They think it is possible that a guy in Oklahoma may have spontaneously combusted. I wonder if that hurts a lot. I've never seen any theories on that.
Being lit on fire is no picnic, that I know. But going up in smoke from the inside out, I wonder. Aside from the pain possibility, what better way to exit? Boom flash, and out.
I've often felt like I would explode or combust but I think I drink too much water for that. The Oklahoma guy was reported to be a heavy drinker and smoker. I could see the alcohol adding to the possibility of combustion but doubt smoking was an influence, unless he swallowed a lit cigar and that triggered the process.
If he had lived I bet they would have charged him with arson or failure to get a burn license.
Again, ignoring the pain issue, going out in a flash, and leaving mostly ashes is not a bad gig.
What if it was death from telekinesis? Someone may have given him the evil eye, remotely exciting the molecules in his body to the point of combustion, then ran away before the police got there. What if he was a telekinetic lad himself, and did himself in by concentrating his powers within?
If I recall, he was only a few years older than I am. People like me, at this point in the journey can easily wonder if they've screwed up their lives beyond repair and their view of redemption. If they could, I bet many would consider combusting like that. Most would dismiss the idea or put it off due to their habitual procrastination.
I wonder if Mr. Oklahoma put this off for months or years before getting round to action.
Those are questions the police should be asking if they really want to get to the bottom of this.
I should rent out my services to help them better solve this mystery.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Stuff of Priests
"Corporate greed and profit" are not really the root of the problem. The evolution of the corporation as an entity does deserve scrutiny, however the ill results often attributed to freedom, free enterprise and business are very much the work of priests in varied forms.
People are suckers for the supernatural. And they are suckers for being led. Long ago, kings who ruled according to might makes right, found that some bit of partnering with priests and witch doctors served them well.
Priests found that the more frightened and poor the people, the more power they would wield. In modern America people have begun to substitute various causes for religion, but the requirement of faith is still there. And the leaders of such movements, some based solely on race or other irrelevant factor, are very much in partnership with the lords of the land. They deliver unto them the votes of the unwashed.
In the mean time the less scrupulous among the corporate world also deliver the vote, and receive much in return. It can be nearly impossible to function if a company of size neither seeks nor gives favor in that arena. Atheists of sorts. And they are likely to perish or be smote.
It is so sad to see people fall for this over and over again. If normal basic laws were enforced, and government did not partner with business, gay alliances, racial groups, or foreign interests, much of what is called corporate greed and corruption would not be possible, or else the true source of the evil would be clearly seen as those who rule rather than serve.
It is natural. Many among us feel that they are the chosen ones who need to lead the poor idiots who can't think for themselves. They believe that includes just about all of us. Maybe they are right. Then again maybe they are a bunch of self important, obnoxious T word-s.
There you go. I am PC as can be so you have to know what is the T word. Hint--four letters, ends in T, has one vowel which is not I.
Anyway, by having a devil to point at they manage to keep the heat off themselves while sapping the life and humanity and money out of the population more and more every day.
You may think the religion thing has been put to rest, but you're being fed far taller tales by the president and all the others in love with governing. In love with power. Ye of little faith no doubt felt a bit of skepticism when they started in with the QE business. After QE 2 or so, one may lose faith.
If they say a law, tax or money printing will make it all better, then they must be right. No way would they use tax money to do things which enrich or empower their cronies and/or themselves to the long term detriment of the society and country. Oh hell no.
Really, priests and politicians are both loathe to objectively prove their worth or why they should be paid, yet they both do well. Both groups present arguments which take a bit of faith to swallow. Overall, holy men in this age are more worth their wage. Not saying much considering jihad and such.
There's an alter boy quality to the smug self-satisfied aspect of the self righteousness that over-regulators and regulator wannabes exude. They really think they are smarter, therefore it is their duty to make decisions for the rest of us. For our own good. Those people feel so good in their superiority.
I feel more angry in mine. And that's the difference.
Don't want to be told what to do. Don't want to tell anyone what to do. Don't have to prove to you that I'm smarter. And I'm not here to fight for your whatever. Not going to feel your pain. Don't care.
Even smart people who see themselves as destined to be part of the decision making club sucker for the zeal, often professing fealty to The Cause. No definition of it just The Cause. Like in China or Cuba. Really, it is all about the Revolution in Cuba, but what revolution? Against Castro?
The Castros preach allegiance to The Revolution, which I think ended Jan. 1, 1959. It is a religious thing. Just another word for God. Fidel is the pope, or maybe now he shares that title with Raul. Che was a saint or prophet in that faith. Same witch doctor psychology. Possibly a human need seeded deep in our DNA.
Those other ones feel your pain only if you admit that they are God. It works. They'll find ways to reward the believers while punishing the infidels. Sometimes that approach will yield you over ninety percent of an ethnic group's votes. And like many in Islamic countries, they'll just about kill you if you bring up any facts or logical points counter to their faith.
I gotta get a life
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People are suckers for the supernatural. And they are suckers for being led. Long ago, kings who ruled according to might makes right, found that some bit of partnering with priests and witch doctors served them well.
Priests found that the more frightened and poor the people, the more power they would wield. In modern America people have begun to substitute various causes for religion, but the requirement of faith is still there. And the leaders of such movements, some based solely on race or other irrelevant factor, are very much in partnership with the lords of the land. They deliver unto them the votes of the unwashed.
In the mean time the less scrupulous among the corporate world also deliver the vote, and receive much in return. It can be nearly impossible to function if a company of size neither seeks nor gives favor in that arena. Atheists of sorts. And they are likely to perish or be smote.
It is so sad to see people fall for this over and over again. If normal basic laws were enforced, and government did not partner with business, gay alliances, racial groups, or foreign interests, much of what is called corporate greed and corruption would not be possible, or else the true source of the evil would be clearly seen as those who rule rather than serve.
It is natural. Many among us feel that they are the chosen ones who need to lead the poor idiots who can't think for themselves. They believe that includes just about all of us. Maybe they are right. Then again maybe they are a bunch of self important, obnoxious T word-s.
There you go. I am PC as can be so you have to know what is the T word. Hint--four letters, ends in T, has one vowel which is not I.
Anyway, by having a devil to point at they manage to keep the heat off themselves while sapping the life and humanity and money out of the population more and more every day.
You may think the religion thing has been put to rest, but you're being fed far taller tales by the president and all the others in love with governing. In love with power. Ye of little faith no doubt felt a bit of skepticism when they started in with the QE business. After QE 2 or so, one may lose faith.
If they say a law, tax or money printing will make it all better, then they must be right. No way would they use tax money to do things which enrich or empower their cronies and/or themselves to the long term detriment of the society and country. Oh hell no.
Really, priests and politicians are both loathe to objectively prove their worth or why they should be paid, yet they both do well. Both groups present arguments which take a bit of faith to swallow. Overall, holy men in this age are more worth their wage. Not saying much considering jihad and such.
There's an alter boy quality to the smug self-satisfied aspect of the self righteousness that over-regulators and regulator wannabes exude. They really think they are smarter, therefore it is their duty to make decisions for the rest of us. For our own good. Those people feel so good in their superiority.
I feel more angry in mine. And that's the difference.
Don't want to be told what to do. Don't want to tell anyone what to do. Don't have to prove to you that I'm smarter. And I'm not here to fight for your whatever. Not going to feel your pain. Don't care.
Even smart people who see themselves as destined to be part of the decision making club sucker for the zeal, often professing fealty to The Cause. No definition of it just The Cause. Like in China or Cuba. Really, it is all about the Revolution in Cuba, but what revolution? Against Castro?
The Castros preach allegiance to The Revolution, which I think ended Jan. 1, 1959. It is a religious thing. Just another word for God. Fidel is the pope, or maybe now he shares that title with Raul. Che was a saint or prophet in that faith. Same witch doctor psychology. Possibly a human need seeded deep in our DNA.
Those other ones feel your pain only if you admit that they are God. It works. They'll find ways to reward the believers while punishing the infidels. Sometimes that approach will yield you over ninety percent of an ethnic group's votes. And like many in Islamic countries, they'll just about kill you if you bring up any facts or logical points counter to their faith.
I gotta get a life
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A Farewell To Arms
Not the least of strange things to come out of all the alleged discussion of guns and ammo was the implication by some charlatan in one of the states' legislatures that armed women on a college campus could be dangerous because they might just think a person is a rapist and therefore shoot people needlessly. He indicated that a better deterrent to bad guy aggression is to fend them off with a ball point pen.
People of a certain ilk are totally sure that you need only what they imagine you need, and that you ought not have any issue with an appointed or elected authority being the arbiter of needs, wants, and responsibilities. I should point out that the idea of a elected authority misses the point of a constitutional republic designed to protect individual rights, and designed to prevent what is known as tyranny of the majority.
Theoretically, the people are the authority, not those elected to whatever office, and not bureaucrats they appoint. Not even cops are supposed to be "authorities" as such. But I'm unlikely to tell a policeman that to his face unless I want to die or be given cheap electro-shock therapy with a side of broken bones.
The tenacious grip of the feudal mentality has diluted the thing so much that even in the US elected officials are treated as royalty and have special perks to prove it. This will prove more and more difficult in days to come. But it is a slow boil so most of us don't care.
I've heard people on radio ranting about the guy who allegedly slapped a baby on a plane. Due to political correctness, we can only guess what he allegedly said. Supposedly he said something about "shut this N-word baby up", or something like that.
Now, either the guy is very odd and insults people by saying, "N word, F word", pronouncing letters of the alphabet followed by the word "word", or else the reporters assume that we know for sure what N word means. I'm thinking he may have called the kid a nincompoop.
From the little I've seen of this story, I am skeptical of its veracity. My bet is that two obnoxious people were seated together, one of which had a screaming two year old, and one of which tried to drown the noise in booze. Could be a bad combo. Somehow the parents' reactions as far as I could tell--from limited info-struck me as more feigned than real outrage.
Innocent until proven guilty is the best approach, especially since I wasn't there and neither were all the people writing comments on less than complete news stories, or calling talk shows blustering on about how they would have torn this villain to shreds.
Of course, people like Al Sharpton have made their living by fueling fires of outrage, ignoring the facts of given situations when they didn't suit his purpose. He often jumps in armed with no facts, basing all on skin color. Even then he gets it wrong. Like with Zimmerman who is not much more white than Al. It was more suited to Al's purpose to just pretend, and people probably still want to pretend that this is a sign of rampant white on black crime. Facts can get in the way.
This willingness to jump on bandwagons without all the relevant information is not good. People do love it though. And so do those who seek to control your resources and wealth. A malleable population is the tool of charlatans who make their living in elected office.
The gun debate has brought out embarrassing rhetoric all around. I'm sorry that so many of them narrowly share my sentiments. It has been a windfall for those who make their living manipulating statistics and study results. I'm of the view that more controls will not make people safer, and that the actual trend in crimes and murder is not all of a sudden escalating. I think abuses by those in power, who enforce their will with guns, cages, and theft of property are on the rise.
This view leads me to feel more nervous knowing that law abiding, innocent citizens may soon find it difficult to carry weapons. I never understood the whole concealed carry thing. If you have a pistol, I prefer not to see it unless you have to use it.
Concealed carry just seems more polite and less inflammatory or prone to complications than open carry. So why does that require a permit in some states, but open carry doesn't? If any permit ought be required, though I think not, it should be the other way around. Concealed--no permit. Waving it around==permit.
If I decide to arm up, I'll do like lots of people do, screw asking for permission. Of course, I wouldn't dream of not registering my assault slingshot, and assault rocks.
So, if I had my way Obama would spend the next four years secretly playing golf in Florida, insulated from the press. Please, run away and hide and do no more public business of any kind. This is my reaction to complaints about his secret golf game. I do not care if he ever talks to another reporter. I already know we are at odds on the most basic ideals, so why worry over the day to day details?
If only this thing of hiding out and being invisible and silent to the press would set a trend in Hollywood and Congress. How sweet that would be.
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People of a certain ilk are totally sure that you need only what they imagine you need, and that you ought not have any issue with an appointed or elected authority being the arbiter of needs, wants, and responsibilities. I should point out that the idea of a elected authority misses the point of a constitutional republic designed to protect individual rights, and designed to prevent what is known as tyranny of the majority.
Theoretically, the people are the authority, not those elected to whatever office, and not bureaucrats they appoint. Not even cops are supposed to be "authorities" as such. But I'm unlikely to tell a policeman that to his face unless I want to die or be given cheap electro-shock therapy with a side of broken bones.
The tenacious grip of the feudal mentality has diluted the thing so much that even in the US elected officials are treated as royalty and have special perks to prove it. This will prove more and more difficult in days to come. But it is a slow boil so most of us don't care.
I've heard people on radio ranting about the guy who allegedly slapped a baby on a plane. Due to political correctness, we can only guess what he allegedly said. Supposedly he said something about "shut this N-word baby up", or something like that.
Now, either the guy is very odd and insults people by saying, "N word, F word", pronouncing letters of the alphabet followed by the word "word", or else the reporters assume that we know for sure what N word means. I'm thinking he may have called the kid a nincompoop.
From the little I've seen of this story, I am skeptical of its veracity. My bet is that two obnoxious people were seated together, one of which had a screaming two year old, and one of which tried to drown the noise in booze. Could be a bad combo. Somehow the parents' reactions as far as I could tell--from limited info-struck me as more feigned than real outrage.
Innocent until proven guilty is the best approach, especially since I wasn't there and neither were all the people writing comments on less than complete news stories, or calling talk shows blustering on about how they would have torn this villain to shreds.
Of course, people like Al Sharpton have made their living by fueling fires of outrage, ignoring the facts of given situations when they didn't suit his purpose. He often jumps in armed with no facts, basing all on skin color. Even then he gets it wrong. Like with Zimmerman who is not much more white than Al. It was more suited to Al's purpose to just pretend, and people probably still want to pretend that this is a sign of rampant white on black crime. Facts can get in the way.
This willingness to jump on bandwagons without all the relevant information is not good. People do love it though. And so do those who seek to control your resources and wealth. A malleable population is the tool of charlatans who make their living in elected office.
The gun debate has brought out embarrassing rhetoric all around. I'm sorry that so many of them narrowly share my sentiments. It has been a windfall for those who make their living manipulating statistics and study results. I'm of the view that more controls will not make people safer, and that the actual trend in crimes and murder is not all of a sudden escalating. I think abuses by those in power, who enforce their will with guns, cages, and theft of property are on the rise.
This view leads me to feel more nervous knowing that law abiding, innocent citizens may soon find it difficult to carry weapons. I never understood the whole concealed carry thing. If you have a pistol, I prefer not to see it unless you have to use it.
Concealed carry just seems more polite and less inflammatory or prone to complications than open carry. So why does that require a permit in some states, but open carry doesn't? If any permit ought be required, though I think not, it should be the other way around. Concealed--no permit. Waving it around==permit.
If I decide to arm up, I'll do like lots of people do, screw asking for permission. Of course, I wouldn't dream of not registering my assault slingshot, and assault rocks.
So, if I had my way Obama would spend the next four years secretly playing golf in Florida, insulated from the press. Please, run away and hide and do no more public business of any kind. This is my reaction to complaints about his secret golf game. I do not care if he ever talks to another reporter. I already know we are at odds on the most basic ideals, so why worry over the day to day details?
If only this thing of hiding out and being invisible and silent to the press would set a trend in Hollywood and Congress. How sweet that would be.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Don't Tell Me the Sky's Not Falling,
Just ask the Russians. Except the one who said it was a USA weapons test. Or maybe him too. You never know.
Well, you kinda do know.
OK.
Went to the Wed. night thing--reputed to be a blues jam of sorts. No thanks. That's about all I will say because, regardless of tales of woe and wrongdoing, the bottom line is, no thanks.
Well, you kinda do know.
OK.
Went to the Wed. night thing--reputed to be a blues jam of sorts. No thanks. That's about all I will say because, regardless of tales of woe and wrongdoing, the bottom line is, no thanks.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
One of A Kind
This guy never ceases to amaze me. He's got quite a history, mostly relating to song writers and such who were significant in shaping much of the music from the sixties on.
One of the people up here on ballistic mountain who has become a good friend. Never meet a stranger, nicer guy.
I've learned from him to be careful whom you under estimate.
An old, old song about a guy who killed his fiance, claiming he thought she was a swan. Maybe a couple of hundred years ago that defense worked.
I find that Cliff's singing voice has a special quality that I can't describe. Hypnotic or something.
I swear I don't have that much of a belly, although I may be turning into a bit of a butterball. Not like it appears though. They are wrong to say the camera doesn't lie. It does. It is slanderous. Or libelous. Or both.
One of the people up here on ballistic mountain who has become a good friend. Never meet a stranger, nicer guy.
I've learned from him to be careful whom you under estimate.
An old, old song about a guy who killed his fiance, claiming he thought she was a swan. Maybe a couple of hundred years ago that defense worked.
I find that Cliff's singing voice has a special quality that I can't describe. Hypnotic or something.
I swear I don't have that much of a belly, although I may be turning into a bit of a butterball. Not like it appears though. They are wrong to say the camera doesn't lie. It does. It is slanderous. Or libelous. Or both.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Fools and Racist Nutters
I happened to watch a video of Eric Clapton playing Hootchie Cootchie Man on youtube, and made the mistake of reading the comments.
The one that got to me stated that while the commenter loved it, he found it sooo weird to see an English guy "channeling Chicago and Delta blues". There is a lot of that when it comes to blues and such. To me, if music grabs you, it grabs you.
Obviously this idiot has no clue that much of rock ad roll, and the best of the British Invasion was blues based, and a lot of it even has elements of Bach. Is it somehow off limits for other ethnicities to play music written by black people?
Are black people and non-whites banned from playing Beethoven? What fools.
Granted, a lot of people just do not feel the blues groove. Much of it gets me moving like few other genres. I find it grabs me whereas a lot of bluegrass doesn't. Either things resonate with a person or not.
I can assure you that Clapton, the Stones and other Brits ot only recognize the source of this music but did much to bring greater fame and rewards to may of the old blues guys like Howlin' Wolf, and others.
It never ceases to amaze and irk me when people insist on making a racial issue out of such things.
Clapton does a good cover of it, by the way. He's not pretending to be black. He likes the music. He has done entire albums of Robert Johnson, the protagonist of the crossroads legend, as well.
Oh, and another guy wanted the meaning of the lyrics explained. Much of the blues is full of sexual metaphor. I refrained from going into it. Some of it contains terms which originate in superstitious magic type practices.
More fun to play what you like and for me, to play off stuff that allows improvising and just letting out what you feel. Blues offers that.
I believe basketball was invented by a white guy. Do you think it is out of line if Africans or Chinese like to play the game?
Really, the worst thing about the internet is that it has made me painfully aware that there are millions of idiots running around loose. I was naive enough not to know the number of dimwits was so large.
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The one that got to me stated that while the commenter loved it, he found it sooo weird to see an English guy "channeling Chicago and Delta blues". There is a lot of that when it comes to blues and such. To me, if music grabs you, it grabs you.
Obviously this idiot has no clue that much of rock ad roll, and the best of the British Invasion was blues based, and a lot of it even has elements of Bach. Is it somehow off limits for other ethnicities to play music written by black people?
Are black people and non-whites banned from playing Beethoven? What fools.
Granted, a lot of people just do not feel the blues groove. Much of it gets me moving like few other genres. I find it grabs me whereas a lot of bluegrass doesn't. Either things resonate with a person or not.
I can assure you that Clapton, the Stones and other Brits ot only recognize the source of this music but did much to bring greater fame and rewards to may of the old blues guys like Howlin' Wolf, and others.
It never ceases to amaze and irk me when people insist on making a racial issue out of such things.
Clapton does a good cover of it, by the way. He's not pretending to be black. He likes the music. He has done entire albums of Robert Johnson, the protagonist of the crossroads legend, as well.
Oh, and another guy wanted the meaning of the lyrics explained. Much of the blues is full of sexual metaphor. I refrained from going into it. Some of it contains terms which originate in superstitious magic type practices.
More fun to play what you like and for me, to play off stuff that allows improvising and just letting out what you feel. Blues offers that.
I believe basketball was invented by a white guy. Do you think it is out of line if Africans or Chinese like to play the game?
Really, the worst thing about the internet is that it has made me painfully aware that there are millions of idiots running around loose. I was naive enough not to know the number of dimwits was so large.
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Not In Miami Are We Toto?
Snowing and raining in East County. That's a big deal in SoCal, even though this is the eastern sticks of SoCal.
Probably the odd neuro-wiring of my brain, but weather, geography and the like seem to have a big impact on me. This is definitely far different than anywhere else I've lived. That is not a bad thing.
Last night a huge owl flew over the hood of my car from left to right at eye level. Not the first time. It was really a surprise the first time. It makes for a stunning moment on a country road in the pitch black night.
A couple of times I've been startled o the back deck at night when a big owl swoops within a foot or two of me on its way, hopefully, to help a mouse meet its maker. I assume it is a owl. Obviously a bird of prey, and very quiet in flight. It is easier to see the ones that barely miss the windshield than it is the ones that fly by the back deck.
It just happens now then, not like a flock of them. Not like owls fly in formation the way pelicans do. That's another cool thing. I can go to the coast any time I want to see the pelicans do their thing. It brings back something of Miami and South Florida. A bitter-sweet feeling. I miss it, ad I don't. I think I equate Miami to pain if I goo back too far, but it also brigs back some of the best years ever if I only go back so far.
Kid in a candy store there (Miami) for awhile. But that eventually resulted in a poor choice and that was a crusher in the end.
Maybe I expect too much, or too little, of myself. I do find it tough to let go of regrets, and that causes me to stagnate for fear any action ad ambition will only end badly or end in someone going home crying.
Some of us have an overactive imagination, or an overactive conscience, or both. I tend to ignore the times I've been wronged much more than I can ignore times when I think I let others down. Lack of balance. Then, at the same time, I say, "Screw it, I'll show them!". "Them" being a very vaguely defined tribe.
Best to be grateful for all that warrants gratitude. I'd rather be me than anyone else when it comes down to it. Good, bad, and ugly.
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Probably the odd neuro-wiring of my brain, but weather, geography and the like seem to have a big impact on me. This is definitely far different than anywhere else I've lived. That is not a bad thing.
Last night a huge owl flew over the hood of my car from left to right at eye level. Not the first time. It was really a surprise the first time. It makes for a stunning moment on a country road in the pitch black night.
A couple of times I've been startled o the back deck at night when a big owl swoops within a foot or two of me on its way, hopefully, to help a mouse meet its maker. I assume it is a owl. Obviously a bird of prey, and very quiet in flight. It is easier to see the ones that barely miss the windshield than it is the ones that fly by the back deck.
It just happens now then, not like a flock of them. Not like owls fly in formation the way pelicans do. That's another cool thing. I can go to the coast any time I want to see the pelicans do their thing. It brings back something of Miami and South Florida. A bitter-sweet feeling. I miss it, ad I don't. I think I equate Miami to pain if I goo back too far, but it also brigs back some of the best years ever if I only go back so far.
Kid in a candy store there (Miami) for awhile. But that eventually resulted in a poor choice and that was a crusher in the end.
Maybe I expect too much, or too little, of myself. I do find it tough to let go of regrets, and that causes me to stagnate for fear any action ad ambition will only end badly or end in someone going home crying.
Some of us have an overactive imagination, or an overactive conscience, or both. I tend to ignore the times I've been wronged much more than I can ignore times when I think I let others down. Lack of balance. Then, at the same time, I say, "Screw it, I'll show them!". "Them" being a very vaguely defined tribe.
Best to be grateful for all that warrants gratitude. I'd rather be me than anyone else when it comes down to it. Good, bad, and ugly.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Disagreeably Imploding
Certain landmarks in one's life force a bit of reflection. Some of us tend to shatter when we look into that mirror.
I deleted the rest of this post due to the boring and depressing nature of it. I've concluded that I have some serious issues with the blues, but I still know it is mostly a river of internal lies which occasionally bursts the dam I construct to keep it off the greater landscape of my mind.
Anyway, many, if not most, people are crazier and a bigger blight on society and the prospects of a happy world than I'll ever be. (i.e., pain in the ass)
You might want to click on the Piers Morgan - Penn Jillette videos 1 and 2 after the nanny one plays.
Piers is afraid to let views other than his own be articulated. He is a coont, for sure. I'm glad I rarely agree with him. It is more fun to disagree with people whose personalities I dislike. It is really too bad when I somewhat agree with those who are an embarrassment when expressing a view. The recent gun discussion has brought many of those to the fore.
Actually that discussion has brought nitwits and weirdos from all sides out of hiding. The amount of bad logic and stretched truth on both sides is alarming. All over issues which won't solve anything.
Oh well
I deleted the rest of this post due to the boring and depressing nature of it. I've concluded that I have some serious issues with the blues, but I still know it is mostly a river of internal lies which occasionally bursts the dam I construct to keep it off the greater landscape of my mind.
Anyway, many, if not most, people are crazier and a bigger blight on society and the prospects of a happy world than I'll ever be. (i.e., pain in the ass)
You might want to click on the Piers Morgan - Penn Jillette videos 1 and 2 after the nanny one plays.
Piers is afraid to let views other than his own be articulated. He is a coont, for sure. I'm glad I rarely agree with him. It is more fun to disagree with people whose personalities I dislike. It is really too bad when I somewhat agree with those who are an embarrassment when expressing a view. The recent gun discussion has brought many of those to the fore.
Actually that discussion has brought nitwits and weirdos from all sides out of hiding. The amount of bad logic and stretched truth on both sides is alarming. All over issues which won't solve anything.
Oh well
California Cops vs Cops
So, in LA an ex cop is allegedly on a rampage. He's one of those guys who knows he is ultimately doomed, and has issued the requisite wordy manifesto.
What is so intriguing is that I believe many, maybe most, of his allegations against LAPD are true. His rationale for targeting families of the bad guys is not very good. I can sort of understand the rationale for some of the targets he names.
It is clear that they would rather take him dead than alive. Cops up there shot up a pickup truck similar to his which belonged to people delivering newspapers. That set a couple of innocents to the hospital with bullet wounds. It seems like they opened fire on some others in this manhunt, as well, totally making the guy's case against the overuse of force by that outfit.
He claims he blew the whistle way back when and that led to his demise as a cop. He claimed that lesbians on the force harass males, blacks harass white underlings, and that many white cops show no respect for blacks and others. I don't think this guy is racist but I do think he has flipped out.
The interesting part is that I believe there is enough truth to his allegations that those on the force want him silenced quick, hence the shootings based on flimsy resemblance of vehicle and such. It is the stuff of an action flick. Had this man not murdered family members of cops, I'd almost be on his side.
Well, not really on his side because killing people is way off base except in self defense or if you are wiping out violent gangs and thugs.
The guy is a walking contradiction. He's armed to the teeth with everything from handguns to big stuff that could threaten helicopters and such, yet he is all for extreme gun control. He is 100% behind Obama on just about everything, apparently. I do not equate that with his form of insanity, although I do think such views are shortsighted.
So, a rogue ex-cop shooting up the bad cops and innocent relatives being chased by regular cops who are shooting up innocent bystanders in the hope that maybe they'll get lucky.
Just strikes me as wild, crazy and bizarrely ironic in some way. But that is par for the course i California. Bullet rains to nowhere coming soon.
Oh I didn't ever mention that they want to put meters on the private wells of homeowners out here in the sticks, so they can bill you for your water. That is the only source of water out here, other than rainfall. Nt sure if it is legal to collect that. Not a lot of rain falls anyway.
1984, Brave New World, see it like a native! Come to California. Or, I guess you could just stay in New York. Similar outcome, slightly different attack.
It is pretty, and the weather in Southern California cannot be beat.
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What is so intriguing is that I believe many, maybe most, of his allegations against LAPD are true. His rationale for targeting families of the bad guys is not very good. I can sort of understand the rationale for some of the targets he names.
It is clear that they would rather take him dead than alive. Cops up there shot up a pickup truck similar to his which belonged to people delivering newspapers. That set a couple of innocents to the hospital with bullet wounds. It seems like they opened fire on some others in this manhunt, as well, totally making the guy's case against the overuse of force by that outfit.
He claims he blew the whistle way back when and that led to his demise as a cop. He claimed that lesbians on the force harass males, blacks harass white underlings, and that many white cops show no respect for blacks and others. I don't think this guy is racist but I do think he has flipped out.
The interesting part is that I believe there is enough truth to his allegations that those on the force want him silenced quick, hence the shootings based on flimsy resemblance of vehicle and such. It is the stuff of an action flick. Had this man not murdered family members of cops, I'd almost be on his side.
Well, not really on his side because killing people is way off base except in self defense or if you are wiping out violent gangs and thugs.
The guy is a walking contradiction. He's armed to the teeth with everything from handguns to big stuff that could threaten helicopters and such, yet he is all for extreme gun control. He is 100% behind Obama on just about everything, apparently. I do not equate that with his form of insanity, although I do think such views are shortsighted.
So, a rogue ex-cop shooting up the bad cops and innocent relatives being chased by regular cops who are shooting up innocent bystanders in the hope that maybe they'll get lucky.
Just strikes me as wild, crazy and bizarrely ironic in some way. But that is par for the course i California. Bullet rains to nowhere coming soon.
Oh I didn't ever mention that they want to put meters on the private wells of homeowners out here in the sticks, so they can bill you for your water. That is the only source of water out here, other than rainfall. Nt sure if it is legal to collect that. Not a lot of rain falls anyway.
1984, Brave New World, see it like a native! Come to California. Or, I guess you could just stay in New York. Similar outcome, slightly different attack.
It is pretty, and the weather in Southern California cannot be beat.
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Opportunity Knocks
What I learned from watching the Super Bowl is that there must be a real dearth of talent in the field of media advertising. I won't discuss each individual ad, but just observe that only a couple were worth the trouble.
There has long been that obnoxious genre of advertisement which aims to irritate you so much that you can't forget it. In my case that backfires. I will seek out the competitive good or service to avoid, if possible, feeding a company that pollutes the airwaves with ads which annoy me.
Viewing this collection of 2013 Super Bowl advertisements, which cost millions of dollars to produce and air, are supposed to be the best, cutting edge efforts of the industry, has caused me to believe there must be wide open opportunity for intelligent, creative marketers.
Normally, I get the edgy stuff more than many of my friends, so I don't think being out of touch explains my revulsion to some of these sales ads. Edgy can be clever and witty, or it can be painfully banal and nauseating. I think most of the commercials were truly bad. It may reflect the confusion and collective lack of wit and self esteem of the culture. Certainly, it does not reflect the best in our species.
With all the advances in technology and communication, I expected better. Much better. Are enough people of the variety that will find pure garbage appealing just because it is put before them as if it is to be liked? Laff track people.
I did like one or two. If some of the others had not irritated me to the point of near anger, I might approach those companies with some better ad concepts. As it is I hope those firms wither and die.
One of the most bizarre and interesting Super Bowls I've seen, though. And I thought Beyonce did a fine job at the half, and appears to have generously included her old bandmates. Whatever her political connections and all that, the woman is obviously talented, hard working, and in fine shape. Fortunately, I've not read the reviews and spin, if any, on the topic of her half time show.
Must be cool to get by without need of a last name.
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There has long been that obnoxious genre of advertisement which aims to irritate you so much that you can't forget it. In my case that backfires. I will seek out the competitive good or service to avoid, if possible, feeding a company that pollutes the airwaves with ads which annoy me.
Viewing this collection of 2013 Super Bowl advertisements, which cost millions of dollars to produce and air, are supposed to be the best, cutting edge efforts of the industry, has caused me to believe there must be wide open opportunity for intelligent, creative marketers.
Normally, I get the edgy stuff more than many of my friends, so I don't think being out of touch explains my revulsion to some of these sales ads. Edgy can be clever and witty, or it can be painfully banal and nauseating. I think most of the commercials were truly bad. It may reflect the confusion and collective lack of wit and self esteem of the culture. Certainly, it does not reflect the best in our species.
With all the advances in technology and communication, I expected better. Much better. Are enough people of the variety that will find pure garbage appealing just because it is put before them as if it is to be liked? Laff track people.
I did like one or two. If some of the others had not irritated me to the point of near anger, I might approach those companies with some better ad concepts. As it is I hope those firms wither and die.
One of the most bizarre and interesting Super Bowls I've seen, though. And I thought Beyonce did a fine job at the half, and appears to have generously included her old bandmates. Whatever her political connections and all that, the woman is obviously talented, hard working, and in fine shape. Fortunately, I've not read the reviews and spin, if any, on the topic of her half time show.
Must be cool to get by without need of a last name.
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