Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
ConSERVEative
You can't spell conservative without *serve*. Well, no *e*. I guess they dropped it because they are frugal.
Pretty neat slogan, eh? I came up with that!
Yeah, me- the liberal! You haven't heard that before from any conservative even though it's a nifty slogan that could be put to use by conservatives to make people think they aren't a bunch of angry assholes. This is because they are a bunch of angry assholes. They don't want to serve anybody because, as Jesus Christ and the other founding fathers intended, it's every man for himself here and the only people who serve, are lazy democrats and congressmen. America is a buffet- serve yourself and keep as many of them out of the line as you can so they'll always be more for you!
I found out recently, that at my sister's house they use the hippie bathroom policy; "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down". LIBERALS!
You're half right. My little sister is liberal but her hubby is decidely conservative. The bathroom policy is his idea. I haven't actually discussed this with him but, knowing him, it's a matter of money as well as conservation. I do the same thing and have for years because 5 gallons or 3.5 gallons is waaaay to much water to dispose of a coffee cups' worth of beer or- well- coffee residue. This is the same whether I'm paying the water bill or not. I just don't see the need to waste water.
You might be surprised how many people who call themselves conservatives do see the need to waste water and other resources. They literally say it's our RIGHT.
A bit un-conservative, says I. But they are seriously against low-flush toilets and the new lightbulbs as if they really were a liberal conspiracy to control their lives. In the threads, several different conservatives have posted that they flush toilets every chance they get for no other reason except because they can.
Take THAT you fucking liberals!
And thousands more are stocking up on the inefficient, incandescent lightbulbs to thumb their noses at the energy efficient CFL's that the libs mandated!
Ferrerman's note: The CFL mandate was signed by noted liberal, GW Bush. Obama and liberals get the blame for everything so, I don't even wonder why any more. They just do...
Anyway, the new CFL's are supposed to last up to nine years. The old bulbs lasted anywhere from 9 minutes to nine months. Ninety percent of the energy used by incandescents turns into HEAT. They were great for Easy Bake Ovens and OK for lighting. So, the reverse is true of CFL's. Unless most of your cooking is done on your kid's Easy Bake, what do you need the old-fashioned bulbs for? Childhood memories?
Ya know, for a group of people who practically believe they are a race (and the chosen one at that) these assholes sure do bitch a lot! They fucking whine about EVERYTHING! I just don't get the God-given, constituitionally ensured, motherfucking right, to waste resources. Water, electricity, oil equals: WE GOT IT/ WE FUCKING FLAUNT IT!!!!
We are, of course, the first country in the history of the world that the vast majority of it's citizens have indoor plumbing and it's a given that we can poop and shower all day long and at relatively low cost. How many people in India or Africa (to name just one country and one continent) can say that?
This, of course, makes us better than everyone else and more deserving of the world's natural resources than the lazy people who do not have indoor plumbing because, well, I guess they don't deserve it. They're not Americans! DUH!
My BIL is one of the smartest guys I know. He's very practical. I don't know why he's not a democrat, he's so smart. He doesn't really follow the politics much and would be very shocked to learn that people who call themselves "conservative" are so wasteful and foolish. And so...liberal in their use of all the worlds resources. So....entitled.....
It would behoove them to become more....conSERVative.
How wonderfully ironic!
Pretty neat slogan, eh? I came up with that!
Yeah, me- the liberal! You haven't heard that before from any conservative even though it's a nifty slogan that could be put to use by conservatives to make people think they aren't a bunch of angry assholes. This is because they are a bunch of angry assholes. They don't want to serve anybody because, as Jesus Christ and the other founding fathers intended, it's every man for himself here and the only people who serve, are lazy democrats and congressmen. America is a buffet- serve yourself and keep as many of them out of the line as you can so they'll always be more for you!
I found out recently, that at my sister's house they use the hippie bathroom policy; "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down". LIBERALS!
You're half right. My little sister is liberal but her hubby is decidely conservative. The bathroom policy is his idea. I haven't actually discussed this with him but, knowing him, it's a matter of money as well as conservation. I do the same thing and have for years because 5 gallons or 3.5 gallons is waaaay to much water to dispose of a coffee cups' worth of beer or- well- coffee residue. This is the same whether I'm paying the water bill or not. I just don't see the need to waste water.
You might be surprised how many people who call themselves conservatives do see the need to waste water and other resources. They literally say it's our RIGHT.
A bit un-conservative, says I. But they are seriously against low-flush toilets and the new lightbulbs as if they really were a liberal conspiracy to control their lives. In the threads, several different conservatives have posted that they flush toilets every chance they get for no other reason except because they can.
Take THAT you fucking liberals!
And thousands more are stocking up on the inefficient, incandescent lightbulbs to thumb their noses at the energy efficient CFL's that the libs mandated!
Anyway, the new CFL's are supposed to last up to nine years. The old bulbs lasted anywhere from 9 minutes to nine months. Ninety percent of the energy used by incandescents turns into HEAT. They were great for Easy Bake Ovens and OK for lighting. So, the reverse is true of CFL's. Unless most of your cooking is done on your kid's Easy Bake, what do you need the old-fashioned bulbs for? Childhood memories?
Ya know, for a group of people who practically believe they are a race (and the chosen one at that) these assholes sure do bitch a lot! They fucking whine about EVERYTHING! I just don't get the God-given, constituitionally ensured, motherfucking right, to waste resources. Water, electricity, oil equals: WE GOT IT/ WE FUCKING FLAUNT IT!!!!
We are, of course, the first country in the history of the world that the vast majority of it's citizens have indoor plumbing and it's a given that we can poop and shower all day long and at relatively low cost. How many people in India or Africa (to name just one country and one continent) can say that?
This, of course, makes us better than everyone else and more deserving of the world's natural resources than the lazy people who do not have indoor plumbing because, well, I guess they don't deserve it. They're not Americans! DUH!
My BIL is one of the smartest guys I know. He's very practical. I don't know why he's not a democrat, he's so smart. He doesn't really follow the politics much and would be very shocked to learn that people who call themselves "conservative" are so wasteful and foolish. And so...liberal in their use of all the worlds resources. So....entitled.....
It would behoove them to become more....conSERVative.
How wonderfully ironic!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Then it hit me
I saw a commercial where some gradeschool girls are playing soccer and two of them coming running up to the coach, all dehydrated and cute as bug's ears. "Drink up," the coach says, handing them a Gatorade-style energy drink, "you're losing water out there."
The blonde-headed soccer player wonders aloud: "If we're losing water, why aren't we drinking water?"
With that the coach questioned everything she ever had learned about hydration via television advertising and a bottle of NESTLES water appeared over her head like a lightbulb of an idea.
N E S T L E S....NESTLES MAKES THE VERY BEST>>>>WATER!
Well, the Nestles song wasn't part of the commercial but, back in the day when they were known for chocolate, Nestles wasn't known for water. It woulda been kinda dumb selling water, what with it coming of the faucets in peoples homes and all. You might also know water as the stuff that comes out of the sky (usually when you have outdoor, weekend plans) and is the main ingredient in our lakes, rivers and oceans (though oceans have a different flavor). Gatorade and it's siblings were created, beginning in the early 70's, and tasted crappy and were supposed to help you play sports better because they have *electrolytes*- something water evidently doesn't have but needed back then. Water has evolved now and doesn't need electrolytes. It just needs to be bottled, have "Spring" somewhere in it's title and not have any rat turds in it (according to the god-damn FDA!) The really important thing is that it be packaged in a plastic bottle that requires oil to make. This makes everybody happy. By everybody I mean eveybody from Nestles and the Oil Companies, on down to the guy at Nestles who turns on the faucet to fill the plastic bottles of natures own elixer.
So, what they are saying is, you still need Gatorade but you need water too! Cause it's Rocky Mountain SPRING Water which is just as good as our BAVARIAN Spring Water but, affordably priced....
Barack Obama will spend like a billion dollars trying to get re-elected and most of that will be spent on advertising. His republican opponent will likely spend as much. Ralph Nader will spend thousands. All this money is spent to repackage everything we already know about these guys but need to forget because, they've been new and improved!
If done right, advertising works. A republican candidate will spend millions to tell you that Omama is wasting millions on this, that, or the other thing and that he won't do that. I guess ya gotta spend money to not spend money. Rick Perry, the likely republican challenger, will do away with Social Security not because it's socialist like his rivals say (and socialism- to them equals *communist*) but because it's "criminal"! "A Ponzi Scheme!" Wow! That's some new and improved shit right there!
For a front-runner, ir seems like nieche marketing to me. All his cohorts pretty much want to end Social Security and give the money to their real friends on Wall Street because the stock markets just aren't the least fucking bit criminal or any kind of a scheme....
Sheesh. "Criminal"? THAT is criminal. If you fear that SS won't be there for folks in 20 years like he says, all you have to do is make certain that Congress can't get their grubby hands on it to go shopping or pay some bills. That's all you have to do to save SS. They won't let me look at the books but, my understanding is there is a 2 TRILLION in SS right now with more coming in every day as well as going out to the elderly and dis-abled. Without anybody fucking with it, it'll be fine. "Won't be there in 20 years!"?? Give it to Wall Street and it won't be there in 20 days!
Marketing. Politics. They are the same to me. And they'll stay the same until some whiz-kid Don Draper tells me they are different and makes me believe it.
Madison Avenue: Do not piss on my back and tell me it's raining. Neither should you rain on my parade and tell me someone else is pissing.
I already know that water is wet and, in conjunction with air, the best thing on our planet. Please don't figure out how to package air and sell it. You fuckers are smart enough to get us into that situation but nowhere near smart enough to get us out. Neither are the politicians.
The blonde-headed soccer player wonders aloud: "If we're losing water, why aren't we drinking water?"
With that the coach questioned everything she ever had learned about hydration via television advertising and a bottle of NESTLES water appeared over her head like a lightbulb of an idea.
N E S T L E S....NESTLES MAKES THE VERY BEST>>>>WATER!
Well, the Nestles song wasn't part of the commercial but, back in the day when they were known for chocolate, Nestles wasn't known for water. It woulda been kinda dumb selling water, what with it coming of the faucets in peoples homes and all. You might also know water as the stuff that comes out of the sky (usually when you have outdoor, weekend plans) and is the main ingredient in our lakes, rivers and oceans (though oceans have a different flavor). Gatorade and it's siblings were created, beginning in the early 70's, and tasted crappy and were supposed to help you play sports better because they have *electrolytes*- something water evidently doesn't have but needed back then. Water has evolved now and doesn't need electrolytes. It just needs to be bottled, have "Spring" somewhere in it's title and not have any rat turds in it (according to the god-damn FDA!) The really important thing is that it be packaged in a plastic bottle that requires oil to make. This makes everybody happy. By everybody I mean eveybody from Nestles and the Oil Companies, on down to the guy at Nestles who turns on the faucet to fill the plastic bottles of natures own elixer.
So, what they are saying is, you still need Gatorade but you need water too! Cause it's Rocky Mountain SPRING Water which is just as good as our BAVARIAN Spring Water but, affordably priced....
Barack Obama will spend like a billion dollars trying to get re-elected and most of that will be spent on advertising. His republican opponent will likely spend as much. Ralph Nader will spend thousands. All this money is spent to repackage everything we already know about these guys but need to forget because, they've been new and improved!
If done right, advertising works. A republican candidate will spend millions to tell you that Omama is wasting millions on this, that, or the other thing and that he won't do that. I guess ya gotta spend money to not spend money. Rick Perry, the likely republican challenger, will do away with Social Security not because it's socialist like his rivals say (and socialism- to them equals *communist*) but because it's "criminal"! "A Ponzi Scheme!" Wow! That's some new and improved shit right there!
For a front-runner, ir seems like nieche marketing to me. All his cohorts pretty much want to end Social Security and give the money to their real friends on Wall Street because the stock markets just aren't the least fucking bit criminal or any kind of a scheme....
Sheesh. "Criminal"? THAT is criminal. If you fear that SS won't be there for folks in 20 years like he says, all you have to do is make certain that Congress can't get their grubby hands on it to go shopping or pay some bills. That's all you have to do to save SS. They won't let me look at the books but, my understanding is there is a 2 TRILLION in SS right now with more coming in every day as well as going out to the elderly and dis-abled. Without anybody fucking with it, it'll be fine. "Won't be there in 20 years!"?? Give it to Wall Street and it won't be there in 20 days!
Marketing. Politics. They are the same to me. And they'll stay the same until some whiz-kid Don Draper tells me they are different and makes me believe it.
Madison Avenue: Do not piss on my back and tell me it's raining. Neither should you rain on my parade and tell me someone else is pissing.
I already know that water is wet and, in conjunction with air, the best thing on our planet. Please don't figure out how to package air and sell it. You fuckers are smart enough to get us into that situation but nowhere near smart enough to get us out. Neither are the politicians.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hello, Teaparty? This is your bluff calling....
Three dictators have been deposed- by the people- this past Arab Spring/Summer. It seems that everyone is saying "NO!" to dictators.
Everyone, that is, except America.
Obama still rules America with an iron fist. Oh, there may be no tanks and troops in the streets but- make no mistake- there is socialistic healthcare for all pointed at our heads. And, that Constitution that he wipes his ass with? Well, it still has a 17th Amendment! All the others too!
The teaparty is certain that they will prevail in the '12 presidential election no matter who they run.
Um, hello! Dictators do NOT lose elections! Always winning elections is how they stay in power. The teaparty will have to do better.
They will have to revolt.
They claim to have the will of the people behind them. FOX polls prove this and they, BTW, are the most watched, most popular, non-Lamestream media outlet. They have the backing of wealthy Americans. They have 2nd Amendment remedies. They claim they have the military behind them as well.
So, where is the fucking revolution?
What is taking so long?
Pussies.
Everyone, that is, except America.
Obama still rules America with an iron fist. Oh, there may be no tanks and troops in the streets but- make no mistake- there is socialistic healthcare for all pointed at our heads. And, that Constitution that he wipes his ass with? Well, it still has a 17th Amendment! All the others too!
The teaparty is certain that they will prevail in the '12 presidential election no matter who they run.
Um, hello! Dictators do NOT lose elections! Always winning elections is how they stay in power. The teaparty will have to do better.
They will have to revolt.
They claim to have the will of the people behind them. FOX polls prove this and they, BTW, are the most watched, most popular, non-Lamestream media outlet. They have the backing of wealthy Americans. They have 2nd Amendment remedies. They claim they have the military behind them as well.
So, where is the fucking revolution?
What is taking so long?
Pussies.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Dangerous Minds?
Back in the day, I used to tend bar. Dedicated non-readers know this. Now you know it too.
Before there was the internet, there were bars. If you were angry and/or stupid, there was a bar for you.
These days there are still bars but, with the internet and more stupid people than ever in the history of the world, more people are opting to *phone in* their anger and stupidity over the internet. They probably all have DUI's or have been kicked out of all the bars in walking distance. And, let's face it: you don't have to wear pants to be on the internet. You ladies know what I'm talking about!
There was an old guy back in the day who used to drink burgandy wine by the half carafe and periodically announce, to no one at all in particular: "and the Catholic church has a home for pregnant nuns!"
Well, fine. It'd be rude to put them out on the street, not having husbands and all so, nice of the church to care. Honestly, the man said this A LOT. He also would blurt out that his daughter was a prostitute and a heroin addict. I had given up trying to engage him in normal bar room banter and after a time didn't even bother to fuck with him by asking if there was anything new in the Catholic church world. I just had to accept that it was this guy's mission in life to come to this bar, drink wine and remind me and anyone else that nuns can indeed, get pregnant. It was like Bill Murray's "Groundhog's Day" for him. For me it was just like re-runs as I had other customers and better things to do, for the most part. I have never suffered fools gladly but, suffer them I do.
The internet is the bar room of the 21st century. It is chock-fucking full of fat old men lamenting pregnant nuns and junkie daughters and handsome Ferrermen making fun of them. Who knew? Well, if there is a forum for pregnant nun discussions, I haven't found it but, the wine-drinking nuts are there. Mostly they are blurting out shit about liberals and colored presidents but they make as much sense as the guy with the nuns. They just talk (as it were) to hear themselves talk. And they do it because they can. I couldn't throw that old guy out back in the day because he never really did anything to warrant that. It's similar on the threads. Just ignore the idiots.
Kinda hard to do though because there are so many of them. Mostly it's several assholes using several socks to inflate their ego and numbers. I certainly don't mind anyone being republican and having an opposing political view but, if you started screaming that Obama was ruining the country, the moment he got elected, you don't HAVE a political opinion. You're an asshole. You might as well have a junkie daughter who is a pregnant nun. If you really believe that our president is only (Ferrerman's) president, you do not have a political opinion. You're an asshole. If you think that the president shouldn't have vacations or Air Force1 like other presidents, you do not have a political opinion. You're an asshole. And if I see a pattern developing and suspect that you hate this president so much because he's black, then you have no political opinion AND you are a racist asshole. And if you accuse me of playing "the race card" because I think you have no political opinion and you're a racist asshole, you just PROVED you are a racist asshole.
Why do I bother? I don't know. These fuckheads are as dense as the pregnant nun guy. Instead of taking up space on a barstool, they are taking up bandwidth on the internet. So what, Ferrerman? Why do you care? There are so many intelligent, humorous, kind people who don't hate America to play with. People who aren't violent and mean and who actually love America and want to improve it rather than burn it down for the insurance. I've got my friends on Facebook to keep me hopeful. Most all various degrees of liberal, of course, but all sane and politically astute. Musta been something in the water back in the day, at school. Dangerous minds, all of us. Imagine that- loving and caring about people = *dangerous minds*! People who scream about colored presidents think they are the sane and righteous ones.
I wonder if the Catholic church still has a home for pregnant nuns? I doubt that guys junkie daughter took over the family business. But, so many other assholes have gone into business for themselves....
Before there was the internet, there were bars. If you were angry and/or stupid, there was a bar for you.
These days there are still bars but, with the internet and more stupid people than ever in the history of the world, more people are opting to *phone in* their anger and stupidity over the internet. They probably all have DUI's or have been kicked out of all the bars in walking distance. And, let's face it: you don't have to wear pants to be on the internet. You ladies know what I'm talking about!
There was an old guy back in the day who used to drink burgandy wine by the half carafe and periodically announce, to no one at all in particular: "and the Catholic church has a home for pregnant nuns!"
Well, fine. It'd be rude to put them out on the street, not having husbands and all so, nice of the church to care. Honestly, the man said this A LOT. He also would blurt out that his daughter was a prostitute and a heroin addict. I had given up trying to engage him in normal bar room banter and after a time didn't even bother to fuck with him by asking if there was anything new in the Catholic church world. I just had to accept that it was this guy's mission in life to come to this bar, drink wine and remind me and anyone else that nuns can indeed, get pregnant. It was like Bill Murray's "Groundhog's Day" for him. For me it was just like re-runs as I had other customers and better things to do, for the most part. I have never suffered fools gladly but, suffer them I do.
The internet is the bar room of the 21st century. It is chock-fucking full of fat old men lamenting pregnant nuns and junkie daughters and handsome Ferrermen making fun of them. Who knew? Well, if there is a forum for pregnant nun discussions, I haven't found it but, the wine-drinking nuts are there. Mostly they are blurting out shit about liberals and colored presidents but they make as much sense as the guy with the nuns. They just talk (as it were) to hear themselves talk. And they do it because they can. I couldn't throw that old guy out back in the day because he never really did anything to warrant that. It's similar on the threads. Just ignore the idiots.
Kinda hard to do though because there are so many of them. Mostly it's several assholes using several socks to inflate their ego and numbers. I certainly don't mind anyone being republican and having an opposing political view but, if you started screaming that Obama was ruining the country, the moment he got elected, you don't HAVE a political opinion. You're an asshole. You might as well have a junkie daughter who is a pregnant nun. If you really believe that our president is only (Ferrerman's) president, you do not have a political opinion. You're an asshole. If you think that the president shouldn't have vacations or Air Force1 like other presidents, you do not have a political opinion. You're an asshole. And if I see a pattern developing and suspect that you hate this president so much because he's black, then you have no political opinion AND you are a racist asshole. And if you accuse me of playing "the race card" because I think you have no political opinion and you're a racist asshole, you just PROVED you are a racist asshole.
Why do I bother? I don't know. These fuckheads are as dense as the pregnant nun guy. Instead of taking up space on a barstool, they are taking up bandwidth on the internet. So what, Ferrerman? Why do you care? There are so many intelligent, humorous, kind people who don't hate America to play with. People who aren't violent and mean and who actually love America and want to improve it rather than burn it down for the insurance. I've got my friends on Facebook to keep me hopeful. Most all various degrees of liberal, of course, but all sane and politically astute. Musta been something in the water back in the day, at school. Dangerous minds, all of us. Imagine that- loving and caring about people = *dangerous minds*! People who scream about colored presidents think they are the sane and righteous ones.
I wonder if the Catholic church still has a home for pregnant nuns? I doubt that guys junkie daughter took over the family business. But, so many other assholes have gone into business for themselves....
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wake up call
I woke up this morning thinking about "lowest common denominators" and "the debt ceiling". This is silly because the debt ceiling crap was sooooo two weeks ago. People quit *caring* about that after about two days of Monday morning quarterbacking. The teapublicans won that one and everyone moved on to Iowa and all it's flavors of corndogs and teapublican candidates to be named later.
Are you the lowest common denominator amongst us?
We really don't matter to those who run things except when we care about things we are told matter. If you watch the news or read the threads, there are a variety of things that matter. Sometimes its HUGE things like debt-ceilings and Anthony Weiner's penis but, usually, it's small things put out there by the folks in charge to see what we think we think matters. They like to throw stuff out there to see what sticks- like how some people might make spaghetti.
Like 57 states. Most people know that the president did not say there are 57 states and certainly does not think their are 57 states so they don't care that there actually is a youtube out there of him saying something about having made stops in 57 states during the campaign of '08. Rational people know he meant 57 stops in X number of states. The lowest common denominator KNOWS though, that he believes that there are 57 states because that's what he said! They won't believe a motherfucking thing about anything else he says but, they will believe that. Because he said it. Sorta. They just won't let that go no matter how stupid it makes them look. The folks on the threads can be forgiven. A clown avatar and a boner for president Obama doesn't really add up to a real opinion that matters anymore than the initial mention of the 57 states bullshit by a paid, professional talking head did. Whoever *broke* that story is probably laughing at the clowns who believe it just as I am. Right now I'm looking at Bill Hammer (?) on Fox (the guy that looks like he might have been kicked by a mule and they just couldn't get the eyes right...) and I'm wondering if he walks out of the studio at the end of his shift and worries about rich people getting taxed. Is he a rich-people-getting-taxed-worrier or does he just play one on TV?
I don't know. He might believe everything he reads on his teleprompter. Maybe not. He doesn't make Beck/O'Reilly/Hannity cash but might think he needs to believe to continue working, to have hopes of making that cash. It's like when you're about six and you're pretty sure there is no Santa but, you're afraid that Christmas might completely go away if you don't play along. Most of us have been there, gotten past that.
But, do the lowest common denominators amongst us- the one's that believe that Obama believes there are 57 states- still put out milk and cookies for Santa? Maybe. Why not? If you believe that taxing the nations wealthiest will hurt the economy and that ONLY cutting spending on social services can reduce a debt, you might as well believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny too because, YOU ARE the lowest common denominator. Congratulations, you are the demographic most politicians and news organizations want to reach. And, they know exactly where you are and that you are always there for them.
And they appreciate the milk and cookies!
Are you the lowest common denominator amongst us?
We really don't matter to those who run things except when we care about things we are told matter. If you watch the news or read the threads, there are a variety of things that matter. Sometimes its HUGE things like debt-ceilings and Anthony Weiner's penis but, usually, it's small things put out there by the folks in charge to see what we think we think matters. They like to throw stuff out there to see what sticks- like how some people might make spaghetti.
Like 57 states. Most people know that the president did not say there are 57 states and certainly does not think their are 57 states so they don't care that there actually is a youtube out there of him saying something about having made stops in 57 states during the campaign of '08. Rational people know he meant 57 stops in X number of states. The lowest common denominator KNOWS though, that he believes that there are 57 states because that's what he said! They won't believe a motherfucking thing about anything else he says but, they will believe that. Because he said it. Sorta. They just won't let that go no matter how stupid it makes them look. The folks on the threads can be forgiven. A clown avatar and a boner for president Obama doesn't really add up to a real opinion that matters anymore than the initial mention of the 57 states bullshit by a paid, professional talking head did. Whoever *broke* that story is probably laughing at the clowns who believe it just as I am. Right now I'm looking at Bill Hammer (?) on Fox (the guy that looks like he might have been kicked by a mule and they just couldn't get the eyes right...) and I'm wondering if he walks out of the studio at the end of his shift and worries about rich people getting taxed. Is he a rich-people-getting-taxed-worrier or does he just play one on TV?
I don't know. He might believe everything he reads on his teleprompter. Maybe not. He doesn't make Beck/O'Reilly/Hannity cash but might think he needs to believe to continue working, to have hopes of making that cash. It's like when you're about six and you're pretty sure there is no Santa but, you're afraid that Christmas might completely go away if you don't play along. Most of us have been there, gotten past that.
But, do the lowest common denominators amongst us- the one's that believe that Obama believes there are 57 states- still put out milk and cookies for Santa? Maybe. Why not? If you believe that taxing the nations wealthiest will hurt the economy and that ONLY cutting spending on social services can reduce a debt, you might as well believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny too because, YOU ARE the lowest common denominator. Congratulations, you are the demographic most politicians and news organizations want to reach. And, they know exactly where you are and that you are always there for them.
And they appreciate the milk and cookies!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Anchors Away?
The various tea parties are all against "anchor babies". Apparently, anchor babies are generally Mexican and grow up to be democrats so, they need to be nipped in the bud or, in the crib.
Should just being born in America make you an American?
Don't be so quick to say "YES!" If you have children or grandchildren, should they be American citizens just because they were born here????
The differentiation may be that, unlike anchor babies, regular ol' babies of the non-anchor persuasion are born to Americans. What if you had to prove that? What if, like the Mafia, to become a Made American, you had to be able to trace BOTH sides of your family back to the founders?
Yikes!
My father's side of the family has been here since the 1600's. We should own the place but, we drink a bit.... Mom's side got here in like 1902 (?) and my grandpa wasn't even born here! So, was mom an anchor baby?
The various tea parties rarely think things like this all the way through. They are in such a hurry to run absolutely EVERY aspect of our lives ( small government= micromanaged....) that they tend to take some things for granted. If you want to make birthright so special, consider that your birth wasn't necessarily that special either, that a lot of white people might have made the cut, just because they were born here. Do they get *grandfathered* or great-greatgrandfathered, as the case may be? Why should they but, not the Mexicans here now? More imortantly, why?
I'm not at all in favor of illegals. I certainly don't think illegals are a plot by the democrats to fatten their voting rolls. Illegals were brought here by republican corporate interests to build up profits by bringing down wages. Now that they've done that, if the democrats want to make them citizens, how is that any more obscene than what the R's did? How is that any different than people who just showed up here a coupla centuries ago?
Just wondering- it's one of my rights as an American. Right?
Should just being born in America make you an American?
Don't be so quick to say "YES!" If you have children or grandchildren, should they be American citizens just because they were born here????
The differentiation may be that, unlike anchor babies, regular ol' babies of the non-anchor persuasion are born to Americans. What if you had to prove that? What if, like the Mafia, to become a Made American, you had to be able to trace BOTH sides of your family back to the founders?
Yikes!
My father's side of the family has been here since the 1600's. We should own the place but, we drink a bit.... Mom's side got here in like 1902 (?) and my grandpa wasn't even born here! So, was mom an anchor baby?
The various tea parties rarely think things like this all the way through. They are in such a hurry to run absolutely EVERY aspect of our lives ( small government= micromanaged....) that they tend to take some things for granted. If you want to make birthright so special, consider that your birth wasn't necessarily that special either, that a lot of white people might have made the cut, just because they were born here. Do they get *grandfathered* or great-greatgrandfathered, as the case may be? Why should they but, not the Mexicans here now? More imortantly, why?
I'm not at all in favor of illegals. I certainly don't think illegals are a plot by the democrats to fatten their voting rolls. Illegals were brought here by republican corporate interests to build up profits by bringing down wages. Now that they've done that, if the democrats want to make them citizens, how is that any more obscene than what the R's did? How is that any different than people who just showed up here a coupla centuries ago?
Just wondering- it's one of my rights as an American. Right?
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