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    10/23/2009: Yes, its my fault and I shamefully admit it. I don't know all the major players in Wa
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    08/27/2009: You don't have to tell me that things are bad out there. Everyone knows that things a
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    05/21/2009: My job is brainless. I sit and do hand-eye coordination maneuvers with small precisio
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    05/16/2009: I wish somebody would explain to me why kids aren't better educated these days. I don
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    10/06/2009: You see them everywhere people with signs and bible verse with sayings like Marriage
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    05/07/2009: Miss California (Carrie Prejean) has been accused of posing for semi-nude photographs
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    06/25/2009: I’m striking a blow for closing the gender gap. No, I’m not campaigning for equal
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  • Go Green Alright A-holes
    11/16/2009: First thing I would like to say in this post is to all the go green assholes that pro
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  • Health & Fitness READ THE HEALTH REFORM BILL!
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    11/19/2009: The schools used to be a place where you learned and got ready for the real world. No
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  • Husbands am i crazy? ......or is it not double standard when a man can walk out on the kids but damn if a woman does it she is horrible!!
    02/03/2011: A man can walk out the door with the clothes on his back!! Leaving kids wife or whate
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    09/12/2009: Many complaints have been made against the educational system, HOWEVER what most peop
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    11/22/2011: Hey, ever wonder why they make sites like these? So we can tell you our daily complai
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  • Marriage One Man One Woman ONLY! What a crock of shit
    10/06/2009: You see them everywhere people with signs and bible verse with sayings like Marriage
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    02/03/2011: you know I know that losing a loved one is hard, I know that. I know it's a crappy fa
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  • MLM Fake it 'til You Make It (or better yet, DON'T)
    02/25/2009: The other day I got a phone call, out of the blue. There was the nicest gentleman
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    07/14/2009: But the key question here is will you? ILYBC (that’s the way the hipsters do it) is
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    07/17/2009: Skinny dipping at the bottom of Rainbow Falls in Hawaii, with Megan Fox, is definitel
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    05/21/2009: My job is brainless. I sit and do hand-eye coordination maneuvers with small precisio
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    04/25/2009: I'm not sure how many of you know but a few days ago Rebecca Sue Taylor tried to sell
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    05/14/2009: Here's another batch of morons that I can do without The people that think Walgree
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    08/05/2009: Yes a man who was light years ahead of his time penned this opening to one of the MOS
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    11/19/2009: You know for the first time in my life I think that I'm actually floored. On PBS arou
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    09/21/2009: Surprise, surprise, the answer is NO!! That is my position from watching college educ
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    10/19/2009: You know every time I pick up a newspaper or hell even go on here someone is complain
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    11/13/2009: "I don't care". Those words were spoken to me by an agent of the Colorado Dept of Rev
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    09/12/2009: Many complaints have been made against the educational system, HOWEVER what most peop
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    05/20/2009: Next month analog television will come to an end and the era of digital television ta
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    09/12/2009: Many complaints have been made against the educational system, HOWEVER what most peop
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    07/24/2009: I'm glad to see that Minnesota weather is finally back to its usual shenanigans. The
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    07/27/2009: It’s been a while since I’ve been here to spread my insights of great ponderence,
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    08/12/2009: A "winter lawn" they call it; that means it looks lush and green in the winter.  In
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This is about something that I am generally experiencing quite a bit in my life.  The title is an acronym: No One Gives A ____ (about that) Either.

Meaning, the more I care about something, the less anyone else gives a ____.   And the more other people generally care about things or value things, the less I do.  This is not based mainly on the observed level of value other people place on subjects, but more on the merits of the subjects themselves.

This is extremely frustrating because the result is that I don’t have a lot in common with anyone, and so keep trying to discuss or work on things, and being completely ignored or dismissed either because NOGAFATE, or because, on the basis of the lack of BS subject commonality, they just don’t GAF about me anymore.

The only way I know to avoid this is to pretend that the only thing I GAFA(bout) is one specific thing and go right the middle of a cult of those people after studying so much on that subject that I have an encyclopedia of knowledge and skills in that area.  Then, if I stay on the trendy topic in that area or engage in the intricate, nasty political manipulations of the group, people will GAF briefly.

What I have found is that I have a number of interests and perspectives which are generally outside of the mainstream (except for their cult followings) but apparently do not care about or know enough about any of them to be part of the cults, and either NOGAFE when I try to bring them up outside or even often inside of those groups.  Also these topics that interest me tend to involve problems or challenges that NOGAFAE even though they are very significant issues.

I’m not surprised that the IRS is coming under attack from all fronts. I have no love for them but using violence against a federal agent is a sure way to be sent to prison and I don’t condone it. That out of the way, let me also say that the IRS deserves its despicable reputation of collecting taxes. It is a matter of public record that IRS agents have used tactics outlawed under the Geneva Convention and received an commendation for their actions. What other government agencies would do that?

Case in point. Alabama (the state is changed to protect me). A retired contractor was sent a notification that he was being audited for discrepancies in previous years taxes. He sent in the paperwork requested and thought nothing of it, he had done nothing wrong and went on about his life. Returning from a vacation, he was surprised to find that the IRS had seized his home, several vehicles, frozen his bank accounts, changed the locks and posted “no trespassing” signs around the property. All he could find as to reason was a federal seizure paper taped to the front door and a number to call. Calling the number, he was transferred to a voice mail where he left a message.

His call wasn’t returned for several days and when it was, the agent accused him of hiding assets and cheating on his taxes for the past ten years, the amount owed was in excess of $150,000, payable immediately. When the man asked what the problem was, he was told that the agent didn’t have to tell him but if he came down to the IRS office and surrendered, he’d be served with a copy of the complaint. Instead, the man called his attorney and got him involved. Within days of notifying the IRS that he would fight this, the attorney was audited and threatened. The attorney bailed out and was glad to do so.

The case drug on for several months with the couple soon out of money and forced to stay with friends and relatives. They still didn’t know what they had done wrong. he called his tax accountant but the accountant said that he had already been served with a federal gag order, meaning he couldn’t talk with his client. Each time he called the IRS agent, he was told that he’d be notified when his case came up, maybe another six to eight months. How could he be notified if he didn’t have a mailing address? he asked. Not my problem, was the response.

After nine months of this, the man walked into the backyard of his former home and stuck a shotgun in his mouth. At least his widow could collect on his life insurance policy, or so he thought. The IRS had already seized that also. When the event finally hit the papers, others became involved on behalf of the widow and the IRS finally had to present its case before a federal judge. The defense attorney had to admit that the IRS did present a formidable case except for one minor detail — they had targeted the wrong man and for the wrong reasons. The IRS wanted a man located in a different state, operating a contracting firm with a similar name and as crooked as a dog’s hind leg. When this was brought out, the IRS simply said, oops! and dropped the case but too late. Under federal and IRS laws, the agent responsible couldn’t be held accountable for doing his job. The judge did return the house, bank accounts, life insurance and vehicles but even that was too late, the home had been foreclosed on and the vehicles seized for non-payment.

Thinking she could sue in federal court, the widow hired several attorneys to investigate and found out that the IRS can’t be sued but only taken to Federal Tax Court and as the case was officially closed, she couldn’t.

People don’t realize that the IRS has unlimited powers to seize anything from someone they claim owe back taxes, without notification beforehand. According to several web sites, the reasoning behind that is if the tax cheat knows the IRS is on to them, they’ll hide assets. In most cases, its simply a matter of a small mistake on the return or a case of mistaken identity.But that doesn’t matter to them. Their promotions is directly dependent on the amount of money they bring in, although they’ll deny it, and the number of cases brought before the tax court and the number won. Deny, deny, deny is their watchword and it works. If on official business, they are immune to arrest, they can carry weapons and will use them, even against a grandmother. I can’t recall one case in which the IRS agent was found guilty of any wrongdoing, especially when investigated by their peers.

As many people have cried, the IRS is out of control and need to brought up short by someone.

Colorado has a “Make My Day” law. In a nut shell, it simply means that you won’t be prosecuted for defending your home, your family or your life with deadly force. It doesn’t mean that you can chase the suspect down in the street and kill him, as one homeowner did. It does mean that if someone breaks into your home with the intent to do you and your family bodily harm and rob you, the homeowner can use deadly force. In other words, blow them out of their socks. While I would prefer to cause them great bodily harm, I would not hesitate to open up with my shotgun at close range. This has two advantages; 1) it is a final solution to a home robbery and 2) the suspect can’t come back and sue for damages (that’s been done on numerous occasions).

While Colorado doesn’t have the shootouts in the streets like some Texas border towns do, we do have our share of home invasions by scumbags looking for easy pickings. I realize that the police can’t be everywhere at all times (they get there after the fact most times), it is realistic that the homeowner be prepared to protect themselves against any eventuality. I have my shotgun handy but I also have my walking stick, a six foot length of Aspen, hard as a rock and can break an arm or bust a head in one easy swing. To quote an old saying, “I’d rather be judged by twelve of my peers than be carried by six of my friends.”

The bad guys of today are getting younger and younger, knowing they can’t be tried as an adult and most likely, at the most, be sentenced to a juvenile detention center until they are twenty-one, will be released and out on the streets to continue their life of crime, often with an advanced degree in crime. Whenever I move into a new place, I always make sure that the neighbors know that I’m armed and will use my firearms; I’ve seldom had trouble from the local hoods. If I’m forced to use deadly force, I won’t apologize for doing so, I won’t feel sorry that someone is dead and I won’t apologize to his family for the loss of their child. They raised him, saw where he was heading and did nothing to turn him around. Some will see that attitude as callus and uncaring. Far from it, I care but my family comes first. If the cops can’t handle the crime rate, it is up to the individual to be prepared to do so and just call them to haul away the trash.

On a national scale, the crime rate has increased, in spite of what the Justice Department says, and more and more homeowners are being caught in the middle. We’ve been told to just call the police and let them handle it but while you’re on the phone, they’re breaking in and terrorizing your family. I have a shotgun and they have automatic weapons, like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Very unequal, unless the shotgun is loaded with turkey loads. That’s nine pieces of lead the size of a small ball bearing going out at over 1,000 ft per second. Now that can do some serious damage and discourage any intruder because they want to rob, not be killed.

We don’t live in the Old West any longer, we’re supposed to be a civilized nation of laws but the only law to date that makes any sense is the Make My Day law. More and more gun laws are passed each day and not one does any good because the criminals ignore them and they just take away yet another right of the law abiding citizen. I, for one, will not live scared in my home behind locked doors and shuttered windows. I will not be made to live in fear of venturing outside and enjoying life. And I refuse to relie on someone who won’t be there in my time of need to protect me and my family, I’ll do it myself and explain later.

Why am I ranting about this subject? because crime is hitting closer and closer to home. A new neighbor just moved in next door and while they were gone, someone broke in and stole a couple of TVs and a laptop computer (I could have told them it was unsafe to live here but they didn’t ask). I don’t believe that I could live anywhere that is completely safe and no one in their right mind would think so either. All one can do is make their home as safe as possible and refuse to live in fear. To that end, I keep my shotgun handy and loaded.

Yes a man who was light years ahead of his time penned this opening to one of the MOST influential documents ever written in history.

Sadly, today this means nothing to the elected officials governing our once great country. No it didn’t start sliding downhill when the Novelty Obama-nation uttered the statement, “We live in the greatest country in the world; help me change it, but that non hacker sure as fuck hasn’t HELPED things out a whole lot has he?

Motherfuckers (and father fuckers for you ladies who feel left out when I say it) Are lining up to defend this shitbird with statements like “No one can expect him to deliver on all of his campaign promises”. Then WHY the FUCK was he elected by a majority vote? If it doen’t matter what they say, why aren’t we picking a President’s name out of a fucking Fez? (Yeah a turban would just be a freaking hand towel with a bunch of clumps of paper inside it wouldn’t it?)

I’m getting off track here. HEALTH CARE for ALL should be FOR all not just one for us and one for them. I’f I’m having their shit crammed down my throat then at least tell me that they are getting the same lack of condiments that I am. REGULATIONS and REFORM are what the current System needs and not a Socialist, Eastern Block replacement for it.

While we’re at it, lets think about this. Nancy Pelosi and the fucking DNC is all over this shit about Leveling out the WEALTH of the nation. Lets call this what it REALLY is. They want You and I to be in the poorest 85% of the nation so THEY can be in the RICHEST 15% (if they will allow that many people to be as “privileged” as they are for being good enough to get you fucking moronic, mouth breathing masses to vote them into office.

“From Each According to His Abilities and To Each According to His Needs” is the mantra that these fuckaholics are chanting and the Public is chewing that up like it is a NEW concept. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov brought forth REFORM via these means in a little place that used to be called Russia with these EXACT words.

The FIRST thing that these radicals who wish to infringe upon OUR Inalienable Rights do is to take away the guns of the people that they wish to enslave.

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
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.

This was written by men who had to shed blood to have the right to protect themselves from all enemies Foreign AND Domestic.

Hitler immediately took away every gun from the Jews and I hope you fucking idiots do remember what happened to them during his rise to power. NOW the Democrats have sought to take guns out of the hands of the people for many years and they always come back to the same thing. They SAY it is for OUR own good so that “Criminals” cannot get their hands on guns to harm us. WAKE THE FUCK UP. They are the criminals that wish to enslave YOU and make you work so that you get just enough to get by and they get MORE than they can possibly expect their grandchildren to be able to spend. if GUNS are so BAD, why are these people all Guarded by agents who have them?

AGAIN… WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE! Our society is being dumbed down by the lack of a true Education System. Our Wages and Income are being attacked, we are being led like lambs to the slaughter and the apathy and brainwashing that our leaders MUST be right just because they hold that position is sickening.

We are soon going to need a Revolution to get the Government out of our wallets, schools, and privacy of our own bedrooms because the MASSES can no longer think for themselves or ask the simple questions and react to the answers that are given to them rather than just going with the flow.

I can no longer sit idly by and watch the destruction of the greatest nation in the world. Who has the guts to speak out with me?

I’m disgusted. What’s more depressing than the economy? What’s more of a bummer than all the people losing their jobs, their homes, their hope, their fucking everything?

I’ll tell you what. Walking down to Stillwater’s infamous FORMERLY FREE Lumberjack Days celebration and seeing it barred shut. Getting a load of the massive quantities of youngsters, huddled in huge groups, loitering, bored, and bummed on every curb just OUTSIDE the chainlink fences and gates barring them from the formerly FREE TO ALL Lumberjack Days celebration. I can’t think of too many teenagers that are going to fork over $10 so that they can then fork over another $5-$6 on the hotdog they were planning on scoring while watching a few interesting acts onstage and looking for familiar faces in the fun, festive, normally packed, sometimes weird, always entertaining crowd.

Teenagers weren’t the only people turning away from the ridiculously prison-like barrage of chain-linkfencing. In case you hadn’t picked up on it, for the first time, they’re charging a $10 cover to get inside what was before, a down-home, local, fun, free, old-fashioned small town annual celebration.

Yeah so it got out of hand when Lynard Skynard played a few years back. Whatever. Bad planning.

Hell, I won’t even pay $10 to get into the State Fair and that’s pretty big-time.

All I have to say is (edit this): City of Stillwater, you just fucked all your Lumberjack Days Vendors in the ASS. Way to stick it to the little guy trying to make a buck.

Major fucking Bummer. Guess I’ll go take my usual hike in a state park - the fee for that is only $25 a YEAR (not counting the $105 fine I had to pay for forgetting to update my annual pass in time.)

What a fucking money grubbing pathetic world we live in. I’m disgusted and ashamed Stillwater. Fucking disgusted. Take your infamous celebration and shove it up your money-grubbing touristy ass.

Wish I could invite my dad over to my house for Father’s Day and celebrate. I sure would like to Bar-B-Q him some steak or salmon. Whatever he might want. Unfortunately, it’s impossible for us to get together.

He was my first hero. I’ll never forget the day he took me and my sister to the beach and someone started drowning. In a flash, my dad ran and dove into the ocean. He quickly pulled this guy out and saved his life. A crowd of people had gathered. Everyone was so glad the guy lived. I wonder if this experience had anything to with me becoming a lifeguard later in life.

During summers, my dad took us kids camping at fantastic places like Yellowstone and Sequoia National Park. I wonder if this had anything to do with me eventually getting a job with the U.S. Forest Service or living next to a national forest today.

As an LAPD officer, Dad patrolled South Central L.A. for 20 years. He had a tough, dangerous job dealing with street gangs but Dad was very macho. He totally bought into that whole Marlboro man image the tobacco companies sell so well. Seemed like he always had a cigarette going. I first started smoking when I was 16. I wonder if my dad’s smoking had anything to do with it.

When my dad got emphysema, I realized smoking had serious, unpleasant consequences. One day, when I was working in my photo studio in Hollywood, I set up a modeling mirror and took a good look at myself with a cigarette dangling from my lips (in that classic James Dean style). With my father’s emphysema situation on my mind, I didn’t look very “cool” to myself anymore. Actually, I thought I looked butt faced stupid - Like my face was really grotesque and there was a cigarette being smoked in my butt crack. How disgusting!

It was time to quit. I found out quitting was easier said than done. In fact, quitting smoking was the hardest thing I’ve ever struggled with. I really liked smoking. I liked having a cup of coffee and a smoke, a beer and a smoke, a smoke after a great meal, a smoke after great sex, driving and smoking. Heck - anything and smoking. But it was just too unhealthy and I especially didn’t like looking stupid to people who didn’t smoke. Many times when I was trying to quit, I would smoke the last cigarette of a pack and tell myself, “I’m not buying another pack.” Then at 2:30 a.m., I would find myself lying in bed desperate for a cigarette. Unable to sleep, I would climb out of bed and rummage through my trash cans until I found a butt to light. What an ordeal. Eventually, I did quit, but it was the hardest damn thing I’ve ever done. Today, I have much sympathy for anyone who is addicted to nicotine and all of the mysterious, toxic chemicals the greedy tobacco companies add to natural tobacco to make cigarettes extra addictive and maximize sales.

I was still working in Hollywood when my friend Debbie was trying to get gigs as a stand-up comedian. I offered to help her brainstorm for her comedy routines and she promised to do some modeling for me. We had fun kicking around some comedy stuff over a few gin and tonics. Then I told her about the humorous photo concepts I wanted her to consider working on as a model. For one idea, I described how I thought people’s faces look like dumb-ass butts when they put a cigarette in their little, face hole. Perhaps this could be a humorous “No Smoking” poster or greeting card. LOL - Debbie said she didn’t want to do any ass modeling, especially because her butt had too much cellulite. I reassured her that her butt would be fine because I wanted my image to be the opposite of the sexy tobacco company ads. When Debbie realized she would be able to recount this unusual modeling experience for a funny stand up bit, she became much more enthusiastic. Debbie even called her best friend who immediately volunteered to come down to my studio and assist with cigarette placement during the photo shoot.

To all you smokers out there, If you can’t quit, I hope you at least cut down and minimize the damage. I know how hard it is because I’ve been there. I’m not trying to put anybody down who chooses to smoke. I’m just saying, for your sake and the sake of your family, I hope you don’t end up like my dead father… weak, sick, hooked up to an oxygen tank suffering a slow, unpleasant, untimely death.

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So there I am at the convenience store the other day. It’s early evening, so the place is crowded. People hitting the ATM, getting some sandwiches, etc. So the front parking lot is packed. In fact, it’s full, there are no free spots. In such instances, most rational people would merely drive the extra 60 feet to the parking lot on the side. That’s what we did because I am of said rational mind. My wife went in to use the ATM, and I was waiting in the car. It was here I saw something that really fucking pisses me off.

 

Car comes in from the street. It pauses as there are no open spots in the front parking lot. Well, not exactly, there is one open spot-the handicap spot. Surely this car won’t park …son of a bitch! The black Pontiac cruises right into the spot. I can see there are no handicap plates, nor is there a tag hanging from the rear view mirror. What happens next makes me sick. The driver’s side door opens as a woman gets out. Right after that, from the back seat, emerge 2 kids.

 

What kind of fucking example is she setting for those 2 kids? “Hey, kids, if you see a cheap way to get by, take it! That’s what I do!” From her demeanor getting out of the car, she was clearly not ashamed to be parking in the handicap spot. She disappears into the store. It’s merely conjecture on my part, but I think she’s going in there to buy smokes for her kids, but I could be wrong.

 

I think assholes who do this shit be immediately handicapped themselves. In fact, I just petitioned by township to install me to the newly created title of town handicapper. They informed me they already have an official handicapper, his name is Sal and he hangs out at the Town Tavern most nights. I told them, no, I wanted to be a different kind of handicapper. I would station myself at random public parking lots; malls, shopping centers, grocery stores, churches, etc. And whenever I see someone without the proper tags park in a handicap spot, I just wait for them. With a baseball bat. As they walk out, I would politely step on their foot and swing for the fences at their knee. You’re handicapped now, sucker. Lesson learned.

 

For some reason, the township didn’t go for it, but my point still stands. I absolutely hate seeing people trying to get an unfair advantage. Is it really all that important to park 10 feet closer to the door just to pick up a paper and some joe? How low class to take it just out of sheer laziness. I can’t imagine if someone who really needs the spot can’t get into it. What kind of example is she setting for her kids? She is probably the same kind of person who walks her dog, but never picks up the poop. The same kind of person that doesn’t put things back right in the gym. The same kind of person that has 25 items in the express lane. The same kind of person that makes my blood absolutely boil.

 

The world is too full of these people.

These new tobacco taxes are really burning me up. I know there are those of you that engage in fist pumps and victory dances every time a new tax is slapped on us evil smokers, but enough-is-enough. I wonder if you would feel the same way if taxes, comparable to those levied on smokers, were tacked onto red meat (high in cholesterol), chocolate (diabetes and obesity) and any car that does better than 35 mph (you could always take the bus); all in the name of a national health initiative.

Let me put this in (my) perspective. I have worked, and paid my way in society since the age of 16; about 30 years. I have contributed my share to healthcare, Social Security, and taxes in general. I am not a criminal. I don’t do drugs, abuse children or drive drunk. I have been a teacher most of my career, and I give back to society by sharing my knowledge with those that choose to listen. I try to be the best friend I can, to help those I can, and to be as understanding as I can. I have never (knock-on-wood) broken a bone, had a major surgery, or even spent a night in the hospital. As I see it, I have caused noone’s healthcare to increase. As a matter of fact, I have probably spent more on health insurance than I have recieved in benefits. I am also a smoker. I have chosen to smoke for 25 years on-and-off. So why should I be punished with exhorbitant taxes? Is it because smoking is a choice?

Here’s a news flash. Smokers are not the only people that choose to drive up the cost of healthcare. We all pay higher healthcare costs for those people that contract AIDS due to promiscuous behavior. Isn’t unprotected promiscuity a choice? They willingly participate in activities that could result in contracting a fatal disease. They are not victims (except in rare instances). So why aren’t promiscuous people forced to pay higher taxes to continue their behavior?  I’ll wager I become very unpopluar by making that statement. I’ll be accused of bigotry and homophobia well before someone will come up with a legitimate argument as to why that isn’t a valid comparison.

I am not about to engage in the statistics surrounding the amount of money it costs to keep someone on an iron lung because they chose to smoke all their life. I am not completely unsympathetic to the idea that taxpayers, in some cases, get stuck with the bill for keeping someone alive with an illness linked to tobacco usage. I would be intelectually dishonest to think otherwise. But why are smokers the only group of consumers that are repeatedly targeted with the chore of lowering healthcare costs for everyone else? 

If you ask me, we all need to be responsible for our behavior. That means both sides of an action; forethought and aftermath. If everyone would just take care of their own business, Uncle Sam wouldn’t have to make it his.

I live in Michigan, which I used to say proudly, and I am watching our elected officials tear this state apart. I will state up front that I have no respect for our governor, Jennifer Granholm, yet we as voters share the responsibility for re-electing her again. If you haven’t heard, she plans to make Michigan the next Hollywood. Which may be a good thing for all the unemployed people (over 12% now) who are thinking of changing their career path to include “movie extra.” But I digress. This is not the subject of this posting, but they are related.

Over the past several weeks, our newscasts have repeatedly covered stories about government layoffs; specifically teacher layoffs. This is not a new strategy for local governments looking to tighten the fiscal belt. In fact it’s a stragtegy that I think most people have accepted as “business as usual.” It bothers me that our children suffer the cost of our elected officials’ lack of fiscal responsibility. Can you think of a worst way to do business? That makes about as much sense as beating your child because you wrecked the car on the way to work. One has nothing to do with the other. If private enterprises were as fiscally irresponsible they would be in the same state of finacial ruin as…I don’t know…Gm and Chrysler maybe? We need to get government out of the education business.

It seems to me that the programs that suffer the greatest losses when the money gets tight are those that hit us the hardest. The cuts in this state usually start with the police force and teachers. Two of the most underpaid, thankless, yet undeniably crucial positions on the government payroll. If you want to understand why our education systems are failing, just look at the way government values its teachers. Why would any sane, educated person want to become a teacher, or police officer for that matter? The fact is, the good teachers are in it for the “love of the game.” Hats off to those that have chosen the profession for reasons nobler than a government paycheck. Our education system would be in worse shape if it wasn’t for dedicated teachers.

Our government would like you to believe there is no alternative to public education; that private schools and home schooling are too expensive for the average Joe. It’s kind of ironic that the same government has no problem strapping over one trillion dollars of taxes to our back. The same government that tells us our school systems can’t afford new books, gives GM and Chrysler $15 billion combined to keep them afloat not knowing if they can sustain themselves. During the election campaign all we heard about was better education for our kids and affordable tuition. How many scholarships could have been paid for by the $16 billion tax dollars that Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan-Chase sent overseas for new loans and investments. By comparison, figuring an average teacher’s salary at $32,000, one billion dollars will pay the salary of 31,250 teachers for a year. Our government has given away 31 years worth of teacher’s salaries to businesses that might fail. I guess our leadership must have gone to government schools if they can find logic in that. Here in Michigan, the Detroit School District has been struggling for years. Partially due to the fact that the tax base is leaving Detroit, but mostly due to the corruption within the system. Schools are sorely in need of repair, several will be shuttered, and again the students will be punished for the sins of the few. They will pay with over-crowded classrooms and over-worked teachers. What a great way to insure the education of this, and future, generations.

People will argue that the government owes their children a “free education.” There is nothing free about it. Besides taxes, Michigan’s lottery system has generated over 3.5 billion dollars for the School Aid Fund in the last 5 years alone. Don’t forget the Bingo nights, candy sales, and booster clubs to name a few more. All payed by the taxpayer. And who do we have to complain to when we don’t get our money’s worth? The government. What a great business model. The same authority that mandates the taxes to go to their schools, creates the guidelines to measure the success of the schools. I’m going to try that. From this day forward, compared to myself, I am a genius. I like it! What this does in reality, however, is create a no-win situation for students. Let’s face it. Unless students are motivated, goal-oriented self-starters, they will receive nothing more than the bare minimum to pass. If students can’t handle that, the school system doesn’t have the time or resources to help; unless, of course, you conveniently fall into one of the “special needs” categories that the government can tax us for.

I believe the government wants schools to fail. If they truly didn’t they would not be in their current state of dishevelment. To put it bluntly, the less educated our students become, the easier it will be to grow nosensical ideas and create a more dependent society. The government has created its own captive audience. Better schools, home schooling, and inteligence are the are the bane of dependency. If we become smarter, pesky little critters like constitutionality, free speech, and individualism will end up cluttering the tracks of the Collective Express. You can call me a conspiracy theorist if you desire, but I think of myself more as a common sense theorist.

The bottom line is this. I truly believe that education is key. Good education, not so-called free (or affordable) education. Education that inspires, rather than enslaves them. Education founded on integrity rather than agendas.  Our kids deserve more.

this is the end I just can’t do this anymore. I’ve just finally run out of bullshit. I’m tired of it aren’t you tired of it. I’m tired of one side on an issue always ignoring facts that don’t help their cause. I’m sick and tired of environmentalists thinking that corporations and big business are destroying the precious fabric of earth. Big Business is some of the largest recyclers out there but I’m also sick of the bullshit reason people believe them! The companies don’t do it out of some morale imperative to save the earth, they do it to make MONEY! Why in the hell would you throw something away when there’s another company that will buy it!

I’m tired of the stupid bullshit things that people flip out about. We’ve got a recession on, no one can find a job, Health insurance is non existent or at best a broken pile of shit of course that doesnt matter because no one has money for even a Minute Clinic visit. People are losing their homes the crime rate is going up Our freedoms are being taken away to thunderous applause and are we outraged by it HELL NO! Why because gasp! Lindsy Lohan broke up with her girlfriend and Mel Gibson is divorcing his wife! And gays want to get married oh dread! How can anyone say that Madonna not being able to adopt kid number 23 is a bigger deal to the world then the war going on!

I’m also tired of the bullshit that surrounds the school systems and the kids that infest it! The school is a public place that I keep shoveling more and more money into to help educate the kids! Guess what thanks to all of the bullshit the kids keep getting DUMBER! It’s not really the kids fault because they’re never challenged. Why because  when you challenge someone’s abilities you run the risk of them failing. We can’t have that in schools now can we! We all know how soul crushing it is  not to do something perfectly the first time. Then who really gets it the worst are the smart kids. We can’t separate them because that’s exclusionary and would make the majority of kids feel dumber and left out. We can’t get the class harder because that would make most of the other kids actually think for a minute! Do you lovers of bullshit really think that a person’s emotional center can be forever destroyed because of elementary school! Your assigning the kids way more self awareness then they’re capable of!

I’m sick and tired of the bullshit surrounding the fact that we can’t say anything or have any sort of zest for life because it might be offensive to one in ten-thousand people! You know what if you people would come out of the bubble of bullshit that you’ve built for yourself for just a few seconds you’d see that they’re just words they can’t hurt you. They only hurt you if you let them, alone words are meaningless. No word has the power to kill or to wreck some one’s life, day or even the fifteen minutes after he heard it. All the bullshit surrounding all the so-called hateful words is just that bullshit! Once you stop giving a shit what people say then everyone will see just how fast the so called hateful or offensive words lose any power. You don’t even need words to offended people and wreck your life. A photo of you on MySpace or Facebook have a drink with friends at a bar can keep you from a job, which is just stupid. Why in the hell dose someone going for let’s say a administrative assistant job need to worry about what they do in their off time. The bullshit lovers trying to take away any sort of fun that people want to have.

I’m also sick of the bullshit about how no one can take personnel responsibility for their actions. I’m talking about all the people that spouted the popular “predatory lending” there’s no such thing. It’s just another bunch a bullshit and I’ll prove it. No one held a gun to these people’s heads and made them sign the ARM loan now did they. They had all the time in the world to sign the loan or to have a lawyer look it over. Then to make matters worse instead of cutting back on expenses what did they do instead they went and just busted out their platinum VISA didn’t they. Now before they knew it they’re in over their head and bankruptcy and ruin are just around the corner. At any time we’re these people forced to buy all the shit they didn’t really need. Did they have to get a car every three years No they didn’t

The exception to that is the poor bastard that get laid off because the failing banks remove their line of credit and that spells the end for most companies. So he’s saved for a rainy day but with no jobs that dries up quick and then everything in his life begins to go down hill. To him I say first call your mortgage company and explain the situation. Trust me more and more companies are letting payments go for longer and longer. Then after that I’ll buy the drinks. 

One last pile of Bullshit that I just can’t deal with anymore is the fact that why can’t men be proud to be men anymore. WHY! Oh we can be men alright just the watered down subtle weak version the feminists want. I mean I’ll give you an example if a woman goes out and sets up a club for women or a gym for women or a event celebrating womanhood every one’s just fine with it. However if I set up an event for men or centered around men there would be such a public outcry from NOW and NAW that it would probably end with me getting lynched.

That’s not even going into if i dared set up a club for guys to hang out and shoot the shit. The only requirement for membership is that you are a man that’s it. Race age creed religious belief or even gay or straight wouldn’t matter. It would be shut down in two weeks by the court for discrimination yet women can do that now can’t they especially lesbian bars. Please explain the equality and fairness in that.

That’s all the bullshit I can talk about now get back to this in a part 2 or I’ll go into it on my Warcorpse666 YouTube Channel.

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