I’ve been on the planet for a pretty long time. I’ve been a contributing to the workforce here in America for about 3/4 of my life (over 30 years). In all that time I’ve only taken unemployment benefits once and that was when there were ample jobs to be had but you didn’t have to except something that was below your “lot” in life. It was then I realized how flawed the system is.
The environment, it’s that thing we walk & drive around. We breathe its air, drink its water and swim in its seas. We eat the food it produces and enjoy the vitamin D the sun provides. We take all of this in and yet we do very little to protect it. It’s sort of strange when you stop and think about it. It would be like be like scoring the winning goal and begging for it to be disallowed, it just doesn’t make sense.
I’ll be the first to admit it, when President Obama said he’ll consider off shore drilling I was a little surprised (actually very surprised). But I understood that he was dangling a carrot to get the bipartisan support he needs to pass a bill that would set limits on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Without the carrot the party of “NO” (a.k.a the Republican Party would continue to stay on the un-derailable NO train.
Ummm, I’m struggling a little here. Maybe you can help me out? When I was growing up I spent about 15 minutes in the Boy Scouts. I remember that it all used to be about fitness, readiness and preparation. The Oath – On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight; (amended) and to recover my health by visiting prostitutes then recovering funds by beating them to death and taking their money, while playing Grand Theft Auto!?! (more…)
I was downtown the other day and I saw something I don’t see everyday. A man walking through a parking lot with a huge firearm strapped to his side. I’ll be honest with you, for me it was unsettling. I’m not sure why, it just was. He was clearly exercising his second amendment rights. And lord knows I’m all about exercising your rights – I’m just more used to the first amendment then I am the second. (more…)
To every single member of the Tea Party, to every single person that is looking for the current administration to wave some kind of magic wand and take away the 8 years of Bush/Cheney policy that sunk this nation, to every single person that wants to put 100 percent of the blame on the current guy in charge I offer this. (more…)
Armageddon (the end of the word), baby killer (needs no explaining), A travesty, debacle, bricks thrown at buildings, shots fired, white powder package shows up at a congressman’s office. All of this because a landmark piece of legislation was passed by the house. I can only imagine what could have happened if this actually went into effect on April 1st! These are just a few of the words and things I heard over the past week that describe the new healthcare bill. (more…)
Her name… Donna Simpson. She currently weighs over 600 pounds, but she has a weight goal. She wants to be 1,000 pounds! Jesus H Tap Dancing Christ!!!! What the hell is wrong with people? I’m a fat bastard in recovery so it’s not like I don’t understand what’s it’s like to carry the load I do. But I needed to get healthy and I did. I took a while, but when you get to watch your Mother laying on the floor of her kitchen because the EMS workers need more bodies to get her down the stairs – then you change the way you’re doing things. And Donna Simpson is treating her family to the same thing. (more…)
So I live in this small town in rural Vermont – Brattleboro. We are famous for our ski jump, our “never let the 60′s go community”, having resolutions passed to arrest Bush or Cheney should they ever pass through, Articles of impeachment against Bush, a very politically active culture, Anti-Nuke Demonstrations and nudity.
PETA Demonstration
So I was reading on-line the other day how Kevin Smith (of Jay and Silent Bob’s fame) was kicked off a flight for being… well – fat. Hmmm, I thought to myself this would make great fodder for my next article or a great topic for my blog.
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