old stuff

i found an old blog i started working on about 4 years ago and dropped. most likely because i started picking up whiskey bottles instead.

and if ya know me, ya know what i'm talking about.

however, some of the posts i still like and so here they are!

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Militia Volunteers Needed

I read the news yesterday and found a story about a man from Canada who managed to make it into the country despite being stopped at the border with brass knuckes, a hatchet, a knife, and a bloody chainsaw. The border workers took his weapons, fingerprinted him, and waved him through to the US.

Well, I don't know about you, people, but this proves what I have long suspected:We need us some extra protection from the Canadian Jihad.

Right now in this country we have volunteers avidly watching portions of the Mexican/Texas border to make sure all the low paying, no benefits-having, menial, physical labor remains safe and stays in the hands of those who deserve it most: poor Americans.

But I'm telling you, we have got to start taking greater steps to verify citizenship to protect ourselves from the Threat from the North.

It's a rather simple things to do:If you happen to encounter a person who is White, Indian, Amerindian, Black, Asian, Arab, Hispanic, Latino, or of mixed race/ethinicty, who is Catholic, Christian, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Muslim, Buddist, Taoist, Presbyterian, Church of Chirst, or Athiest: check their papers!

He or she might be an "illegal alien" bent on world domination...One bloody chainsaw at a time.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The Worthy Victim
FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH Paul Longmore, 1997

"The problem of modern social welfare policies in the 19th and 20th centuries comes to be how do you define, how do you identify, who's worthy of relief and who's unworthy?... There's an assumption that there are going to be a lot of people who are trying to manipulate the system ...There are two assumptions in the phrase "worthy poor," I think. One is that there are unworthy poor people, who, it's assumed, are poor because of some kind of willfulness, perversity, laziness, refusal to be productive and support themselves. The other assumption is, that the so-called worthy poor are people who are incapacitated and incapable of supporting themselves, probably due to sickness, disability, or old age. And what happens, more and more as time goes on, is that those so-called worthy poor are in their own way stigmatized.

"When it comes to celebrity justice, what we are really talking about is whether or not the purported victim is as perfect as the public relations and media juggernaut has tricked most people into thinking the celebrity on trial is. And if you are a person of even a teaspoon of depth, you can readily admit that you ain't perfect. So if you aren't perfect, and you have done dirt in your past...or not so distant past...like yesterday...then you need to understand that proving you were victimized by a celebrity is about as likely as Paris Hilton admitting "Yep, I'm racist... and I think That's Hot." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/237171p-203602c.html

Some of the people who have made recent high profile claims of victimization at the hands of celebrities have bene vilified for not being worthy of their victimization.

- R. Kelly makes a tape having sex with a little girl and everyone wants to know "where was her mama" and talk about how "young girls today are fast and think they're grown."

- Mike Tyson is accused of raping a beauty pageant contestant in Indiana and everyone wants to know "why'd she go to his hotel room in the middle of the night?"

- Robert Blake is accused of shooting his wife to death in their car with his gun after dinner and people want to know "how did a con artist like her make it this far before getting whacked?"

- Mystikal gets accused and convicted of forcing his hairstylist to perform oral sex on him and several of his friends on tape and people ask "why'd she do it? shiiiit, they'd have had to kill me!"

- Kobe Bryant is accused of raping a hotel employee and people asked "why did she go to his hotel room?" but not many asked "why was her blood on Kobe's t-shirt?"

We need to start being honest with ourselves and admit that what most juries appear to be looking for is the perfect victim, someone "worthy" of the benefit of the doubt. And then we need to be okay with the fact that rarely there is a victim that fits the profile of perfect. Maybe then juries can start dispensing justice instead of character indictments.

But until that day, we are saddled with a system in which jurors can say on national television "well, yes, i beleive he's a child molestor, but i don't think he molested THIS particular kid...because this kid's mother is crazy" and think that doesn't make them sound like crackheads.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

National Medical Records Database or The Day my Life Insurance got Cancelled

Senators Frist and Clinton are sponsoring a bill that would create a national database for medical records. They argue that this is a great thing and would increase the quality of healthcare because medical care providers would have ready access to a patient's complete medical chart without having to wait for records to arrive by mail and without having to worry about using incomplete health data.

But we also live in a society where banks can't keep people from stealing our account information and taking our money.

And we live in a society where the government wants ready and unchecked access to our private information to aid in the War on Terror.

And we live in a society where John Ashcroft attempted to gain access to the medical records of women who had abortions performed at a particular medical facility.

And we live in a society where Secret Service workers show up at your job, ask to speak to your boss and family members in an attempt to kindly pursuade you to remove some posts from your website.

And we live in a society where a student loan company started sending me bills that actually belonged to a woman who had the same name but different social security number.

Call me a cynic...please....but i can't help but feel like if this national database happens, there are going to be people who will have to prove that they don't really have histoplasmosis in order to get AFLAC coverage.

With the time and effort it takes to restore your name and credit once your identity has been stolen, what the hell would it take to refute and correct an error in your health chart?!

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

65 million reasons why Brazilians ROCK!

Digging a tunnel in southern Brazil, complete with electricity for better visibility, from a house to a bank vault and making off scott free with $65 million dollars!The next time someone complains about not being able to bring him or herself to complete a simple task like folding laundry, tell them yes they can...and then tell them to shut the hell up.

But one thought: If you steal $65 million in Brazil, where do you go next?

Because if I got away with that much money...I'd go to Brazil!

Saturday, August 20, 2005

One for My Homies!

This is a special post for my friends who think I take things too seriously, don't know how to enjoy life, busy myself with politics too much, and/or need to lighten up:I give you my light-hearted post:

I saw a really cute pair of shoes today at the mall! I didn't get them, but I am thinking I'm definitley going back to get them tomorrow.

I wonder if that skirt I bought last week makes my butt look big...enough.

Do you like my hair better curly or straight?

I went to see Red Eye. Cillian Murphy has the bluest eyes in the world! And he is just weird enough that I would DEFINITLEY date him...you know, if he was into black chicks. and i didn't have a boyfriend.

The price per barrel of crude is so FUCKED UP...i mean....gas costs so much lately, i almost didn't have enough money to go to the club after filling up. haha. (...close one.)

now that i have given back to the masses, I can now feel welcome to resume my politically motivated, sarcasm laced postings.
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man! i was alot of fun four years ago! i would love to go back in time and take myself out for a DRANK!

...and i would still like mr. cillian murphy to ring me up!!