Another Reason to Put BallisticTour 2011 On The Road

Blues harp people can drive you nuts--bring ear plugs But---I can't resist it when three of the best players ever are there; Jason Ricci, Adam Gussow, and my all time favorite, Sugar Blue.

You only live once and when you get old enough, it is easy to say, Screw It! I could drop tomorrow. Plus I know the area a little bit. Culture shock won't freak me--I be Southern, (btgog**) and I think I played that place one time.

This means I better be real quick about taking care of essential business here on Ballistic Mountain. I am wanting to make it a rather extensive tour. Now if the creepiest of powers that be will quit screwing with fuel prices in order to manipulate mankind...

**by the grace of God (btgog)
That's my version of the pbuh they write any time They mention, you know who---He (peace be upon Him) who shall never be represented in cartoon or WE KILL YOU!!! Never even say His (pbuh) name in the wrong way or WE KILL YOU!!!--or whoever is handy if you are too far away

Spare Tires and (allegedly) Male Apologists

Recently I noticed that I have a belly which seems to wrap around. The spare tire syndrome. This is totally unacceptable. Maybe it is from my rediscovery of grits, or it is from four day periods of near comatose meditation. Whatever the cause, I think I can manage the cure. It is not as extreme as it could be, but these things can develop a momentum which is hard to stop.

In my circumstances it would be unwise to become too much of a slouch. If I had a wife who would find it tough to leave due to all kinds of enmeshed finances and social confusion, then I might go ahead and become the blob I would be happy to become. Maybe I would apologize and pretend to care.

But I would never apologize like what I saw on youtube.**posted below** Unbelievable.

These guys are apologizing to all women on behalf of all men, even those who are not "fully conscious", like me.

I can tell you right now, I do not apologize -- except for my spare tire physique. That is it.

I like women but that doesn't require bizarre cultish behavior.

Lunatics, I swear.

What women should realize is that whenever men play that game of kissing up by some pretend worship of your inner wisdom and feminine power, they are simply trying to sidestep what they perceive as your wrath, and they are hoping for sex.

They are actually bigger liars and have less true respect and love for women than the most blatant patriarchs on the planet.


This is such an indication that western society has gone absolutely nuts. This groups is called Conscious Men. A misnomer if every there was one. The ones who aren't gay are definitely trying to get into the pants of feminists.

Hey, maybe if we apologize for all men ever and kiss up, the women will put out!

enjoy!! But watch out. If you are woman, these guys are scamming you for sex.
http://youtu.be/K_uRIMUBnvw --Dear Woman



This boggles my mind.

Slogan Ideas

Besides the fact that I no longer think elected officials are so much elected as put in place, I was trying to think of slogans which would make people feel warm, fuzzy, and OK. Not sure if feeling fuzzy is actually a plus. They always say, "warm and fuzzy", and THEY must be right. Still, I am wondering if fuzzy would itch or get in your eyes or be a nuisance if it got just the least bit wet.

What is it that people want to feel? This puzzles me some. Mostly they want to feel no pain, don't want to feel alone, and don't want to feel like anyone can see how irresponsible and weak they really are. And they want to feel somehow included. Like they wanted to think they were part of the crowd crossing that Bridge to the 21st Century or flowing into the lovely future on the Obama logo.

These are old buttons, but more interesting than most of the '08 litter.

Obviously, the Obama logo was superior to the other graphics in the campaign. Others from both parties all had predictable stuff, except for McCains militaristic one which looked like a Russian army generals emblem or something--balck and gold with a star. Grim. Other graphics were mostly renditions of the flag or things like Romney's post office eagle. Bland, uninspired and similar. This logo was the difference.

My candidate has to do better than this. Quite a challenge, but that's how you win--good logo--effective slogan. Remember, substance and reality have no place in the campaign.




There's a lot of talk about "giving back" and "making a difference", often attached to things that may or may not be more trouble than they are worth. The intrinsic value is secondary. The real goal is to feel important and hopefully get recognition. Then you say things like, "Oh, I get sooo much more out of this altruistic endeavor than the little people I am helping", or words to that effect. Nonetheless, the speaker of such words rarely resists the limelight and the chance to be publicly humble and modest. That is apparently much of the appeal of "giving back".

This is coming from one who has done more benefits than I can count, in one form or another. I do things I enjoy and feel fake if I describe them or even pretend I am giving anything back. For one thing, I haven't stolen or taken anything to give back. In the case of being the recipient of the goodwill of friends, I suppose I could find ways to repay. It is not necessarily financial. Kindness, hospitality, etc. Friends have gone out of their way for me on their own volition. So, in that way, there could be some giving back. As far as events and activities in the community, I do what I do because I feel like it. Often it involves playing music so it is tough to act like I'm doing anyone a giant favor.

So, it may pay to somehow make people feel like they can claim to be giving back when they do nothing other than what they like to do. That is already in place I suppose, but worth looking for some quality in that realm which can be exploited in a new way.

OK. I am still wondering what slogan would put our hypothetical candidate in the running. As far as 2012 president, I get the idea the slogan "Hope and Change" will give way to "Win the Future". Have to hand it to them. Another meaningless, yet inspirational piece of drivel which threatens no one, and doesn't make the average Joe nervous. Hell yea, let's win. Same emotion as when you sit home and watch your team win the super bowl. You did nothing, but You WON!!

I'm wiondering if it would be too nervy for my candidate to gamble on this wave of modern messianic hysteria. If not, then I think, "Let Go And Let Me", accompanied by the right logo might work. Maybe the logo could give the idea of happy people secure in their own happy house. It would need to be simple, but somehow give the right impression--like your home is safe and you won't have to worry about foreclosure.

Remember, the reality is unimportant. It is the emotion that counts. Make people feel like backing your team is effortless and leaves their stomachs full and the TV capable of pulling in a zillion cable channels. And it is not your fault if your kids are thugs, if you are incompetent, and if your bills for luxury items go unpaid.

An Orgasmic Tomorrow is another possibility, but that could raise some resistance. It is so tricky. A good slogan can't imply any action on the part of the voter, and it can't imply the individual's ultimate success or failure. Success scares people, so if they think they might achieve it, they inwardly get scared that it will be obvious they don't deserve it. Just like freedom scares people. What they want is security, and justification for their shortcomings. Part of it is natural, and part of it is because that is how we've been conditioned for so long that we know little else. Path of least resistance.

Slogans need to be short. Three words work best, yet that is what makes for the challenge. Perhaps One With You is a viable phrase. It is an offshoot of the solidarinosc craze. Or, We Are One(maybe We Are Won)--and then my candidate would be instructed to agree with the opponent, then directly contradict whatever is said, prefacing it with "Of course we want the same things for the American people, so I agree that xyz". XYZ is of course nothing even close to what the opponent said. "We all have but one vision..." That is a good one to add in there during the so called debates. Or is that now called "conversations"?

Then my candidate goes on to explain that since he/she is the most acutely aware of our oneness, he/she is best suited to lead us all into our orgasmic tomorrow. Even the worthy but somewhat confused opponent.

Got to keep working on the slogan. I can almost see the logo, but don't have a handle on it yet. When I do, I'll have everything I need, except a candidate to run with it. The more I think about it, the more I realize that is the least important aspect of the whole process. I'll find someone who is not damaged beyond hope, and who can appear cool without coming off like a person pretending to be hip, like those goofs who attempt to makes kids think they are cool by dropping a bit of mostly passe slang at inappropriate and forced times. We'll find someone.

Any good slogan ideas welcome. Non-threatening, meaningless, but catchy and evocative of positive imagery and nothing whatsoever required of the voter. Other than voting and shunning all who aren't with the program. It worked in '08. It could work in 2012. But we have to win over much of the cult faction who still think Obama is going to turn their unpaid bills into new houses and full gas tanks.

***holy smoke! An obvious impostor has written this guide, POLITICAL CAMPAIGN PLANNING MANUAL A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO WINNING ELECTIONS By J. Brian O'Day National Democratic Institute for International Affairs...
Lying punk. Let him pick an unknown and I will pick one, and see who wins. Two random college graduates with equal everything. No felons or famous people.

++++++an alleged list of presidential campaign slogans throughout American history---although they don't so much go with the Hope and Change tag for Obama, but the Yes We Can, among others. Hope and Change was the message people got. The Yes We Can was also highly effective.

Apparently GW Bush had Yes America Can! as a slogan. Who knew? Very close to Yes We Can. My theory is that with the sentiment among so many in this country that the Word America was unsophisticated and therefore was not inclusive of them, changing it to "We" proved more effective. I know people who cringe at the sight of the flag because they see it as something only for meanies who will shoot you if you break into their homes.


Campaign Candidate Slogan
1840 William Henry Harrison Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
1844 James K. Polk 54-40 or fight
1844 James K. Polk Reannexation of Texas and reoccupation of Oregon
1844 Henry Clay Who is James K. Polk?
1848 Zachary Taylor For President of the People
1856 John C. Fremont Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, and Fremont
1860 Abraham Lincoln Vote Yourself a Farm
1864 Abraham Lincoln Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream
1884 Grover Cleveland Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, The Continental Liar from the State of Maine
1884 James Blaine Ma, Ma, Where’s my Pa, Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha
1888 Benjamin Harrison Rejuvenated Republicanism
1896 William McKinley Patriotism, Protection, and Prosperity
1900 William McKinley A Full Dinner Pail
1916 Woodrow Wilson He kept us out of war
1920 Warren G. Harding Return to normalcy
1920 Warren G. Harding Cox and Cocktails
1924 Calvin Coolidge Keep cool with Coolidge
1928 Herbert Hoover A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage
1952 Dwight Eisenhower I Like Ike
1956 Dwight Eisenhower Peace and Prosperity
1960 Richard Nixon For the future
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson The stakes are too high for you to stay at home
1964 Barry Goldwater In your heart you know he’s right
1968 Richard Nixon Nixon's the One
1976 Gerald Ford He’s making us proud again
1976 Jimmy Carter Not Just Peanuts
1976 Jimmy Carter A Leader, For a Change
1980 Ronald Reagan Are you better off than you were four years ago?
1984 Ronald Reagan It’s morning again in America
1984 Walter Mondale America Needs a Change
1988 George Bush Kinder, Gentler Nation
1992 Bill Clinton Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
1992 Bill Clinton Putting People First
1992 Ross Perot Ross for Boss
1996 Bill Clinton Building a bridge to the 21st century
1996 Bob Dole The Better Man for a Better America
2000 Al Gore Prosperity and progress
2000 Al Gore Prosperity for America's families
2000 George W. Bush Compassionate conservatism
2000 George W. Bush Leave no child behind
2000 George W. Bush Real plans for real people
2000 George W. Bush Reformer with results
2000 Ralph Nader Government of, by, and for the people...not the monied interests
2004 John Kerry Let America be America Again
2004 George W. Bush Yes, America Can!
2008 John McCain Country First
2008 Barack Obama Change We Can Believe In
2008 Barack Obama Change We Need
2008 Barack Obama Hope
2008 Barack Obama Yes We Can!
2012 Ballistic Candidate An Orgasmic Tomorrow

Sometimes You Just Want to tell Them, F--- You!! [a rant]

Considering I am not borrowing money, and living pretty damned frugally, a quote like this from an elite blood sucker, living large on tax money, working for another blood sucker who will never have to be the victim of half his own initiatives due to built in exemptions, not to mention their pensions and other perks, pisses me off:

"Americans have to make tough choices about how to live within their means while still investing in their future, and the president's choices are no different. The president is looking forward to talking directly to the American people and sharing his commitment to making deep cuts, so that we can continue to invest in areas like innovation that will help our economy continue to grow," said Adam Abrams, a White House spokesman.

Oh? Americans have to make tough choices about living within their means? Who the hell are you to be spouting this patronizing pap, Mr. Abrams? I've been making tough choices for a long time, while your holy church, the US Federal government (along with state and city versions), has been going deeper into debt, misusing and abusing the military in bizarre wars of conflicting definitions and goals, while ensuring that we suffer scarcities in various energy sources, etc. And always FOR OUR OWN GOOD. Or the better good, or to stick it to the mythical evil corporations--who in fact are actually you. Only the evil ones are in partnership with you guys. You've done a good job running most others out of the game.

Do you think that facebook creep or any of the others kiss up to politicians due to some altruistic desire to see alleged "visions for the future" become law of the land? Hell no. The more of a Washington insider you become, the more your industry can prevent competition, skirt around matters of ethics and honesty, and the more raw power you get to wield in various ways.

Become wealthy enough and you can join the puppeteer club, and you can be one who pulls the strings while the rest of us watch the marionette show believing it is real.

So, Adam Abrams, you, and those whom you represent, make me sick and I would love to punch you in the nose, confiscate your wallet, strip you of any tax paid salary or pension, then have your creditors harass you because you can't pay.

Those who live within their means have watched their means dwindle in value. Food prices are up, utilities in many places are up, rent is high, and it costs more to travel a mile than it did not long ago. These things are traceable to government poicies and various restrictions. So, screw you, Adam, you hypocritical bastard.

And for God's sake, do not come back with some tale of George Bush. The problem is now you and your gang. He is gone, and your gang held many of the cards before he left. I will say I find it amazing that anyone could make me long for him to be back in power, or even Bill Clinton, but you guys have managed to make me pine for the good old days when we only had a few wars going, but we could still afford to fill the gas tank at least half full.

Of course you, Adam (and your gang), and they are all nuts from the same tree.

Campaign Advice

I think I should hire out as a campaign manager. It is clear that most politicians don't know how to win.

Number one thing a presidential candidate is going to need is a good logo. This is the realm in which the Obama crowd really broke ground. Obnoxious as it sounds, we've entered an era in which everything and everyone is considered a "brand".
Without that logo, I doubt Obama would have been elected.

So, you need a pleasant logo which means absolutely nothing but somehow implies moving into the happy utopia beyond.

The other thing you need is a meaningless, yet noble sounding slogan. Again, Obama's people nailed it down with the "Hope and Change" phrase. And, of course, "Yes We Can". In reality it means absolutely nothing. In practice it meant, even more military personnel fighting abroad, more debt, higher cost of personal mobility, etc. Instead of a change, as in slowing momentum or turning things around, we have experienced an acceleration in the same direction, and by design more than not. It is simply true.

Even so, there are always talking points. "Talking points" has become the politically correct term for propaganda and misinformation. Half-truths. It is important to realize that half-truth has become the new truth, if you plan to win elections. Of course, that is one of the items which has been a major factor for many years. Not like the logo and slogan advancements, the big lie, half-truth, has won the day since before the time of Lincoln.

So, if anyone is to put on a good showing, that candidate must be identified with a good logo. It has to be good on any scale--small or large. That's one of the defining points in logo design. Obama's logo people nailed it. The only place he screwed up on that was not claiming his daughter or some poor inner city youth drew it up and voluntarily gave it to him.

Slogans can be tough. Things have changed since the days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" or however that went. "I like Ike" is the only other one I remember.

Oddly, Obama's slogan wasn't about him. Everything else he does or says is. It implied messiah without saying, "He's the One". They left those comments to others.

If anyone hires me, I am going to be hard pressed to compete in the slogan and logo arenas. What so few realize is that the substance of the message means zilch. All you get by trying to honestly explain what you think should be done and how, is support from those who are already on your team, and ridicule from those on the other team. The trick is to say nothing, and make it sound noble.

So far, it doesn't appear like anyone's catching on. Maybe the Ron Paul people are closest to having a brand with that lovelution stuff. It's a bit complex, and he's too old and serious. If you actually try to explain things in truth and detail, you are like a sitting duck. Got to imply what's in it for the voter. Sometimes it is just the promise of being cool, and that the French won't hate you any more. Obama nailed that one as well, although some believed he was going to pay their mortgages and fill the fuel tanks on their cars. He never set them straight. That is how it is done.

I see so no competition in that race. Unless they hire me to groom the candidate for public appearances, and learn how to pretend to be the "Chosen One", these people have no shot. Now, if Hilary really wanted it, I suppose she and Bill could have some people offed, and she'd get there by playing on the victimization of everyone. Encouraging everyone to be victims works, but I think we saw how the logo, the slogan, and the air of mysticism worked even better.

Complaint will not work. Not in a presidential race. You cannot win by purely pointing out that the other side is raping and pillaging. You have to give that illusion of "vision". The only way to do that is to not actually define any vision that makes sense. It has to be vague, glorious, misty and mystical. Kind of like that "Bridge to the 21st Century" that Clinton promised. What did that mean? Nothing. But we envisioned a beautiful bridge, on a sunny day, with everyone walking effortlessly over the arching throughfare, Bill in front, leading us to the other side, where all was well. Not unlike the Obama logo

Maybe I'll work on a winning slogan and competitive logo. It is a challenge. Many candidates simply appear to be impossible to effectively brand with a good logo and slogan. Gingrich, for instance. The epitome of a waste of time and money if anyone really supported his candidacy. I don't care what your views, he has no chance, even with my help. Some of the others, I could help, but they would have to hide out and shut up for awhile, and make no move until I get there to fix their candidacy problems.

I suppose a logo full of sexual innuendo might not work out. Perhaps if the candidate is female, you could get away with a powerful phallic logo. Have to be well done, and at least appear to be subtle. Only a female could get by with that.

I guess I better rebrand my own life before I seek my fortune in campaign management. I do think I may be just what is needed. Besides, I want to see someone new in there. Not sure who, but a person who doesn't recoil at the thought of personal freedom and mobility, and who is not stricken with guilt because we aren't europe would be an improvement. The self hate in this country needs to change or there will be nothing left of us.

Too Much Isolation Can be Scary

That's it. I think I have carried this thing to the limit. How much solitary confinement can you take before you crack? About this much. I surrender. Enough. I don't care if I fit, if I'm good enough or much else, but this has gone far enough.

But it is way out of the comfort zone to change things. Figures. Oh well no pain, it wouldn't be my life.

Here We Go Again

One or more crazies get big press and then other crazies get crazy.

No one would even know about it if I decided to burn a koran and/or a copy of the New York Times in my front yard. Or back yard. Would it be reason for people thousands of miles away to cut off heads? Would it be my fault?

Of course the FL guy is annoying, as many attention seekers are. But it is not his fault that we are in a war with full tilt Bozo lunatics. This is the same religious thinking that used cartoons as reason to kill and riot. It is highly possible that those who dream of taming these whacked out people, installing some vague definition of democracy, are equally nuts.

They went berserk on the mere rumor that infidels were burning books. No telling what story they heard. Most of us didn't even know about it until heads were rolling. And we live in this country.

Now the guy is on television and other media. Why bother? You know he's nuts too. Maybe they could get the guy who cut off a head on along with this other holy idiot. Unbelievable.

Is it not obviously a scam to think it is a useful goal for the USA to create stability in these insane countries? People are NOT all alike. Cultures are NOT the same. Even if they were, I would not be thrilled about an outside force coming in to overthrow Obama and other control freaks to install people I supposedly like better. That would make me nervous. Not that the Obama regime doesn't make me nervous, too. But I can cope.

So, we got it under control in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya, and where else I wonder. Those are people who want nothing more than peaceful representative democracy, and everlasting allegiance to our interests. Right?

If I ever write a book, and you burn it--I KILL YOU!!!

Booty not Boots

Not worry. "No boots on the ground in Libya" Anonymous sources tell us that was a "mis-speak". What he meant was "No booty on the ground"

Habits

Habits and ruts are tough to change, even when you know if the status quo is allowed to prevail, an unhappy demise is imminent. This is probably due to some conflicting organic survival imperative; something hardwired in the human being.

Probably the design assumption is that if a thing has not killed you yet, it must be a good habit which helps the organism survive. So, all the inner workings tend to want to keep things as they are. There must be some circuit which operates on the assumption that people do not voluntarily do the stupid.

Well, that is a flawed design. Once the stupid becomes accepted as OK, people will do the stupid. Maybe that is overlapped with the herd instinct, and tendency to follow the leader. Binge drinking with those funnels and buckets would be an example. Not too sure how all that paraphernalia operates, but it looks like a bad plan. Then again, maybe it is enough to turn many of the participants off to overdoing it in the future. hell if I know. The point is that few would do it if it weren't for that follow the leader, please like me, instinct. The social factor.

Unfortunately, humans, at least ones like me, do not have idiot proof programming. The basic stuff of life and survival is there, but it is easily bypassed and distorted. And once it gets a little off for a period of time, it tends to go way off.

I have got to change this way I am doing things. I can see what is needed, but find it almost impossible to do. One thought is that, if I can manage to change this setup, it will be a remarkable example for anyone else in my particular circumstances who may believe it is too late to try. I wish I knew of someone who was in my stage of life and situation who finally got the fire going. That might help.

But screw it. I believe that a person writes his own script for the most part. You can't always control the set and all that, but you do have a say in how you use it and react to it.

Two things I do not want: I do not want to die with a bunch of junk and mess for others to deal with, and I don't want to cash in the chips looking like a lifelong moron. I'd like to leave at least one valued work or trinket or remembered influence. If I drop today, my landlord would be pissed that the place is packed with chaos and mess, and I have no idea what or who in the way of life insurance. I think I have some, but forgot who gets it, or even who gets whatever else. That would be a dirty trick. The LAW never makes it easy on family left to its own devices.

I'll attempt to outlive everyone so none of that is an issue. In the mean time, the lifelong struggle to believe it is OK to succeed and to enjoy life and to change my destructive ways continues. You'd never believe the supposed potential. I've been a misfit since I was four years old. I am not sure if that was due to nature or environment. I tend to think environment, too many blows to the head, too many betrayals and a far to naive nature. So, a combination of internal and external factors.

None of that matters. If one can identify the problem, know it should be corrected, then he has what he needs to take measures to improve the situation. The whys and hows of it becoming a problem are irrelevant. Compensate and conquer. I wonder why that is so hard to do? It is the part about being willing to do it that is the toughest. What I see in front of me is not that damned hard. Maybe it is because at some point I risk failure, and risk confirming that deeply held notion that I really am a nincompoop, which freezes me in my tracks.

Then again, it may be a sign of brilliance that I see my lack of it.

In Search of the Short Statement (Searching for Gato, etc.)

I've been trying to locate an old friend for a long time. He's harder to track than most. Finally I paid 1.50 to an online outfit to dish up the report. So far I have not used the addresses to contact him.
He was known as Gato Loco, and I was another sort of gato. Long story, and if you weren't versed in, and entertained by, spanglish in S FL it would mean nothing.

The stupid place has my phone number and now wants to give me $100 in gas vouchers for paying another dollar to test drive some service for two weeks. Of course there may be an issue with canceling it. There always is.

No, I said. No, no no. I wonder now what is next. I better monitor my bank statements closely.

This kind of thing is where people give capitalism a bad name. Semi-deceptive sales techniques which offer you something FREE and you don't have to do much of anything. They don't volunteer the issue of you being responsible to get the thing stopped if you don't want some recurring charge of who knows how much. That part is hidden in the background, in the fine print, the super fast spoken announcement.

It uses the old con man technique--bait 'em with something for nothing.

Some would say more regulation and government oversight is the answer. I think not. That is half the trouble. Enforce the standing laws against force and fraud. Splitting hairs gives rise to loopholes.

Yes, people should be vigilant, but really, this is not what trade and commerce ought to be. You knew I couldn't get through this without pointing out how our own government, on every level, plays the same game. That, I suggest, is part of the problem. Would people be so hard up for employment that they have to do the bidding of deceptive firms had government not taken over 40%, or whatever it is, of the work force? And the laws, control, and educational sytem, as well as the press, selling their nonsense at every turn in every aspect of life--geez.

There must be a better way, and it damned sure isn't along the lines of solidarinosc. Something else that doesn't require running in a pack, or playing tricks just because you can get away with it.

Sorry. It wasn't that short. I tried, I swear.