ONE would listen to what you had to say about anything anyway.
Well first off this is a somewhat narrow minded question in that HAD Lennon done that, or anyone else who was once rich for that matter, the same people who are asking why they didn't just give it all away, would instead be saying, "what kind of scumbag that had millions of dollars would just give it all away and leave his widow, ex wife and two children with nothing at all?" Then again, the same argument can be made for Gandhi, he had a family, practiced law, made a good buck, but he gave that all up. OF course this is a religious leader, being compared to a musical artist/entertainer. Which itself I would not really consider a fair comparison. In the end I think that we all, at least the wisest most decent of us, WOULD give it all away if we thought it would help, but these days, in this modern economy, all that would do is turn you into a dirty panhandler, and no ONE would listen to what you had to say about anything anyway.
Truth Vs. Honesty
I always felt that they were two different things. For example, a man who is deeply in love with a woman, may honestly believe that she is the most beautiful creature in the world. She may be an absolute Jabba the Hutt in truth, but he is being honest when he says she is beautiful. Or someone who is told something like "menthol cigarettes are made out of fiberglass!" The truth is menthol is the extract of the mint leaf, but people who don't know any better actually believe, and are therefore being honest when they say, it's fiberglass.
This is why truth detector machines are inadmissible in court, they are, really, honesty meters. Someone may honestly believe they are innocent. In fact, one can convince oneself of just about anything. If A man walks in on his wife humping another man, he may very well convince himself that he did nothing wrong when he killed her, and could very well pass a lie detector test.
So whats the point? The point is that you can be honest, without necessarily being truthful. There is a difference.
This is why truth detector machines are inadmissible in court, they are, really, honesty meters. Someone may honestly believe they are innocent. In fact, one can convince oneself of just about anything. If A man walks in on his wife humping another man, he may very well convince himself that he did nothing wrong when he killed her, and could very well pass a lie detector test.
So whats the point? The point is that you can be honest, without necessarily being truthful. There is a difference.
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