California,
"If anyone knows any just cause why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace."
Yeah, I got something to say!
According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage is 41%
The divorce rate in America for second marriage is 60%
The divorce rate in America for third marriage is 73%
Do these numbers represent the holy union of two people?
Does this seem to uphold the bibles true interpretation?
Again I'll say this:
Are we to believe so much in the "sanctity" of marriage that heterosexuals are the only ones allowed fail and fail again? It makes me sick to think that you can put so much into the word of the bible, but you don't actually have to follow it. As a hetero, created by GOD, you can ignore him, but as a Homosexual your not even allowed to play?
The bond is between partners. Two PEOPLE that love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together in the eyes of one another, friends and their religious figure(whomever that may be)
California shame on you. On the day you break through and trust your country to the first minority you've ever elected, you've taken away the right for one person to be wed to another.
I can't understand why?
It can't be because of Bible's interpretation of a binding contract between you, your partner and God. According to the statistics half of the marriages in the USA will end in divorce. California is well above the national average at about 69-76%. Holy shit!! Were the people that have been divorced allowed to vote on whether other people were allowed to wed? Based on what, their ability to stick to the ground rules marriage? That's bullshit!!!
I going to go over more of my dumbass ideas.
How about :
-the people that have been divorced already are automatically eliminated from the voting process. (sucks being discriminated against doesn't it!)
- people who get married in California, since following the word of the Lord is so important, cannot get a divorce. And the state cannot recognize a divorce filed in another state\country. If gays and lesbian can get married in Canada, but it's not accept when they get back to Cali, same goes for you.
I don't get it? Why do you care what the people down the street are doing? Does it affect you, your family? The only people that it affects are homosexuals. And I'm sure there are some that don't want to get married and lied about voting against it. I personally feel that heteros getting involved in this, especially the way we've been so loyal to marriage already, is like a man voting on what a woman can do with her body.
Yes I know what the bible says. I scanned it, but I think I got the gist.
Remember the mistakes of the past and how we look at them today. Shouldn't divorce be just as important to Evangelicals as Roe vs Wade?
I agreed when you banned smoking, but can't you see this hurts everyone too? I'm inhaling second hand discrimination(patent pending)
With this ring I give myself to you.
I place my strength in the service of your happiness.
Your dreams I will share.
Your burdens I will bear.
From now until forever I will be incomplete without you.
Sounds ambiguous to me.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
oh what a night.....
Wow
What a night!
For the rest of our lives will we remember this fateful day? Will it lodge in our semiconscious memory every time we talk about the past? Can we even imagine the importance of these times?
YES WE CAN!!!
You don't need to be an American to excited today. You don't need to be black either.( or half black for that matter) You have to believe. Believe that the world, as fucked up as it is, can be better. That people are, and can be judged strictly by contents of their hearts. As an outsider i don't think the American people were bullied into voting for Barack. I'm sure the people that have never uttered a racist slur, or had a disingenuous thought, feel vindicated that their vote was for the best man for the job. It might help them sleep better to know that they've exercised a true call for change. Not to mention the next time that someone suggests that they're racist for some inexplicable, "you cut in front of me so you hate black people" reason they may say that they voted for Barack. It's the new reparations. No longer must middle aged white folk have to know the name of the FED-EX guy to explain their outdated jokes.
Barack Obama is a true hero. (and again not just because he's half black too) Even in his acceptance speech he didn't harp on his race, or religion, he talked about the future. He talked about a country desperate for a new direction and that together, he and the American people could mend the wounds. As you may know I have been critical when it comes to American politics, laws and beliefs. No more than my critics of my own country, neighbours, friends and significant other. In 2004 I was ashamed of the voting public. I felt they validated George W Bush's foreign policy, and war mongering by re-electing him. He promised leadership. He promised to make the world and their country better. He didn't. He lied again. This time the people stood up and said no more. John McCain himself said it perfectly.
"The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly."
I could have done without the booing when McCain mentioned Obama's name, but I was very glad to see that he was also annoyed with it. It's funny to see the polarized nation start to see a new direction. When Obama said McCain the people gathered in Illinois applauded the celebrated war hero, and formidable opponent.
That's the change we look forward to.
A close friend said that the American people were just not ready to have a Black President. They love their old white men too much. I've never been happier to be right. (not true I'm happier every time I am!!)
My only true critic of the election down south is the Prop8 thing in California. Reintroducing the ban on gay marriage. I've bitched before and I'm going to bitch again. What's the big fucking deal? A ban on gay marriage is discrimination no matter what way you slice it. To imply that a heterosexual, male-female union is more important then same sex is preposterous. It says that heterosexuals may join in as many failed marriages as they want, but two men can't try one. Do these homosexuals have to pay the taxes? Maybe if homosexual aren't allowed to get married, or have\adopt children they should get free healthcare?
....you know what I think? Too fucking bad I'm going to say it.
People of California who voted NO to prop8. If for some ironic reason they ban gay marriage on the same day that a black man is elected to be president, don't give.
#1) you need a gay black woman on the bill in 2012
#2) I think that a petition should start that says, if marriage is to be respected as a union between a man and woman, under God and recognized by the state, then those guidelines should eliminate their right to divorce. Your legally binding contract should be upheld to the full extent of the law. After all, a marriage is defined by ONE woman and ONE man. Too bad assholes. You wanted to get married, and make it you own exclusive little club, now you can't get out of it.
Too fucking bad.
I'm not gay, and I don't think that I should be deciding their rights.
Until I'm involved in some drunken MMF threesome with my loving girl and our pool boy I'm gonna support their rights to make the same dumb-ass mistakes as the rest of us.
Oh what a night that will be.
My girls response, " YES WE CAN"
What a night!
For the rest of our lives will we remember this fateful day? Will it lodge in our semiconscious memory every time we talk about the past? Can we even imagine the importance of these times?
YES WE CAN!!!
You don't need to be an American to excited today. You don't need to be black either.( or half black for that matter) You have to believe. Believe that the world, as fucked up as it is, can be better. That people are, and can be judged strictly by contents of their hearts. As an outsider i don't think the American people were bullied into voting for Barack. I'm sure the people that have never uttered a racist slur, or had a disingenuous thought, feel vindicated that their vote was for the best man for the job. It might help them sleep better to know that they've exercised a true call for change. Not to mention the next time that someone suggests that they're racist for some inexplicable, "you cut in front of me so you hate black people" reason they may say that they voted for Barack. It's the new reparations. No longer must middle aged white folk have to know the name of the FED-EX guy to explain their outdated jokes.
Barack Obama is a true hero. (and again not just because he's half black too) Even in his acceptance speech he didn't harp on his race, or religion, he talked about the future. He talked about a country desperate for a new direction and that together, he and the American people could mend the wounds. As you may know I have been critical when it comes to American politics, laws and beliefs. No more than my critics of my own country, neighbours, friends and significant other. In 2004 I was ashamed of the voting public. I felt they validated George W Bush's foreign policy, and war mongering by re-electing him. He promised leadership. He promised to make the world and their country better. He didn't. He lied again. This time the people stood up and said no more. John McCain himself said it perfectly.
"The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly."
I could have done without the booing when McCain mentioned Obama's name, but I was very glad to see that he was also annoyed with it. It's funny to see the polarized nation start to see a new direction. When Obama said McCain the people gathered in Illinois applauded the celebrated war hero, and formidable opponent.
That's the change we look forward to.
A close friend said that the American people were just not ready to have a Black President. They love their old white men too much. I've never been happier to be right. (not true I'm happier every time I am!!)
My only true critic of the election down south is the Prop8 thing in California. Reintroducing the ban on gay marriage. I've bitched before and I'm going to bitch again. What's the big fucking deal? A ban on gay marriage is discrimination no matter what way you slice it. To imply that a heterosexual, male-female union is more important then same sex is preposterous. It says that heterosexuals may join in as many failed marriages as they want, but two men can't try one. Do these homosexuals have to pay the taxes? Maybe if homosexual aren't allowed to get married, or have\adopt children they should get free healthcare?
....you know what I think? Too fucking bad I'm going to say it.
People of California who voted NO to prop8. If for some ironic reason they ban gay marriage on the same day that a black man is elected to be president, don't give.
#1) you need a gay black woman on the bill in 2012
#2) I think that a petition should start that says, if marriage is to be respected as a union between a man and woman, under God and recognized by the state, then those guidelines should eliminate their right to divorce. Your legally binding contract should be upheld to the full extent of the law. After all, a marriage is defined by ONE woman and ONE man. Too bad assholes. You wanted to get married, and make it you own exclusive little club, now you can't get out of it.
Too fucking bad.
I'm not gay, and I don't think that I should be deciding their rights.
Until I'm involved in some drunken MMF threesome with my loving girl and our pool boy I'm gonna support their rights to make the same dumb-ass mistakes as the rest of us.
Oh what a night that will be.
My girls response, " YES WE CAN"
Monday, November 3, 2008
and then there were two...
It's hard to believe that the fate of the USA will be forever changed by Wednesday. After eight years of Bush, the war on terror, WMD's, Bin Laden and classic sound bites, someone new will be atop the American food chain. I remember following the 2000 election. It seemed that the world was going in a favorable direction. When Bush won I wasn't really mad. I figured he was going to act the same way that everyone I've known whose Dad got him the job does. Slack off, abuse power, kill a hooker or two. We've all worked with that guy that who is unqualified, knows somebody, and is an asshole. No big deal.
Of course we all know the tragic happenings of that day in September. ( I don't say it anymore. It's seems like it lost it's luster ever since Gulianni used it as a marketing tool) Now, I've never had a job as important as "President of the USA", but responsibility is responsibility. Bush had a tough go of things in those early days. I think that most of us understood that. I'm against any oppression or acts of violence no matter what they are, so the idea of a war didn't sit well. However the thought of hunting Osama Bin Laden was okay. I could at least see the message behind it. In fact so did Canada. Many Americans who have blamed Canada for the blackout, immigration and soft borders have conveniently forgotten that our troops have been in Afghanistan from the beginning and many have lost their lives. (97 to date) From there on in, I have been 100% against the US foreign policy in the Middle East. The lying to get to Iraq, the deception against it's own people for support. A president who had been given office due to a supreme court ruling, after a re-count, wants to march democracy around the world? The country that produces the most nuclear weapons wants other countries to stop making them? Oh but those countries might use force against smaller, less armed countries.( you mean like Iraq? )
By the time that 2004 had rolled around the Americans were showing their barbwire tattooed muscles around the world. They told their countrymen not buy anything from France for going against them, they demonized the Canadian government while we were standing next to them in Afghanistan. Bush was running for re-election with the exact same campaign as he ran in 2000. Except this time rather than smear a well decorated veteran, he smeared a well decorated veteran, who was a democrat. A man that had never served a day of his life in a combat situation, was now telling the world why he was a better than someone that had. He'd done the same to McCain four years earlier. For some reason in the US you can buy airtime and say whatever the fuck you want about someone. And the attack ads were on again. That Wednesday morning in November I was shocked that our friends and neighbor had re-elect GWB. What the fuck was wrong with the world? Sometimes it was cool to hang out with the toughest guys in school, however, they ain't the smartest. I'm not sure how long I would want to riding shotgun with old Dubya behind the wheel. Especially with his track record. (with Laura you don't want to be in the other car)
In the years since things have gotten worse. You can hear the soundbites that the world is safer, and maybe it is. But it sure isn't better. But wait.... there's another election.
If I were an American I would most likely be a democrat supporter. I don't have a problem with gay marriage, or stem cell research, or universal healthcare( got it here and two kids) and many of their other platforms. In fact, I see many of their ideas the basic rights to freedom. Kids get to eat, go to school and live. Rich people have to pay more than poor. I believe that freedom of speech should cover an opinion of disappointment with your own government. No matter who says it.
I've always liked John McCain, and how could you not respect his record. Military, not the Keating five shit. What I didn't expect from him, and Sarah Palin, was a campaign based strictly off what the other guy(Obama) is, or isn't. Or taking his platform and twisting it to what scares you. Or suggesting what he is "really" like, or what he "really" thinks. It is an entire campaign built on Obama. But what do they stand for? Every time I hear clip of Palin, she's telling a group of people what Obama had said about something and then a chorus of boos rain down while she smiles. I haven't heard her say why she likes or dislikes a particular policy. She's like an annoying hype man at a rap concert.
It's funny because both parties agree that the country needs to change. Both agree that the past eight years haven't been very good. Both distance themselves from Bush and anything he's got to say. The USA finds it easy to point fingers at other countries for their policies, crimes, politics, laws, and government. I wonder if either one of these to candidates will be able to look inward and solve the problems within. Sometimes they are so stubborn that they will standby anything as long as they can call it the "American Way" (i.e.- the United States customary Units!) We all have problems with our governments, but very rarely does our problems become the rest of the worlds. With the US it is just the opposite. It becomes all of our problem.
All But George W Bush.
He's only got two months left.
Of course we all know the tragic happenings of that day in September. ( I don't say it anymore. It's seems like it lost it's luster ever since Gulianni used it as a marketing tool) Now, I've never had a job as important as "President of the USA", but responsibility is responsibility. Bush had a tough go of things in those early days. I think that most of us understood that. I'm against any oppression or acts of violence no matter what they are, so the idea of a war didn't sit well. However the thought of hunting Osama Bin Laden was okay. I could at least see the message behind it. In fact so did Canada. Many Americans who have blamed Canada for the blackout, immigration and soft borders have conveniently forgotten that our troops have been in Afghanistan from the beginning and many have lost their lives. (97 to date) From there on in, I have been 100% against the US foreign policy in the Middle East. The lying to get to Iraq, the deception against it's own people for support. A president who had been given office due to a supreme court ruling, after a re-count, wants to march democracy around the world? The country that produces the most nuclear weapons wants other countries to stop making them? Oh but those countries might use force against smaller, less armed countries.( you mean like Iraq? )
By the time that 2004 had rolled around the Americans were showing their barbwire tattooed muscles around the world. They told their countrymen not buy anything from France for going against them, they demonized the Canadian government while we were standing next to them in Afghanistan. Bush was running for re-election with the exact same campaign as he ran in 2000. Except this time rather than smear a well decorated veteran, he smeared a well decorated veteran, who was a democrat. A man that had never served a day of his life in a combat situation, was now telling the world why he was a better than someone that had. He'd done the same to McCain four years earlier. For some reason in the US you can buy airtime and say whatever the fuck you want about someone. And the attack ads were on again. That Wednesday morning in November I was shocked that our friends and neighbor had re-elect GWB. What the fuck was wrong with the world? Sometimes it was cool to hang out with the toughest guys in school, however, they ain't the smartest. I'm not sure how long I would want to riding shotgun with old Dubya behind the wheel. Especially with his track record. (with Laura you don't want to be in the other car)
In the years since things have gotten worse. You can hear the soundbites that the world is safer, and maybe it is. But it sure isn't better. But wait.... there's another election.
If I were an American I would most likely be a democrat supporter. I don't have a problem with gay marriage, or stem cell research, or universal healthcare( got it here and two kids) and many of their other platforms. In fact, I see many of their ideas the basic rights to freedom. Kids get to eat, go to school and live. Rich people have to pay more than poor. I believe that freedom of speech should cover an opinion of disappointment with your own government. No matter who says it.
I've always liked John McCain, and how could you not respect his record. Military, not the Keating five shit. What I didn't expect from him, and Sarah Palin, was a campaign based strictly off what the other guy(Obama) is, or isn't. Or taking his platform and twisting it to what scares you. Or suggesting what he is "really" like, or what he "really" thinks. It is an entire campaign built on Obama. But what do they stand for? Every time I hear clip of Palin, she's telling a group of people what Obama had said about something and then a chorus of boos rain down while she smiles. I haven't heard her say why she likes or dislikes a particular policy. She's like an annoying hype man at a rap concert.
It's funny because both parties agree that the country needs to change. Both agree that the past eight years haven't been very good. Both distance themselves from Bush and anything he's got to say. The USA finds it easy to point fingers at other countries for their policies, crimes, politics, laws, and government. I wonder if either one of these to candidates will be able to look inward and solve the problems within. Sometimes they are so stubborn that they will standby anything as long as they can call it the "American Way" (i.e.- the United States customary Units!) We all have problems with our governments, but very rarely does our problems become the rest of the worlds. With the US it is just the opposite. It becomes all of our problem.
All But George W Bush.
He's only got two months left.
1973
Secretariat wins the triple crown...
The Dolphins complete the perfect season by winning the Superbowl...
Roe vs Wade overturns the abortion law in the US...
I was born in Burnaby B.C.
1973 was a long freakin time ago. I never realized that I was the same age as the CN tower. My Wiki-search gives me little in the way of history, but there are no celebrities listed as born on Halloween in 1973. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!
35.....holy shit. I'm tryin to remember something about when I turned 25, but that's kind of a blur. Actually 21-29 is rather fuzzy. Some faces, some names, lots of mistakes. Nothing to confess...... yet.
So Friday morning I awoke with one kids shoving a handmade card in my face, and the other begging to be changed. The pungent smell of breast-milk turn pooh. What a morning. So many of these birthdays have started with a hungover breakfast that included many Caesars, and little food. I realize that things are slowly changing when on Thursday night after I put the kids to sleep and my girl conked out as well, I was going to sneak back downstairs for a beer and some NHL09, to keep me young. Maybe even some computer porn. But while contemplating these options I fell asleep. FUCK!!!
The day is filled with tricks and treats for the kids nowadays and not the drunken shit shows of the past. Although they were very fun.
The year that I moved to Toronto I spent my first Halloween birthday working at a bar watching my hometown hero and friend Greg Moore racing. It was the final race of a disappointing year. I had called Greg when the race was in Toronto, but he was too busy to hook up. Greg and I were friends, but I won't disrespect our relationship by saying that we were close. We were good. Like most people from Maple Ridge we were all very proud and followed his career. That horrible day I tended bar with two die hard racing patrons watching with me. We told stories, talked about different races, it was fun. Greg had moved up the field after a restart, but lost control of his car on the exit of turn 2. It was bad. When they didn't show replays, or get updates I started to panic. I called back home, but no one knew anything. Players Forsythe pulled Patrick Carpentier out of the race. We all knew. They announced Greg had succumb to his injuries. I told my boss I was leaving and got drunk. To this day I raise my glass to Greg at least once.
I remember years ago I went out for my birthday to a lovely little dive called the Underground. Today it's the "hip" dive that all the Blue Jays frequent, but back in the day it was a dump. But it was our dump. There was a great moment sitting at the table with my ex-girlfriend, who had drove in from Kingston, a girl I had fooled around with the week before, the girl I slept with after the ex moved to Kingston, and her roommate, who I had a crush on. And everyone was mad. Not me, I was impressed with myself for being in such a mess. Through the evil eyes at the table I decided to get some shots, walked right passed the bar and into a cab. Good times!!
The best thing about having your birthday on Halloween, is that there is always someone who wants to go out. Plus people also always know when it is because of the day it falls on. I don't remember any one's birthday, but they always know mine. I know that's bullshit, sorry non-important birthday people. The worst date is Nov 1. Poor Scotty "Evil". Scotty and I have been friends for about ten years and nobody realizes that his b-day is the day after mine. Even If I go out on the1st rather than the 31st, people still tell me happy Birthday.....even if Scott's right beside me. It really gets funnier every year. This year he turned thirty so I stayed out of the city to give him the glory. But from now til I'm forty, he's screwed!!
I've had many good ones. A few bad.
Overall, I'm happy. I'm happy that I've made it here. There was a lot of time in my life when I questioned my longevity, my durability. Now I have a loving partner, two wonderful kids. I'm starting to make myself sick here...
Don't worry tomorrow is the US election, I'll have something say.
Until then, Happy Birthday Scott!!(two days ago)
The Dolphins complete the perfect season by winning the Superbowl...
Roe vs Wade overturns the abortion law in the US...
I was born in Burnaby B.C.
1973 was a long freakin time ago. I never realized that I was the same age as the CN tower. My Wiki-search gives me little in the way of history, but there are no celebrities listed as born on Halloween in 1973. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!
35.....holy shit. I'm tryin to remember something about when I turned 25, but that's kind of a blur. Actually 21-29 is rather fuzzy. Some faces, some names, lots of mistakes. Nothing to confess...... yet.
So Friday morning I awoke with one kids shoving a handmade card in my face, and the other begging to be changed. The pungent smell of breast-milk turn pooh. What a morning. So many of these birthdays have started with a hungover breakfast that included many Caesars, and little food. I realize that things are slowly changing when on Thursday night after I put the kids to sleep and my girl conked out as well, I was going to sneak back downstairs for a beer and some NHL09, to keep me young. Maybe even some computer porn. But while contemplating these options I fell asleep. FUCK!!!
The day is filled with tricks and treats for the kids nowadays and not the drunken shit shows of the past. Although they were very fun.
The year that I moved to Toronto I spent my first Halloween birthday working at a bar watching my hometown hero and friend Greg Moore racing. It was the final race of a disappointing year. I had called Greg when the race was in Toronto, but he was too busy to hook up. Greg and I were friends, but I won't disrespect our relationship by saying that we were close. We were good. Like most people from Maple Ridge we were all very proud and followed his career. That horrible day I tended bar with two die hard racing patrons watching with me. We told stories, talked about different races, it was fun. Greg had moved up the field after a restart, but lost control of his car on the exit of turn 2. It was bad. When they didn't show replays, or get updates I started to panic. I called back home, but no one knew anything. Players Forsythe pulled Patrick Carpentier out of the race. We all knew. They announced Greg had succumb to his injuries. I told my boss I was leaving and got drunk. To this day I raise my glass to Greg at least once.
I remember years ago I went out for my birthday to a lovely little dive called the Underground. Today it's the "hip" dive that all the Blue Jays frequent, but back in the day it was a dump. But it was our dump. There was a great moment sitting at the table with my ex-girlfriend, who had drove in from Kingston, a girl I had fooled around with the week before, the girl I slept with after the ex moved to Kingston, and her roommate, who I had a crush on. And everyone was mad. Not me, I was impressed with myself for being in such a mess. Through the evil eyes at the table I decided to get some shots, walked right passed the bar and into a cab. Good times!!
The best thing about having your birthday on Halloween, is that there is always someone who wants to go out. Plus people also always know when it is because of the day it falls on. I don't remember any one's birthday, but they always know mine. I know that's bullshit, sorry non-important birthday people. The worst date is Nov 1. Poor Scotty "Evil". Scotty and I have been friends for about ten years and nobody realizes that his b-day is the day after mine. Even If I go out on the1st rather than the 31st, people still tell me happy Birthday.....even if Scott's right beside me. It really gets funnier every year. This year he turned thirty so I stayed out of the city to give him the glory. But from now til I'm forty, he's screwed!!
I've had many good ones. A few bad.
Overall, I'm happy. I'm happy that I've made it here. There was a lot of time in my life when I questioned my longevity, my durability. Now I have a loving partner, two wonderful kids. I'm starting to make myself sick here...
Don't worry tomorrow is the US election, I'll have something say.
Until then, Happy Birthday Scott!!(two days ago)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Baby Boomers.....
I actually had to look up when baby boomers were born so that I could successfully make fun of them. My problem is that they are the product of the "greatest generation" and in my view a bit of a disappointment.
article #1 -
Baby Boomer cohort #1 (born from 1946 to 1954)
Memorable events: assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., political unrest, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, social experimentation, Sexual freedom, civil rights movement, environmental movement, Women's movement, protests and riots, experimentation with various intoxicating recreational substances
Key characteristics: experimental, individualism, free spirited, social cause oriented
Baby Boomer cohort #2 (born from 1955 to 1964)
Memorable events: Watergate,Nixon resigns, the Cold war, the Oil embargo, raging inflation, gasoline shortages
Key characteristics: less optimistic, distrust of government, general cynicism
Now this doesn't sound like my parents. Or many of their friends.
But this is how they were, not who they are.
Look at our leaders. Our Prime Ministers, our Presidents. They were part of this Baby Boomer crap? They must have been the geeks that all the cool kids wouldn't sit beside. Now they've gotten back at them by becoming a part of the government. In the USA you have to be over a certain age to be President, I think there should be a cap. I used to like John McCain, but there is no reason to think he has the interest of anyone under thirty at heart. He probably doesn't know anyone under thirty. Or forty for that matter. Stephen Harper isn't a guy you'd hang out with. So how did the Baby Boomers get so far off track? They were the ones marching for human right, but are now the conservatives. As young adults they saw first hand the injustice of race discrimination, but as leaders demonize people of middle eastern descent. Believed in the peace of the world, but have endorsed violence against others. They stood up for those that couldn't stand up for themselves, but now have turned their back on immigrants, the downtrodden, the poor.
The election in both countries (US and Canada) were about values, but I find little value in any of them. I don't think that a rich political leader, and I, have anything in common. And yet he speaks for me. (even if I don't vote for him). In the USA they have referred to Obama as an elitist. Of course he is. He's rich and running for president. To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "he'd better think he's better than the rest of us" The irony is that the people that are upset because he wants to reduce the tax cuts to the wealthy and give them to the middle class, are wealthy people. It's tough to find a solid opinion in the media when people like Bill O'Reilly are the people getting the tax cuts. That's what I call misrepresenting the facts. I would call it bad journalism, but that would suggest that there was good journalism going on. And I'm not sure of that.
Baby Boomers saw first hand what many regimes around the world were, and what they've become. Countries flourishing, others crumbling. Lets not forget the labelling. From the superpower seat, the American, baby boomer revolution, gave everyone on the planet a title. Friends, neighbours, enemy, axis of evil, ally, foe, terrorist, trading partner, communist, socialist, monarch, etc....
As a neighbour and friend, they accuse Canada as socialist. But did you know that the title Socialist, and socialist medicine, are two drastically different thing?
Our system admittedly isn't created for the rich and powerful that can afford to have tumour removed from their brain at no personal loss. It's created for those that can't afford it. It's so that new parents can feel comfort in the fact that their child gets just as sick as someone that doesn't have health insurance. It's so that we never have to rationalize the fact that someone died quickly so that they would never have to worry about the cost. And I think it's great. I'm on my way to have my newborn son's nuts ultra sounded to ensure that there isn't a concern with him. I'm not sure I would like to make the choice between feeding my family tonight, and having this procedure done. Because it would've had to be one or the other. The people that got the day off work so that they could attend a rally where the McCain campaign warns of the evils of a socialized medicine program does, maybe doesn't have to worry about it. Maybe they can yell out how damaging the system is, without ever have educated themselves with the benefits.
But they're not having babies anymore.
We are.
article #1 -
Baby Boomer cohort #1 (born from 1946 to 1954)
Memorable events: assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., political unrest, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, social experimentation, Sexual freedom, civil rights movement, environmental movement, Women's movement, protests and riots, experimentation with various intoxicating recreational substances
Key characteristics: experimental, individualism, free spirited, social cause oriented
Baby Boomer cohort #2 (born from 1955 to 1964)
Memorable events: Watergate,Nixon resigns, the Cold war, the Oil embargo, raging inflation, gasoline shortages
Key characteristics: less optimistic, distrust of government, general cynicism
Now this doesn't sound like my parents. Or many of their friends.
But this is how they were, not who they are.
Look at our leaders. Our Prime Ministers, our Presidents. They were part of this Baby Boomer crap? They must have been the geeks that all the cool kids wouldn't sit beside. Now they've gotten back at them by becoming a part of the government. In the USA you have to be over a certain age to be President, I think there should be a cap. I used to like John McCain, but there is no reason to think he has the interest of anyone under thirty at heart. He probably doesn't know anyone under thirty. Or forty for that matter. Stephen Harper isn't a guy you'd hang out with. So how did the Baby Boomers get so far off track? They were the ones marching for human right, but are now the conservatives. As young adults they saw first hand the injustice of race discrimination, but as leaders demonize people of middle eastern descent. Believed in the peace of the world, but have endorsed violence against others. They stood up for those that couldn't stand up for themselves, but now have turned their back on immigrants, the downtrodden, the poor.
The election in both countries (US and Canada) were about values, but I find little value in any of them. I don't think that a rich political leader, and I, have anything in common. And yet he speaks for me. (even if I don't vote for him). In the USA they have referred to Obama as an elitist. Of course he is. He's rich and running for president. To steal a line from Jon Stewart, "he'd better think he's better than the rest of us" The irony is that the people that are upset because he wants to reduce the tax cuts to the wealthy and give them to the middle class, are wealthy people. It's tough to find a solid opinion in the media when people like Bill O'Reilly are the people getting the tax cuts. That's what I call misrepresenting the facts. I would call it bad journalism, but that would suggest that there was good journalism going on. And I'm not sure of that.
Baby Boomers saw first hand what many regimes around the world were, and what they've become. Countries flourishing, others crumbling. Lets not forget the labelling. From the superpower seat, the American, baby boomer revolution, gave everyone on the planet a title. Friends, neighbours, enemy, axis of evil, ally, foe, terrorist, trading partner, communist, socialist, monarch, etc....
As a neighbour and friend, they accuse Canada as socialist. But did you know that the title Socialist, and socialist medicine, are two drastically different thing?
Our system admittedly isn't created for the rich and powerful that can afford to have tumour removed from their brain at no personal loss. It's created for those that can't afford it. It's so that new parents can feel comfort in the fact that their child gets just as sick as someone that doesn't have health insurance. It's so that we never have to rationalize the fact that someone died quickly so that they would never have to worry about the cost. And I think it's great. I'm on my way to have my newborn son's nuts ultra sounded to ensure that there isn't a concern with him. I'm not sure I would like to make the choice between feeding my family tonight, and having this procedure done. Because it would've had to be one or the other. The people that got the day off work so that they could attend a rally where the McCain campaign warns of the evils of a socialized medicine program does, maybe doesn't have to worry about it. Maybe they can yell out how damaging the system is, without ever have educated themselves with the benefits.
But they're not having babies anymore.
We are.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
no religion, no politics
Anyone who drinks too much knows one thing.....
No religion, No politics!
These are things that we are told not to bring up when drinking, because it's way to easy to disagree. People fight all the time about religion and politics. I'm no different.
So just after my last scotch (five minutes ago) I decided to write a letter to an American pundit known as Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity oftens says, "America is the greatest country that God ever created"
the letter:
Mr Hannity,
I wonder about statements about God as they pertain to a particular country. As a man of faith I wonder how you can invoke the statement that God created a country and the values it has. God created the world, the people in it, and everything about it. To believe that God has segregated our planet into groups that he shines on based purely on the borders that people have created, is insulting. That suggestion insinuates that God looks past my country, Canada, while overseeing Alaska. He is not a tool in your marketing, nor is God biased towards political parties, amendments, or foreign policy. I know that you take your faith very serious, but statements like that are removed from the teaching of the bible and the Lords message.
"You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name."
But I didn't send it. Most of it represents me as a church going Christian, and I'm not. I already break most of the ten commandments, but I'm trying not lie. Much. Anymore.
But I figured that since he has a show where he can blatantly say that God favours countries, that I should reply on a blog read by my sister. So take that asshole!!!
My question(s) is this;
Do these nice church going people that show up at my door at 9:30am on a Saturday think that I've never heard of this "Christianity stuff"? I mean I'm a 35 yr old man. I haven't grown up in the woods!! I don't need you coming up to me to tell me something that I already know about. I mean I drove by the fucking church on my way home. It's a little pushy for me. When I'm on my way home from a bar I don't knock on YOUR door to tell you about Vodka. Maybe I should.
See, I'm all for religion. If that's, your thing do it. If it's not hurting people, do it. My problem with organized religion is that the rules haven't changed in like.......2008 years! I mean c'mon. A few simple updates.
You can't say that marriage is the union between a man and woman under God until death, then allow people to get divorced. (trust me I'm pro divorce) I just don't understand why the language, "til death do you part" has less weight then, " a man and a woman". Wouldn't the binding contract with you and God be more important than you and another person? If God is all seeing, omnipotent, and created everything, wouldn't that include homosexuals, Arabs, and liberals. Wouldn't he have created the doctors that perform abortions, as well as the mothers that chose it? Maybe I think that God is tolerant of everyone......
As for politics, the USA provides some real entertainment. I am concerned for anybody who has to sift through this shit for their leaders. It never seems that there is someone to choose anymore, there's only someone not to choose. Both candidates pander to anyone and everyone, all the while telling you why not to vote for the other guy. I wonder how the loser could even show their face when this is done. The economy is shit, two wars, scandals, lies, broken promises and all they can talk about is religion. That's fucked up. Obama doesn't wear a pin and they label him anti-American. McCain goes to POW camp as a kid and he's too American. The real disturbing thing is the candidates faith is what is deemed most important. Yet they're both church going Christians. And their respected parties attempt to expose the secular aspects of each others religion in order to get more votes. Wouldn't that be misusing the name of the Lord? While these attack ads refer to Obama as a terrorist, or secret Muslim, aren't the people behind them creating a false idol?
Elections are supposed to unite people, and give them a fair piece in the puzzle of democracy. What will John McCain say to those people that have said "Terrorist", or "Kill him" at his rallies, because of his campaign. Are they to be expected to drop the subject if Obama becomes the president? The USA needs leadership, it needs to be what we all strive to be , hate, or envy. It has been years since they've had that, and it might be more still. If Sean Hannity is right, and God does favour certain places more than others, I'm sure he's watching with a close eye on the election. I just hope he's got scotch......I just ran out.
No religion, No politics!
These are things that we are told not to bring up when drinking, because it's way to easy to disagree. People fight all the time about religion and politics. I'm no different.
So just after my last scotch (five minutes ago) I decided to write a letter to an American pundit known as Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity oftens says, "America is the greatest country that God ever created"
the letter:
Mr Hannity,
I wonder about statements about God as they pertain to a particular country. As a man of faith I wonder how you can invoke the statement that God created a country and the values it has. God created the world, the people in it, and everything about it. To believe that God has segregated our planet into groups that he shines on based purely on the borders that people have created, is insulting. That suggestion insinuates that God looks past my country, Canada, while overseeing Alaska. He is not a tool in your marketing, nor is God biased towards political parties, amendments, or foreign policy. I know that you take your faith very serious, but statements like that are removed from the teaching of the bible and the Lords message.
"You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name."
But I didn't send it. Most of it represents me as a church going Christian, and I'm not. I already break most of the ten commandments, but I'm trying not lie. Much. Anymore.
But I figured that since he has a show where he can blatantly say that God favours countries, that I should reply on a blog read by my sister. So take that asshole!!!
My question(s) is this;
Do these nice church going people that show up at my door at 9:30am on a Saturday think that I've never heard of this "Christianity stuff"? I mean I'm a 35 yr old man. I haven't grown up in the woods!! I don't need you coming up to me to tell me something that I already know about. I mean I drove by the fucking church on my way home. It's a little pushy for me. When I'm on my way home from a bar I don't knock on YOUR door to tell you about Vodka. Maybe I should.
See, I'm all for religion. If that's, your thing do it. If it's not hurting people, do it. My problem with organized religion is that the rules haven't changed in like.......2008 years! I mean c'mon. A few simple updates.
You can't say that marriage is the union between a man and woman under God until death, then allow people to get divorced. (trust me I'm pro divorce) I just don't understand why the language, "til death do you part" has less weight then, " a man and a woman". Wouldn't the binding contract with you and God be more important than you and another person? If God is all seeing, omnipotent, and created everything, wouldn't that include homosexuals, Arabs, and liberals. Wouldn't he have created the doctors that perform abortions, as well as the mothers that chose it? Maybe I think that God is tolerant of everyone......
As for politics, the USA provides some real entertainment. I am concerned for anybody who has to sift through this shit for their leaders. It never seems that there is someone to choose anymore, there's only someone not to choose. Both candidates pander to anyone and everyone, all the while telling you why not to vote for the other guy. I wonder how the loser could even show their face when this is done. The economy is shit, two wars, scandals, lies, broken promises and all they can talk about is religion. That's fucked up. Obama doesn't wear a pin and they label him anti-American. McCain goes to POW camp as a kid and he's too American. The real disturbing thing is the candidates faith is what is deemed most important. Yet they're both church going Christians. And their respected parties attempt to expose the secular aspects of each others religion in order to get more votes. Wouldn't that be misusing the name of the Lord? While these attack ads refer to Obama as a terrorist, or secret Muslim, aren't the people behind them creating a false idol?
Elections are supposed to unite people, and give them a fair piece in the puzzle of democracy. What will John McCain say to those people that have said "Terrorist", or "Kill him" at his rallies, because of his campaign. Are they to be expected to drop the subject if Obama becomes the president? The USA needs leadership, it needs to be what we all strive to be , hate, or envy. It has been years since they've had that, and it might be more still. If Sean Hannity is right, and God does favour certain places more than others, I'm sure he's watching with a close eye on the election. I just hope he's got scotch......I just ran out.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
90210
So last night I happened to watch the 90210 TV show. Other than having to be told what the eff was going on (like the original) it seemed....I'm not going to lie. Brutal!! ( like the original)
That's a little unfair considering that I never watched the original. I never had cable as a kid and there is a shitload of things that I know nothing about. I didn't know that Charles was in charge, or what tied the Family, or even who was the boss. Uncable in the 80's, in Canada meant that we had CBC ( for hockey and Anne of green gables) and whatever local channel was available. The only thing that I watched as a kid was three's company. Long after it was cancelled. Nothin like a bunch of stereotypical gay jokes!! Anyway I liked it out of convenience. And John Ritter was a genius.
The first time that I saw 90210 was at a friends house and I was very dissapointed. Not just because it involved a bunch of characters that I couldn't relate to but, it was a bucnh of characters that I couldn't relate to. Not long ago on an American website they posed the question, "What are the top ten High School TV shows?"
And who won this battle?
90210
Degrassi Jr High wasn't even on the list!
What the Fuck?
That's the only show ever that showed teenagers as teenagers. ( not to mention that they were played by teenagers. )
I admit that I get really upset about dramatic TV shows at times. I hate it when people say, "you got watch this show, it's so realistic"
You mean like 24? I watched three minutes of the first season, saw that they had a black president. Sure now it a reality now, but back then.
Or Party of Five. How much trama, and bad luck can a group of kids have. Honestly every episode was the end of the world. Parents die, kids an alcoholic, dude gets cancer, etc. C'mon!!!
90210 is the hardest to understand. And the new one has a black guy in it. But of course he's adopted, cause why would a successful black family go to West Beverly. They couldn't stretch it out a little bit. The only way to insert a black kid into the script was if he was adopted by the guy who becomes the principle of the school, blah blah blah blah.
Admittedly I didn't hear much of the dialogue because I was too busy making fun of it. My girlfriend hates watching TV with me.
The worst part of this blog is that I'm currently writing a TV drama.
At least if I think it sucks it might be popular!!
That's a little unfair considering that I never watched the original. I never had cable as a kid and there is a shitload of things that I know nothing about. I didn't know that Charles was in charge, or what tied the Family, or even who was the boss. Uncable in the 80's, in Canada meant that we had CBC ( for hockey and Anne of green gables) and whatever local channel was available. The only thing that I watched as a kid was three's company. Long after it was cancelled. Nothin like a bunch of stereotypical gay jokes!! Anyway I liked it out of convenience. And John Ritter was a genius.
The first time that I saw 90210 was at a friends house and I was very dissapointed. Not just because it involved a bunch of characters that I couldn't relate to but, it was a bucnh of characters that I couldn't relate to. Not long ago on an American website they posed the question, "What are the top ten High School TV shows?"
And who won this battle?
90210
Degrassi Jr High wasn't even on the list!
What the Fuck?
That's the only show ever that showed teenagers as teenagers. ( not to mention that they were played by teenagers. )
I admit that I get really upset about dramatic TV shows at times. I hate it when people say, "you got watch this show, it's so realistic"
You mean like 24? I watched three minutes of the first season, saw that they had a black president. Sure now it a reality now, but back then.
Or Party of Five. How much trama, and bad luck can a group of kids have. Honestly every episode was the end of the world. Parents die, kids an alcoholic, dude gets cancer, etc. C'mon!!!
90210 is the hardest to understand. And the new one has a black guy in it. But of course he's adopted, cause why would a successful black family go to West Beverly. They couldn't stretch it out a little bit. The only way to insert a black kid into the script was if he was adopted by the guy who becomes the principle of the school, blah blah blah blah.
Admittedly I didn't hear much of the dialogue because I was too busy making fun of it. My girlfriend hates watching TV with me.
The worst part of this blog is that I'm currently writing a TV drama.
At least if I think it sucks it might be popular!!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
it's not you, it's me?
I have spent many of nights trying to explain myself to a girl who believes that we were "further along" than we actually were. I have blown plenty of great opportunities to have a healthy relationship, even long lasting friendships. Usually what has gotten in the way is, me. Seriously. It's me! I truly have put myself before almost everyone up until...... four years ago. Some people have crisis at age 30 about proposing, or getting a better job, or finishing school. Not me. I was just becoming a adult.
The previous ten years are ones I'll never forget, and yet I barely remember them at all. I decided that I would never have mid-life crisis, therefore I acted like an idiot in my twenties so I'd be way too fuckin tired when I was forty. No sports car, or hooters waitress fling. Nope. Already done. Well no sports car, but I did......shit I can't remember.
A close friend of mine got married at 23 and I freaked on him. I told him repeatedly how stupid of a mistake it was. I mean how could anyone at that age seriously have the mental capacity to make decisions. It was his life though. You opine, but at the end of the day it's up to each person to make his\her own choices. They wed, he strayed, they divorced. No time to say, "I told you so", but I'm an ego maniac, so I did. I mean when we were kids, we knew right and wrong. We just didn't care. She was pregnant so he did what he thought was right.
I only bring this up because of the massive, overplayed Sarah Palin thingy that is taking place down south. Her daughter is pregnant. And 17. And apparently the baby-daddy is going to pop the question, or already has.(Or so he's been told) Her ultra conservative parents, Gov.Palin, thinks this is great. The campaign is spinning the shit out this as if they're the poster children for the much tauted abstinence program. Except that was to prevent STD's and undesired pregnancy. I guess this is what she wanted. Oh yeah, but she's not married.......
But she will be. So that's okay. For Palin.
Here's what's bothering me. It's okay for her, for her daughter Britsol, for the McCain campaign.
But what about this kid Levi Johnston? This guy's fucked. He can't break up with her now? Even if he didn't want to, how do we know that won't change? When I was eighteen I didn't know what was going on. I'm not sure that I know now!!
I now have two kids and I'm in my thirties. I'm still scared. Now, I've definitely banged more chicks than this dude, and that should freak him out. He's better looking and probably has a better future and he lives in Alaska! The best thing that could happen to this teenager is that McCain loses the election. He can wait and few months, break it off. "It's not you. It the pressure. It's that I'm followed everywhere I go. It's that I can never look at porn, or go to a strip club unless uncle Bush is in town" He could easily live off the money he'll get from all kinds of newspapers, and books, maybe a made for TV movie. (I'm already writing a first draft) Poor fucker. Remember how hard it was to break up with that first person that thought you'd be with them forever? This bastard has to do it in front of a whole country.
One of the most damaging statments that has been spouted over the past few days is Sarah Palin saying that it was her daughters *decision to keep the baby, and wed Levi.
Not his, not the state, not god.
"We're proud of Bristol's *decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."
Decision? I thought she didn't believe in women making decisions about their own bodies?
It seems weird that same people that believe in abstinence, believe that it okay not to follow the rule of abstinence as long as they get married. Even though their religous beliefs clearly state that they shouldn't break that pledge UNTIL they're married. But it okay because that makes them Pro-Life, even though it was her choice to have the baby and marry long before either one of these two chess pieces are allowed to vote. So by that logic they can't even roe through this shit, they have to Wade in it( I'm funny)
Are you telling me that Sarah Palin isn't even mad that her daughter disobeyed her? I mean what kind of parent isn't just a little pissed that her daughter was bent over the sofa with some red-neck down the street. Not to mention that he's a hockey player. That makes her a puck bunny!!!
Are we going to hear form Levi Johnston, or his parents? Wouldn't it be great to find out that Levi's parents are pro-choice, anti-gun, condom loving environmentalist. Dad's a vegan hippie and mom's a nurse in a woman's shelter.
Maybe it's just me
*Main Entry: decision
Part of Speech: noun
Synonyms: adjudication, agreement, choice, conclusion,
The previous ten years are ones I'll never forget, and yet I barely remember them at all. I decided that I would never have mid-life crisis, therefore I acted like an idiot in my twenties so I'd be way too fuckin tired when I was forty. No sports car, or hooters waitress fling. Nope. Already done. Well no sports car, but I did......shit I can't remember.
A close friend of mine got married at 23 and I freaked on him. I told him repeatedly how stupid of a mistake it was. I mean how could anyone at that age seriously have the mental capacity to make decisions. It was his life though. You opine, but at the end of the day it's up to each person to make his\her own choices. They wed, he strayed, they divorced. No time to say, "I told you so", but I'm an ego maniac, so I did. I mean when we were kids, we knew right and wrong. We just didn't care. She was pregnant so he did what he thought was right.
I only bring this up because of the massive, overplayed Sarah Palin thingy that is taking place down south. Her daughter is pregnant. And 17. And apparently the baby-daddy is going to pop the question, or already has.(Or so he's been told) Her ultra conservative parents, Gov.Palin, thinks this is great. The campaign is spinning the shit out this as if they're the poster children for the much tauted abstinence program. Except that was to prevent STD's and undesired pregnancy. I guess this is what she wanted. Oh yeah, but she's not married.......
But she will be. So that's okay. For Palin.
Here's what's bothering me. It's okay for her, for her daughter Britsol, for the McCain campaign.
But what about this kid Levi Johnston? This guy's fucked. He can't break up with her now? Even if he didn't want to, how do we know that won't change? When I was eighteen I didn't know what was going on. I'm not sure that I know now!!
I now have two kids and I'm in my thirties. I'm still scared. Now, I've definitely banged more chicks than this dude, and that should freak him out. He's better looking and probably has a better future and he lives in Alaska! The best thing that could happen to this teenager is that McCain loses the election. He can wait and few months, break it off. "It's not you. It the pressure. It's that I'm followed everywhere I go. It's that I can never look at porn, or go to a strip club unless uncle Bush is in town" He could easily live off the money he'll get from all kinds of newspapers, and books, maybe a made for TV movie. (I'm already writing a first draft) Poor fucker. Remember how hard it was to break up with that first person that thought you'd be with them forever? This bastard has to do it in front of a whole country.
One of the most damaging statments that has been spouted over the past few days is Sarah Palin saying that it was her daughters *decision to keep the baby, and wed Levi.
Not his, not the state, not god.
"We're proud of Bristol's *decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."
Decision? I thought she didn't believe in women making decisions about their own bodies?
It seems weird that same people that believe in abstinence, believe that it okay not to follow the rule of abstinence as long as they get married. Even though their religous beliefs clearly state that they shouldn't break that pledge UNTIL they're married. But it okay because that makes them Pro-Life, even though it was her choice to have the baby and marry long before either one of these two chess pieces are allowed to vote. So by that logic they can't even roe through this shit, they have to Wade in it( I'm funny)
Are you telling me that Sarah Palin isn't even mad that her daughter disobeyed her? I mean what kind of parent isn't just a little pissed that her daughter was bent over the sofa with some red-neck down the street. Not to mention that he's a hockey player. That makes her a puck bunny!!!
Are we going to hear form Levi Johnston, or his parents? Wouldn't it be great to find out that Levi's parents are pro-choice, anti-gun, condom loving environmentalist. Dad's a vegan hippie and mom's a nurse in a woman's shelter.
Maybe it's just me
*Main Entry: decision
Part of Speech: noun
Synonyms: adjudication, agreement, choice, conclusion,
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
white after labour day?
Yes Yes I know.
I don't know where I've been either. A couple years ago just before my daughter was born I was without out thought for months. It happens to all fathers. Look at Alex Rios this year. He had a terrible start to to the season and no one knows why.
I do.
His girlfriend was pregnant. Even a rich athlete can over think life to the utmost degree while being on the other end of the life cycle. Toronto Maple Leafs fans were carving Brian McCabe into pieces, but he too was waddling into ultrasounds, fearing he had ruined three lives. We all feel it. Men can't help but look inside themselves and wonder why they should be granted fatherhood. Was it the time I drank a can of beer with a cigarette butt in it, or when contemplated masturbation on the 401. Both things weigh heavy on what kind of an asshole will you be when it's time to discipline that little beauty. You think an pro athlete can separate his own activities from the ones of his well-to-do child?
That all being said, my son ####, was born on August 21st.
That wasn't the only reason for my absence, it was mostly laziness. So what has brought me back from my non-blogging coma?
The United States of America!!!!!
I love the US. I love their big cities, their arrogance, and their F#ck you attitude about others. Someone said the great difference between Canada and the US is that we (CAN) are multi-cultural, and they(US) are a melting pot. We allow people to show pride in their heritage, and they say African-American, or Asian American. I love my country as well, but find myself disappointed when we talk about ourselves. Canadian are generally nice, and polite. But we don't show enough national pride. Americans are generally nice, and polite, but brand themselves so deep in pride that it shields everything else. An outsider would not dare question their methods unless they want to fingered "Anti-American". I hate that argument. It's like religion, in the sense that "Gods will" can be the answer to all challenges. Canadians sometimes say "at least we aren't American" as our get out of jail free card. I believe that we need to see the hierarchy with people on the top, then religion, country and political party afterwards. ( in no particular order)
Every four years I follow the insanity that transpires across the border in the poles. Democrat Vs Republican. Right vs Left. And now Black vs white. The lines are drawn so bold that you can't like one and not the other, and I find that weird. One of the problems that I have with religion is that there are a set of rules, and no exceptions. (unless you do something wrong and then you can say sorry and and start again.) I never really had any affinity to any political party growing up, so I was able to make a decision based solely off of my own experience, lifestyle, etc. And I think those should be the criteria. You can't have it both ways, just like religion. You can't be a conservative and not follow the rules of the party. I heard someone say that they chose a candidate( Stephen Harper) because she wanted to rich and felt that the conservative party looked after the wealthy better. The statement bothered me. For a long time. I'm one of those people that remembers certain things and they play back in me head all the time until I figure things out. But I think it bothered me because it was a statement that was made based off a financial future. Maybe it's the baby thing, but I think I'll make my decisions based off of a better future for my children. Whatever the world turns out to be I want them to feel comfortable about it. It was the lifestyle assumptions that go with the party that scared me. Anti- Gay, reversing a long fought and reasonable marijuana law, pro-life, etc. These are all the prerequisites for our American counter parts as well. Same conservatives, just on a bigger scale.
Maybe being a conservative is like being religious. You can preach it, press it on others, and judge those that don't agree, but you don't really have to follow the rules. Unless you get caught breaking one of those rules, then you can say you're sorry and start again.
After all "It's Gods will".
I hope that both our countries can successfully look at it's citizens as people first and their race, creed, color, religion and political party after. If the decisions are made with the human race first, both countries can have true leadership.
For me It just that Black and White.
I don't know where I've been either. A couple years ago just before my daughter was born I was without out thought for months. It happens to all fathers. Look at Alex Rios this year. He had a terrible start to to the season and no one knows why.
I do.
His girlfriend was pregnant. Even a rich athlete can over think life to the utmost degree while being on the other end of the life cycle. Toronto Maple Leafs fans were carving Brian McCabe into pieces, but he too was waddling into ultrasounds, fearing he had ruined three lives. We all feel it. Men can't help but look inside themselves and wonder why they should be granted fatherhood. Was it the time I drank a can of beer with a cigarette butt in it, or when contemplated masturbation on the 401. Both things weigh heavy on what kind of an asshole will you be when it's time to discipline that little beauty. You think an pro athlete can separate his own activities from the ones of his well-to-do child?
That all being said, my son ####, was born on August 21st.
That wasn't the only reason for my absence, it was mostly laziness. So what has brought me back from my non-blogging coma?
The United States of America!!!!!
I love the US. I love their big cities, their arrogance, and their F#ck you attitude about others. Someone said the great difference between Canada and the US is that we (CAN) are multi-cultural, and they(US) are a melting pot. We allow people to show pride in their heritage, and they say African-American, or Asian American. I love my country as well, but find myself disappointed when we talk about ourselves. Canadian are generally nice, and polite. But we don't show enough national pride. Americans are generally nice, and polite, but brand themselves so deep in pride that it shields everything else. An outsider would not dare question their methods unless they want to fingered "Anti-American". I hate that argument. It's like religion, in the sense that "Gods will" can be the answer to all challenges. Canadians sometimes say "at least we aren't American" as our get out of jail free card. I believe that we need to see the hierarchy with people on the top, then religion, country and political party afterwards. ( in no particular order)
Every four years I follow the insanity that transpires across the border in the poles. Democrat Vs Republican. Right vs Left. And now Black vs white. The lines are drawn so bold that you can't like one and not the other, and I find that weird. One of the problems that I have with religion is that there are a set of rules, and no exceptions. (unless you do something wrong and then you can say sorry and and start again.) I never really had any affinity to any political party growing up, so I was able to make a decision based solely off of my own experience, lifestyle, etc. And I think those should be the criteria. You can't have it both ways, just like religion. You can't be a conservative and not follow the rules of the party. I heard someone say that they chose a candidate( Stephen Harper) because she wanted to rich and felt that the conservative party looked after the wealthy better. The statement bothered me. For a long time. I'm one of those people that remembers certain things and they play back in me head all the time until I figure things out. But I think it bothered me because it was a statement that was made based off a financial future. Maybe it's the baby thing, but I think I'll make my decisions based off of a better future for my children. Whatever the world turns out to be I want them to feel comfortable about it. It was the lifestyle assumptions that go with the party that scared me. Anti- Gay, reversing a long fought and reasonable marijuana law, pro-life, etc. These are all the prerequisites for our American counter parts as well. Same conservatives, just on a bigger scale.
Maybe being a conservative is like being religious. You can preach it, press it on others, and judge those that don't agree, but you don't really have to follow the rules. Unless you get caught breaking one of those rules, then you can say you're sorry and start again.
After all "It's Gods will".
I hope that both our countries can successfully look at it's citizens as people first and their race, creed, color, religion and political party after. If the decisions are made with the human race first, both countries can have true leadership.
For me It just that Black and White.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Man's best friend
For quit a while now I have been against "rap\hip-hop" of this new generation. It really pisses me off. In the old days you would call a woman a hoe, your friend a nigga, and bitch about being poor. Now a days it's "I'm richer than you, I'll always be richer than you, I'm rich." What happened to the art of hip hop? When the godfathers of this movement started I doubt this is what they had in mind. Some songs only consist of giving props to those that influenced them. Who's the genius producer on that one? Can you imagine if every other genre of music did the same thing. Garth brooks screaming out and what up to Johnny cash or Kelly Clarkson sayin this if for my bitch Celine Dion. Actually that would be funny, but come on. Anybody who doesn't think that most of the hip hop today isn't just as manufactured as Britney Spears.....probably won't read this.(or anything. Pull up your pants!) But whatever. I fell in love with rap because of the freedom to speak. The stories of survival, and the truth of the streets. I have a hard time thinking that Fiddy has any idea what that's like anymore considering that he lives in Connecticut. 
I don't doubt that his life was crime filled and scary, but now that he dines at five star restaurants and is covered from head to toe in diamonds, I feel he's just stickin it to the rest of us. And maybe he deserves to, but it doesn't mean I'm buying that piece of shit album of his. ( I will download it illegally though) Maybe if these asshole didn't flaunt how much money they have, or pretend to have, I would pay for this shit. But I don't.
I don't doubt that his life was crime filled and scary, but now that he dines at five star restaurants and is covered from head to toe in diamonds, I feel he's just stickin it to the rest of us. And maybe he deserves to, but it doesn't mean I'm buying that piece of shit album of his. ( I will download it illegally though) Maybe if these asshole didn't flaunt how much money they have, or pretend to have, I would pay for this shit. But I don't. *keys to the rap video-
-Fancy rented cars
-Scantly clad women dancing like strippers
-throw money at the camera
-strip club\pool\beach\boat on the ocean
-ridiculously sized pendant on chain the size of my wrist
-"act gangsta" no matter where your from
Does anybody else want to push over every kid you see with his pants hanging down? Or a spray painted shirt? Why would anyone buy gigantic fake jewelry? Gangs aren't cool. I saw a kid the other day wearing a Tupac shirt. And he was like ten. If your going to have a hero maybe you should pick one that didn't get gunned down before he was thirty! I'm just sayin. I some times wonder if some of these fools wouldn't like to get shot just to sell more CDs.
It would be nice if there was someone trying to make a album that included a positive message of some sort. Maybe talk about not wanting to shoot, or be shot? Just a thought. Gun violence in a civilized world is embarrassing. This isn't about food, tyranny or water supply. It is about 
credibility. It is about reputation. It's bull shit. Icecube has a a song on the epic album Death Certificate* called, Man's best friend, comparing owning a dog to a gun. In America the gun wins.
credibility. It is about reputation. It's bull shit. Icecube has a a song on the epic album Death Certificate* called, Man's best friend, comparing owning a dog to a gun. In America the gun wins.There is nothing cool about guns. I understand the use of them in movies, and I myself have written parts with guns. That's fantasy. The only people that think the image of the gangsta look is cool, are the other people with the gangsta look. Lame! You can't live in a rich suburbs and be a gangsta. You can't drive around in your Dad's BMW and be a gangsta. And by the way why? if you want wear a camo jacket and act tough join the fucking army you pussy, and go to Afghanistan. If you want to portray an image of a people that die at an early age, may I suggest dressing like an Iraqi. A quick note- If you're going to wear a fur coat because you think it's tha bomb, make sure it's a mans' fur and not my grandmas.
Those of you who live in Toronto and surrounding areas than you know how important it is to stop gun violence in this country. I am completely anti-gun. This does not mean that all of you that take an unloaded rifle in your truck, and go hunting. Although you scare the piss out me I don't mean you. I mean the people that keep sawed off shotguns in their cars. People that have a hand gun of any kind. "well I like to go to the range." So leave it there. Or in your trunk. How do you think that couple in the states feel now that there 1yr old daughter shot herself? How's their protection plan going? Nobody thinks leaving a heroin filled needle around the house is a good idea. I hope.
I can't understand why people don't want guns to be registered. I guess I don't see the big deal. If I owned something that could kill someone, or something, I don't think that I would have a problem with registering with the gov't. Some believe that the undesirables will find a way no matter what, so what's the difference. Okay. Why have a speed limit, people will just speed anyway. There is a paragraph on http://www.gunregistration.org/ that states:
Gun owners are worried that total gun registration will eventually lead to the disarming of the people and cite the Nazi disarming of the Jews after gun registration became law in Germany. They also cite examples from Great Britain saying that after gun registration became law, different kinds of guns will gradually be outlawed until no one will be allowed to own a gun of any kind.
By the way I love the fact that we can use the Nazis as an example every time we don't like something. You know who else believed in global warming, the Nazis. I guess I don't fully understand this quote, because I don't see what's wrong with not have any guns. I'm an idiot I guess. At least I don't have my pants hanging low, with an over sized painted shirt, like the Nazis. We have to get over this obsession with firearms. It's not your friend. It's not your penis. It won't make you cool. You want chicks to like you, get a fucking dog!
But for Christ sake walk him!!
You Canadians can make a difference
* - one of the best rap albums of all time!!
P.S.- To all of you who voted for Harper because you're a capitalist, and want to be rich, and feel that the conservative gov't has you in mind, you'd better be a straight, gun owning, anti-pot, pro abortion, Christian. And you need better job if I know you!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Women....
I know that people have read the book men are from Venus... and, He's just not that into you. I haven't. I don't read, I write. People think that's weird, but I don't have time read a book and try and write one. And I'm really lazy. Whatever. But something funny happened the other day when I was talking to a girl friend of mine. She had recently split from a long term boyfriend and asked me why men(either her ex or a new boy) were so deep. So many mind games? Why did guys do things that had so many undertones, ulterior motives, and complicated. What? "Is this how women think?" I replied. "Still" I think it's cute. I love the fact that so many women out there give us so much undeserved credit. It's refreshing. So I told her what I know. What I know about women in particular. The secret that too many women don't know, and what all guys think that you should already. If you are a female you might want to sit down( if you're not already) If your a guy you probably stopped reading once you realized that it wasn't about sports, porn or fighting.
Ready......
We're not that smart.
There, I said. It's true. We don't know shit. We can't think that far into the future to create a scenerio where we are trying to get a point across, unless it has to do with playoff spots. When you ask what we're thinking and we say nothing, we're not being deep, or difficult, or introspective. We're thinking nothing. We don't have relationship agendas except maybe thinking about who we would sleep with if we had the chance. Left alone to our own thoughts it sports, porn, XBOX 360, and porn. Not in that order. Porn's usually first and third. It's very flattering that you think that we're that deep. That you think that there is some other message behind, "I'll call you later". Sadly there isn't. Sadly our brain capacity does not comprehend thoughts on that level unless it involves pinch hitting in the eigth against a lefty on the road. Then we can dig into that vat of knowledge that is baseball probabilities. (Blue Jays lefties only hit about .256 with runners in scoring postion last year while pinch hitting) Other than that I know nothing about saying the right thing. Usually I answer with "I know" when T says I love you. I'm an idiot. I often argue that I love hockey and it would be unfair to hockey to put her in the same category. I think I'm pretty funny. Few around here agree.
So to all of you beautiful women that think we've got some plan, or thought, or motives, or anything other than the immediate future, or ridiculous probabilities. (If the Blue jays were in the AL Central how many years would we have made the playoffs?) I thank you. I thank you so much in giving me and men everywhere credit that we clearly do not deserve. I hope that one day we can rise up and give you the respect, love and.....
what's that?
Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game.....
I'll be right back
Ready......
We're not that smart.
There, I said. It's true. We don't know shit. We can't think that far into the future to create a scenerio where we are trying to get a point across, unless it has to do with playoff spots. When you ask what we're thinking and we say nothing, we're not being deep, or difficult, or introspective. We're thinking nothing. We don't have relationship agendas except maybe thinking about who we would sleep with if we had the chance. Left alone to our own thoughts it sports, porn, XBOX 360, and porn. Not in that order. Porn's usually first and third. It's very flattering that you think that we're that deep. That you think that there is some other message behind, "I'll call you later". Sadly there isn't. Sadly our brain capacity does not comprehend thoughts on that level unless it involves pinch hitting in the eigth against a lefty on the road. Then we can dig into that vat of knowledge that is baseball probabilities. (Blue Jays lefties only hit about .256 with runners in scoring postion last year while pinch hitting) Other than that I know nothing about saying the right thing. Usually I answer with "I know" when T says I love you. I'm an idiot. I often argue that I love hockey and it would be unfair to hockey to put her in the same category. I think I'm pretty funny. Few around here agree.
So to all of you beautiful women that think we've got some plan, or thought, or motives, or anything other than the immediate future, or ridiculous probabilities. (If the Blue jays were in the AL Central how many years would we have made the playoffs?) I thank you. I thank you so much in giving me and men everywhere credit that we clearly do not deserve. I hope that one day we can rise up and give you the respect, love and.....
what's that?
Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game.....
I'll be right back
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
and another thing
It hasn't been one day since getting back into the swing of blogging and already I'm annoyed with the world. It's a wonder how I was able to take so much time off in the first place. Sure enough the world has continued to puzzle me. The people inhabiting this little marble throw me for a loop all the time. I sometimes hope that there isn't anything else in the universe, because by the time aliens make contact we're gonna look like a bunch of fools. How do we explain ourselves to others? To our children?Are we destroying the planet? When an ice shelf the size of Connecticut breaks off of Antarctica, should I conserve water? When a woman leaves her baby in the car so that she can go into a casino and gamble, what's in store for that kids future? Sure it's a strange way to think. Hypotheticals can be difficult. Except the casino thing, that really happened. When I used to smoke I wondered what I was going to say to my daughter when she got older. A week went by, then a month. I hadn't come up with anything yet. What do you say? We all know it's wrong, it's bad for you and honestly doesn't taste all that great. I couldn't think of anything....so I quit! I wasn't going to smoke in the car anyway. Or in front of her. Or in the house. Can't smoke in bars anymore. Where the fuck was going to do it? I couldn't think of a descent excuse on why I killing myself, so I quit. The other day I saw two women smoking in their car with a small child in the back. They had cracked the windows to "protect" the child, I guess. I couldn't help but think, "do they really think that the smoke won't go back there because the windows open an inch?" I wished that I could have sat in the car with them and farted. Yeah, that's right, you can smell it, even with the window cracked! Idiots.
The cover of Vogue magazine has been questioned for it's possible racist connotations. What the fuck? Racist? I sometimes think that when people can break down the background of everything, they are the racists. Some said that it is a depiction of King Kong. Because of the negative stereotype of comparing monkey's to black people, this must equal that Lebron James is a monkey. What? There's also a comment that because Lebron is gripping Gisele.....Brady, it shows an angry black man, I don't know, stealing a white super model? I'm not even sure which is funnier, but I do know that it's far from racist. Lets look at the facts. If every time that we saw a monkey we related it to black people wouldn't that make Planet of the Apes the most racist movie of all times. Even more so than Dumbo. Are they suggesting that Dian Fossey only wanted to date Afro-Americans? Curious George was only being pimped out by the man in the yellow hat? C'mon! For years all I've ever heard is how unrealistic Vogue magazine is, until now? Yeah I'm offended. A young millionaire with a basketball in one hand and beautiful woman in the other is a far-fetched dream, therefore insulting. What's next the quiz inside doesn't actually help me be a better lover, or the diet doesn't work. People, Antarctica is deteriorating, it's been snowing here for three months, and I don't have a real job, can we find something descent to be upset about. For christsake they have a service that will text message love advice for you for $1.00. The worlds falling to shit folks, focus.
And another thing.....Two days ago a prominent basketball player wrote comments on his blog about wanting to drive his car into a pole, or into the river and drown because he wasn't able to play in the game. His doctor felt that his injured knee wasn't healed enough. He said that he felt the same downward feelings, or depression that the rest of us have felt. Of course the car he was driving was probably more expensive than my house. Anyone who knows me knows that all I watch is sports and cartoons. They are the most realistic things on TV. I sometimes think that athletes forget that the rest of don't have the kind of money they have. He got the day off and was freaking out about it. At one point claiming that he would never play for Washington again. When was the last time YOU had to take the day off, got payed millions and had your own shoe? When was the last time YOU had to sit out from work and your biggest concern was what you had to wear while you watched? The so hard done by shit only works for the hard done by. Roger Clemens telling Congress that he feels that he is owed respect for all he's brought to the game. Wasn't he paid a ridiculous amount of money to do so? I hate my fucking job and can't quit, and these pricks live the dream and complain. Fuck off! Next time you feel suicidal, follow through, then you'll be famous forever! They'll retire you number for sure. Agent Zero our Hero.And another thing, why do dudes want to fight? I don't get it. And not just because I don't know
how to. I've worked in bars my whole life, so I've seen enough of them to think that I might know what to do......whatever. I don't want to. Ever! Sure I get upset, sure I want to get out of my car and punch out the guy tailgating me. But I don't. I don't want to get hit and I don't want to hit someone. I've also come to realize that women don't like it. Anyone that thinks that they're going to get some because their fighting, you're wrong. Over the years I've come to the conclusion that most fights happen because the hyped up bravado of the male isn't satisfied by a girl, therefore they must let out the aggression on a man. Very homoerotic. When I was young I didn't use, this bar has no skanks, as a reason to knuckle-up. It's a lack of confidence if you ask me. I don't know how to talk to girls, I'm with a bunch of guys, I feel awkward,...... that guy's looking at me funny. That's the best line. What are you looking at? Now if you are going to fight someone let me give you some advice. First of all leave the bar. Go around the corner. People don't actually do this because they don't want to fight and if you're in a crowd it will end fast. Argue, sucker punch, bouncers jump on your head, brag to friends. You'd be surprised how many people won't leave, because they're scared. Second, fight one on one. Don't jump one guy, don't gang up, face it like a man. Third, pull up your pants. I'm just going to step on the sagging crotch of you over sized pants and push you on your ass. If you want to emulate you favourite rapper, remember that's just an image. Your fake watch, ring, earrings, and iced up necklace is going to lose all those faux diamonds. Finally the basketball punch,( swing when subject isn't looking, then run backwards as far as possible) isn't going to work.
how to. I've worked in bars my whole life, so I've seen enough of them to think that I might know what to do......whatever. I don't want to. Ever! Sure I get upset, sure I want to get out of my car and punch out the guy tailgating me. But I don't. I don't want to get hit and I don't want to hit someone. I've also come to realize that women don't like it. Anyone that thinks that they're going to get some because their fighting, you're wrong. Over the years I've come to the conclusion that most fights happen because the hyped up bravado of the male isn't satisfied by a girl, therefore they must let out the aggression on a man. Very homoerotic. When I was young I didn't use, this bar has no skanks, as a reason to knuckle-up. It's a lack of confidence if you ask me. I don't know how to talk to girls, I'm with a bunch of guys, I feel awkward,...... that guy's looking at me funny. That's the best line. What are you looking at? Now if you are going to fight someone let me give you some advice. First of all leave the bar. Go around the corner. People don't actually do this because they don't want to fight and if you're in a crowd it will end fast. Argue, sucker punch, bouncers jump on your head, brag to friends. You'd be surprised how many people won't leave, because they're scared. Second, fight one on one. Don't jump one guy, don't gang up, face it like a man. Third, pull up your pants. I'm just going to step on the sagging crotch of you over sized pants and push you on your ass. If you want to emulate you favourite rapper, remember that's just an image. Your fake watch, ring, earrings, and iced up necklace is going to lose all those faux diamonds. Finally the basketball punch,( swing when subject isn't looking, then run backwards as far as possible) isn't going to work. Yeah basketball has pissed me off this week!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Hello again
Wow. What a terrible couple of weeks off.
I know, I know, I've been slacking. I don't really have any excuse either. I mean I have been just as annoyed with everything, I just haven't found the time to write it down. Truthfully it has been the weather. If you live in the southern Ontario area, or close to it then you know what I'm talking about. Even today they've called for frost and snow and already March....something. It's ridiculous! I stopped shoveling my driveway about a month and a half ago. Mostly because I tore up my shoulder ripping the steering wheel out of my car. Some asshole ran a red light a while back and smashed right into me. The worst part was that it was ten in the morning and I was half asleep. Jack-ass! Meanwhile my neighbours are giving me stink eye for not doing it, but what can I do? Tam can't do it because she's too fat.....what? Oh yeah, she's pregnant. Great another kid to disrupt my XBOX time. She claims it's mine but we'll wait and see what Maury Povich has to say. I mean our first looks nothing like me.
Then came my pitch to see if someone would like to produce my TV show for the food network. Good News!!!
They haven't returned my call. They say no news is good news.
Wait, who says that. Oh doctors. Great the baby's fine. Tams just ate my piece of Pizza!
That would be a good food network show, preggo's and their appetite!(patent pending)
Then came St.Patrick's day. There's no better way to celebrate the slaughter of St.Patrick then 
with a fist full of Irish Car Bombs! I work in an Irish pub so you can just imagine the fun I had. People drinking all day, not tipping, wanting free stuff, pretending to be Irish(which may or not be a good thing) You wonder if Irish population appreciates that everyone thinks of them as drunks and then emulates them on "their" day. What's next Having a screen door on a submarine on Polish day? Talk with our hands and say forgedaboutit on Italian day? Have a big parade in pink, with ass less chaps on gay pride? Wait scratch that last one. Tam's just made herself an ice cream cone and it's eleven in the morning!
with a fist full of Irish Car Bombs! I work in an Irish pub so you can just imagine the fun I had. People drinking all day, not tipping, wanting free stuff, pretending to be Irish(which may or not be a good thing) You wonder if Irish population appreciates that everyone thinks of them as drunks and then emulates them on "their" day. What's next Having a screen door on a submarine on Polish day? Talk with our hands and say forgedaboutit on Italian day? Have a big parade in pink, with ass less chaps on gay pride? Wait scratch that last one. Tam's just made herself an ice cream cone and it's eleven in the morning!People seem to think that no matter what kind of abuse you take, the money at the end of a bartending shift must be worth it. People helping themselves to change on the bar. Demanding free pints. Telling me that they' are Irish and therefore should be served first. Mocking me and my background while I'm serving them. Which is bull shit because I'm half Irish!! I just look Greek. It's not my fault. Maybe when I put tzatziki on everything that's my fault, but whatever. Is all the abuse, idiots and bullshit worth the money that we make as bartenders? Yes. Most of the time. But when it rains assholes, it pours quarters.
Easter. No better way to celebrate the beating, then death, then resurrection of Jesus, than with a giant bunny giving away chocolate. WTF. I've never really gotten it and I still don't. On the way to the "in-laws" I saw a a group of people carrying a giant cross down the street. The first thing I think is holy shit it's the KKK. Apparently it was just a church group. Still when you're a half black, half Irish guy in a small northern town, and people carrying a cross, you start drinking! Mostly because your Irish and that's apparently the way you deal. I could've sworn that I saw one of them with a jerry can of gas, but it may have been a purse. Whatever. Back to Jesus. If you got crucified and then reborn, wouldn't you consider that your birthday. I mean Christmas is fun but you came back to life! Where did the rabbit come from? I can't see the connection. Tam's is eating a chocolate bunny I traded her for her fun dip. Remember Fun Dip!!
Finally the first day of spring came and went and nobody noticed, because everyone's freezing their balls off. All of those people that think that global warming is a joke are laughing loudly, but I think that they're being a little literal. I you think we aren't destroying the planet on a daily basis, then fire up you car in the garage and sit by the tail pipe. ( don't actually do that) It's earth month or something so do your part. Conserve energy by sitting in the dark, not bathing and recycling everything you can. I suggest living with a pregnant girl who will finish off all left over food.
No Tams, that chocolate still has the the foil on it......
P.S.- It would have been my Mother's 58th birthday this past week, so when you look up to the moon and smile, and she'll smile back. I miss you!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
the oscar goes to......
Yeah, yeah, I know. I've taken like a week off from ranting and raving about the world. I'm back. I'd blame the Oscars, but unfourtunatly I didn't get to watch them. Not true. I watched them from behind the bar that I work at. Jon Stewart's jokes just arent' the same when you're reading the close captioning and the moment is long past. The people eating thought I was crazy, snickering as they're going to commercial. So many don't care about the show. One guy ask when the Academy Awards were. I said they're the same thing, he replied I don't care, I watch hockey. You can watch both. I mean it's not like they're conflicting in some way. I suppose that the rednecks of the suburbs are afraid that if you like movies, ergo the you like the Oscars, you must be gay. Okay! But when I explain that watching a UFC match is homo-erotic everyone at the bar thinks I'm crazy. Meanwhile all I hear is dudes telling other dudes that the dude on TV has a great body. Whatever?
Now, I love the Oscars. After all, I want to win one. I guess it's difficult for people whose jobs don't have a showcase with awards. There's no plumbers ball. There's no carpenters grammy's. Art is usually an internal struggle and artist usually needs acknowledgement from other artist. And don't think that it's easy. Forget about the fact that "breaking in" to the film world can be very difficult. Or that there are tons of politics behind the nominations. In the end all you want is that little statue. Plus it's art and how do you rate art? Especially against each other. Is it fair to say that Al Pacino was better in Scent of a Woman than Robert Downey Jr in Chaplin? I don't know. I know that Pacino was awesome in Scarface, and Dog Day Afternoon. He probably should have won for those. Or Paul Newman's eight nominations without a win, and then he doesn't show up and BOOM, he wins. For years it seemed that the Oscars were making up for the mistakes of the past. Was it a coincidence that Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Sidney Poitier all one in 2001, or was the academy making up for the neglecting black actors for the previous 70 years. (cliche time) It's just an honor to be nominated. I wasn't.
Monday, February 18, 2008
And then there's.....
Less than a week ago I found myself doing something embarassing. I was alone. It was in the morning. And the TV was on. It was the congressional hearing, featuring Roger Clemens. Brutal. I guess they hadn't noticed that their country has few other problems, and their time could be spent better doing.......something. They got war, economic crisis, and gay penguins! Recently, some congressman want to look into the NFL, and some shit that took place years ago. Money well spent that commitee. I think I get it, Lee Harvey Oswald worked alone, but the The NE Patriots are part of a conspiracy. So I decided that I would ask them to look into a couple of oddities in the world that I've noticed. This is the letter I've decided to send to Henry Waxman.
Dear Congress,
I assume that you are taking ideas and letters from anyone so I've decided to ask for a hearing of my own. It ranges from many subjects, many people, and many outcomes that have affected young children and immature adults alike. First of all I am Canadian. I live in Toronto, Ontario and currently drinking alone in my home. As a Canadian, I feel a part of the American struggle as much as you. Without the guilt of Iraqis dying. Normally I wouldn't find myself watching a congressional hearing( because I wouldn't know how), but when my beloved Blue Jays were mentioned along with suspected cheater Clemens I had to watch. And it was on the TV at my work. On behalf of all Canadians I wish that you would refer to the Blue Jays as back-to-back world series winners when you mention them. After all they were. Many visitors to our fine city from the US don't know that. Canada is quite often a punch line, or the place to blame so you can imagine that we're not to happy that Roger is being investigated while donning a Jays uniform. As if Ben Johnson( 1988 100meter* runner stripped of his Olympic gold for steroids) wasn't enough. Then Bertuzzi hit that Harvard kid. It would be nice if we were looked apon with a good light. Maybe mention two-time MVP Steve Nash every once in a while.
There is a way that you could right the wrong of Roger Clemens for everyone in Toronto though, and it involves hockey. In 1993 Wayne Gretzky high sticked (which is illegal in hockey) Doug Gilmour of the Toronto Maple leafs and NO PENALTY WAS CALLED! This seems right up your guys alley. After all Wayne was playing with the Los Angeles Kings and your from California. Whether you're a fan or not, the truth must come out. Now obviously we can't go back in time and change the outcome of the game(pay attention Congressman Spector!), but what we would like are some changes in our favour. For instance, you could have all MLSE( Maple Leafs Sport and Entertainment) executives fired. They care more about money than winning. Since you guys are so worried about the integrity of sports, and making sure that people are winning legitimatly, so much so as to waste millions on hearings, this would be perfect. These fat cats don't care at all about letting this storied franchise swirl down the toilet. I do. Yet all I can do is boo them and call them pathetic. But you can help! There is also a great draft pick that you could give us for our pain.
And then there's this gay penguins thing. Now I'm not going to be one of these foreigners telling you that your education system is inferior to ours. Or that spending money on Baseball players(that are millionaire) getting called in front of your committee (also very rich people) is futile. But a controversy over a childrens book about two male parents raising and baby penguin is too much. Gay penguins, only in New York! There are so many things to worry about, I wonder if this should be one them . Perhaps if you bring the people that want this book banned in front of your commitee and grill them about their homophobic, twisted version of this award winning book that they saw. I saw a loving story about parenthood. These people saw March of the Brokeback Happy Feet. Are these people even allowed to black list books? Maybe that Paperclips school should give them a lesson on intolerance? By the way Paperclips, great movie!!
And then there's this whole Britney Spears thing. I mean come on. If you guys are worried about the impact that drugs in sports are having on the children what about this train wreck? I'm sure that you guys can bring the entire paparazzi in front of your committee. That dude, her ex-manager, her mom, her dad, her missing panties and lets not forget her underage, pregnant sister. Not that K-Fed guy though, he suddenly seems normal. These magazine racks a flooded with rumours. and making a fortune. Is she crazy, on drugs, or just the poor white trash that everyone thought she was?(it's the latter) You can get to the bottom of this, right? Hearings, interviews on Larry King. Heck, she's one of your constituents, isn't she? Her approval rating is higher than the presidents. (and congress) She rich, and somebody there would probably like her autograph. Finally we can get to the truth about her acting out. Oh my god, what if shes was on HGH? She had that violent outrage against a car, she shaved her head(so did Clemens), and there are repeated pictures of her looking "drugged up". If you think about it there are a lot people that you could bring up before your group and question, at length about their personal lives. And it is within you rights. Sure it's your tax payers money, sure an unpopular war is bankrupting your country, sure nothing will come from these hearings legally, but you did get on mainstream TV. I learned your name and watched for three hours. I even missed Rachael Ray for it. And I thank you. (* 1 meter = 39.37 inches)
sincerely
Clayton Magnet
P.S.- What is Congress suppose to do?
Who investigates congress for wasting peoples time?
Saturday, February 16, 2008
WTF
I'm confused.
I've spent the past few days reading about some horrors of the world and again I am questioning what we are doing. I know that I get all worked up about things and sometime they don't make for funny stories. Thay can't all be funny!
If you know me you'll know that I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in violence to resolve a problem. What's the point. I'm also anti-war. Any war, not just Iraq. Armed conflict frightens me. It's not just the people involved, it's the crumbling social fabric. It's the preteens with AK-47s. I feel that there is too much selfishness that is involved. When I was young I had a couple friends that were known to get into fights at bars. generally they had no purpose. Generally they had no begining, and when it was over nothing was resolved. I see the same comparisons with international conflicts. Iraq was the guy across the bar that was looking this was funny. The U.S. had heard that he did some bad shit before. U.S. don't like the way he's treating his girlfriend(the oil fields) and have decided half drunk to handle it in his own way. Be the hero. Months before some other dudes had violated his girl(twin towers) and this guy kinda looks like him. Vengance! Before you know it they're wrassling. Uncanny. While researching how big of a loser Bill O'Reilly is I found that clip of him on Dave Letterman talking about Iraq. He admits that they made a mistake with the WMD's but now had to stay and fix the mistake. Of course never really saying that it was a mistake. If I ran a red light, because I thought it was green, I don't beat the shit out of the people in the other car that I hit while apologizing! Enough with that.
I've said before that there is a fundemental difference between Canadians and Americans. At the root we are different people. Which is strange because of our proximity. Despite the amount of times we are the punchline in one of their jokes, we truly care about our neighbors. We watch the news of their struggles and weep. We thank God it's not us, but we weep. On Thursday the U.S.,specifically Northern Illinois suffered a terrible tragedy. And our hearts go out to everyone touched by this. Then something happens, we reflect on ourselves for a moment and say why? I watched the news conference when the police had mentioned the response time, and the admiral job that the force had done. (a job that I'm way too much of a chicken to ever do!) And I agreed.
They talked about the bravery, and courage. I agreed. They talked about it being an unforseen tragedy. I disagreed. I can conceed that the act was premeditated, and heinous, but I can't definitively say it was unforseeable. The moment that you make guns available, and readily available you should expect violent crimes. It fits with every other realm. B.C. grows a lot of pot, ergo you have a lot of pot smokers. If you sell Heroin, you should expect that people will overdose and die. That is the result of the product. Smokers get cancer, Heroin users die, or contract blood disorders, people with guns kill people. It's a guns only purpose. Isn't it? At least heroin can be used medicinally, so can pot. It kinda funny that the U.S. is more concerned with Mark Emery(aka-the prince of Pot) then gun control. Because it's their Right! Right! What a
great excuse. However when we, Canada, decided that it was our right to smoke pot they sent the DEA up here to stop us. (Good job voting for Harper my pot-head friends.) Why did we allow their government to step in and judge us? Yet when we dissagree with something that they are doing(Iraq) we're anti-American. It's fun double standard.
How long is an amendment going to be seen as humane? It is the right of every citizen to be able to shoot anyone that they feel is infringing on their....what? When they discuss have firearms for personal use, what does that mean? There are no other uses for a firearm then to kill. Is there? (don't fucking say target shooting. Practicing to shoot up your work doesn't count!) I feel sorry for a country that dons a law created in the 1790's. Or the fact that they can see GOD as their own but fail to recognize that the sixth commandment is thou shall not kill! Creating a weopons and selling them in Walmart is going to make it difficult to uphold that one. And it's a Commandment, which I think out does an Amendment. And it's clear!
Bible: Thou shall not kill!
2nd Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Okay?
I've met some people from the U.S. that were visiting Canada for the first time and were shocked that we didn't have guns. One lady from Texas told me that she lived alone and had four guns at her house. So I asked her why. She said, Well, what if someone broke into my house and tried to rape me. What if...?
I hate hypotheticals. It's way to easy to say something stupid.
So I asked her how often that happens where she's from. To her neighbors, surrounding towns, cites, around the state. She didn't know. She remembered that it she had read in the paper that something like that happened once, but years ago. I told her that's the difference. We aren't taught that we are so special that when horrific things happen, they will happen to us. We don't have gated communities. We don't have to pay for our gas upfront. We don't live like that. Sure we have crime, we have assholes with guns. We have wanna-be gangstas that shoot 15 year old girls shopping on Boxing Day. But we're not like them. We don't feel that we should have the right to shoot anyone we want. We don't think that if we are getting mugged at gun point that we should shoot back, we give up our wallet. To paraphrase Marilyn Manson, "the media has made it clear that if you do something big enough you'll be heard. That's why those kids from
Colombline were on the cover of TIME magazine." There is a fantasy that lives in the U.S., that going out in a hail of bullets is cool. If someone's going to shoot me, I'm going to shoot back! I don't want to kill anyone.
I guess that's what confuses me. Does the background check not cover how many other guns you have? Or have recently bought? Is there a limit to the amount you can have? Should there be? They really seem concerned about me when I crossed the border, do they do the same follow up on their own citizens? What purpose other than killing does a gun have? Does the back ground check that you get done not show you are on medication? And shouldn't it? I guess they'd need some sort of national medicare program for that.......don't get me started.
Gun murders 2007
UK - 59
Toronto - 42
US - avg. 81 per day
I've spent the past few days reading about some horrors of the world and again I am questioning what we are doing. I know that I get all worked up about things and sometime they don't make for funny stories. Thay can't all be funny!
If you know me you'll know that I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in violence to resolve a problem. What's the point. I'm also anti-war. Any war, not just Iraq. Armed conflict frightens me. It's not just the people involved, it's the crumbling social fabric. It's the preteens with AK-47s. I feel that there is too much selfishness that is involved. When I was young I had a couple friends that were known to get into fights at bars. generally they had no purpose. Generally they had no begining, and when it was over nothing was resolved. I see the same comparisons with international conflicts. Iraq was the guy across the bar that was looking this was funny. The U.S. had heard that he did some bad shit before. U.S. don't like the way he's treating his girlfriend(the oil fields) and have decided half drunk to handle it in his own way. Be the hero. Months before some other dudes had violated his girl(twin towers) and this guy kinda looks like him. Vengance! Before you know it they're wrassling. Uncanny. While researching how big of a loser Bill O'Reilly is I found that clip of him on Dave Letterman talking about Iraq. He admits that they made a mistake with the WMD's but now had to stay and fix the mistake. Of course never really saying that it was a mistake. If I ran a red light, because I thought it was green, I don't beat the shit out of the people in the other car that I hit while apologizing! Enough with that.
I've said before that there is a fundemental difference between Canadians and Americans. At the root we are different people. Which is strange because of our proximity. Despite the amount of times we are the punchline in one of their jokes, we truly care about our neighbors. We watch the news of their struggles and weep. We thank God it's not us, but we weep. On Thursday the U.S.,specifically Northern Illinois suffered a terrible tragedy. And our hearts go out to everyone touched by this. Then something happens, we reflect on ourselves for a moment and say why? I watched the news conference when the police had mentioned the response time, and the admiral job that the force had done. (a job that I'm way too much of a chicken to ever do!) And I agreed.
They talked about the bravery, and courage. I agreed. They talked about it being an unforseen tragedy. I disagreed. I can conceed that the act was premeditated, and heinous, but I can't definitively say it was unforseeable. The moment that you make guns available, and readily available you should expect violent crimes. It fits with every other realm. B.C. grows a lot of pot, ergo you have a lot of pot smokers. If you sell Heroin, you should expect that people will overdose and die. That is the result of the product. Smokers get cancer, Heroin users die, or contract blood disorders, people with guns kill people. It's a guns only purpose. Isn't it? At least heroin can be used medicinally, so can pot. It kinda funny that the U.S. is more concerned with Mark Emery(aka-the prince of Pot) then gun control. Because it's their Right! Right! What a
great excuse. However when we, Canada, decided that it was our right to smoke pot they sent the DEA up here to stop us. (Good job voting for Harper my pot-head friends.) Why did we allow their government to step in and judge us? Yet when we dissagree with something that they are doing(Iraq) we're anti-American. It's fun double standard.How long is an amendment going to be seen as humane? It is the right of every citizen to be able to shoot anyone that they feel is infringing on their....what? When they discuss have firearms for personal use, what does that mean? There are no other uses for a firearm then to kill. Is there? (don't fucking say target shooting. Practicing to shoot up your work doesn't count!) I feel sorry for a country that dons a law created in the 1790's. Or the fact that they can see GOD as their own but fail to recognize that the sixth commandment is thou shall not kill! Creating a weopons and selling them in Walmart is going to make it difficult to uphold that one. And it's a Commandment, which I think out does an Amendment. And it's clear!
Bible: Thou shall not kill!
2nd Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Okay?
I've met some people from the U.S. that were visiting Canada for the first time and were shocked that we didn't have guns. One lady from Texas told me that she lived alone and had four guns at her house. So I asked her why. She said, Well, what if someone broke into my house and tried to rape me. What if...?
I hate hypotheticals. It's way to easy to say something stupid.
So I asked her how often that happens where she's from. To her neighbors, surrounding towns, cites, around the state. She didn't know. She remembered that it she had read in the paper that something like that happened once, but years ago. I told her that's the difference. We aren't taught that we are so special that when horrific things happen, they will happen to us. We don't have gated communities. We don't have to pay for our gas upfront. We don't live like that. Sure we have crime, we have assholes with guns. We have wanna-be gangstas that shoot 15 year old girls shopping on Boxing Day. But we're not like them. We don't feel that we should have the right to shoot anyone we want. We don't think that if we are getting mugged at gun point that we should shoot back, we give up our wallet. To paraphrase Marilyn Manson, "the media has made it clear that if you do something big enough you'll be heard. That's why those kids from
Colombline were on the cover of TIME magazine." There is a fantasy that lives in the U.S., that going out in a hail of bullets is cool. If someone's going to shoot me, I'm going to shoot back! I don't want to kill anyone.I guess that's what confuses me. Does the background check not cover how many other guns you have? Or have recently bought? Is there a limit to the amount you can have? Should there be? They really seem concerned about me when I crossed the border, do they do the same follow up on their own citizens? What purpose other than killing does a gun have? Does the back ground check that you get done not show you are on medication? And shouldn't it? I guess they'd need some sort of national medicare program for that.......don't get me started.
Gun murders 2007UK - 59
Toronto - 42
US - avg. 81 per day
Thursday, February 7, 2008
jerseys
I didn't make the rules, they've always been there. In the minds of everyone else in the room. There are specific things that you cannot do when owning a sports jersey. Now by the end of this you may have questions, you may think that I've left some things out, I know, I know. These are the basics. If you do not want to follow these simple rules then expect ridicule, laughter, and even rejection from the ladies. These are the rules people! I didn't make them, but I follow them strictly. I suggest you do the same.
These are in no particular order.
1) Wearing a jersey of any team during the off-season.
The exception comes if the team in question has just signed or resigned a major player. Or you are playing the sport in question with a group of friends. You CANNOT wear you Raiders jersey to the grocery store! There is nothing worse than seeing some dude representing his losing team while the actual players wouldn't admit who they play for.
2) Going to one sport and wearing a jersey from another.
There's an exception here that is very specific and difficult to uphold. If you go to a Mets game but NY Rangers are playing in a play-off game that night then it is okay. But that's the only exception. You CANNOT attend a hockey game in a baseball jersey.(especially in Canada)
You also CANNOT wear the jersey of a team that has been eliminated from playoff contention to a play-off game. (Leaf fans I'm looking at you!! I don't like the Senators either, but I'm not going to wear a pathetic Leaf jersey to the conference finals.)
3)Wearing a jersey on a non-game day
Why? Why would you? If they are not playing that day what the point? If this is you go shopping. You need more shirts? The exception is if your team won a playoff game\series and it is the next day. Nothing makes me happier then when I see the road worker sporting his colors after a series win.
4) wearing a soccer jersey for the sake of wearing a soccer jersey!
If the only guy you know is Rooney, not good enough.
5)Jumping on the band wagon
Okay so NOW you're a RED SOX fan. Stop it! It's embarassing. It okay to chose new teams to cheer for because your team has shit the bed, but it is not okay to become a fan of the best teams just so you come out a winner. It's lame. Jays fans were Rockies fans last year. You can't claim to know that the Giants were going to win the superbowl, unless you grew up in Queens and believed that every year. So don't make it worse by buying a jersey and start telling everyone that you always were a fan. YOU are a liar!
6) The tuxedo
Okay. You're a fan. You've loved them from back when they were terrible. Your Dad loved them, and passed it on to you back when you grew up in Kingston. This does NOT give you the right to wear a Lions shirt, sweater, scarf, jacket and hat. You look like a fucking idiot. You look like the mascot threw up on you. The players are embarassed for you! I get it you're the greatest fan of all time. You still look like an idiot.
7) The tuck
I don't know how else to say this. You CANNOT, (repeat) CANNOT tuck in your jersey. You can't. No exception. The only person that may tuck in one side of his jersey is Gretzky. Don't do it. Don't cinch up you belt on you acid wash jeans with your Flames jersey on. I can't say it enough. Don't do it!
I love sports. I have a closet full of jerseys, but I follow the rules( with the exception of my Sao Paulo jersey, because I don't know when they play). I've been to a lot of events and I'd have to Toronto is really bad at following these rules. At every Jays game there's some jackass yelling Go LEAFS go, or Argos! at a Bills game. There is also a large chunk of the young population that wearing matching hats and jerseys and jackets makes them look Gansta! But when you ask them who the White Sox are playing that day they look at you confused. What the Fuck!
"I just like the colors"
Just because rappers do it in their videos doesn't make it cool. They also throw money, and drive expensive cars. I didn't know that appreciation for an artist meant that you should dress up like them? I'm 
going to wear my Ziggy Stardust outfit to work. Did you know that the fad of hanging your pants down came from the California prison system? The convicts would drop their pants for a little play time( if you know what I mean) Wear your pants with pride kids! I don't think that you look tough, or cool, you look stupid. The jersey ain't helping.
going to wear my Ziggy Stardust outfit to work. Did you know that the fad of hanging your pants down came from the California prison system? The convicts would drop their pants for a little play time( if you know what I mean) Wear your pants with pride kids! I don't think that you look tough, or cool, you look stupid. The jersey ain't helping.So please, I beg you follow these rules. Although it will take away from the opportunity to make fun of you, I'll be okay. Rivalry is good, hating another team is awesome, but when you go too far you make it about you and not the game. Remember that saying, don't hate the player, hate the game! Well in this case hate the fan! Represent! I gotta go put on the jersey of my team that lost eight nothing last game. Now that's foolish, but it fits the rules*!
*-there are always exceptions to the rules 
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
thats great it starts with an earthquake....
...birds and snakes and aeroplanes!
Yesterday was the first day in the rest of our lives. For the first time in about eight years I felt really good about the world around me. I could sense a change for the better. Did you feel it? Sure the ground is still covered with snow. Sure it's still cold as hell. No major producer read my blog and decided to crown me with money and fame. No,no,no. The New York Giants won the superbowl!This has to be sign that the world is turning around. Isn't it? I mean, the Giants? What the fuck? The groundhog saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. Okay, not great. However, the Giants won the superbowl?!? About forty-five minutes into the game a friend turned to me and said, " Am I in a coma, or are the Giants gonna win the superbowl?" Okay I'm done making fun of that, but I do see some good from it. I believe that it is the begining of a climate change of the world. And the eye of the storm will be in Washington.
I tend to follow american politics more than Canadian politics mostly out of fear. I have been afraid of Bush from back when he was executing mentally challenged kids in Texas. I didn't even like the Texas Rangers because of him. And they sucked. GW always struck me as the kinda guy that was going to be a cop just to beat people. Except that I think that he's too lazy to even do that. I wasn't a fan of his dad, and I'm not a fan of cousin Jeb either. I admit that I do want to see the Bush girls in some kind of Pairs Hilton sex tape scandal. Truthfully I want to see alot of people in one of those, but that's because of my love of grainy, unsexy porn. I don't believe that GW thinks that he's a citizen. I think he truly believes that he is above the law, the people, and government. There are plenty of articles written about his signing statments that allow him to have absolute power. He has literaly made himself the exception to the rule. What scared me even more is that so many people voted forhim based off of same-sex marriage, and homeland security. And much like 2000 he hasn't delivered on any of those campaign promises of '04 either. You'd think that there would be some kind of performance review for politicians. I guess that's what we are. If only we had some true power.
What's really insane is that Bush campaigned as a regular guy. He went after the middle American that didn't know someone Muslim, or gay, and probably wasn't a target of terrorism. These people decided the outcome, and set a standard. They proved that the uninformed were the greatest demographic, and fear was their weakness. They were afraid that their neighbour was going to be a Qur'an reading, gay terrorist, that wanted an early exit from Iraq, ergo a democrat. But that wasn't the case. There wasn't an influx of gay marriage in Tipton, Iowa. Was there? The polarization of the parties in America invites the rest of the world to see how distinctly different the two are. I can see how the civil war got started. As crazy as I think that it is that some in the world can be so intolerant towards their fellow man, years ago some thought that slavery was a good idea. So good, in fact, that they were going to fight for it. It was their right to have a slave, therefore they will fight to the death about it. WTF? Thank god the world isn't like that anymore. We can look at the person next to us and judge them on their character, not the colour of their skin. Now we can judge them on their religon and choice of mate. Have they moved forward at all? A country founded by imigrants, hates imigrants. Freedom of religion only applies to the religion that they have deemed their own. One can only wonder what history will make of that great land. Anything can happen mind you. After all the Giants won the Superbowl?
Does anyone else feel sad for John Edwards? If you don't know who he is, he is the best qualified man for the job as president. Unfourtunatlety he's a democrat who isn't black, or a woman. He dropped out of the race for, what I assume is, a losing battle. You've got the best ideas, the most experiance, but you don't stand a chance. You spend your whole life creating a master piece. It's the greatest movie of your life, and you're nominated for an oscar for best director, and best picture. And then you find out the Spielberg just submitted a movie called Schindler's List. Thanks for playing. Try again! Even on it's face value you have to like the idea of the direction their country is going. A black man, or a woman. That is miles away from where I thought they'd be. Well after GW anyone looks good. It alomst like when your gonna go up and do Karoke, and the guy before you tries Led Zepplin. You could sing happy birthday and sound better. Bush is a scary dude. I would be more afraid of seeing him as a citizen then the president. Look out Britney, you could have some publicity competion. This crazy bastard better keep us entertained with his words, or a bar fight or two. I hope this guy writes a book, but I hope that he actually writes it. Wouldn't that be awsome!
Between Obama, and Clinton I think that their will be some good changes. I hope. That's the change I feel coming. I don't put it past the Bush administration to spin the world as much out of control as possible before '09. I wouldn't be surprised if GW tries to amend the constitution to allow himself to be the president forever. A country so concered with spreading democracy has no intention on using it themselves. I can only find irony in the fact that the song Ironic isn't, but does telling another country to stop a nuclear program and not stopping your own fit? What about censoring your citizens against certain reading materials, and literature, yet running an add campaign about freedom? Wasn't their a country that spied on it people, lied to the masses, invaded Afganistan, reigned supreme against the world with a defiance, went against the the advice of other countries and was a super power? USSR? Does any one remember them? The world became a better place when they fell apart. Ask the Chechs. Is the southern US going to become their own country? Is Washington, Oregon and California going to merge in Washorgnia?
I don't know. But I think that one of those two candidates are going to reel in the balls G.W.Bush has left hanging out. You can imagine the first year of their presidency will just be travelling around the world apologizing. It's like that show flip this house. First you have to clean up the mess, get an exterminator, and let the neighbors know that you're going to improve the property value. Then the real work comes. At the end you may not make a big prophet but if you do the job right, they'll let you do another house. ( by the way, that might be my greatest analogy!)
So there you have it. Some jackass from Toronto has solved the worlds problems. Pay attention people it's a new day. Another winter storm is about pile my house with snow and I don't care. Now that I've sobered up I don't think it's the end of the world anymore. Okay, the Giants won the superbowl. I admit that's weird, but that could be the first sign. The planet may hate us, gas may be $100 a gallon, my white straight neighbor may be Catholic. But things can change, right?A historic event is about to happen to the south. The first black, or woman presidential candidate is about to be crowned. And neither seems like too much of an idiot. Sure you might argue that anyone married to Bill Clinton has to have some sort of lack in judgement, and anyone that doesn't have any lobby backing him, but smokes may also lack of judgement. I look at it the way my Mom did. My sister paved such a way that if I wasn't coming home at five in the morning, with a hopped up hooker, everything was fine. Thanks P! You could combine everything the Obama, and Clinton have ever done and it would not cover what Bush did in one year at Yale.
A change is a coming!
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
My only advise for our southern friends is to elect them both. A black man and white woman can create a great world for us all. ( I'm not just saying that because my dad is black and my mom is white. okay I am!) I envision an unstoppable team. One can be President, one can be Vice-President! They can switch after two years.(or four)Together they can mend humanity, sew together the social fabric, tie the world communtiy into.....
What do you mean there's a republican Candidate? Oh that's okay. Right? He's war hero, conservative that want's to continue the war in Iraq? Oh man. Is he popular? Oh man.
The Giants won the superbowl? What's next Britney Spears is going to a good mommy?
Nope turns out theirs going to be sex tape. Perfect!!
It's the end of the world as we know it
(I think I need some time alone)
"Britney Spears is reportedly "on the edge" after discovering sex tapes were stolen from her Beverly Hills home on Friday (01.02.08). "(acording msn.com)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
