Alas, all is not lost, I know good people in New Jersey. But seriously stupid people get votes…and that calls me to question…what’s up with that? Though, you may note, I don’t intend to suggest New Jersey is the only home of ignorant humans.
To quote The Wall Street Journal “There are 566 municipalities—California, with four times the population, has only 480—and each has a mayor and/or councils. The 21 counties have their various freeholder boards and utility commissions and there are also 120 state legislators. When that many people have their hands in the cookie jar —and there are that many cookie jars—is it any wonder that you get people selling Oreos out of their trunk in the parking lot to make a little extra cash on the side?”
I’ve been a big fan of Divx over the years. But the recent update for OS X, Divx V7, was a disappointment. I at least, can’t find a way to disable the Divx logo watermark that is easily turned off in the Windows version of Divx. I’ll gladly be proven wrong…but for now I reverted back to Divx Version 6 for Mac OS X.
I will selfishly indulge in again gloating over Blues Story. It’s sad that whenever I hear the first two initials “R.L.” I immediately think of R. L. Osborne…but I digress.
Another of the many I wish I could have heard live while he was with us…some R.L. Burnside at you.
Wow…a legal loophole has got plenty of people pretty angry, and not just in Rhode Island. “While teens can’t pump gas or climb ladders on the job because of protections in workplace laws, there is nothing on the books keeping 16- and 17-year-olds from stripping – as long as they’re home by 11:30 on school nights.”
Yeah…frikkin’ wow. What idiot(s) decided to let these circumstances exist in current law. I’m sure the twisted and depraved will try and get their fix in while it lasts.
Talk about PATHETIC PEOPLE. Do all these McCain supporters have nothing better to do than to revel in their own sad, aimless state? Has the fact that Sara Palin has proven herself worthless of voter’s efforts led these blind, dumb, and deaf people to also lead equally worthless lives?
The president’s been sworn in already. YOU LOST! GET OVER IT!
Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty to be griped about with our current presidential administration. But I will give Obama & Co. the benefit of the doubt for now, considering they’ve only had a few months to clean up the wad of horse sh*t left to us by the in-human conservative brutes and their wealthy whores of finance.
I realize this posting is really late in the game…if I wasn’t frantically searching for paying work I’d probably be able to focus my time better. But, on the issue of Obama’s citizenship…I’ll let the record speak for itself.
For me, not enough can be said about the genius of the animators and writers of Robot Chicken. I’d have to say I’m immensely envious of those folks. As a kid, the cruel dentist who serviced my braces was across the street from The Forbidden Planet in NYC. I loved going into the ‘Planet after my appointment with methodical savagery…I marveled at all the artwork & reading material. Once I stumbled upon a book about stop motion animation…and I daydreamed (for what felt like eons) about someday getting to tinker around with hand built metal skeletons, creating features, & animating. As if I needed any more “I wish I had done…” moments in my life. Robot Chicken kicks sand and salt into those wounds of mine…but I must say, it’s the most sweet of sorrows! =)
People, this is an amazing piece of work…if you’re a fan of The Blues. At least for me, watching this video was like finding a refreshing well in the desert of mind. Whatever the hell that means. x}
This clip, which includes the fabulous Koko Taylor, should hopefully intrigue you enough to check it out.
AIG has some frickin’ gad damn chutzpah. You mean to tell me after all the billion$ they needed to buttress this “cancer of finance” they want to reward their legions of disease? They may be huge, so huge that they need to be shut down. But they’re never going to pay back the money in full that the government stupidly threw at them. If those in charge decide to grant AIG the permission to blow frickin’ million$ on their minions you can be sure an ugly contempt will further brew in the public masses. And the nation will likely not forget this vile debauchery come voting time. AIG is morally no better than the insane nurse who polluted patients just so she could get her fix.
I’ve often daydreamed lately…that if the politicians had ever decided there was an education crisis of prolific magnitude threatening this country…and had decided to spend a fraction on education of what they’ve minted for these pig f*ckers in our financial system. What would our nation look like? Or what if they spent it on medical research or medical coverage for all? What if the system had such a vested interest or cared so much for every individual person that their every potential could be put back to work for the greater good. But…alas. Humans are savage creatures. For all our gadgetry and science we still prowl on our own like dumb prehistoric thugs. For all the might in our governances the system is breaking down. In ways nobody saw coming. The leaders better get hip. There are too many swells of grief in motion here. Too many lives clinging to weak yarns of hope. Beltway “business as usual” won’t weather this front. The backs of states are breaking. This snake eating its own tail has to sever the cycle. Obama and his people better be right…because as things get worse you know more of the innocent will get ravaged in the fight to the finish. I have hope, but I’m pretty damn terrified at the energy stewing these days.
The world can’t stop talking about Michael Jackson. So I suppose I’ll ad my own limited verbal spew on the topic. The years of my youth were certainly affected by the man with one glittering glove…and I was just as shocked as everybody else upon learning of his sudden passing. What I noticed in my own reaction was, I’d always presumed MJ would end up “buying the farm” at an extreme old age…helped along by a constant flow of money to every medical advancement available to extend life expectancy. But (if the allegations prove true) his unlimited access to a higher medical league of drugs put all his ambitions to rest. I for one can’t understand how any doctor could resort to regularly putting a patient into a medically induced coma and not think something is seriously wrong with such a dangerous situation. Chalk another one up to stupidity being the net result of endless ego.
Further into the world of pig headed Neanderthals, Sarah Palin announced her resignation well before her term in office is up. Many folks are speculating that she’s quitting so she can try and follow Reagan’s footsteps…taking some time to gear up for a victorious presidential run. If this is really the situation, I can’t wait for the next election. She’ll have even less real world experience to speak of by then…and the debates would surely lay her punk ass methods to waste. I wonder if Alaskans lament ever voting for her.
In the criminal world, Bernie Madoff’s wife broke her silence and issued a statement regarding her husband’s maniacal mayhem. She claims shock and shame due to her husband’s actions. But, when it came time to vacate her multi-million dollar home she asked if she could hang onto a fur coat. No doubt this was no cheap trinket…maybe she wanted to cling to one last testament to their fraudulent billion dollar glory days. Yet I can’t somehow shake the idea that after all the wretched suffering Madoff has generated, his wife had the balls to even ask about keeping anything. Did she think people would commiserate with her? Did she think nobody would notice she bed with heartless scum? Did she take up a job with the Swiss banking system? If any average person harbored common criminals there would be a guns-drawn storm at the gates by the authorities and local media. Yet, the actions of aiding and abetting opulent villany by even wealthier entities seem far beyond the reach of logical international law. On that I say, f*ck the Madoff family, f*ck the Swiss…and f*ck the tax dodging thugs whom they defend vehemently. They should all be mercilessly flogged in public for crimes against humanity.
